2nd British Academy Film Awards

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The 2nd British Academy Film Awards, known retroactively as the British Academy Film Awards, were given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) (known then as the British Film Academy) on 29 May 1949,^[1] and honoured the best films of 1948. Three new awards were handed out for Best Documentary, Special awards for film and the United Nations Award for the "best Film embodying one or more of the principles of the United Nations Charter".^[2] British films The Fallen Idol and Hamlet received the awards for Best British Film and Best Film from any Source, respectively.

Winners and nominees

British films The Fallen Idol and Hamlet received the awards for Best British Film and Best Film from any Source, respectively, and were additionally nominated in both categories; Louisiana Story received the award for Best Documentary; Atomic Physics received the Special Award for Film; and the United Nations Award was handed out to Atomic Physics, Hungry Minds and screenplay The Winslow Boy.

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

Best British Picture	Best Film from any Source
The Fallen Idol Hamlet Oliver Twist Once a Jolly Swagman The Red Shoes Scott of the Antarctic The Small Voice	Hamlet Crossfire The Fallen Idol Four Steps in the Clouds Monsieur Vincent The Naked City Paisan
Best Documentary Picture	Special Award for Film
Louisiana Story Farrebique Is Everybody Listening? Shadow of the Ruhr Those Blasted Kids Three Dawns to Sydney	Atomic Physics Bear that Got a Peacock's Tail The Cat Concerto Divided World Gandhi's Funeral (Paramount British Newsreel) Norman McLaren Abstract Reel Rubens Your Children's Sleep

United Nations Award

Awarded for the best Film embodying one or more of the principles of the United Nations Charter.

Atomic Physics
Hungry Minds
The Winslow Boy

References

^ "IMDb - BAFTA Awards (1949)". The Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
^ ^a ^b "The BAFTA Site - Awards Database". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved 26 November 2011.