41st British Academy Film Awards

41st British Academy Film Awards
Date20 March 1988
SiteGrosvenor House Hotel
Hosted byMichael Aspel
Highlights
Best FilmJean de Florette
Best ActorSean Connery
The Name of the Rose
Best ActressAnne Bancroft
84 Charing Cross Road
Most awardsJean de Florette (4)
Most nominationsHope and Glory (13)

The 41st British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 20 March 1988 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 1987. 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 1987.[1][2]

Claude Berri's Jean de Florette won the award for Best Film.[3] Sean Connery and Anne Bancroft took home Best Actor and Actress, whilst Daniel Auteuil and Susan Wooldridge won in the supporting categories.

The ceremony was hosted by Michael Aspel.

  1. ^ Mayer, Geoff (2003). Guide to British Cinema. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-313-30307-4.
  2. ^ "BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
  3. ^ Morgan, David (19 January 2023). "BAFTA Best Film Award Winners Since 1990 – A Photo Gallery". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 11 February 2024.