The 3rd British Film Awards, known retroactively as the

British Academy Film Awards The British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTA Film Awards is an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to honour the best British and international contributions to film. The cere ...

, were given by the

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(BAFTA) (known then as the British Film Academy) on 29 May 1950, and honoured the best films of

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and

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. The awards for Best British Film and Best Film from any Source was handed out to ''

The Third Man ''The Third Man'' is a 1949 British film noir directed by Carol Reed, written by Graham Greene and starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, and Trevor Howard. Set in postwar Vienna, the film centres on American Holly Martins (Cotten), ...

'' and ''

Bicycle Thieves ''Bicycle Thieves'' ( it, Ladri di biciclette; sometimes known in the United States as ''The Bicycle Thief'') is a 1948 Italian neorealist drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It follows the story of a poor father searching in post-World War ...

'', respectively, and ''The Third Man'' was the most nominated feature film, with two.

Winners and nominees

'' and ''

'' received the awards for Best British Film and Best Film from any Source, respectively, and ''The Third Man'' received a further nomination in the latter category; ''

Daybreak in Udi ''Daybreak in Udi'' is a 1949 British documentary film directed by Terry Bishop about cultural changes in Udi, Enugu. It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 1950. Synopsis It is 1949, and colonial Nigeria is undergoing an iden ...

'' received the award for Best Documentary; French education film, ''La Famille Martin'' received the Special Award; and ''

The Search ''The Search'' is a 1948 American film directed by Fred Zinnemann that tells the story of a young Auschwitz survivor and his mother who search for each other across post-World War II Europe. It stars Montgomery Clift, Ivan Jandl, Jarmila Novotn ...

'' received the United Nations Award. Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; the nominees are listed below alphabetically and not in boldface.

References

External links

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts Official website
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Winners and nominees

See also

References

External links