24th British Academy Film Awards

Last updated • a couple of secsFrom Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

24th British Academy Film Awards
Date4 March 1971
Site Royal Albert Hall, London
Highlights
Best Film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Best Actor Robert Redford
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ,
Downhill Racer , and
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
Best Actress Katharine Ross
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
Most awardsButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (9)
Most nominationsButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid &
Ryan's Daughter (10)

The 24th British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1971, honoured the best films of 1970. The awards were held at the Royal Albert Hall, London and held on 4 March 1971. [1] For the first time, the Society bestowed a Fellowship on someone who had left a permanent influence on the world of the big or small screen. The first BAFTA Fellowship Award was bestowed on Alfred Hitchcock Fellowship Award at this award event from Princess Anne.

Contents

Winners and nominees

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid George Roy Hill

George Roy Hill Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Robert Redford Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid as Sundance Kid
Robert Redford Downhill Racer as David Chappellet
Robert Redford Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here as Deputy Sheriff Christopher Cooper

Katharine Ross Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid as Etta Place
Katharine Ross Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here as Lola

Colin Welland Kes as Mr. Farthing

Susannah York They Shoot Horses, Don't They? as Alice LeBlanc

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid William Goldman

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Conrad Hall

Waterloo Maria De Matteis

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid John C. Howard and Richard C. Meyer

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Burt Bacharach

Waterloo Mario Garbuglia

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Don Hall, David Dockendorf and William Edmondson

Dai Bradley Kes as Billy Casper

Henry Nine ' Til FiveBob Godfrey

Sad Song of Yellow Skin National Film Board of Canada

The Shadow of ProgressDerek Williams

  • Blake Bill Mason
  • The Gallery – Philip Mark Law
  • The Winds of Fogo – Colin Law
Best Specialised Film

The Rise and Fall of the Great Lakes Bill Mason

  • Continental DriftCo Hoedeman
  • Policeman – Eric Marquis
  • A Study in Change – Michael Orrom
Fellowship Award

Alfred Hitchcock

United Nations Award

MASH Robert Altman

Statistics

Films that received multiple nominations
NominationsFilm
10 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Ryan's Daughter
6 Kes
MASH
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
3 The Railway Children
Waterloo
2 Anne of the Thousand Days
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Catch-22
Patton
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
Films that received multiple awards
AwardsFilm
9 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
2 Kes
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
Waterloo

See also

Related Research Articles

The British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTA Awards, is an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to honour the best British and international contributions to film. The ceremonies were initially held at the flagship Odeon Cinema in Leicester Square in London, before being held at the Royal Opera House from 2007 to 2016. From 2017 to 2022, the ceremony was held at the Royal Albert Hall in London before moving to the Royal Festival Hall for the 2023 ceremony. The statue awarded to recipients depicts a theatrical mask.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">23rd Golden Raspberry Awards</span> Award ceremony presented by the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation in 2002

The 23rd Golden Raspberry Awards were held on March 22, 2003 at the Sheraton Hotel in Santa Monica, California to recognize the worst the movie industry had to offer in 2002. Pinocchio became the first foreign language film to be nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture, and Madonna won Razzies for both Worst Actress and Supporting Actress. The one-time-only category introduced this year was "Most Flatulent Teen-Targeted Movie".

The 56th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 23 February 2003 at the Odeon Leicester Square in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2002. 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 2002.

The 51st British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 19 April 1998 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 1997. 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 1997.

The 50th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 29 April 1997 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 1996. 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 1998.

The 61st British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 10 February 2008 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2007. 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 2007.

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.

The 23rd British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1970, honoured the best films of 1969.

The 62nd British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 8 February 2009 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2008. 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 2008.

The 63rd British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on 21 February 2010 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2009. 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 2009.

The 64th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on 13 February 2011 at the Royal Opera House in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2010. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades are handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 2010.

The 65th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on 12 February 2012 at the Royal Opera House in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2011. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades are handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 2011.

The 66th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on 10 February 2013 at the Royal Opera House in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2012. The nominations were announced on 9 January 2013. 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 2012.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">69th British Academy Film Awards</span> British Academy Film Awards of 2016

The 69th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on 14 February 2016 at the Royal Opera House in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2015. 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 2015.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">70th British Academy Film Awards</span>

The 70th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on 12 February 2017 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2016. 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 2016.

The 71st British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on 18 February 2018 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2017. 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 2017. Following revelations of sexual harassment in the film industry, many attendees wore black or a badge to show their support for the Time's Up movement.

The 72nd British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on 10 February 2019 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2018. 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 2018.

References

  1. "CalmView: Overview".