52nd British Academy Film Awards

52nd British Academy Film Awards
Date	11 April, 1999
Highlights
Best Film	Shakespeare in Love
Best British Film	Elizabeth
Best Actor	Roberto Benigni Life is Beautiful
Best Actress	Cate Blanchett Elizabeth
Most awards	Elizabeth (5)
Most nominations	Shakespeare in Love (15)

The 52nd BAFTA Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on 11 April 1999, honoured the best in film for 1998.^[1]

Shakespeare in Love won the award for Best Film (also won the Academy Award for Best Picture) and Best Editing. Elizabeth was voted Best British Film. Both Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett won awards for their portrayals of Queen Elizabeth I. Geoffrey Rush won the award for Best Supporting Actor. Italian actor Roberto Benigni won the award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in La vita è bella (Life Is Beautiful). He went on to win the Academy Award. Peter Weir, director of The Truman Show, won the BAFTA Film Award for Best Directing.

Winners and nominees

British Academy Film Awards

Current Awards	Actor Actress Animated Feature British Film Cinematography Costume Design Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer Director Documentary Editing Film Film Not in the English Language Makeup & Hair Music Production Design Screenplay: Adapted Screenplay: Original Short Animation Short Film Sound Supporting Actor Supporting Actress Rising Star Visual Effects

Special awards	Fellowship Award Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award

Retired awards	Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles Screenplay British Screenplay British Actor Foreign Actor British Actress Foreign Actress

Ceremonies	1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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