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8th British Academy Film Awards

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8th British Academy Film Awards
Date10 March 1955
SiteOdeon Leicester Square
London, England
Highlights
Best FilmLe Salaire de la peur
Best British FilmHobson's Choice
Most awardsThe Divided Heart (3)
Most nominationsCarrington V.C. (5)

The 8th British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1955, honored the best films of 1954.

Winners and nominees

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Best Film

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Le Salaire de la peur

Best British Film

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Hobson's Choice

Best Foreign Actor

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Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront

Best British Actor

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Kenneth More in Doctor in the House

Best British Actress

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Yvonne Mitchell in The Divided Heart

Best Foreign Actress

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Cornell Borchers in The Divided Heart

Best British Screenplay

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The Young Lovers - George Tabori and Robin Estridge

Best Documentary Film

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The Great Adventure (Det Stora Ädventyret)

Most Promising Newcomer To Film

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David Kossoff in The Young Lovers

Best Animated Film

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UN Award

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The Divided Heart

Special Award

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A Time Out of War