6th British Academy Film Awards

Best Film

The Sound Barrier

• The African Queen
• Angels One Five
• The Boy Kumasenu
• Carrie
• Casque d'or
• Cry, the Beloved Country
• Death of a Salesman
• Limelight
• Mandy
• Miracolo a Milano
• Los Olvidados
• Outcast of the Islands
• Rashomon
• The River
• Singin' in the Rain
• A Streetcar Named Desire
• Viva Zapata!

Best Foreign Actor

Marlon Brando in Viva Zapata!

• Humphrey Bogart in The African Queen
• Fredric March in Death of a Salesman
• Pierre Fresnay in Dieu a besoin des hommes
• Francesco Golisano in Miracolo a Milano

Best British Actor

Ralph Richardson in The Sound Barrier

• Laurence Olivier in Carrie
• Alastair Sim in Folly to Be Wise
• Jack Hawkins in Mandy
• James Hayter in The Pickwick Papers
• Nigel Patrick in The Sound Barrier

Best British Actress

Vivien Leigh in A Streetcar Named Desire

• Celia Johnson in I Believe In You
• Phyllis Calvert in Mandy
• Ann Todd in The Sound Barrier

Best Foreign Actress

Simone Signoret in Casque d'or

• Nicole Stephane in Les Enfants Terribles
• Judy Holliday in The Marrying Kind
• Edwige Feuillère in Olivia
• Katharine Hepburn in Pat and Mike

Best Documentary Film

Royal Journey

• Ocean Terminal
• The Open Window
• Opera School
• Rig 20
• The Streamlined Pig
• Fisherman of Negombo
• Highlights of Farnborough 1952
• Journey into History
• Le Mans 1952
• Nature's Half Acre

Best British Film

The Sound Barrier

• Angels One Five
• Cry, the Beloved Country
• Mandy
• Outcast of the Islands

Special Award

Animated Genesis

• The Angry Boy
• The Moon
• The Stanlow Story
• Balance 1950
• Basic Principles of Lubrication
• Demonstrations in Perception
• Machining of Metals
• Organization of the Human Body
• To The Rescue
• A Phantasy
• The Carlsen Story

UN Award

Cry, The Beloved Country

Most Promising Newcomer To Film

Claire Bloom in Limelight

• Dorothy Tutin in The Importance of Being Earnest
• Dorothy Alison in Mandy
• Mandy Miller in Mandy