4th British Academy Film Awards

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4th British Academy Film Awards
Date22 February 1951
Site Odeon Theatre, Leicester Square, London
Highlights
Best Film All About Eve
Best British Film The Blue Lamp
Most awards All About Eve , The Blue Lamp ,
Intruder in the Dust (1)
Most nominations Intruder in the Dust (2)

The 4th British Academy Film Awards , given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and honoured the best films of 1950.

Contents

All About Eve won the award for Best Film .

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; the nominees are listed below alphabetically and not in boldface. [1] [2]

Best British Film Best Film from any Source
Best Documentary Special Award for Film
  • The True Fact of Japan - This Modern Age
    • The Charms of Life (Les Charmes de L'existence)
    • The Magic Canvas
    • Medieval Castles
    • Muscle Beach
    • Scrapbook for 1933
    • Sound
United Nations Award

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References

  1. "The BAFTA Site - Awards Database". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  2. "IMDb - BAFTA Awards (1951)". The Internet Movie Database . Retrieved 29 November 2011.