The 15th British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1962, honoured the best films of 1961.

Winners and nominees

Best Film

Ballad of a Soldier (TIE) The Hustler (TIE)

Best British Film

A Taste of Honey

Best British Actor

Peter Finch in No Love for Johnnie

Best Foreign Actor

Paul Newman in The Hustler

Best British Actress

Dora Bryan in A Taste of Honey

Best Foreign Actress

Sophia Loren in Two Women

Best British Screenplay

The Day the Earth Caught Fire – Wolf Mankowitz and Val Guest (TIE) A Taste of Honey – Tony Richardson and Shelagh Delaney (TIE)

Best Animated Film

One Hundred and One Dalmatians

Best Short Film

Terminus – John Schlesinger

United Nations Award

Let My People Go

Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles

Rita Tushingham in A Taste of Honey