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British Academy Film Awards

31st edition

  • March 16, 1978
  • United Kingdom

The 31st British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 16 March 1978 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 1977. 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 1977.

Awards

Movie People Status
Best Picture
Annie Hall Woody Allen Winner
A Bridge Too Far Richard Attenborough
Network Sidney Lumet
Rocky John G. Avildsen
Best Director
Annie Hall Woody Allen Winner
Rocky John G. Avildsen
A Bridge Too Far Richard Attenborough
Network Sidney Lumet
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Network Peter Finch Winner
Network William Holden
Rocky Sylvester Stallone
Annie Hall Woody Allen
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Annie Hall Diane Keaton Winner
Network Faye Dunaway
The Late Show Lily Tomlin
3 Women Shelley Duvall
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
A Bridge Too Far Edward Fox Winner
Equus Colin Blakely
Network Robert Duvall
The Front Zero Mostel
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Equus Jenny Agutter Winner
Equus Joan Plowright
Welcome to L.A. Geraldine Chaplin
Next Stop, Greenwich Village Shelley Winters
Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles
The Lacemaker Isabelle Huppert Winner
The Hiding Place Jeannette Clift George
The Middle of the World Olimpia Carlisi
Padre Padrone Saverio Marconi
Best Screenplay
Annie Hall Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman Winner
Equus Peter Shaffer
Network Paddy Chayefsky
Rocky Sylvester Stallone
Best Cinematography
A Bridge Too Far Geoffrey Unsworth Winner
The Deep Christopher Challis
Fellini's Casanova Giuseppe Rotunno
Valentino Peter Suschitzky
Best Original Score
A Bridge Too Far John Addison Winner
Equus Richard Rodney Bennett
The Spy Who Loved Me Marvin Hamlisch
A Star Is Born Paul Williams, Barbra Streisand, Kenneth Ascher, Rupert Holmes, Leon Russell, Kenny Loggins, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Donna Weiss
Best Film Editing
Annie Hall Ralph Rosenblum, Wendy Greene Bricmont Winner
A Bridge Too Far Antony Gibbs
Network Alan Heim
Rocky Richard Halsey
Best Sound
A Bridge Too Far Peter Horrocks, Gerry Humphreys, Simon Kaye, Robin O'Donoghue, Les Wiggins Winner
Network Jack Fitzstephens, Marc Lamb, Sandford Rackow, James Sabat, Dick Vorisek
New York, New York Kay Rose, Michael Colgan, James Fritch, Larry Jost, Richard Portman
A Star Is Born Robert Glass, Robert Knudson, Marvin Kosberg, Tom Overton, Joseph Von Stroheim, Dan Wallin
Best Production Design
Fellini's Casanova Danilo Donati Winner
A Bridge Too Far Terence Marsh
The Spy Who Loved Me Ken Adam
Valentino Philip Harrison
Best Costume Design
Fellini's Casanova Danilo Donati Winner
Joseph Andrews Michael Annals, Patrick Wheatley
New York, New York Theadora Van Runkle
Valentino Shirley Ann Russell
BAFTA Fellowship
Fred Zinnemann Winner
Statistics

Most Awarded

2 or more wins
  • Annie Hall 5
  • A Bridge Too Far 4
  • Fellini's Casanova 2

Most Nominated

3 or more nominations
  • Network 9
  • A Bridge Too Far 8
  • Annie Hall 6
  • Equus 5
  • Rocky 5
  • Fellini's Casanova 3
  • Valentino 3

Most Unluckiest

wins / nominations
  • Network 1 / 9
  • Rocky 0 / 5
  • A Bridge Too Far 4 / 8
  • Equus 1 / 5
  • Valentino 0 / 3

Only one nomination

11 movies:
  • 3 Women
  • The Deep
  • The Front
  • The Hiding Place
  • Joseph Andrews
  • The Lacemaker
  • The Late Show
  • The Middle of the World
  • Next Stop, Greenwich Village
  • Padre Padrone
  • Welcome to L.A.

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