51st British Academy Film Awards

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51st British Academy Film Awards
Date19 April 1998
Site Grosvenor House Hotel
Hosted by Rory Bremner
Highlights
Best Film The Full Monty
Best British Film Nil by Mouth
Best Actor Robert Carlyle
The Full Monty
Best Actress Judi Dench
Mrs Brown
Most awards Romeo + Juliet (4)
Most nominations L.A. Confidential (12)

The 51st British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 19 April 1998 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 1997. 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 1997.

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Peter Cattaneo's The Full Monty won the award for Best Film, while Nil by Mouth , from writer/director Gary Oldman, was voted Outstanding British Film. [1] [2] [3]

The nominations were announced on 9 March 1998. [4] [5] [6] The ceremony was hosted by Rory Bremner.

Winners and nominees

Baz Luhrmann, Best Director winner and Best Adapted Screenplay co-winner Baz Luhrmann.jpg
Baz Luhrmann, Best Director winner and Best Adapted Screenplay co-winner
Robert Carlyle, Best Actor winner Robert Carlyle.jpg
Robert Carlyle, Best Actor winner
Judi Dench, Best Actress winner JudiDenchFeb07 (cropped).jpg
Judi Dench, Best Actress winner
Tom Wilkinson, Best Supporting Actor winner Tom Wilkinson.jpg
Tom Wilkinson, Best Supporting Actor winner
Sigourney Weaver, Best Supporting Actress winner Sigourney Weaver by Gage Skidmore 4.jpg
Sigourney Weaver, Best Supporting Actress winner
Gary Oldman, Best Original Screenplay winner and Outstanding British Film co-winner Gary Oldman in 2017 (36334517524).jpg
Gary Oldman, Best Original Screenplay winner and Outstanding British Film co-winner

BAFTA Fellowship

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

  • Stage Fright – Helen Nabarro, Michael Rose and Steve Box
    • Flatworld – Nigel Pay, Daniel Greaves and Patrick Veale
    • Transit – Iain Harvey and Piet Kroon
    • The Traveller – Jeremy Moorshead and Debra Smith

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