title: 56th British Academy Film Awards
text: The 56th British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, took place on 23 February 2003 and honoured the best films of 2002.
  
  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. 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.
  
  Winners and nominees
  
  Statistics
  
  See also
   75th Academy Awards
   28th César Awards
   8th Critics' Choice Awards
   55th Directors Guild of America Awards
   16th European Film Awards
   60th Golden Globe Awards
   23rd Golden Raspberry Awards
   7th Golden Satellite Awards
   17th Goya Awards
   18th Independent Spirit Awards
   8th Lumières Awards
   14th Producers Guild of America Awards
   29th Saturn Awards
   9th Screen Actors Guild Awards
   55th Writers Guild of America Awards
  
  References
   "Stars arrive for Baftas" at BBC (23 February 2003)
   "'Pianist,' Kidman win BAFTAs" at CNN (24 February 2003)
   Allison, Rebecca (24 February 2003). "Britain's big Bafta night as The Hours has the edge on Hollywood blockbusters" at The Guardian
  
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  2002 film awards
  2003 in British cinema
  February 2003 events in the United Kingdom
  2003 in London
  2002 awards in the United Kingdom