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25th British Academy Film Awards
Date1972
Highlights
Best FilmSunday Bloody Sunday
Best ActorPeter Finch
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Best ActressGlenda Jackson
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Most awardsSunday Bloody Sunday (5)
Most nominationsThe Go-Between (12)

The 25th British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1972, honoured the best films of 1971. Sunday Bloody Sunday won Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Film and Best Editor. The Go-Between won Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Screenplay, plus Most Promising Newcomer for Dominic Guard.

Winners and nominees

BAFTA Fellowship: Freddie Young

Best Film

Sunday Bloody SundayJohn Schlesinger

Best Direction

John SchlesingerSunday Bloody Sunday

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Peter FinchSunday Bloody Sunday as Daniel Hirsh

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Glenda JacksonSunday Bloody Sunday as Alex Greville

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Edward FoxThe Go-Between as Hugh

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Margaret LeightonThe Go-Between as Mrs. Maudsley

Best Screenplay

The Go-BetweenHarold Pinter

Best Cinematography

Death in VenicePasqualino De Santis

Best Costume Design

Death in VenicePiero Tosi

Best Editing

Sunday Bloody Sunday – Richard Marden

Best Original Music

Summer of '42Michel Legrand

Best Production Design

Death in VeniceFerdinando Scarfiotti

Best Sound

Death in Venice – Vittorio Trentino and Giuseppe Muratori

Best Documentary

The Hellstrom ChronicleWalon Green

Best Short Film

Alaska: The Great LandDerek Williams

  • Big Horn – Bill Schmalz
  • The Long Memory – John Philips
Best Specialised Film

The Savage Voyage – Eric Marquis

  • Don't Go Down The...Leonard Lewis
  • A Future for the Past – Peter Bradford
Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles

Dominic GuardThe Go-Between as Leo Colston

United Nations Award

The Battle of AlgiersGillo Pontecorvo

Statistics

Films that received multiple nominations
Nominations Film
12 The Go-Between
8 Sunday Bloody Sunday
7 Death in Venice
6 Taking Off
3 Fiddler on the Roof
Little Big Man
Nicholas and Alexandra
2 Gumshoe
The Raging Moon
Summer of '42
The Tales of Beatrix Potter
Films that received multiple awards
Awards Film
5 Sunday Bloody Sunday
4 Death in Venice
The Go-Between

See also

References

  1. "BAFTA | Film in 1972". bafta.org. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
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