British Academy Film Awards 1968

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The 21st British Academy Film Awards honored the best films of 1967 . The film awards were presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).

The most successful films
(at least two nominations;
highlighted = most awards,
N = nomination; A = award)
Movie N A.
A man for every season 7th 7th
Call for a dead 5 0
Accident incident in Oxford 4th 0
Bonnie and Clyde 4th 2
In the Heat of the Night 4th 2
Blow up 3 0
Ulysses 3 0
Whispering walls 2 2
The mistress of Thornhill 2 0
Mademoiselle 2 1
A man and a woman 2 1
Only one woman on board 2 0
The Taming of the Shrew 2 0

Award winners and nominations

Best movie

A Man for All Seasons (A Man For All Seasons) - Director: Fred Zinnemann

Bonnie and Clyde (Bonnie and Clyde) - Director: Arthur Penn
In the Heat of the Night - Director: Norman Jewison
A man and a woman (Un homme et une femme) - Director: Claude Lelouch

Best British Film

A Man for All Seasons (A Man For All Seasons) - Director: Fred Zinnemann

Accident - Incident in Oxford (Accident) - Director: Joseph Losey
Call for a Dead (The Deadly Affair) - Director: John Boulting
Blow Up - Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni

United Nations Award

In the Heat of the Night - Director: Norman Jewison

The 1st Gospel - Matthew (Il vangelo secondo Matteo) - Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini

Best Foreign Actor

Rod Steiger - In the Heat of the Night

Warren Beatty - Bonnie and Clyde (Bonnie and Clyde)
Sidney Poitier - In the Heat of the Night
Orson Welles - Falstaff (Campanadas a medianoche)

Best Foreign Actress

Anouk Aimée - A man and a woman (Un homme et une femme)

Bibi Andersson - Persona and Syskonbädd 1782 (sibling bed ) (Syskonbädd 1782)
Jane Fonda - Barefoot in the Park (Barefoot in the Park)
Kim Stanley - Call for the Dead (The Deadly Affair)

Best British Actor

Paul Scofield - A Man for All Seasons (A Man For All Seasons)

Dirk Bogarde - Accident - Incident in Oxford (Accident) and Every night at nine (Our Mother's House)
Richard Burton - The Taming of the Shrew (The Taming of the Shrew)
James Mason - Call for the Dead (The Deadly Affair)

Best British Actress

Edith Evans - The Whisperers (The Whisperers)

Barbara Jefford - Ulysses
Elizabeth Taylor - The Taming of the Shrew (The Taming of the Shrew)

Best Young Actor

Faye Dunaway - Bonnie and Clyde (Bonnie and Clyde) and Tomorrow is a New Day (Hurry Sundown)

Peter Kastner - Big Boy, now you're going to be a man! (You're a Big Boy Now)
Milo O'Shea - Ulysses
Michael J. Pollard - Bonnie and Clyde (Bonnie and Clyde)

Best British Screenplay

Robert Bolt - A Man for All Seasons (A Man For All Seasons)

Paul Dehn - Call for a Dead (The Deadly Affair)
Harold Pinter - Accident - Oxford Incident (Accident)
Frederic Raphael - Two for the Road (Two for the Road)

Best camera (black and white film)

Gerry Turpin - Whisperers (The Whisperers)

Raoul Coutard - Only One Woman On Board (The Sailor from Gibraltar)
Wolfgang Suschitzky - Ulysses
David Watkin - Mademoiselle

Best camera (color film)

Ted Moore - A Man for All Seasons (A Man For All Seasons)

Carlo Di Palma - Blow Up
Nicolas Roeg - Die Herrin von Thornhill (Far from the Madding Crowd)
Freddie Young - Call for a Dead (The Deadly Affair)

Best cut

1968 not awarded

Best production design (color film)

John Box - A Man for All Seasons (A Man For All Seasons)

Ken Adam - James Bond 007 - You Only Live Twice
Carmen Dillon - Accident - Incident in Oxford (Accident)
Assheton Gorton - Blow Up

Best Costumes (Black & White Film)

Jocelyn Rickards - Mademoiselle

Jocelyn Rickards - Only One Woman On Board (The Sailor from Gibraltar)

Best Costumes (Color Film)

Elizabeth Haffenden , Joan Bridge - A Man for All Seasons (A Man For All Seasons)

Alan Barrett - The Mistress of Thornhill (Far from the Madding Crowd)
Elizabeth Haffenden, Joan Bridge - Half a Sixpence
Julie Harris - Casino Royale

Best short film

Indus Waters - Director: Derek Williams

Mafia No! - Director: John Irvin
Opus - Director: Don Levy
Rail - Director: Geoffrey Jones

Best documentary

Die für Madrid (Mourir à Madrid) - Director: Frédéric Rossif

Famine - Director: Jack Gold
The Things I Cannot Change - Director: Tanya Ballantyne

Best animated film

Notes on a Triangle - Director: René Jodoin

Tidy Why - Directed by Bill Sewell
Toys - Directed by Grant Munro

Best specialized film

Energy and Matter - Director: Robert Verrall

How the Motor Car Works - Directed by Derek Armstrong
Paint - Directed by Michael Heckford
Revolutions for All - Director: Jeff Inman

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