British Academy Film Awards 1957
The 10th British Academy Film Awards honored the best films of 1956 . The film prizes were awarded in 24 categories by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).
| Movie | N | A. |
|---|---|---|
| March through hell | 5 | 2 |
| Despite all violence | 5 | 1 |
| Gervaise | 4th | 2 |
| Baby Doll - Do not desire the other woman | 4th | 1 |
| The man who never was | 4th | 1 |
| picnic | 4th | 0 |
| Ironclad Graf Spee | 3 | 0 |
| Embrace me, night | 3 | 0 |
| The smile of a summer night | 2 | 0 |
| ... because they don't know what they're doing | 2 | 0 |
| The renegade | 2 | 0 |
| The man with the golden arm | 2 | 0 |
| Always trouble with Harry | 2 | 0 |
| war and peace | 2 | 0 |
| Heavy boys - easy girls | 2 | 0 |
| Under the same sky | 2 | 0 |
Award winners and nominations
Best movie
Gervaise - Director: René Clément
- The Renegade (Le Défroqué) - Director: Léo Joannon
- In spite of all violence (Reach for the Sky) - Director: Lewis Gilbert
- Baby Doll - Do not desire the other woman (Baby Doll) - Director: Elia Kazan
- ... because they don't know what they're doing (Rebel Without a Cause) - Director: Nicholas Ray
- Friends for Life (Amici per la pelle) - Director: Franco Rossi
- The Cricket (Poprygunya) - Director: Samson Samsonow
- Always Trouble with Harry (The Trouble with Harry) - Director: Alfred Hitchcock
- War and Peace (War and Peace) - Director: King Vidor
- The smile of a summer night (Sommarnattens leende) - Director: Ingmar Bergman
- The Man Who Never Was (The Man Who Never Was) - Director: Ronald Neame
- The Man with the Golden Arm (The Man with the Golden Arm) - Directed by Otto Preminger
- March through Hell (A Town Like Alice) - Director: Jack Lee
- Panzerschiff Graf Spee (The Battle of the River Plate) - Director: Michael Powell , Emeric Pressburger
- Picnic (Picnic) - Director: Joshua Logan
- It didn't work out (The Killing) - Director: Stanley Kubrick
- The Shadow (Cień) - Director: Jerzy Kawalerowicz
- Heavy Boys - Easy Girls (Guys and Dolls) - Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Yield to the Night (Yield to the Night) - Director: J. Lee Thompson
Best British Film
In spite of all violence (Reach for the Sky) - Director: Lewis Gilbert
- The Man Who Never Was (The Man Who Never Was) - Director: Ronald Neame
- March through Hell (A Town Like Alice) - Director: Jack Lee
- Panzerschiff Graf Spee (The Battle of the River Plate) - Director: Michael Powell , Emeric Pressburger
- Yield to the Night (Yield to the Night) - Director: J. Lee Thompson
United Nations Award
TKX does not answer (Si tous les gars du monde) - Director: Christian-Jaque
- Mission: Impossible (The Great Locomotive Chase) - Director: Francis D. Lyon
- Pacific Destiny - Director: Wolf Rilla
- To Your Health - Director: Unknown
- Under the Same Sky - Director: Unknown
Best Foreign Actor
- Gunnar Björnstrand - The Smile of a Summer Night (Sommarnattens leende)
- James Dean - ... because they don't know what they're doing (Rebel Without a Cause)
- Pierre Fresnay - The Renegade (Le Défroqué)
- William Holden - Picnic (Picnic)
- Karl Malden - Baby Doll - Do not desire the other woman (Baby Doll)
- Frank Sinatra - The Man with the Golden Arm (The Man with the Golden Arm)
- Spencer Tracy - The Mount of Temptation (The Mountain)
Best Foreign Actress
Anna Magnani - The Rose Tattoo (The Rose Tattoo)
- Carroll Baker - Baby Doll - Do not desire the other woman (Baby Doll)
- Eva Dahlbeck - The smile of a summer night (Sommarnattens leende)
- Ava Gardner - Bhowani Junction (Bhowani Junction)
- Susan Hayward - And tomorrow I'll cry (I'll Cry Tomorrow)
- Kim Novak - Picnic (Picnic)
- Shirley MacLaine - The Trouble with Harry (The Trouble with Harry)
- Maria Schell - Gervaise
- Jean Simmons - Heavy Boys - Easy Girls (Guys and Dolls)
Best British Actor
Peter Finch - March Through Hell (A Town Like Alice)
- Jack Hawkins - The Long Arm (The Long Arm)
- Kenneth More - Allen powers despite (Reach for the Sky)
Best British Actress
Virginia McKenna - March Through Hell (A Town Like Alice)
- Dorothy Alison - Allen powers despite (Reach for the Sky)
- Audrey Hepburn - War and Peace (War and Peace)
Best Young Actor
Eli Wallach - Baby Doll - Do not desire the other woman (Baby Doll)
- Stephen Boyd - The Man Who Never Was (The Man Who Never Was)
- Don Murray - Bus Stop
- Susan Strasberg - Picnic (Picnic)
- Elizabeth Wilson - Tomorrow Hits You (Patterns)
Best British Screenplay
Nigel Balchin - The Man Who Never Was (The Man Who Never Was)
- John Boulting , Frank Harvey - The Best Man in the Military (Private's Progress)
- John Cresswell , Joan Henry - Yield to the Night (Yield to the Night)
- Lewis Gilbert - Allen powers despite (Reach for the Sky)
- Sidney Gilliat , Frank Launder - The Green Man (The Green Man)
- Hubert Gregg , Vernon Harris - Three Men in a Boat (Three Men in a Boat)
- Anthony Kimmins , Moore Raymond - Smiley
- WP Limpscomb , Richard Mason - March Through Hell (A Town Like Alice)
- Emeric Pressburger , Michael Powell - Panzerschiff Graf Spee (The Battle of the River Plate)
Best documentary
On the Bowery - Lionel Rogozin
- Foothold on Antarctica - Derek Williams
- Generator 4 - Unknown
- The silent world (Le monde du silence) - Jacques-Yves Cousteau , Louis Malle
- Under the Same Sky - Unknown
Best animated film
Gerald McBoing! Boing! on Planet Moo - Director: Robert Cannon
- Calling All Salesmen - Director: Unknown
- Christopher Crumpet's Playmate - Director: Robert Cannon
- The History of the Cinema - Directed by John Halas
- The Invisible Mustache of Raoul Dufy - Director: Aurelius Battaglia
- Love and the Zeppelin - Director: Unknown
- Rythmetic - Director: Norman McLaren / Evelyn Lambart