31st British Academy Film Awards

The 31st British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 16 March 1978 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 1977. 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 1977.

Woody Allen's Annie Hall won the award for Best Film, Best Direction and Best Screenplay. Peter Finch and Diane Keaton took home Best Actor and Actress, whilst Edward Fox and Jenny Agutter won in the supporting categories.

The ceremony was hosted by Andrew Gardner and Susannah York.

Winners and nominees

BAFTA Fellowship

Fred Zinnemann

Awards Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Annie Hall – Woody Allen A Bridge Too Far – Richard Attenborough Network – Sidney Lumet Rocky – John G. Avildsen | valign="top" width="50%" | Woody Allen – Annie Hall John G. Avildsen – Rocky Richard Attenborough – A Bridge Too Far Sidney Lumet – Network Peter Finch – Network as Howard Beale Sylvester Stallone – Rocky as Rocky Balboa William Holden – Network as Max Schumacher Woody Allen – Annie Hall as Alvy Singer Diane Keaton – Annie Hall as Annie Hall Faye Dunaway – Network as Diana Christensen Lily Tomlin – The Late Show as Margo Sperling Shelley Duvall – 3 Women as Mildred Lammoreaux Edward Fox – A Bridge Too Far as Brian Horrocks Colin Blakely – Equus as Frank Strang Robert Duvall – Network as Frank Hackett Zero Mostel – The Front as Hecky Brown Jenny Agutter – Equus as Jill Mason Geraldine Chaplin – Welcome to L.A. as Karen Hood Joan Plowright – Equus as Dora Strang Shelley Winters – Next Stop, Greenwich Village as Fay Lapinsky Annie Hall – Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman Equus – Peter Shaffer Network – Paddy Chayefsky Rocky – Sylvester Stallone A Bridge Too Far – Geoffrey Unsworth The Deep – Christopher Challis Fellini's Casanova – Giuseppe Rotunno Valentino – Peter Suschitzky Fellini's Casanova – Danilo Donati Joseph Andrews – Michael Annals and Patrick Wheatley New York, New York – Theadora Van Runkle Valentino – Shirley Ann Russell Annie Hall – Ralph Rosenblum and Wendy Greene Bricmont A Bridge Too Far – Antony Gibbs Network – Alan Heim Rocky – Richard Halsey A Bridge Too Far – John Addison Equus – Richard Rodney Bennett The Spy Who Loved Me – Marvin Hamlisch A Star Is Born – Paul Williams, Barbra Streisand, Kenneth Ascher, Rupert Holmes, Leon Russell, Kenny Loggins, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman and Donna Weiss Fellini's Casanova – Danilo Donati A Bridge Too Far – Terence Marsh The Spy Who Loved Me – Ken Adam Valentino – Philip Harrison A Bridge Too Far – Peter Horrocks, Gerry Humphreys, Simon Kaye, Robin O'Donoghue and Les Wiggins Network – Jack Fitzstephens, Marc Lamb, Sandford Rackow, James Sabat and Dick Vorisek New York, New York – Kay Rose, Michael Colgan, James Fritch, Larry Jost and Richard Portman A Star Is Born – Robert Glass, Robert Knudson, Marvin Kosberg, Tom Overton, Joseph Von Stroheim and Dan Wallin Path of the Paddle – Bill Mason Hazchem – Roy Pace How the Motor Works: Part II – George Seager Bead Game – Ishu Patel The Chinese Word for Horse – Kate Canning The Sand Castle – Co Hoedeman The Living City – Peter De Normanville and Sarah Erulkar Pipeline Alaska – John Armstrong Reflections – Paddy Carey The Shetland Experience – Derek Williams Isabelle Huppert – The Lacemaker as Pomme Jeannette Clift George – The Hiding Place as Corrie Ten Boom Olimpia Carlisi – The Middle of the World as Adriana Saverio Marconi – Padre Padrone as Gavino

Statistics

+ Films that received multiple nominations Nominations Film 9 Network 8 A Bridge Too Far 6 Annie Hall 5 Equus Rocky 3 Fellini's Casanova Valentino 2 New York, New York The Spy Who Loved Me A Star Is Born

+ Films that received multiple awards Awards Film 5 Annie Hall 4 A Bridge Too Far 2 Fellini's Casanova

31st British Academy Film Awards

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