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British Academy Film Awards

21st edition

  • March 1, 1968
  • United Kingdom

The 21st British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1968, honoured the best films of 1967.

Awards

Movie People Status
Best Picture
A Man for All Seasons Fred Zinnemann Winner
Bonnie and Clyde Arthur Penn
In the Heat of the Night Norman Jewison
A Man and a Woman Claude Lelouch
Outstanding British Film
A Man for All Seasons Fred Zinnemann Winner
Accident Joseph Losey
Blow-Up Michelangelo Antonioni
The Deadly Affair Sidney Lumet
Two for the Road Frederic Raphael
Best Foreign Actor
In the Heat of the Night Rod Steiger Winner
In the Heat of the Night Sidney Poitier
Chimes at Midnight Orson Welles
Bonnie and Clyde Warren Beatty
Best Foreign Actress
A Man and a Woman Anouk Aimée Winner
My Sister My Love Bibi Andersson
Persona Bibi Andersson
Barefoot in the Park Jane Fonda
The Deadly Affair Simone Signoret
Best British Actor
A Man for All Seasons Paul Scofield Winner
Accident Dirk Bogarde
Our Mother's House Dirk Bogarde
The Deadly Affair James Mason
The Taming of the Shrew Richard Burton
Best British Actress
The Whisperers Edith Evans Winner
Ulysses Barbara Jefford
The Taming of the Shrew Elizabeth Taylor
Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles
Bonnie and Clyde Faye Dunaway Winner
Hurry Sundown Faye Dunaway Winner
Bonnie and Clyde Michael J. Pollard
Ulysses Milo O'Shea
You're a Big Boy Now Peter Kastner
Best Animated Film
Notes on a Triangle René Jodoin Winner
Tidy Why Bill Sewell
Toys Grant Munro
Best Documentary Feature Film
To Die in Madrid Frédéric Rossif Winner
Famine Jack Gold
The Things I Cannot Change Tanya Ballantyne
Best British Cinematography (Black and White)
The Whisperers Gerry Turpin Winner
Mademoiselle David Watkin
The Sailor from Gibraltar Raoul Coutard
Ulysses Wolfgang Suschitzky
Best British Cinematography (Color)
A Man for All Seasons Ted Moore Winner
Blow-Up Carlo Di Palma
The Deadly Affair Freddie Young
Far from the Madding Crowd Nicolas Roeg
Best British Production Design
A Man for All Seasons John Box Winner
Accident Carmen Dillon
Blow-Up Assheton Gorton
You Only Live Twice Ken Adam
Best British Costume Design (Black and White)
Mademoiselle Jocelyn Rickards Winner
The Sailor from Gibraltar Jocelyn Rickards
Best British Costume Design (Color)
A Man for All Seasons Elizabeth Haffenden, Joan Bridge Winner
Casino Royale Julie Harris
Far from the Madding Crowd Alan Barrett
Half a Sixpence Elizabeth Haffenden, Joan Bridge
Best Short Film (Live Action)
Indus Waters Derek Williams Winner
Mafia No! John Irvin
Opus Don Levy
Rail Geoffrey Jones
United Nations Award
In the Heat of the Night Norman Jewison Winner
The Gospel According to Matthew Pier Paolo Pasolini
Statistics

Most Awarded

2 or more wins
  • A Man for All Seasons 6
  • In the Heat of the Night 2
  • The Whisperers 2

Most Nominated

3 or more nominations
  • A Man for All Seasons 6
  • Bonnie and Clyde 4
  • The Deadly Affair 4
  • In the Heat of the Night 4
  • Accident 3
  • Blow-Up 3
  • Ulysses 3

Most Unluckiest

wins / nominations
  • The Deadly Affair 0 / 4
  • Bonnie and Clyde 1 / 4
  • Accident 0 / 3
  • Blow-Up 0 / 3
  • Ulysses 0 / 3
  • In the Heat of the Night 2 / 4

Only one nomination

22 movies:
  • Barefoot in the Park
  • Casino Royale
  • Chimes at Midnight
  • Famine
  • The Gospel According to Matthew
  • Half a Sixpence
  • Hurry Sundown
  • Indus Waters
  • Mafia No!
  • My Sister My Love
  • Notes on a Triangle
  • Opus
  • Our Mother's House
  • Persona
  • Rail
  • The Things I Cannot Change
  • Tidy Why
  • To Die in Madrid
  • Toys
  • Two for the Road
  • You Only Live Twice
  • You're a Big Boy Now

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