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

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Best Film

Gervaise

Best British Film

Reach for the Sky

Best Foreign Actor

Francois Perier in Gervaise

Best British Actor

Peter Finch in A Town Like Alice

Best British Actress

Virginia McKenna in A Town Like Alice

Best Foreign Actress

Anna Magnani in The Rose Tattoo

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

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

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

United Nations Award

Race for LifeTo Your HealthThe Great Locomotive ChasePacific Destiny
  • ''Under the Same Sky''

Special Award

The Red Balloon