56th British Academy Film Awards

The 56th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 23 February 2003 at the Odeon Leicester Square in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2002. 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 2002.^[1]

The Pianist won Best Film and Best Director for Roman Polanski. Daniel Day-Lewis won Best Actor for Gangs of New York and Nicole Kidman won Best Actress for The Hours.^[2] Christopher Walken won Best Supporting Actor for Catch Me If You Can and Catherine Zeta-Jones won Best Supporting Actress for Chicago. The Warrior, directed by Asif Kapadia, was voted Outstanding British Film of 2002.^[3]

Stephen Fry hosted the ceremony for the second consecutive year.

Winners and nominees

BAFTA Fellowship

Saul Zaentz

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

Michael Stevenson and David Tomblin

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Statistics

References

^ "Stars arrive for Baftas". BBC News. 23 February 2003. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
^ "Britain's big Bafta night as The Hours has the edge on Hollywood blockbusters". The Guardian. 24 February 2003. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
^ "'Pianist,' Kidman win BAFTAs". CNN International. 24 February 2003. Retrieved 11 February 2024.