1st British Academy Film Awards
1st British Academy Film Awards | |
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Date | 29 May 1949 |
Site | Odeon Cinema, Leicester Square, London |
Highlights | |
Best Film | The Best Years of Our Lives |
Best British Film | Odd Man Out |
Most awards | The Best Years of Our Lives, Odd Man Out (1) |
The 1st British Film Academy Awards (retroactively known as the
Best British Film, Best Picture from any source – British or Foreign and a Special Award.[2] British film producer Michael Balcon chaired the ceremony.[2]
Odd Man Out won Best British Film.[3] Best Film from any source – British or Foreign was awarded to American film The Best Years of Our Lives. Documentary, The World Is Rich received the Special Award.[4] Bronze trophies, designed by Henry Moore were given to the director of the films, on behalf of the motion pictures' production units.[2][5]
Winners
Winners highlighted in boldface.[4][6] All sources used in this article make no mention of nominees in any of the categories.
Best British Picture
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Best Picture from any source – British or Foreign |
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Special Award
- The World Is Rich (Documentary)
See also
References
- ^ a b "British Academy Awards Brochure 1948 (slide 3 of 35)". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). 1948. Retrieved 1 September 2013. Reader must scroll right using the arrows under the image, until they have reached "slide 3 of 35". The Awards brochure was produced in 1948 and the awards were presented in 1949 – scroll right until you reach "slide 8 of 35"
- ^ a b c "British Academy Awards Brochure 1948 (slide 13 of 35)". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). 1948. Retrieved 1 September 2013. Reader must scroll right using the arrows under the image, until they have reached "slide 13 of 35".
- ^ "Official BAFTA Awards Database". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). 26 June 2008. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- ^ a b "The BAFTA Site – Awards Database". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved 26 November 2011.
- ^ "The changing face of Our Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). 26 June 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- The Internet Movie Database. Archived from the originalon 3 March 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2011.