56th British Academy Film Awards

The 56th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 23 February 2003 at the Odeon Leicester Square in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2002. 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 2002.
The Pianist won Best Film and Best Director for Roman Polanski. Daniel Day-Lewis won Best Actor for Gangs of New York and Nicole Kidman won Best Actress for The Hours. Christopher Walken won Best Supporting Actor for Catch Me If You Can and Catherine Zeta-Jones won Best Supporting Actress for Chicago. The Warrior, directed by Asif Kapadia, was voted Outstanding British Film of 2002.
Stephen Fry hosted the ceremony for the second consecutive year.

Winners and nominees

Michael Stevenson and '''David Tomblin'''

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Nominations	Film
12	Chicago
12	Gangs of New York
11	The Hours
9	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
7	The Pianist
4	Adaptation
4	Catch Me If You Can
4	Frida
3	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
3	Road to Perdition
3	The Warrior
2	About a Boy
2	City of God
2	Dirty Pretty Things
2	The Magdalene Sisters
2	Talk to Her
2	Y tu mamá también

Awards	Film
2	Chicago
2	The Hours
2	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2	The Pianist
2	Road to Perdition
2	Talk to Her
2	The Warrior