title: 52nd British Academy Film Awards
text: The 52nd British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on 11 April 1999, honoured the best in film for 1998.
  
  Shakespeare in Love won the award for Best Film (and previously won the Academy Award for Best Picture) and three other awards. Elizabeth was voted Outstanding British Film. Both Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench won awards for their portrayals of Queen Elizabeth I, while Geoffrey Rush won the award for Best Supporting Actor. Italian actor Roberto Benigni won the award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance in Life Is Beautiful; he previously won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Peter Weir, director of The Truman Show, won for his direction.
  
  The nominations were announced on 1 March 1999. Elizabethan films received an overall total of twenty-eight nominations, winning nine. The ceremony took place in the Business Design Centre in Islington, London and was hosted by Jonathan Ross.
  
  Winners and nominees
  
  Statistics
  
  See also
   71st Academy Awards
   24th César Awards
   4th Critics' Choice Awards
   51st Directors Guild of America Awards
   12th European Film Awards
   56th Golden Globe Awards
   10th Golden Laurel Awards
   19th Golden Raspberry Awards
   3rd Golden Satellite Awards
   13th Goya Awards
   14th Independent Spirit Awards
   4th Lumières Awards
   25th Saturn Awards
   5th Screen Actors Guild Awards
   51st Writers Guild of America Awards
  
  References
  
  External links
   Film in 1999 at BAFTA
   BAFTA Awards (1999) at IMDb
   And the Bafta winners are... at BBC News
  
  1998 awards in the United Kingdom
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  British Academy Film Awards
  British Academy Film Awards
  British Academy Film Awards
  British Academy Film Awards