British Academy Film Awards 1950

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The third presentation of the British Academy Film Awards honored the best films of 1949.

Award winners and nominations

Best movie

Bicycle thieves (Ladri di biciclette) - Director: Vittorio De Sica

Berlin Ballade - Director: Robert A. Stemmle
Das eheimliche Fenster (The Window) - Director: Ted Tetzlaff
The Third Man (The Third Man) - Director: Carol Reed
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre) - Director: John Huston
The last stage (Ostatni etap) - Director: Wanda Jakubowska
Clear the Ring for Stoker Thompson (The Set-Up) - Director: Robert Wise

Best British Film

The Third Man (The Third Man) - Director: Carol Reed

Nobility Obliged (Kind Hearts and Coronets) - Director: Robert Hamer
Blockade in London (Passport to Pimlico) - Director: Henry Cornelius
Pique Dame (The Queen of Spades) - Director: Thorold Dickinson
Experts from the back room (The Small Back Room) - Director: Michael Powell , Emeric Pressburger
Rejoice in Life (Whiskey Galore!) - Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Kampf ums Geld (A Run for Your Money) - Director: Charles Frend

Best specialized film

La Famille Martin - Director: Unknown

A Fly in the House - Director: Unknown
Accidents Don't Happen, No. 5 - Director: Unknown
Dots and Loops - Director: Unknown
Tale About a Soldier - Director: Unknown
The Legend of St. Ursula - Director: Unknown

United Nations Award

The Drawn (The Search) - Director: Fred Zinnemann

Au carrefour de la vie - Director: Unknown
Daybreak in Udi - Director: Terry Bishop
Sardinia Project - Director: Unknown
The People Between - Director: Grant McLean

Best documentary

Daybreak in Udi - Terry Bishop

Circulation - Unknown
Drug Addict - Robert Anderson
Isole nella laguna - Luciano Emmer
Report on the Refugee Problem - Unknown
The Cornish Engine - Unknown
The Liver Fluke in Great Britain - Unknown

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