29th British Academy Film Awards

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The 29th British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1976, honoured the best films of 1975.

Winners and nominees

Best Film

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

• Barry Lyndon
• Jaws
• Dog Day Afternoon

Best Actor

Al Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon and The Godfather: Part II

• Gene Hackman in French Connection II
• Gene Hackman in Night Moves
• Richard Dreyfuss in Jaws
• Dustin Hoffman in Lenny

Best Actress

Ellen Burstyn in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

• Valerie Perrine in Lenny
• Anne Bancroft in The Prisoner of Second Avenue
• Liv Ullmann in Scenes from a Marriage

Best Supporting Actor

Fred Astaire in The Towering Inferno

• Burgess Meredith in The Day of the Locust
• Jack Warden in Shampoo
• Martin Balsam in The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

Best Supporting Actress

Diane Ladd in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

• Lelia Goldoni in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
• Ronee Blakely in Nashville
• Gwen Welles in Nashville

Best Direction

Stanley Kubrick for Barry Lyndon

• Sidney Lumet for Dog Day Afternoon
• Martin Scorsese for Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
• Steven Spielberg for Jaws

Best Screenplay

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore - Robert Getchell