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)
| channel =
| 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 Sunday – John Schlesinger | valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|Best Direction}} |
valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|Best Actor in a Leading Role}}
Peter Finch – Sunday Bloody Sunday as Daniel Hirsh
| valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|Best Actress in a Leading Role}} Glenda Jackson – Sunday Bloody Sunday as Alex Greville
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valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|Best Actor in a Supporting Role}}
Edward Fox – The Go-Between as Hugh
| valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|Best Actress in a Supporting Role}} Margaret Leighton – The Go-Between as Mrs. Maudsley
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valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|Best Screenplay}}
The Go-Between – Harold Pinter
| valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|Best Cinematography}} |
valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|Best Costume Design}}
| 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 '42 – Michel Legrand | valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|Best Production Design}} |
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}} |
valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|Best Short Film}}
Alaska: The Great Land – Derek Williams
| valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|Best Specialised Film}} The Savage Voyage – Eric Marquis
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valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles}}
Dominic Guard – The Go-Between as Leo Colston
| valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|United Nations Award}} |
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 |
8 |
7 |
6 |
rowspan="3" | 3 |
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 |
rowspan="2" | 4 |
The Go-Between |
See also
References
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{{BAFTA Film Awards Chron}}