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38th British Academy Film Awards

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38th British Academy Film Awards
Date5 March 1985
SiteGrosvenor House Hotel
Hosted byTerry Wogan
Highlights
Best FilmThe Killing Fields
Best ActorHaing S. Ngor
The Killing Fields
Best ActressMaggie Smith
A Private Function
Most awardsThe Killing Fields (8)
Most nominationsThe Killing Fields (13)

he 38th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 5 March 1985 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 1984. Presented by the British 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 1984.[1][2]

The evening's big winner was the British-made The Killing Fields, which had 13 nominations and won 8 of them.[3][4]

Winners and nominees

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Wim Wenders, Best Director winner
Maggie Smith, Best Actress winner
Woody Allen, Best Original Screenplay winner
Bruce Robinson, Best Adapted Screenplay winner
Ennio Morricone, Best Original Score winner
Ray Parker Jr., Best Original Song winner

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

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Awards

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Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Original Song

Statistics

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Getty Images: Picture of actor Ian McKellen attending the BAFTA Awards ceremony on 5th March 1985 at the Grosvenor Hotel in London Retrieved 2013-03-06
  2. ^ "Film in 1985". BAFTA. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  3. ^ AvaxNews caption under picture 3: British comedian Rowan Atkinson attends the BAFTA awards at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, 5th March 1985. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Archived 18 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2013-03-06
  4. ^ Morgan, David (19 January 2023). "BAFTA Best Film Award Winners Since 1990 – A Photo Gallery". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 11 February 2024.