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The British Academy Film Awards is an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). It is often cited as the British equivalent to the Oscars. In 2008, it took place in the Royal Opera House, having taken place since 2000 in the flagship Odeon cinema on Leicester Square. The 2009 ceremony was also held at the Royal Opera House, on 8 February.
BAFTA was founded in 1947 as The British Film Academy, by David Lean, Alexander Korda, Carol Reed, Charles Laughton, Roger Manvell and others. In 1958, the Academy merged with The Guild of Television Producers and Directors to form The Society of Film and Television, which eventually became The British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1976.

BAFTA’s stated charitable remit is to “support, develop and promote the art forms of the moving image, by identifying and rewarding excellence, inspiring practitioners and benefiting the public”. In addition to high profile awards ceremonies BAFTA runs a year-round programme of educational events including film screenings and tribute evenings. BAFTA is supported by a membership of around 6000 people from the film, television and video game industries.

The Academy’s awards are in the form of a theatrical mask designed by American sculptor Mitzi Cunliffe, which was commissioned by the Guild of Television Producers in 1955.

BAFTA Awards Result Summary:

YEAR BEST FILM BEST BRITISH FILM BEST FOREIGN FILM
1948 The Best Years of Our Lives Odd Man Out -
1949 Hamlet The Fallen Idol -
1950 Bicycle Thieves The Third Man -
1951 All About Eve The Blue Lamp -
1952 La Ronde The Lavender Hill Mob -
1953 The Sound Barrier The Sound Barrier -
1954 Forbidden Games Genevieve -
1955 The Wages of Fear Hobson’s Choice -
1956 Richard III Richard III -
1957 Gervaise Reach for the Sky -
1958 The Bridge on the River Kwai The Bridge on the River Kwai -
1959 Room at the Top Room at the Top -
1960 Ben-Hur Sapphire -
1961 The Apartment Saturday Night and Sunday Morning -
1962 Ballad of a Soldier
The Hustler		 A Taste of Honey -
1963 Lawrence of Arabia Lawrence of Arabia -
1964 Tom Jones Tom Jones -
1965 Dr. Strangelove Or:
How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb		 Dr. Strangelove Or:
How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb		 -
1966 My Fair Lady The IPCRESS File -
1967 Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The Spy Who Came In From The Cold -
1968 A Man For All Seasons A Man For All Seasons -
1969 The Graduate - -
1970 Midnight Cowboy - -
1971 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - -
1972 Sunday Bloody Sunday - -
1973 Cabaret - -
1974 Day for Night - -
1975 Lacombe Lucien - -
1976 Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore - -
1977 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest - -
1978 Annie Hall - -
1979 Julia - -
1980 Manhattan - -
1981 The Elephant Man - -
1982 Chariots of Fire - -
1983 Gandhi - Christ Stopped at Eboli
1984 Educating Rita - Danton
1985 The Killing Fields - Carmen
1986 The Purple Rose of Cairo Oberst Redl
1987 A Room with a View - Ran
1988 Jean de Florette - The Sacrifice
1989 The Last Emperor - Babette’s Feast
1990 Dead Poets Society - Life and Nothing But
1991 Goodfellas - Cinema Paradiso
1992 The Commitments - The Nasty Girl
1993 Howards End The Crying Game Raise the Red Lantern
1994 Schindler’s List Shadowlands Farewell My Concubine
1995 Four Weddings and a Funeral Shallow Grave To Live
1996 Sense and Sensibility The Madness of King George Il Postino
1997 The English Patient Secrets & Lies Ridicule
1998 The Full Monty Nil by Mouth L’Appartement
1999 Shakespeare in Love Elizabeth Central Station
2000 American Beauty East Is East All About My Mother
2001 Gladiator Billy Elliot Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2002 The Lord of the Rings:
The Fellowship of the Ring		 Gosford Park Amores Perros
2003 The Pianist The Warrior Talk To Her (Hable Con Ella)
2004 The Lord of the Rings:
The Return of the King		 Touching the Void In This World
2005 The Aviator My Summer of Love The Motorcycle Diaries
2006 Brokeback Mountain Wallace & Gromit:
The Curse of the Were-Rabbit		 The Beat That My Heart Skipped
(De Battre Mon Ceur S’est Arrêté)
2007 The Queen The Last King of Scotland Pan’s Labyrinth
(El Laberinto Del Fauno)
2008 Atonement This Is England The Lives of Others
(Das Leben Der Anderen)
2009 Slumdog Millionaire Man on Wire I’ve Loved You So Long
(Il Y A Longtemps Que Je T’aime)