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British Academy Film Awards

25th edition

  • March 1, 1972
  • United Kingdom

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.

Awards

Movie People Status
Best Picture
Sunday Bloody Sunday John Schlesinger Winner
Death in Venice Luchino Visconti
The Go-Between Joseph Losey
Taking Off Miloš Forman
Best Director
Sunday Bloody Sunday John Schlesinger Winner
Death in Venice Luchino Visconti
The Go-Between Joseph Losey
Taking Off Miloš Forman
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Sunday Bloody Sunday Peter Finch Winner
Gumshoe Albert Finney
Death in Venice Dirk Bogarde
Little Big Man Dustin Hoffman
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Sunday Bloody Sunday Glenda Jackson Winner
Klute Jane Fonda
The Go-Between Julie Christie
Taking Off Lynn Carlin
The Raging Moon Nanette Newman
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
The Go-Between Edward Fox Winner
The Go-Between Michael Gough
Get Carter Ian Hendry
10 Rillington Place John Hurt
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
The Go-Between Margaret Leighton Winner
The Raging Moon Georgia Brown
Taking Off Georgia Engel
Deep End Jane Asher
Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles
The Go-Between Dominic Guard Winner
Diary of a Mad Housewife Carrie Snodgress
Summer of '42 Gary Grimes
Nicholas and Alexandra Janet Suzman
Best Screenplay
The Go-Between Harold Pinter Winner
Gumshoe Neville Smith
Sunday Bloody Sunday Penelope Gilliatt
Taking Off Miloš Forman, John Guare, Jean-Claude Carrière, John Klein
Best Documentary Feature Film
The Hellstrom Chronicle Walon Green Winner
Death of a Legend Bill Mason
Best Cinematography
Death in Venice Pasqualino De Santis Winner
Fiddler on the Roof Oswald Morris
The Go-Between Gerry Fisher
Sunday Bloody Sunday Billy Williams
Best Original Score
Summer of '42 Michel Legrand Winner
Little Big Man John P. Hammond
Shaft Isaac Hayes
Trafic Charles Dumont
Best Film Editing
Sunday Bloody Sunday Richard Marden Winner
Fiddler on the Roof Antony Gibbs, Robert Lawrence
Performance Antony Gibbs
Taking Off John Carter
Best Sound
Death in Venice Vittorio Trentino, Giuseppe Muratori Winner
Fiddler on the Roof Les Wiggins, David Hildyard, Gordon McCallum
The Go-Between Garth Craven, Peter Handford, Hugh Strain
Sunday Bloody Sunday David Campling, Simon Kaye, Gerry Humphreys
Best Production Design
Death in Venice Ferdinando Scarfiotti Winner
The Go-Between Carmen Dillon
Nicholas and Alexandra John Box
Tales of Beatrix Potter Christine Edzard
Best Costume Design
Death in Venice Piero Tosi Winner
The Go-Between John Furniss
Nicholas and Alexandra Yvonne Blake, Antonio Castillo
Tales of Beatrix Potter Christine Edzard
Best Short Film
Alaska: The Great Land Derek Williams Winner
Big Horn Bill Schmalz
The Long Memory John Philips
United Nations Award
The Battle of Algiers Gillo Pontecorvo Winner
Joe Hill Bo Widerberg
The Landlord Hal Ashby
Little Big Man Arthur Penn
BAFTA Fellowship
Freddie Young Winner
Statistics

Most Awarded

2 or more wins
  • Sunday Bloody Sunday 5
  • Death in Venice 4
  • The Go-Between 4

Most Nominated

3 or more nominations
  • The Go-Between 12
  • Sunday Bloody Sunday 8
  • Death in Venice 7
  • Taking Off 6
  • Fiddler on the Roof 3
  • Little Big Man 3
  • Nicholas and Alexandra 3

Most Unluckiest

wins / nominations
  • The Go-Between 4 / 12
  • Taking Off 0 / 6
  • Sunday Bloody Sunday 5 / 8
  • Death in Venice 4 / 7
  • Fiddler on the Roof 0 / 3
  • Little Big Man 0 / 3
  • Nicholas and Alexandra 0 / 3

Only one nomination

16 movies:
  • 10 Rillington Place
  • Alaska: The Great Land
  • The Battle of Algiers
  • Big Horn
  • Death of a Legend
  • Deep End
  • Diary of a Mad Housewife
  • Get Carter
  • The Hellstrom Chronicle
  • Joe Hill
  • Klute
  • The Landlord
  • The Long Memory
  • Performance
  • Shaft
  • Trafic

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