British Academy Film Awards 1972
The 25th British Academy Film Awards took place in 1972 in London . The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) film awards were presented in 18 categories; there was also an honorary award. Films from 1971 were honored .
| Movie | N | A. |
|---|---|---|
| The mediator | 12 | 4th |
| Sunday, Bloody Sunday | 8th | 5 |
| Death in Venice | 7th | 4th |
| Taking Off | 6th | 0 |
| Anatevka | 3 | 0 |
| Little Big Man | 3 | 0 |
| Nikolaus and Alexandra | 3 | 0 |
| Summer '42 | 2 | 1 |
| On quiet feet | 2 | 0 |
| The angry moon | 2 | 0 |
| Trixi's wonderland | 2 | 0 |
Award winners and nominations
With twelve nominations, Joseph Losey's Der Mittler was a big favorite in the run-up to the event, but like Luchino Visconti's death in Venice, it received only four prizes. The winner of the evening was John Schlesinger's Sunday, Bloody Sunday , which received five awards from eight nominations. One of the losers was Miloš Forman's Taking Off , who missed out on six nominations.
Best movie
Sunday, Bloody Sunday (Sunday Bloody Sunday) - Director: John Schlesinger
- Der Mittler (The Go-Between) - Director: Joseph Losey
- Taking Off - Directed by Miloš Forman
- Death in Venice (Morte a Venezia) - Director: Luchino Visconti
United Nations Award
Battle of Algiers (The Battle of Algiers) Director: Gillo Pontecorvo
- The homeowner (The Landlord) Director: Hal Ashby
- Joe Hill (Ballad of Joe Hill) Director: Bo Widerberg
- Little Big Man Director: Arthur Penn
Best director
John Schlesinger - Sunday, Bloody Sunday (Sunday Bloody Sunday)
- Miloš Forman - Taking Off
- Joseph Losey - The Mediator (The Go-Between)
- Luchino Visconti - Death in Venice (Death in Venice)
Best Actor
Peter Finch - Sunday, Bloody Sunday (Sunday Bloody Sunday)
- Dirk Bogarde - Death in Venice (Death in Venice)
- Albert Finney - On Quiet Shoes (Gumshoe)
- Dustin Hoffman - Little Big Man
Best main actress
Glenda Jackson - Sunday, Bloody Sunday (Sunday Bloody Sunday)
- Lynn Carlin - Taking Off
- Julie Christie - The Mediator (The Go-Between)
- Jane Fonda - Klute
- Nanette Newman - The Mad Moon (The Raging Moon)
Best supporting actor
Edward Fox - The Mediator (The Go-Between)
- Michael Gough - The Mediator (The Go-Between)
- Ian Hendry - Jack Settles (Get Carter)
- John Hurt - John Christie, the strangler of London (10 Rillington Place)
The best supporting actress
Margaret Leighton - The Go-Between (The Go-Between)
- Jane Asher - Deep End
- Georgia Brown - The Mad Moon (The Raging Moon)
- Georgia Engel - Taking Off
Best Young Actor
Dominic Guard - The Mediator (The Go-Between)
- Gary Grimes - Summer of '42 (Summer of '42)
- Carrie Snodgress - Diary of adultery (Diary of a Mad Housewife)
- Janet Suzman - Nikolaus and Alexandra (Nicholas and Alexandra)
Best script
Harold Pinter - The Mediator (The Go-Between)
- Jean-Claude Carrière , Miloš Forman , Juhn Guare , Jon Klein - Taking Off
- Penelope Gilliatt - Sunday, Bloody Sunday (Sunday Bloody Sunday)
- Neville Smith - Silent footsteps (Gumshoe)
Best camera
Pasqualino De Santis - Death in Venice (Morte a Venezia)
- Gerry Fisher - The Mediator (The Go-Between)
- Oswald Morris - Anatevka (Fiddler on the Roof)
- Billy Williams - Sunday, Bloody Sunday (Sunday Bloody Sunday)
Best cut
Richard Marden - Sunday, Bloody Sunday (Sunday Bloody Sunday)
- John Carter - Taking Off
- Antony Gibbs - performance
- Antony Gibbs, Robert Lawrence - Anatevka (Fiddler on the Roof)
Best production design
Ferdinando Scarfiotti - Death in Venice (Morte a Venezia)
- John Box - Nicholas and Alexandra (Nicholas and Alexandra)
- Carmen Dillon - The Mediator (The Go-Between)
- Christine Edzard - Trixis Wunderland (The Tales of Beatrix Potter)
Best costumes
Piero Tosi - Death in Venice (Morte a Venezia)
- Yvonne Blake , Antonio Castillo - Nikolaus and Alexandra (Nicholas and Alexandra)
- Christine Edzard - Trixis Wunderland (The Tales of Beatrix Potter)
- John Furniss - The Mediator (The Go-Between)
Best film score
Michel Legrand - Summer of '42 (Summer of '42)
- Charles Dumont - Trafic - Tati in rush hour traffic
- John Hammond - Little Big Man
- Isaac Hayes - Shaft
Best tone
Giuseppe Muratori , Vittorio Trentino - Death in Venice (Morte a Venezia)
- David Campling , Gerry Humphreys , Simon Kaye - Sunday, Bloody Sunday (Sunday Bloody Sunday)
- Garth Craven , Peter Handford , Hugh Strain - Der Mittler (The Go-Between)
- David Hildyard , Gordon K. McCallum , Les Wiggins - Anatevka (Fiddler on the Roof)
Best short film
Alaska: The Great Land - Derek Williams
- Big Horn - Bill Schmalz
- The Long Memory - John Phillips
Best documentary
The Hellstrom Chronicle (The Hellstrom Chronicle) - Directed by: Walon Green
- Death of a Legend - Directed by Bill Mason
Best specialized film
The Savage Voyage - Eric Marquis
- A Future For The Past - Peter Bradford
- Marine Safety: Don't Go Down The… - Leonard Lewis
Academy Fellowship
- Freddie Young , British cameraman