56th British Academy Film Awards

The 56th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 23 February 2003 at the Odeon Leicester Square in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2002.

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 2002.

[1] The Pianist won Best Film and Best Director for Roman Polanski.

The Warrior, directed by Asif Kapadia, was voted Outstanding British Film of 2002.

[3] Stephen Fry hosted the ceremony for the second consecutive year.