1972, Film and Television Awards: British Academy Awards (BAFTAs)

Best Film
Winner: ‘Sunday, Bloody Sunday’

Nominees:

• ‘Death in Venice’
• ‘The Go-Between’
• ‘Taking Off’

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Winner:  Peter Finch as Daniel Hirsh in ‘Sunday, Bloody Sunday’

Nominees:

• Albert Finney as Eddie Ginley in ‘Gumshoe’
• Dirk Bogarde as Gustav Von Aschenbach in ‘Death in Venice’
• Dustin Hoffman as Jack Crabb in ‘Little Big Man’

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Winner:  Glenda Jackson as Alex Greville in ‘Sunday Bloody Sunday’

Nominees:

• Jane Fonda as Bree Daniels in ‘Klute’
• Julie Christie as Marian Maudsley in ‘The Go-Between’
• Lynn Carlin as Lynn Tyne in ‘Taking Off’
• Nanette Newman as Jill Matthews in ‘The Raging Moon’

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner: Edward Fox as Hugh in ‘The Go-Between’

Nominees:

• Ian Hendry as Eric Paice in ‘Get Carter’
• John Hurt as Timothy Evans in ‘10 Rillington Place’
• Michael Gough as Mr. Maudsley in ‘The Go-Between’

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner: Margaret Leighton as Mrs. Maudsley in ‘The Go-Between’

Nominees:

• Georgia Brown as Sarah Charles in ‘The Raging Moon’
• Georgia Engel as Margot in ‘Taking Off’
• Jane Asher as Susan in ‘Deep End’

Best Screenplay
Winner: Harold Pinter: ‘The Go-Between’

Nominees:

• Neville Smith: ‘Gumshoe’
• Penelope Gilliatt: ‘Sunday Bloody Sunday’
• Miloš Forman, John Guare, Jean-Claude Carrière and John Klein: ‘Taking Off’

Best Direction
Winner: John Schlesinger: ‘Sunday Bloody Sunday’

Nominees:

• Joseph Losey: ‘The Go-Between’
• Luchino Visconti: ‘Death in Venice’
• Miloš Forman: ‘Taking Off’

Best Cinematography
Winner: Pasqualino De Santis: ‘Death in Venice’

Nominees:

• Oswald Morris: ‘Fiddler on the Roof’
• Gerry Fisher: ‘The Go-Between’
• Billy Williams: ‘Sunday Bloody Sunday’

Best Editing
Winner: Richard Marden: ‘Sunday Bloody Sunday’

Nominees:

• Antony Gibbs and Robert Lawrence: ‘Fiddler on the Roof’
• Antony Gibbs: ‘Performance’
• John Carter: ‘Taking Off’

Best Costume Design
Winner: Piero Tosi: ‘Death in Venice’

Nominees:

• John Furniss: ‘The Go-Between’
• Yvonne Blake and Antonio Castillo: ‘Nicholas and Alexandra’
• Christine Edzard: ‘The Tales of Beatrix Potter’

Best Original Music
Winner: Michel Legrand: ‘Summer of '42’

Nominees:

• John P. Hammond: ‘Little Big Man’
• Isaac Hayes: ‘Shaft’
• Charles Dumont: ‘Trafic’