De 6e British Academy Film Awards of BAFTA Awards werden uitgereikt in 1953 voor de films uit 1952. Naast de bestaande categorieën werden dit jaar een aantal nieuwe categorieën toegevoegd, namelijk: Beste Buitenlandse Acteur, Beste Britse Acteur, Beste Buitenlandse Actrice, Beste Britse Actrice en Meestbelovende Nieuwkomer in een Film.

The Sound Barrier

• The African Queen
• Angels One Five
• The Boy Kumasenu
• Carrie
• Casque d'or
• Cry, The Beloved Country
• Death of a Salesman
• Limelight
• Mandy
• Miracolo a Milano
• Los olvidados
• Outcast of the Islands
• Rashomon
• The River
• Singin' In The Rain
• A Streetcar Named Desire
• Viva Zapata!

Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire

• Humphrey Bogart in The African Queen
• Fredric March in Death of a Salesman
• Pierre Fresnay in Dieu a besoin des hommes
• Francesco Golisano in Miracolo a Milano

Ralph Richardson in The Sound Barrier

• Laurence Olivier in Carrie
• Alistair Sim in Folly to Be Wise
• Jack Hawkins in Mandy
• James Hayter in The Pickwick Papers
• Nigel Patrick in The Sound Barrier

Vivien Leigh in A Streetcar Named Desire

• Celia Johnson in I Believe In You
• Phyllis Calvert in Mandy
• Ann Todd in The Sound Barrier

Simone Signoret in Casque d'or

• Nicole Stephane in Les Enfants Terribles
• Judy Holliday in The Marrying Kind
• Edwige Feuillère in Olivia
• Katharine Hepburn in Pat and Mike

Royal Journey

• Highlights of Farnborough 1952
• Le Mans 1952
• Fishermen of Negombo
• Journey into History
• The Open Window
• Rig 20
• Nature's Half Acre
• The Streamlined Pig
• Ocean Terminal
• Opera School

The Sound Barrier

• Angels One Five
• Cry, The Beloved Country
• Mandy
• Outcast of the Islands

Cry, The Beloved Country

• Los olvidados
• Neighbours

Claire Bloom in Limelight

• Dorothy Tutin in The Importance of Being Earnest
• Dorothy Alison in Mandy
• Mandy Miller in Mandy

Animated Genesis

• The Moon
• Basic Principles of Lubrication
• Demonstrations on Perception
• The Stanlow Story
• Machining of Metals
• The Angry Boy
• The Carlsen Story
• Organisation of the Human Body
• To the Rescue
• Balance 1950
• A Phantasy