45th British Academy Film Awards

45th British Academy Film Awards
Date22 March 1992
SiteGrosvenor House Hotel
Hosted byMichael Aspel
Highlights
Best FilmThe Commitments
Best ActorAnthony Hopkins
The Silence of the Lambs
Best ActressJodie Foster
The Silence of the Lambs
Most awardsThe Commitments and Cyrano de Bergerac (4)
Most nominationsDances with Wolves and The Silence of the Lambs (9)

The 45th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 22 March 1992 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 1991. 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 1991.

Alan Parker's The Commitments won the awards for Best Film, Director, Adapted Screenplay and Editing.[1] The Silence of the Lambs won the awards for Best Actor (Anthony Hopkins) and Actress (Jodie Foster). It went on to win the same Academy Awards. Alan Rickman was voted Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his work in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Kate Nelligan (Frankie and Johnny) won the award for Best Supporting Actress.[2]

The ceremony was hosted by Michael Aspel.[3][4]

  1. ^ Morgan, David (19 January 2023). "BAFTA Best Film Award Winners Since 1990 – A Photo Gallery". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Film in 1992". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Alan Rickman: A life in pictures". ITV. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Emmy Rewind: Queen Elizabeth II & BAFTA". Emmy Awards. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2024.