53rd British Academy Film Awards

53rd British Academy Film Awards
Date	April 9, 2000
Highlights
Best Film	American Beauty
Best British Film	East Is East
Best Actor	Kevin Spacey; American Beauty
Best Actress	Annette Bening; American Beauty
Most awards	American Beauty (6)
Most nominations	American Beauty (14)
	← 52nd; BAFTA Awards; 54th →;

The 53rd British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on 9 April 2000, honoured the best in film for 1999.

Sam Mendes's American Beauty won the award for Best Film (also won the Academy Award for Best Picture), Actor (Kevin Spacey; went on to win the Academy Award) and Actress (Annette Bening), Cinematography, Editing and Film Music. Jude Law (The Talented Mr. Ripley) and Maggie Smith (Tea with Mussolini) won the awards for Best Supporting Actor and Actress. Pedro Almodóvar, director of Todo sobre mi madre (All About My Mother), won the BAFTA Film Award for Best Directing. East Is East was voted Best British Film.

Winners and nominees

Winners

6 / 14 American Beauty: Best Film, Actor, Actress, Cinematography, Editing and Film Music
2 / 3 Sleepy Hollow: Best Costume Design and Production Design
2 / 3 Todo sobre mi madre (All About My Mother): Best Director and Foreign Language Film
2 / 5 The Matrix: Best Sound and Visual Effects
1 / 2 Tea with Mussolini: Best Supporting Actress
1 / 3 Being John Malkovich: Best Original Screenplay
1 / 5 East Is East: Best British Film
1 / 5 Topsy-Turvy: Best Makeup & Hair
1 / 7 The Talented Mr. Ripley: Best Supporting Actor
1 / 10 The End of the Affair: Best Adapted Screenplay

Losers (minimum two nominations)

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