15th British Academy Film Awards

The 15th British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1962, honoured the best films of 1961.

Winners and nominees

Best Film

Ballad of a Soldier
The Hustler Apur SansarThe HoleThe InnocentsJudgment at NurembergThe Long and the Short and the TallRocco and His BrothersThe SundownersA Taste of Honey

''Whistle Down the Wind''

Best British Film

A Taste of HoneyThe InnocentsThe Long and the Short and the TallThe Sundowners

''Whistle Down the Wind''

Best British Actor

Peter Finch in No Love for Johnnie

Dirk Bogarde in ''Victim''

Best Foreign Actor

Paul Newman in The Hustler

Montgomery Clift in Judgment at Nuremberg
Vladimir Ivashov in Ballad of a Soldier
Philippe Leroy in The Hole
Sidney Poitier in A Raisin in the Sun
Maximilian Schell in Judgment at Nuremberg
Alberto Sordi in ''The Best of Enemies''

Best British Actress

Dora Bryan in A Taste of Honey

Deborah Kerr in The Sundowners
Hayley Mills in ''Whistle Down the Wind''

Best Foreign Actress

Sophia Loren in Two Women

Annie Girardot in Rocco and His Brothers
Piper Laurie in The Hustler
Claudia McNeil in A Raisin in the Sun
Jean Seberg in ''Breathless''

Best British Screenplay

The Day the Earth Caught Fire – Wolf Mankowitz and Val Guest
A Taste of Honey – Tony Richardson and Shelagh Delaney Flame in the Streets – Ted WillisThe Guns of Navarone – Carl ForemanVictim – Janet Green and John McCormickWhistle Down the Wind – Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall

Best Animated Film

One Hundred and One DalmatiansThe Do-It-Yourself Cartoon Kit

''For Better...For Worse''

Best Short Film

Terminus – John SchlesingerEyes of a Child

''Let My People Go''

United Nations Award

Let My People GoThe Best of Enemies

''Take a Giant Step''

Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles

Rita Tushingham in A Taste of Honey

Anthony Hancock in The Rebel
Murray Melvin in ''A Taste of Honey''