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Best Film:

	Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop)
	Runners-up: The Godfather and The Emigrants (Utvandrarna)

Best Director:

	Ingmar Bergman - Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop)
	Runners-up: Francis Ford Coppola - The Godfather and Luis Buñuel - The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie)

Best Actor:

	Laurence Olivier - Sleuth
	Runners-up: Marlon Brando - The Godfather and James Mason - Child's Play

Best Actress:

	Liv Ullmann - Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop) and The Emigrants (Utvandrarna)
	Runners-up: Cicely Tyson - Sounder, Harriet Andersson - Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop) and Janet Suzman - A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

Best Supporting Actor:

	Robert Duvall - The Godfather
	Runners-up: Eddie Albert - The Heartbreak Kid and Robert Shaw - Young Winston

Best Supporting Actress:

	Jeannie Berlin - The Heartbreak Kid
	Runners-up: Susan Tyrrell - Fat City and Ida Lupino - Junior Bonner

Best Screenplay:

	Ingmar Bergman - Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop)
	Runners-up: Luis Buñuel and Jean-Claude Carrière - The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie)

Special Award:

The Sorrow and the Pity