30th British Academy Film Awards

30th British Academy Film Awards
Date24 March 1977
SiteWembley Conference Centre
Hosted byEsther Rantzen
Roger Moore
Highlights
Best FilmOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Best ActorJack Nicholson
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Best ActressLouise Fletcher
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Most awardsOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (6)
Most nominationsAll the President's Men and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (10)

The 30th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 24 March 1977 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 1976. 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 1976.[1][2]

Miloš Forman's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest won the award for Best Film, Direction (Forman), Actor (Jack Nicholson), Actress (Louise Fletcher), Supporting Actor (Brad Dourif) and Editing (Richard Chew, Lynzee Klingman and Sheldon Kahn). The film received a total of 6 awards. Jodie Foster received Best Supporting Actress for her performances in Bugsy Malone and Taxi Driver.

The ceremony was hosted by Esther Rantzen and Roger Moore.[3]

  1. ^ "30th BAFTA Awards - Film". BAFTA.org. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  2. ^ "Sir Denis Forman". www.bafta.org. 25 February 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  3. ^ "BBC One London – 24 March 1977". BBC Programme Index. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022.