25th British Academy Film Awards

{{Short description|1972 film awards ceremony}}

{{Infobox film awards

| number = 25

| award = British Academy Film Awards

| date = 1972

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| producer =

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| best_film = Sunday Bloody Sunday

| best_british =

| best_actor = Peter Finch

| best_actor_film = Sunday Bloody Sunday

| best_actress = Glenda Jackson

| best_actress_film = Sunday Bloody Sunday

| most_wins = Sunday Bloody Sunday (5)

| most_nominations = The Go-Between (12)

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| duration =

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| last = 24th

| next = 26th

}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1972/film/|title=BAFTA {{!}} Film in 1972 |website=bafta.org|access-date=2024-02-01}}

Winners and nominees

BAFTA Fellowship: Freddie Young

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valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|Best Film}}

Sunday Bloody SundayJohn Schlesinger

| valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|Best Direction}}

John SchlesingerSunday Bloody Sunday

valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|Best Actor in a Leading Role}}

Peter FinchSunday Bloody Sunday as Daniel Hirsh

| valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|Best Actress in a Leading Role}}

Glenda JacksonSunday Bloody Sunday as Alex Greville

valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|Best Actor in a Supporting Role}}

Edward FoxThe Go-Between as Hugh

| valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|Best Actress in a Supporting Role}}

Margaret LeightonThe Go-Between as Mrs. Maudsley

valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|Best Screenplay}}

The Go-BetweenHarold Pinter

| valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|Best Cinematography}}

Death in VenicePasqualino De Santis

valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|Best Costume Design}}

Death in VenicePiero Tosi

| valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|Best Editing}}

Sunday Bloody Sunday – Richard Marden

valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|Best Original Music}}

Summer of '42Michel Legrand

| valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|Best Production Design}}

Death in VeniceFerdinando Scarfiotti

valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|Best Sound}}

Death in Venice – Vittorio Trentino and Giuseppe Muratori

| valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|Best Documentary}}

The Hellstrom ChronicleWalon Green

valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|Best Short Film}}

Alaska: The Great LandDerek Williams

  • Big Horn – Bill Schmalz
  • The Long Memory – John Philips

| valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|Best Specialised Film}}

The Savage Voyage – Eric Marquis

  • Don't Go Down The...Leonard Lewis
  • A Future for the Past – Peter Bradford
valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles}}

Dominic GuardThe Go-Between as Leo Colston

| valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|United Nations Award}}

The Battle of AlgiersGillo Pontecorvo

Statistics

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|+ Films that received multiple nominations

! style="background:{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}};| Nominations

! style="background:{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}};| Film

12

| The Go-Between

8

| Sunday Bloody Sunday

7

| Death in Venice

6

| Taking Off

rowspan="3" | 3

| Fiddler on the Roof

Little Big Man
Nicholas and Alexandra
rowspan="4" | 2

| Gumshoe

The Raging Moon
Summer of '42
The Tales of Beatrix Potter

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|+ Films that received multiple awards

! style="background:{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}};| Awards

! style="background:{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}};| Film

5

| Sunday Bloody Sunday

rowspan="2" | 4

| Death in Venice

The Go-Between

See also

References