53rd British Academy Film Awards


The 53rd British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on 9 April 2000, honoured the best in film for 1999.
Sam Mendes's American Beauty won the award for Best Film, Actor and Actress, Cinematography, Editing and Film Music. Jude Law and Maggie Smith won the awards for Best Supporting Actor and Actress. Pedro Almodóvar, director of Todo sobre mi madre , won the BAFTA Film Award for Best Directing. East Is East was voted Best British Film.
The ceremony took place at the Odeon Leicester Square in London and was hosted by Jack Docherty.

Winners and nominees

Statistics

AwardsFilm
6American Beauty
2All About My Mother
2The Matrix
2Sleepy Hollow