38th British Academy Film Awards

{{Short description|1985 film awards ceremony}}

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{{Infobox film awards

| number = 38

| award = British Academy Film Awards

| date = 5 March 1985

| site = Grosvenor House Hotel

| host = Terry Wogan

| best_film = The Killing Fields

| best_actor = Haing S. Ngor

| best_actor_film = The Killing Fields

| best_actress = Maggie Smith

| best_actress_film = A Private Function

| most_wins = The Killing Fields (8)

| most_nominations = The Killing Fields (13)

| last = 37th

| next = 39th

}}

he 38th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 5 March 1985 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 1984. 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 1984.[http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/actor-ian-mckellen-attending-the-bafta-awards-ceremony-at-news-photo/3266009 Getty Images: Picture of actor Ian McKellen attending the BAFTA Awards ceremony on 5th March 1985 at the Grosvenor Hotel in London] Retrieved 2013-03-06{{cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1985/film|title=Film in 1985|publisher=BAFTA|access-date=July 3, 2022}}

The evening's big winner was the British-made The Killing Fields, which had 13 nominations and won 8 of them.[http://avaxnews.net/appealing/Rowan_Atkinson.html AvaxNews caption under picture 3: British comedian Rowan Atkinson attends the BAFTA awards at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, 5th March 1985. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130918162657/http://avaxnews.net/appealing/Rowan_Atkinson.html |date=18 September 2013 }} Retrieved 2013-03-06{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/gallery/bafta-awards-best-film-winners-by-year-photos/schindlers-list-ben-kingsley-1993-c-universal-courtesy-everett-collection/|title=BAFTA Best Film Award Winners Since 1990 – A Photo Gallery|last=Morgan|first=David|date=19 January 2023|work=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=11 February 2024}}