8e British Academy Film Awards

De 8e British Academy Film Awards of BAFTA Awards werden uitgereikt in 1955 voor de films uit 1954. Dit jaar werden twee nieuwe categorieën toegevoegd: Beste Britse Scenario en Beste Animatiefilm.

Winnaars en genomineerden

Beste Film

Le salaire de la peur

• The Caine Mutiny
• Carrington V.C.
• The Divided Heart
• Doctor in the House
• Executive Suite
• For Better, for Worse
• Hobson's Choice
• How to Marry a Millionaire
• Jigokumon
• The Maggie
• The Moon Is Blue
• On the Waterfront
• Pane, amore e fantasia
• The Purple Plain
• Rear Window
• Riot in Cell Block 11
• Robinson Crusoe
• Romeo and Juliet
• Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Beste Britse Film

Hobson's Choice

• Carrington V.C.
• The Divided Heart
• Doctor in the House
• For Better, for Worse
• The Maggie
• The Purple Plain
• Romeo and Juliet

Beste Buitenlandse Acteur

Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront

• Jose Ferrer in The Caine Mutiny
• Fredric March in Executive Suite
• James Stewart in The Glenn Miller Story
• Neville Brand in Riot in Cell Block 11

Beste Britse Acteur

Kenneth More in Doctor in the House

• David Niven in Carrington V.C.
• John Mills in Hobson's Choice
• Robert Donat in Lease of Life
• Maurice Denham in The Purple Plain
• Donald Wolfit in Svengali

Beste Britse Actrice

Yvonne Mitchell in The Divided Heart

• Margaret Leighton in Carrington V.C.
• Noelle Middleton in Carrington V.C.
• Brenda De Banzie in Hobson's Choice
• Audrey Hepburn in Sabrina

Beste Buitenlandse Actrice

Cornell Borchers in The Divided Heart

• Judy Holliday in Phffft!
• Shirley Booth in About Mrs. Leslie
• Grace Kelly in Dial M for Murder
• Gina Lollobrigida in Pane, amore e fantasia

Beste Britse Scenario

The Young Lovers - George Tabori en Robin Estridge

• The Divided Heart - Jack Whittingham
• Doctor in the House - Nicholas Phipps
• Hobson's Choice - David Lean , Norman Spencer en Wynyard Browne
• The Maggie - William Rose
• Monsieur Ripois - Hugh Mills en Rene Clement
• The Purple Plain - Eric Ambler
• Romeo and Juliet - Renato Castellani

Beste Documentaire

Det Stora Ädventyret (Het Grote Avontuur)

• Thursday's Children
• 3-2-1-Zero
• Back of Beyond
• Lekko!

Meestbelovende Nieuwkomer in een Film

David Kossoff in The Young Lovers

• Maggie McNamara in The Moon Is Blue
• Eva Marie Saint in On the Waterfront

Beste Animatiefilm

Arie Prerie (Lied van de prairie)

• Power to Fly
• Little Brave Heart
• The Unicorn in the Garden

VN Award

The Divided Heart

• A Time Out of War

Special Award

A Time Out of War

• The Origin of Coal (Coal Mining as a Craft Pt.I)
• Powered Flight, The Story of the Century
• Axel Petersen (Doderhultarn)
• The Living Desert
• The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci

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British Academy Film Awards