10th British Academy Film Awards
The 10th British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1957, honoured the best films of 1956.
Winners and nominees
Source:Best Film
Gervaise- Amici per la pelle
- Baby Doll
- The Battle of the River Plate
- Shadow
- The Unfrocked One
- Guys and Dolls
- The Killing
- The Man Who Never Was
- The Man with the Golden Arm
- Picnic
- Poprygunya
- Reach for the Sky
- Rebel Without a Cause
- Smiles of a Summer Night
- A Town Like Alice
- The Trouble with Harry
- War and Peace
- ''Yield to the Night''
Best British Film
Reach for the SkyBest Foreign Actor
Francois Perier in Gervaise- Karl Malden in Baby Doll
- Pierre Fresnay in The Unfrocked One
- Frank Sinatra in The Man with the Golden Arm
- Spencer Tracy in The Mountain
- William Holden in Picnic
- James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause
- Gunnar Bjornstrand in ''Smiles of a Summer Night''
Best British Actor
Peter Finch in A Town Like AliceBest British Actress
Virginia McKenna in A Town Like AliceBest Foreign Actress
Anna Magnani in The Rose Tattoo- Carroll Baker in Baby Doll
- Ava Gardner in Bhowani Junction
- Maria Schell in Gervaise
- Jean Simmons in Guys and Dolls
- Susan Hayward in I'll Cry Tomorrow
- Kim Novak in Picnic
- Marisa Pavan in The Rose Tattoo
- Eva Dahlbeck in Smiles of a Summer Night
- Shirley MacLaine in ''The Trouble with Harry''
Best British Screenplay
The Man Who Never Was - Nigel BalchinThe Battle of the River Plate - Michael Powell and Emeric PressburgerThe Green Man - Sidney Gilliat and Frank LaunderPrivate's Progress - Frank Harvey and John BoultingReach for the Sky - Lewis GilbertSmiley - Moore Raymond and Anthony KimminsThree Men in a Boat - Hubert Gregg and Vernon Harris- A Town Like Alice - W.P. Lipscomb and Richard MasonYield to the Night - John Cresswell and Joan Henry
Best Animated Film
Gerald McBoing! Boing! on Planet MooCalling All SalesmenChristopher Crumpet's PlaymateHistory of the CinemaThe Invisible Moustache of Raoul DufyLove and the Zeppelin- ''Rythmetic''
Best Documentary
On the BoweryFoothold in AntarcticaGenerator 4The Silent World (Le Monde Du Silence)- ''Under the Same Sky''
Most Promising Newcomer to Film
Eli Wallach - Baby Doll- Stephen Boyd - The Man Who Never Was
- Don Murray - Bus Stop
- Susan Strasberg - Picnic
- Elizabeth Wilson - ''Patterns of Power''
United Nations Award
Race for LifeTo Your HealthThe Great Locomotive ChasePacific Destiny- ''Under the Same Sky''
Special Award
The Red Balloon- On the Twelfth Day
- Underwater Symphony
- The Door in the Wall
- ''Man in Space''