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53rd British Academy Film Awards

2000 film awards ceremony

2000 film awards ceremony

FieldValue
number53
awardBritish Academy Film Awards
date9 April 2000
siteOdeon Leicester Square
hostJack Docherty
best_film***American Beauty***
best_british***East Is East***
best_actor**Kevin Spacey**
best_actor_film*American Beauty*
best_actress**Annette Bening**
best_actress_film*American Beauty*
most_wins***American Beauty*** (6)
most_nominations***American Beauty*** (14)
last52nd
next54th

The 53rd British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 9 April 2000 at the Odeon Leicester Square in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 1999. 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 1999.

Sam Mendes's American Beauty won the award for Best Film (and previously won the Academy Award for Best Picture), Actor (Kevin Spacey), Actress (Annette Bening), Cinematography, Editing, and Original Music; Spacey previously won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Jude Law (The Talented Mr. Ripley) and Maggie Smith (Tea with Mussolini) won the awards for Best Supporting Actor and Actress, respectively. Pedro Almodóvar, director of All About My Mother, won for his direction. East Is East was voted Outstanding British Film.

The nominations were announced on 1 March 2000 and the ceremony took place at the Odeon Leicester Square in London, hosted by Jack Docherty.

Winners and nominees

BAFTA Fellowship

Main article: BAFTA Fellowship

  • Michael Caine and Stanley Kubrick (posthumous)

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

Main article: BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award

  • Joyce Herlihy

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Statistics

NominationsFilm
14*American Beauty*
10*The End of the Affair*
7*The Talented Mr. Ripley*
6*East Is East*
5*The Matrix*
*Topsy-Turvy*
4*The Sixth Sense*
3*All About My Mother*
*Angela's Ashes*
*Being John Malkovich*
*Buena Vista Social Club*
*An Ideal Husband*
*Sleepy Hollow*
2*Notting Hill*
*Ratcatcher*
*Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace*
*Tea with Mussolini*
AwardsFilm
6*American Beauty*
2*All About My Mother*
*The Matrix*
*Sleepy Hollow*

References

References

  1. (9 April 2000). "Full list of Bafta winners". [[BBC News]].
  2. (9 April 2000). "American Beauty shines at Baftas". [[BBC News]].
  3. Gibbons, Fiachra. (10 April 2000). "Bafta award choices scorn the Oscar line". [[The Guardian]].
  4. (1 March 2000). "Bafta nominations in full". [[BBC News]].
  5. (7 April 2000). "All right on the night". [[The Guardian]].
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