15th British Academy Film Awards


The 15th British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1962, honoured the best films of 1961.

Winners and nominees

Best Film

The Hustler
Ballad of a Soldier
A Taste of Honey
Paul Newman in The Hustler
Peter Finch in No Love for Johnnie
Dora Bryan in A Taste of Honey
Sophia Loren in Two Women
The Day the Earth Caught Fire - Wolf Mankowitz and Val Guest
A Taste of Honey - Tony Richardson and Shelagh Delaney

Best Animated Film

One Hundred and One Dalmatians - Walt Disney