Number: | 53 |
Award: | British Academy Film Awards |
Date: | 9 April 2000 |
Site: | Odeon Leicester Square |
Host: | Jack 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) |
Last: | 52nd |
Next: | 54th |
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.[1] [2] [3]
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.[4] [5]
See main article: BAFTA Fellowship.
See main article: BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award.
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
Film | |
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 | |
Tea with Mussolini |
Film | |
6 | American Beauty |
2 | All About My Mother |
The Matrix | |
Sleepy Hollow |