Journals

35th British Academy Film Awards
Date	1982
Highlights
Best Film	Chariots of Fire
Best Actor	Burt Lancaster Atlantic City
Best Actress	Meryl Streep The French Lieutenant's Woman
Most awards	Chariots of Fire & The French Lieutenant's Woman (3)
Most nominations	Chariots of Fire & The French Lieutenant's Woman (11)
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The 35th British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1982, honoured the best films of 1981.

Winners and nominees

Best Film

Chariots of Fire

• Atlantic City
• The French Lieutenant's Woman
• Gregory's Girl
• Raiders of the Lost Ark

Best Actor

Burt Lancaster in Atlantic City

• Robert De Niro in Raging Bull
• Bob Hoskins in The Long Good Friday
• Jeremy Irons in The French Lieutenant's Woman

Best Supporting Artist

Ian Holm in Chariots of Fire

• Nigel Havers in Chariots of Fire
• John Gielgud in Arthur
• Denholm Elliott in Raiders of the Lost Ark

Best Actress

Meryl Streep in The French Lieutenant's Woman

• Sissy Spacek in Coal Miner's Daughter
• Mary Tyler Moore in Ordinary People
• Maggie Smith in Quartet

Best Direction

Louis Malle for Atlantic City

• Hugh Hudson for Chariots of Fire
• Bill Forsyth for Gregory's Girl
• Karel Reisz for The French Lieutenant's Woman

Best Screenplay

Gregory's Girl - Bill Forsyth