56th British Academy Film Awards
56th British Academy Film Awards | |
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Date | 23 February 2003 |
Site | Odeon Leicester Square |
Hosted by | Stephen Fry |
Highlights | |
Best Film | The Pianist |
Best British Film | The Warrior |
Best Actor | Daniel Day-Lewis Gangs of New York |
Best Actress | Nicole Kidman The Hours |
Most awards | Chicago, The Hours, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Pianist, Road to Perdition, and Talk to Her (2) |
Most nominations | Chicago and Gangs of New York (12) |
The 56th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 23 February 2003 at the Odeon Leicester Square in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2002. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades were handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 2002.[1]
The Pianist won Best Film and Best Director for Roman Polanski. Daniel Day-Lewis won Best Actor for Gangs of New York and Nicole Kidman won Best Actress for The Hours.[2] Christopher Walken won Best Supporting Actor for Catch Me If You Can and Catherine Zeta-Jones won Best Supporting Actress for Chicago. The Warrior, directed by Asif Kapadia, was voted Outstanding British Film of 2002.[3]
Stephen Fry hosted the ceremony for the second consecutive year.
Winners and nominees
[edit]BAFTA Fellowship
[edit]Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema
[edit]Awards
[edit]Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
Statistics
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See also
[edit]- 75th Academy Awards
- 28th César Awards
- 8th Critics' Choice Awards
- 55th Directors Guild of America Awards
- 16th European Film Awards
- 60th Golden Globe Awards
- 23rd Golden Raspberry Awards
- 7th Golden Satellite Awards
- 17th Goya Awards
- 18th Independent Spirit Awards
- 8th Lumières Awards
- 14th Producers Guild of America Awards
- 29th Saturn Awards
- 9th Screen Actors Guild Awards
- 55th Writers Guild of America Awards
References
[edit]- ^ "Stars arrive for Baftas". BBC News. 23 February 2003. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ "Britain's big Bafta night as The Hours has the edge on Hollywood blockbusters". The Guardian. 24 February 2003. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ "'Pianist,' Kidman win BAFTAs". CNN International. 24 February 2003. Retrieved 11 February 2024.