25th British Academy Film Awards

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

Sunday Bloody Sunday – John SchlesingerDeath in Venice – Luchino ViscontiThe Go-Between – Joseph LoseyTaking Off – Miloš Forman	John Schlesinger – Sunday Bloody Sunday Joseph Losey – The Go-Between Luchino Visconti – Death in Venice Miloš Forman – Taking Off
*Peter Finch – Sunday Bloody Sunday* as Daniel Hirsh** Albert Finney – Gumshoe as Eddie Ginley Dirk Bogarde – Death in Venice as Gustav Von Aschenbach Dustin Hoffman – Little Big Man as Jack Crabb	*Glenda Jackson – Sunday Bloody Sunday* as Alex Greville** Jane Fonda – Klute as Bree Daniels Julie Christie – The Go-Between as Marian Maudsley Lynn Carlin – Taking Off as Lynn Tyne Nanette Newman – The Raging Moon as Jill Matthews
*Edward Fox – The Go-Between* as Hugh** Ian Hendry – Get Carter as Eric Paice John Hurt – 10 Rillington Place as Timothy Evans Michael Gough – The Go-Between as Mr. Maudsley	*Margaret Leighton – The Go-Between* as Mrs. Maudsley** Georgia Brown – The Raging Moon as Sarah Charles Georgia Engel – Taking Off as Margot Jane Asher – Deep End as Susan
The Go-Between – Harold PinterGumshoe – Neville SmithSunday Bloody Sunday – Penelope GilliattTaking Off – Miloš Forman, John Guare, Jean-Claude Carrière and John Klein	Death in Venice – Pasqualino De SantisFiddler on the Roof – Oswald MorrisThe Go-Between – Gerry FisherSunday Bloody Sunday – Billy Williams
Death in Venice – Piero TosiThe Go-Between – John FurnissNicholas and Alexandra – Yvonne Blake and Antonio CastilloThe Tales of Beatrix Potter – Christine Edzard	Sunday Bloody Sunday – Richard MardenFiddler on the Roof – Antony Gibbs and Robert LawrencePerformance – Antony GibbsTaking Off – John Carter
Summer of '42 – Michel LegrandLittle Big Man – John P. HammondShaft – Isaac HayesTrafic – Charles Dumont	Death in Venice – Ferdinando ScarfiottiThe Go-Between – Carmen DillonNicholas and Alexandra – John BoxThe Tales of Beatrix Potter – Christine Edzard
Death in Venice – Vittorio Trentino and Giuseppe MuratoriFiddler on the Roof – Les Wiggins, David Hildyard and Gordon McCallumThe Go-Between – Garth Craven, Peter Handford and Hugh StrainSunday Bloody Sunday – David Campling, Simon Kaye and Gerry Humphreys	The Hellstrom Chronicle – Walon GreenDeath of a Legend – Bill Mason
Alaska: The Great Land – Derek WilliamsBig Horn – Bill SchmalzThe Long Memory – John Philips	The Savage Voyage – Eric MarquisDon't Go Down The... – Leonard LewisA Future for the Past – Peter Bradford
*Dominic Guard – The Go-Between* as Leo Colston** Carrie Snodgress – Diary of a Mad Housewife as Bettina Balser Gary Grimes – Summer of '42 as Herman Raucher Janet Suzman – Nicholas and Alexandra as Alexandra Feodorovna	The Battle of Algiers – Gillo PontecorvoJoe Hill – Bo WiderbergThe Landlord – Hal AshbyLittle Big Man – Arthur Penn

Statistics

Awards	Film
5	Sunday Bloody Sunday
4	Death in Venice
4	The Go-Between