29th British Academy Film Awards


The 29th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 17 March 1976 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 1975. 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 1975.
Martin Scorsese's Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore won the award for Best Film, Screenplay, Actress and Supporting Actress. The film received a total of 4 awards. Al Pacino received Best Actor for his performances in Dog Day Afternoon and The Godfather Part II. Fred Astaire took home Best Supporting Actor for The Towering Inferno.
The ceremony was hosted by Diana Rigg and Eamonn Andrews.

Winners and nominees

BAFTA Fellowship

Charlie Chaplin and '''Laurence Olivier'''

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Statistics

NominationsFilm
7Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
7Jaws
6Dog Day Afternoon
5Barry Lyndon
5Nashville
4The Godfather Part II
4Rollerball
4The Towering Inferno
3The Day of the Locust
3Lenny
2The Man Who Would Be King
2The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

AwardsFilm
4Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
2Barry Lyndon
2Dog Day Afternoon
2The Towering Inferno