Editing 1981 in film (section)

== Awards ==
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! rowspan="2" style="width:20px;"| Category/Organization !! colspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[39th Golden Globe Awards]]<br>January 30, 1982 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[35th British Academy Film Awards|35th BAFTA Awards]]<br>March 18, 1982 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[54th Academy Awards]]<br>March 29, 1982
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! width=200| Drama !! style="width:200px;"| Musical or Comedy
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| Best Film || ''[[On Golden Pond (1981 film)|On Golden Pond]]'' || ''[[Arthur (1981 film)|Arthur]]'' || colspan="2" | ''[[Chariots of Fire]]''
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| Best Director || colspan="2" | [[Warren Beatty]]<br>''[[Reds (film)|Reds]]'' || [[Louis Malle]]<br>''[[Atlantic City (1980 film)|Atlantic City]]'' || [[Warren Beatty]]<br>''[[Reds (film)|Reds]]''
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| Best Actor || [[Henry Fonda]]<br>''[[On Golden Pond (1981 film)|On Golden Pond]]'' || [[Dudley Moore]]<br>''[[Arthur (1981 film)|Arthur]]'' || [[Burt Lancaster]]<br>''[[Atlantic City (1980 film)|Atlantic City]]'' || [[Henry Fonda]]<br>''[[On Golden Pond (1981 film)|On Golden Pond]]''
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| Best Actress || [[Meryl Streep]]<br>''[[The French Lieutenant's Woman (film)|The French Lieutenant's Woman]]'' || [[Bernadette Peters]]<br>''[[Pennies from Heaven (1981 film)|Pennies from Heaven]]'' || [[Meryl Streep]]<br>''[[The French Lieutenant's Woman (film)|The French Lieutenant's Woman]]'' || [[Katharine Hepburn]]<br>''[[On Golden Pond (1981 film)|On Golden Pond]]''
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| Best Supporting Actor || colspan="2" | [[John Gielgud]]<br>''[[Arthur (1981 film)|Arthur]]'' || [[Ian Holm]]<br>''[[Chariots of Fire]]'' || [[John Gielgud]]<br>''[[Arthur (1981 film)|Arthur]]''
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| Best Supporting Actress || colspan="2" | [[Joan Hackett]]<br>''[[Only When I Laugh (film)|Only When I Laugh]]'' || N/A || [[Maureen Stapleton]]<br>''[[Reds (film)|Reds]]''
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| Best Screenplay, Adapted || colspan="2" rowspan="2" | [[Ernest Thompson]]<br>''[[On Golden Pond (1981 film)|On Golden Pond]]'' || rowspan="2" | [[Bill Forsyth]]<br>''[[Gregory's Girl]]'' || [[Ernest Thompson]]<br>''[[On Golden Pond (1981 film)|On Golden Pond]]''
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| Best Screenplay, Original || [[Colin Welland]]<br>''[[Chariots of Fire]]''
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| Best Original Score || colspan="2" | N/A || [[Carl Davis]]<br>''[[The French Lieutenant's Woman (film)|The French Lieutenant's Woman]]'' || [[Vangelis]]<br>''[[Chariots of Fire]]''
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| Best Original Song || colspan="2" | "[[Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)]]"<br>''[[Arthur (1981 film)|Arthur]]'' || N/A || "[[Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)]]"<br>''[[Arthur (1981 film)|Arthur]]''
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| Best Foreign Language Film || colspan="2" | ''[[Chariots of Fire]]'' || N/A || ''[[Mephisto (1981 film)|Mephisto]]''
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'''[[Palme d'Or]] (Cannes Film Festival):'''
:'''''[[Man of Iron]]''''' (Człowiek z żelaza), directed by [[Andrzej Wajda]], Poland

'''[[Golden Lion]] (Venice Film Festival):'''
:'''''[[Marianne and Juliane]]''''' (''Die Bleierne Zeit''), directed by [[Margarethe von Trotta]], W. Germany

'''[[Berlin Film Festival|Golden Bear]] (Berlin Film Festival):'''
:'''''[[Faster, Faster]]''''' (''Deprisa, deprisa'' / ''Vivre vite''), directed by [[Carlos Saura]], Spain / France