26th British Academy Film Awards

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26th British Academy Film Awards
Date28 February 1973
Site Royal Albert Hall
Hosted by Michael Parkinson
John Mills
Highlights
Best Film Cabaret
Best Actor Gene Hackman
The Poseidon Adventure and The French Connection
Best Actress Liza Minnelli
Cabaret
Most awards Cabaret (7)
Most nominations Cabaret (11)

The 26th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 28 February 1973 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 1972. 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 1972. [1]

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After receiving the most nominations with 11, Bob Fosse's Cabaret took home the most awards of the night, winning a total of 7 awards. This included; Best Film, Direction (Fosse), Actress (Liza Minnelli), Production Design (Rolf Zehetbauer) and Most Promising Newcomer (Joel Grey). Gene Hackman received Best Actor for his performances in The French Connection and The Poseidon Adventure , whilst Ben Johnson and Cloris Leachman won in the supporting categories for their performances in The Last Picture Show .

The ceremony was hosted by Michael Parkinson and John Mills. [2]

Winners and nominees

Bob Fosse, Best Film and Best Direction winner Bob Fosse 1963 (cropped).jpg
Bob Fosse, Best Film and Best Direction winner
Gene Hackman, Best Actor winner GeneHackmanJun08.jpg
Gene Hackman, Best Actor winner
Liza Minnelli, Best Actress winner Liza Minnelli Publicity 1973.jpg
Liza Minnelli, Best Actress winner
Ben Johnson, Best Supporting Actor winner Ben Johnson The Wild Bunch publicity photo.JPG
Ben Johnson, Best Supporting Actor winner
Cloris Leachman, Best Supporting Actress winner Cloris Leachman 1970.JPG
Cloris Leachman, Best Supporting Actress winner

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Specialised Film
  • Cutting Oils and Fluids
    • We Call It Petrol
    • What Did You Learn at School Today?
    • What Is Life?
John Grierson Award
United Nations Award

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References

  1. "BAFTA | Film in 1973". bafta.org. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
  2. "BBC One London – 28 February 1973". BBC Programme Index.