British Academy Awards: 1971

BAFTA Film Award

Best Film


Winner:
	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Other Nominees:
	Kes (1969) MASH (1970) Ryan's Daughter (1970)

Best Actor


Winners:
	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) - Robert Redford Downhill Racer (1969) - Robert Redford Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969) - Robert Redford
Other Nominees:
	Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969) - Elliott Gould Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) - Paul Newman MASH (1970) - Elliott Gould Patton (1970) - George C. Scott

Best Actress


Winners:
	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) - Katharine Ross Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969) - Katharine Ross
Other Nominees:
	Cactus Flower (1969) - Goldie Hawn Ryan's Daughter (1970) - Sarah Miles (I) There's a Girl in My Soup (1970) - Goldie Hawn They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) - Jane Fonda

Best Supporting Actor


Winner:
	Kes (1969) - Colin Welland
Other Nominees:
	Railway Children, The (1970) - Bernard Cribbins Ryan's Daughter (1970) - John Mills (I) They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) - Gig Young

Best Supporting Actress


Winner:
	They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) - Susannah York
Other Nominees:
	Airport (1970) - Maureen Stapleton Ryan's Daughter (1970) - Evin Crowley Watermelon Man (1970) - Estelle Parsons

Best Direction


Winner:
	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) - George Roy Hill
Other Nominees:
	Kes (1969) - Ken Loach MASH (1970) - Robert Altman Ryan's Daughter (1970) - David Lean

Best Screenplay


Winner:
	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) - William Goldman
Other Nominees:
	Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969) - Paul Mazursky; Larry Tucker Kes (1969) - Barry Hines (I); Ken Loach; Tony Garnett (I) They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) - James Poe; Robert E. Thompson

Best Cinematography


Winner:
	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) - Conrad L. Hall
Other Nominees:
	Catch-22 (1970) - David Watkin Ryan's Daughter (1970) - Freddie Young Waterloo (1970/I) - Armando Nannuzzi

Best Art Direction


Winner:
	Waterloo (1970/I) - Mario Garbuglia
Other Nominees:
	Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) - Maurice Carter Ryan's Daughter (1970) - Stephen B. Grimes Scrooge (1970) - Terence Marsh

Best Costume Design


Winner:
	Waterloo (1970/I) - Maria De Matteis
Other Nominees:
	Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) - Margaret Furse Cromwell (1970) - Vittorio Nino Novarese Ryan's Daughter (1970) - Jocelyn Rickards

Best Sound Track


Winner:
	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) - Don Hall (I); David Dockendorf; William E. Edmondson
Other Nominees:
	MASH (1970) - Don Hall (I); David Dockendorf; Bernard Freericks Patton (1970) - Don Hall (I); Douglas O. Williams; Don J. Bassman Ryan's Daughter (1970) - Winston Ryder; Gordon K. McCallum

Best Film Editing


Winner:
	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) - John C. Howard; Richard C. Meyer
Other Nominees:
	MASH (1970) - Danford B. Greene Ryan's Daughter (1970) - Norman Savage They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) - Fredric Steinkamp

Best Short Film


Winner:
	Shadow of Progress, The (1970) - Derek Williams (I)
Other Nominees:
	Blake (1969) - Bill Mason (II) Gallery, The (1970) - Philip Mark Law Winds of Fogo, The (1970) - Colin Low

Best Promising Newcomer


Winner:
	Kes (1969) - David Bradley (II)
Other Nominees:
	Railway Children, The (1970) - Sally Thomsett Sterile Cuckoo, The (1969) - Liza Minnelli They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) - Michael Sarrazin

Best Animated Film


Winner:
	Henry Nine 'til Five (1970) - Bob Godfrey
Other Nominees:
	Children and Cars (1970) - John Halas Espolio (1970) - Sidney Goldsmith It's Tough to Be a Bird (1969) - Ward Kimball

Best Specialised Film


Winner:
	Rise and Fall of the Great Lakes, The (1968) - Bill Mason (II)
Other Nominees:
	Continental Drift (1970) - Co Hoedeman Policeman (1970/I) - Eric Marquis (I) Study in Change, A (1970) - Michael Orrom


Winner:
	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) - Burt Bacharach
Other Nominees:
	Alice's Restaurant (1969) - Arlo Guthrie Figures in a Landscape (1970) - Richard Rodney Bennett Railway Children, The (1970) - Johnny Douglas (I)


Winner:
	Sad Song of Yellow Skin (1970) - National Film Board of Canada

Best Light Entertainment Production