45th British Academy Film Awards

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45th British Academy Film Awards
Date22 March 1992
Site Grosvenor House Hotel
Hosted byMichael Aspel
Highlights
Best Film The Commitments
Best Actor Anthony Hopkins
The Silence of the Lambs
Best Actress Jodie Foster
The Silence of the Lambs
Most awardsThe Commitments and Cyrano de Bergerac (4)
Most nominations Dances with Wolves and The Silence of the Lambs (9)

The 45th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 22 March 1992 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 1991. 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 1991.

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Alan Parker's The Commitments won the awards for Best Film, Director, Adapted Screenplay and Editing. [1] The Silence of the Lambs won the awards for Best Actor (Anthony Hopkins) and Actress (Jodie Foster). It went on to win the same Academy Awards. Alan Rickman was voted Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his work in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves . Kate Nelligan ( Frankie and Johnny ) won the award for Best Supporting Actress. [2]

The ceremony was hosted by Michael Aspel. [3] [4]

Winners and nominees

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Alan Parker, Best Director winner
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Anthony Hopkins, Best Actor winner
Jodie Foster, Best Actress winner Jodie Foster Cesars 2011 2 (cropped).jpg
Jodie Foster, Best Actress winner
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Alan Rickman, Best Supporting Actor winner
Pierre Lhomme, Best Cinematography winner Pierre Lhomme.jpg
Pierre Lhomme, Best Cinematography winner
Michael Verhoeven, Best Film Not in the English Language winner Michael Verhoeven IMGP4051.jpg
Michael Verhoeven, Best Film Not in the English Language winner

BAFTA Fellowship

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

BAFTA Special Award

BAFTA Special Award for Craft

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

  • The Harmfulness of Tobacco – Barry Palin and Nick Hamm
    • Breath of Life – Navin Thapar
    • Man Descending – Neil Grieve and Ray Lorenz
    • Trauma – Gerhard Johannes Rekel
  • Balloon – Ken Lidster
    • Adam Chris Moll and Peter Lord
    • Anamorphosis – Keith Griffiths, Stephen Quay and Timothy Quay
    • Touch – Debra Smith

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References

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  2. "Film in 1992". British Academy of Film and Television Arts . Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  3. "Alan Rickman: A life in pictures". ITV . 14 January 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  4. "Emmy Rewind: Queen Elizabeth II & BAFTA". Emmy Awards . 8 September 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2024.