1990 film awards
The 44th British Academy Film Awards , more commonly known as the BAFTAs , took place on 17 March 1991 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London , honouring the best national and foreign films of 1990 . 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 1990.
Martin Scorsese 's Goodfellas won five awards: Best Film , Director, Adapted Screenplay, Costume Design, and Editing.[1] Cinema Paradiso , directed by Giuseppe Tornatore , also won five awards, including Best Actor (Philippe Noiret ), Supporting Actor (Salvatore Cascio ) and Film Not in the English Language.[2]
With its five wins, Cinema Paradiso achieved a new record for the most BAFTAs for a film not in the English language ; this record was surpassed by the German language anti-war epic All Quiet on the Western Front (2022), which won seven BAFTAs in 2023 .[3]
Winners and nominees
Martin Scorsese , Best Film co-winner, Best Director winner and Best Adapted Screenplay co-winner
Philippe Noiret , Best Actor winner
Jessica Tandy , Best Actress winner
Whoopi Goldberg , Best Supporting Actress winner
Giuseppe Tornatore , Best Original Screenplay winner and Best Film Not in the English Language co-winner
Ennio Morricone , Best Original Music co-winner
BAFTA Fellowship
Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema
Awards
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface .
Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius – Kevin Brownlow and David Gill
The Last African Flying Boat – David Wallace
Viewpoint: Cambodia, The Betrayal – A Special Report by John Pilger – David Munro
Viewpoint: Ceausescu's Children – Patricia Ingram
Say Goodbye – Michele Camarda and John Roberts
Statistics
See also
References
External links
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