6th British Academy Film Awards
The 6th British Academy Film Awards, retroactively known as the British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1953, honoured the best films of 1952. The Sound Barrier won the award for Best Film.
Winners and nominees
Best Film
The Sound Barrier- The African Queen
- Angels One Five
- The Boy Kumasenu
- Carrie
- Casque d'or
- Cry, the Beloved Country
- Death of a Salesman
- Limelight
- Mandy
- Miracolo a Milano
- Los Olvidados
- Outcast of the Islands
- Rashomon
- The River
- Singin' in the Rain
- A Streetcar Named Desire
- ''Viva Zapata!''
Best Foreign Actor
Marlon Brando in Viva Zapata!- Humphrey Bogart in The African Queen
- Fredric March in Death of a Salesman
- Pierre Fresnay in Dieu a besoin des hommes
- ''Francesco Golisano in Miracolo a Milano''
Best British Actor
Ralph Richardson in The Sound Barrier- Laurence Olivier in Carrie
- Alastair Sim in Folly to Be Wise
- Jack Hawkins in Mandy
- James Hayter in The Pickwick Papers
- ''Nigel Patrick in The Sound Barrier''
Best British Actress
Vivien Leigh in A Streetcar Named DesireBest Foreign Actress
Simone Signoret in Casque d'or- Nicole Stephane in Les Enfants Terribles
- Judy Holliday in The Marrying Kind
- Edwige Feuillère in Olivia
- ''Katharine Hepburn in Pat and Mike''
Best Documentary Film
Royal Journey- Ocean Terminal
- The Open Window
- Opera School
- Rig 20
- The Streamlined Pig
- Fisherman of Negombo
- Highlights of Farnborough 1952
- Journey into History
- Le Mans 1952
- ''Nature's Half Acre''
Best British Film
The Sound BarrierSpecial Award
Animated Genesis- The Angry Boy
- The Moon
- The Stanlow Story
- Balance 1950
- Basic Principles of Lubrication
- Demonstrations in Perception
- Machining of Metals
- Organization of the Human Body
- To The Rescue
- A Phantasy
- ''The Carlsen Story''