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.
[1] BAFTA Fellowship: Freddie Young Sunday Bloody Sunday – John Schlesinger John Schlesinger – Sunday Bloody Sunday Peter Finch – Sunday Bloody Sunday as Daniel Hirsh Glenda Jackson – Sunday Bloody Sunday as Alex Greville Edward Fox – The Go-Between as Hugh Margaret Leighton – The Go-Between as Mrs. Maudsley The Go-Between – Harold Pinter Death in Venice – Pasqualino De Santis Death in Venice – Piero Tosi Sunday Bloody Sunday – Richard Marden Summer of '42 – Michel Legrand Death in Venice – Ferdinando Scarfiotti Death in Venice – Vittorio Trentino and Giuseppe Muratori The Hellstrom Chronicle – Walon Green Alaska: The Great Land – Derek Williams The Savage Voyage – Eric Marquis Dominic Guard – The Go-Between as Leo Colston The Battle of Algiers – Gillo Pontecorvo