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. 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.

Winners and nominees

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – George Roy Hill Kes – Ken Loach M*A*S*H – Robert Altman Ryan's Daughter – David Lean | valign="top" width="50%" | George Roy Hill – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid David Lean – Ryan's Daughter Ken Loach – Kes Robert Altman – M*A*S*H Robert Redford – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid as Sundance KidRobert Redford – Downhill Racer as David ChappelletRobert Redford – Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here as Deputy Sheriff Christopher Cooper Elliott Gould – Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice as Ted Henderson Elliott Gould – M*A*S*H as Captain John Francis "Trapper John" McIntyre George C. Scott – Patton as Major General George S. Patton Paul Newman – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid as Butch Cassidy Katharine Ross – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid as Etta PlaceKatharine Ross – Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here as Lola Goldie Hawn – Cactus Flower as Toni Simmons Goldie Hawn – There's a Girl in My Soup as Marion Jane Fonda – They Shoot Horses, Don't They? as Gloria Beatty Sarah Miles – Ryan's Daughter as Rosy Ryan Colin Welland – Kes as Mr. Farthing Bernard Cribbins – The Railway Children as Albert Perks Gig Young – They Shoot Horses, Don't They? as Rocky John Mills – Ryan's Daughter as Michael Susannah York – They Shoot Horses, Don't They? as Alice LeBlanc Estelle Parsons – Watermelon Man as Althea Gerber Maureen Stapleton – Airport as Inez Guerrero Evin Crowley – Ryan's Daughter as Moureen Cassidy Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – William Goldman Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice – Paul Mazursky and Larry Tucker Kes – Barry Hines, Ken Loach and Tony Garnett They Shoot Horses, Don't They? – James Poe and Robert E. Thompson Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – Conrad Hall Catch-22 – David Watkin Ryan's Daughter – Freddie Young Waterloo – Armando Nannuzzi Waterloo – Maria De Matteis Anne of the Thousand Days – Margaret Furse Cromwell – Vittorio Nino Novarese Ryan's Daughter – Jocelyn Rickards Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – John C. Howard and Richard C. Meyer M*A*S*H – Danford B. Greene Ryan's Daughter – Norman Savage They Shoot Horses, Don't They? – Fredric Steinkamp Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – Burt Bacharach Alice's Restaurant – Arlo Guthrie Figures in a Landscape – Richard Rodney Bennett The Railway Children – Johnny Douglas Waterloo – Mario Garbuglia Anne of the Thousand Days – Maurice Carter Ryan's Daughter – Stephen B. Grimes Scrooge – Terence Marsh Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – Don Hall, David Dockendorf and William Edmondson M*A*S*H – Don Hall, David Dockendorf and Bernard Freericks Patton – Don Hall, Douglas Williams and Don Bassman Ryan's Daughter – Winston Ryder and Gordon McCallum Dai Bradley – Kes as Billy Casper Liza Minnelli – The Sterile Cuckoo as Mary Ann Adams Michael Sarrazin – They Shoot Horses, Don't They? as Robert Syverton Sally Thomsett – The Railway Children as Phyllis Waterbury Henry Nine ' Til Five – Bob Godfrey Children and Cars – John Halas Espollo – Sidney Goldsmith It's Tough to Be a Bird – Ward Kimball Sad Song of Yellow Skin – National Film Board of Canada The Shadow of Progress – Derek Williams Blake – Bill Mason The Gallery – Philip Mark Law The Winds of Fogo – Colin Law The Rise and Fall of the Great Lakes – Bill Mason Continental Drift – Co Hoedeman Policeman – Eric Marquis A Study in Change – Michael Orrom Alfred Hitchcock M*A*S*H – Robert Altman Catch-22 – Mike Nichols The Confession – Costa-Gavras Kes – Ken Loach

Statistics + Films that received multiple nominations Nominations Film 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 Awards Film 9 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 2 Kes Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here Waterloo

See also 43rd Academy Awards 23rd Directors Guild of America Awards 28th Golden Globe Awards 23rd Writers Guild of America Awards

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