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34th BAFTA Film Awards

1981 · 63 nominations · 20 winners · 18 categories

Best Actor 4
The Elephant Man poster

The Elephant Man

The Elephant Man

John Hurt

Winner

All That Jazz poster

All That Jazz

All That Jazz

Roy Scheider

Being There poster

Being There

Being There

Peter Sellers

Kramer vs. Kramer poster

Kramer vs. Kramer

Kramer Vs Kramer

Dustin Hoffman

Best Actress 4
My Brilliant Career poster

My Brilliant Career

My Brilliant Career

Judy Davis

Winner

Being There poster

Being There

Being There

Shirley MacLaine

Kramer vs. Kramer poster

Kramer vs. Kramer

Kramer Vs Kramer

Meryl Streep

The Rose poster

The Rose

The Rose

Bette Midler

Best Screenplay 4
Being There poster

Being There

Jerzy Kosiński

Being There

Winner

The Elephant Man poster

The Elephant Man

Christopher De Vore

The Elephant Man

Airplane! poster

Airplane!

Jim Abrahams

Airplane!

Kramer vs. Kramer poster

Kramer vs. Kramer

Robert Benton

Kramer Vs Kramer

Best Animated Film 4
The Three Inventors

The Three Inventors

Winner

Bio Woman

Bio Woman

Seaside Woman

Seaside Woman

The Cube

The Cube

Best Cinematography 4
All That Jazz poster

All That Jazz

All That Jazz

Winner

Kagemusha poster

Kagemusha

Kagemusha

The Black Stallion poster

The Black Stallion

The Black Stallion

The Elephant Man poster

The Elephant Man

The Elephant Man

Best Production Design 4
The Elephant Man poster

The Elephant Man

The Elephant Man

Winner

All That Jazz poster

All That Jazz

All That Jazz

Flash Gordon poster

Flash Gordon

Flash Gordon

The Empire Strikes Back poster

The Empire Strikes Back

The Empire Strikes Back

Best Costume Design 4
Kagemusha poster

Kagemusha

Kagemusha

Winner

All That Jazz poster

All That Jazz

All That Jazz

Don Giovanni

Don Giovanni

Flash Gordon poster

Flash Gordon

Flash Gordon

Best Editing 4
All That Jazz poster

All That Jazz

All That Jazz

Winner

Fame poster

Fame

Fame

Kramer vs. Kramer poster

Kramer vs. Kramer

Kramer Vs Kramer

The Elephant Man poster

The Elephant Man

The Elephant Man

Best Sound 5
Fame poster

Fame

Fame

Winner

All That Jazz poster

All That Jazz

All That Jazz

Don Giovanni

Don Giovanni

The Empire Strikes Back poster

The Empire Strikes Back

The Empire Strikes Back

The Rose poster

The Rose

The Rose

Most Promising Newcomer 4
My Brilliant Career poster

My Brilliant Career

My Brilliant Career

Judy Davis

Winner

Sonia Braga

Sonia Braga

Dona Flor And Her Two Husbands (Dona Flor E Seus Dois Maridos)

Gregory's Girl poster

Gregory's Girl

Gordon Sinclair

Gregory's Girl

Urban Cowboy poster

Urban Cowboy

Urban Cowboy

Debra Winger

Special Award 1
Jimmy Wright

Jimmy Wright

Winner

Fellowship 3
Abel Gance

Abel Gance

Winner

Emeric Pressburger

Emeric Pressburger

Winner

Michael Powell

Michael Powell

Winner

Robert Flaherty Award (Feature Length Film, Documentary In Content) 1
Category not awarded this year

Category not awarded this year

Winner

Direction 4
Kagemusha poster

Kagemusha

Kagemusha

Winner

Fame poster

Fame

Fame

Kramer vs. Kramer poster

Kramer vs. Kramer

Kramer Vs Kramer

The Elephant Man poster

The Elephant Man

The Elephant Man

Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema 1
Kevin Brownlow

Kevin Brownlow

Winner

Best British Short Film 4
Sredni Vashtar poster

Sredni Vashtar

Sredni Vashtar

Winner

Box On

Box On

Dollor Bottom

Dollor Bottom

Possessions poster

Possessions

Possessions

Film 4
The Elephant Man poster

The Elephant Man

The Elephant Man

Winner

Being There poster

Being There

Being There

Kagemusha poster

Kagemusha

Kagemusha

Kramer vs. Kramer poster

Kramer vs. Kramer

Kramer Vs Kramer

Original Film Music 4
The Empire Strikes Back poster

The Empire Strikes Back

The Empire Strikes Back

Winner

Breaking Glass

Breaking Glass

Fame poster

Fame

Fame

Flash Gordon poster

Flash Gordon

Flash Gordon