title: 49th British Academy Film Awards
text: The 49th British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on 23 April 1996, honoured the best films of 1995.
  
  Ang Lee's Sense and Sensibility won the award for Best Film. The film also won awards for Best Actress (Emma Thompson) and Supporting Actress (Kate Winslet). Il postino (The Postman), directed by Michael Radford, won the awards for Best Director, Film Not in the English Language, and Original Music. Nigel Hawthorne won Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance in The Madness of King George; the same film was voted Outstanding British Film of the Year. Additionally, Tim Roth won the award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Archibald Cunningham in Rob Roy.
  
  Winners and nominees
  
  Statistics
  
  See also
   68th Academy Awards
   21st César Awards
   1st Critics' Choice Awards
   48th Directors Guild of America Awards
   9th European Film Awards
   53rd Golden Globe Awards
   7th Golden Laurel Awards
   16th Golden Raspberry Awards
   10th Goya Awards
   11th Independent Spirit Awards
   1st Lumières Awards
   22nd Saturn Awards
   2nd Screen Actors Guild Awards
   48th Writers Guild of America Awards
  
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  1996 in British cinema
  April 1996 events in the United Kingdom
  1996 in London
  1995 awards in the United Kingdom