The 32nd British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 22 March 1979 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 1978. 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 1978.
| 32nd British Academy Film Awards |
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| Date | 22 March 1979 |
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| Site | Wembley Conference Centre |
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| Hosted by | Sue Lawley
Michael York |
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| Highlights |
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| Best Film | Julia |
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| Best Actor | Richard Dreyfuss
The Goodbye Girl |
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| Best Actress | Jane Fonda
Julia |
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| Most awards | Julia (4) |
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| Most nominations | Julia (10) |
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The film Julia had ten nominations and four awards, including Best Film. Richard Dreyfuss and Jane Fonda took home Best Actor and Actress, whilst John Hurt and Geraldine Page won in the supporting categories.
The ceremony was hosted by Sue Lawley and Michael York.
Winners and nominees
Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema
- Les Bowie, Colin Chilvers, Denys Coop, Roy Field, Derek Meddings, Zoran Perisic and Wally Veevers (Special Visual Effects Team – Superman)
Awards
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
- Julia – Fred Zinnemann
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind – Steven Spielberg
- Midnight Express – Alan Parker
- Star Wars – George Lucas
| - Alan Parker – Midnight Express
- Fred Zinnemann – Julia
- Robert Altman – A Wedding
- Steven Spielberg – Close Encounters of the Third Kind
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- Richard Dreyfuss – The Goodbye Girl as Elliot Garfield
- Anthony Hopkins – Magic as Corky Withers
- Brad Davis – Midnight Express as Billy Hayes
- Peter Ustinov – Death on the Nile as Hercule Poirot
| - Jane Fonda – Julia as Lillian Hellman
- Anne Bancroft – The Turning Point as Emma Jacklin
- Jill Clayburgh – An Unmarried Woman as Erica Benton
- Marsha Mason – The Goodbye Girl as Paula McFadden
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- John Hurt – Midnight Express as Max
- François Truffaut – Close Encounters of the Third Kind as Claude Lacombe
- Gene Hackman – Superman as Lex Luthor
- Jason Robards – Julia as Dashiell Hammett
| - Geraldine Page – Interiors as Eve
- Angela Lansbury – Death on the Nile as Salome Otterbourne
- Maggie Smith – Death on the Nile as Miss Bowers
- Mona Washbourne – Stevie as Aunt
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- Julia – Alvin Sargent
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind – Steven Spielberg
- The Goodbye Girl – Neil Simon
- A Wedding – John Considine, Patricia Resnick, Allan F. Nicholls and Robert Altman
| - Julia – Douglas Slocombe
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind – Vilmos Zsigmond
- The Duellists – Frank Tidy
- Superman – Geoffrey Unsworth
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- Death on the Nile – Anthony Powell
- The Duellists – Tom Rand
- Julia – Anthea Sylbert, Joan Bridge and Annalisa Nasalli Rocca
- Star Wars – John Mollo
| - Midnight Express – Gerry Hambling
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind – Michael Kahn
- Julia – Walter Murch
- Star Wars – Paul Hirsch, Marcia Lucas and Richard Chew
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- Star Wars – John Williams
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind – John Williams
- Julia – Georges Delerue
- Saturday Night Fever – Bee Gees
| - Close Encounters of the Third Kind – Joe Alves
- Julia – Gene Callahan, Willy Holt and Carmen Dillon
- Star Wars – John Barry
- Superman – John Barry
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Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles - Christopher Reeve – Superman as Superman
- Brad Davis – Midnight Express as Billy Hayes
- Mary Beth Hurt – Interiors as Joey
- Melanie Mayron – Girlfriends as Susan Weinblatt
| - The Silent Witness – David Rolfe
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Best Short Factual Film - Hokusai: An Animated Sketchbook – Tony White
- I'll Find a Way – Beverly Shaffer
- Planet Water – Derek Williams
- Sunday Muddy Sunday – Lindsay Dale
| Best Specialised Film - Twenty Times More Likely – Robert Young
- How a Man Schall Be Armyd – Anthony Wilkinson
- Leonard Lewis – Safety Net
- Play Safe – David Eady
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Best Sound - Star Wars – Sam Shaw, Robert Rutledge, Gordon Davidson, Gene Corso, Derek Ball, Don MacDougall, Bob Minkler, Ray West, Michael Minkler, Les Fresholtz, Richard Portman and Ben Burtt
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind – Gene Cantamessa, Robert Knudson, Don MacDougall, Robert Glass, Steve Katz, Frank Warner, Richard Oswald, David Horton, Sam Gemette, Gary Gerlich, Chet Slomka and Neil Burrow
- Saturday Night Fever – Michael Colgan, Les Lazarowitz, John Wilkinson, Robert W. Glass Jr. and John T. Reitz
- Superman – Chris Greenham, Gordon McCallum, Peter Pennell,
Mike Hopkins, Pat Foster, Stan Fiferman, John Foster, Roy Charman, Norman Bolland, Brian Marshall, Charles Schmitz, Dick Ragusa and Chris Large
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Statistics
Films that received multiple nominations | Nominations | Film | | 10 | Julia | | 9 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | | 6 | Midnight Express | | Star Wars | | 5 | Superman | | 4 | Death on the Nile | | 3 | The Goodbye Girl | | 2 | The Duellists | | Interiors | | Saturday Night Fever | | A Wedding | | Films that received multiple awards | Awards | Film | | 4 | Julia | | 3 | Midnight Express | | 2 | Star Wars | |
See also
- 51st Academy Awards
- 4th César Awards
- 31st Directors Guild of America Awards
- 36th Golden Globe Awards
- 5th Saturn Awards
- 31st Writers Guild of America Awards
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