| 53rd British Academy Film Awards | |
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| Date | 9 April 2000 |
| Site | Odeon Leicester Square |
| Hosted by | Jack Docherty |
| Highlights | |
| Best Film | American Beauty |
| Best British Film | East Is East |
| Best Actor | Kevin Spacey American Beauty |
| Best Actress | Annette Bening American Beauty |
| Most awards | American Beauty (6) |
| Most nominations | American Beauty (14) |
The53rd British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as theBAFTAs, took place on 9 April 2000 at theOdeon Leicester Square inLondon, honouring the best national and foreign films of1999. Presented by theBritish Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades were handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 1999.[1][2][3]
Sam Mendes'sAmerican Beauty won the award forBest Film (and previously won theAcademy Award for Best Picture), Actor (Kevin Spacey), Actress (Annette Bening), Cinematography, Editing, and Original Music; Spacey previously won theAcademy Award for Best Actor.Jude Law (The Talented Mr. Ripley) andMaggie Smith (Tea with Mussolini) won the awards for Best Supporting Actor and Actress, respectively.Pedro Almodóvar, director ofAll About My Mother, won for his direction.East Is East was voted Outstanding British Film.
The nominations were announced on 1 March 2000 and the ceremony took place at theOdeon Leicester Square inLondon, hosted byJack Docherty.[4][5]







Winners are listed first and highlighted inboldface.
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