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BAFTA 2013 Winners & Nominees

The 66th British Academy Film Awards (2013) took place on February 10, 2013. Argo won Best Film and 2 more awards. Les Miserables won the most, 4 of its 9 nominations. Every winner and nominee in all 21 categories is below.

All 21 categories Most wins
categories
21
nominations
101
films nominated
36
winners
21
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Best Film
Argo
Headline winners

BAFTA 2013: The Winners

Argo won Best Film against 4 other nominees. Ben Affleck (Best Director), Daniel Day-Lewis (Best Actor) and Emmanuelle Riva (Best Actress) took the main individual prizes.

Argo (2012) movie poster Best Film

Best Film

Argo

2012 · Drama · $232M worldwide

3 wins from 7 nominations at the 66th British Academy Film Awards (2013)

  • Best Director
  • Best Editing

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Scoreboard

BAFTA 2013: Which Films Won the Most

Les Miserables won 4 awards from 9 nominations. 12 films won at least once, while Zero Dark Thirty went home empty-handed from 5 nominations. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. Les Miserables (2012) movie poster
    Les Miserables 4 / 9
    2012 · Drama, Thriller · 4 wins from 9 nominations
  2. Argo (2012) movie poster
    Argo 3 / 7
    2012 · Drama · 3 wins from 7 nominations
  3. Life of Pi (2012) movie poster
    Life of Pi 2 / 9
    2012 · Adventure, Drama · 2 wins from 9 nominations
  4. Skyfall (2012) movie poster
    Skyfall 2 / 8
    2012 · Action, Adventure · 2 wins from 8 nominations
  5. Django Unchained (2012) movie poster
    Django Unchained 2 / 5
    2012 · Action, Adventure · 2 wins from 5 nominations
  6. Amour (2012) movie poster
    Amour 2 / 4
    2012 · Drama, Romance · 2 wins from 4 nominations
  7. Lincoln (2012) movie poster
    Lincoln 1 / 10
    2012 · Biography, Drama · 1 win from 10 nominations
  8. Anna Karenina (2012) movie poster
    Anna Karenina 1 / 6
    2012 · Drama · 1 win from 6 nominations
  9. Silver Linings Playbook (2012) movie poster
    Silver Linings Playbook 1 / 3
    2012 · Drama, Comedy · 1 win from 3 nominations
  10. The Imposter (2012) movie poster
    The Imposter 1 / 2
    2012 · Biography, Documentary · 1 win from 2 nominations
Full results

All 21 BAFTA 2013 Categories: Winners & Nominees

21 categories and 101 nominations. The winner of each comes first, on a green row. Search for a film or a person, show only the winners, or jump straight to a category.

21 categories · 101 nominations

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Movie marathon

The BAFTA 2013 Best Film Marathon

All 5 Best Film nominees at the 66th British Academy Film Awards (2013), back to back: 11 hours 52 minutes.

Total running time 11h 52m 11 hours 52 minutes All 5 films
Longest
Les Miserables 2h 38m
Shortest
Argo 2h
By genre

The Genres Behind the BAFTA 2013 Winners

Drama led with 75 nominations across 22 films and won 16. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 16 wins · 75 nominations · 21%
  2. Adventure 7 wins · 31 nominations · 23%
  3. Thriller 6 wins · 26 nominations · 23%
  4. Action 5 wins · 24 nominations · 21%
  5. Romance 7 wins · 20 nominations · 35%
  6. Crime 4 wins · 16 nominations · 25%
  7. History 1 win · 15 nominations · 7%
  8. Biography 3 wins · 14 nominations · 21%
  9. Comedy 2 wins · 11 nominations · 18%
  10. War 1 win · 10 nominations · 10%
2013 season

How the Rest of the 2013 Awards Season Voted

The other 12 ceremonies of 2013, with the winner of each top prize. Argo also won the top prize at 5 of them.

All 2013 awards
Earlier years

Previous BAFTA Ceremonies

The 6 ceremonies before this one, with the winner of each top prize. The BAFTA page has every year back to 1949.

Every BAFTA ceremony

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BAFTA 2013: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 66th British Academy Film Awards (2013), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Best Film at the 66th British Academy Film Awards (2013)?

Argo (2012) won Best Film. The other nominees were Les Miserables, Life of Pi, Lincoln and Zero Dark Thirty.

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Which film won the most awards at the 66th British Academy Film Awards (2013)?

Les Miserables (2012) won the most: 4 awards from 9 nominations. Argo was next with 3 wins.

Which film had the most nominations at the 66th British Academy Film Awards (2013)?

Lincoln (2012) led with 10 nominations and won one of them.

Who won the acting and directing awards at the 66th British Academy Film Awards (2013)?

Best Director: Ben Affleck for Argo. Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis for Lincoln. Best Actress: Emmanuelle Riva for Amour. Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz for Django Unchained. Best Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway for Les Miserables.

When was the 66th British Academy Film Awards (2013)?

The 66th British Academy Film Awards (2013) took place on February 10, 2013. The database has 21 categories and 101 nominations for it.