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Best Film:

	The Deer Hunter
	Runners-up: Days of Heaven and An Unmarried Woman

Best Director:

	Terrence Malick - Days of Heaven
	Runners-up: Paul Mazursky - An Unmarried Woman and Ingmar Bergman - Autumn Sonata (Höstsonaten)

Best Actor:

	Jon Voight - Coming Home
	Runners-up: Gary Busey - The Buddy Holly Story and Robert De Niro - The Deer Hunter

Best Actress:

	Ingrid Bergman - Autumn Sonata (Höstsonaten)
	Runners-up: Jill Clayburgh - An Unmarried Woman and Jane Fonda - Coming Home and Comes a Horseman

Best Supporting Actor:

	Christopher Walken - The Deer Hunter
	Runners-up: Richard Farnsworth - Comes a Horseman and Barry Bostwick - Movie Movie

Best Supporting Actress:

	Maureen Stapleton - Interiors
	Runners-up: Maggie Smith - California Suite and Meryl Streep - The Deer Hunter

Best Screenplay:

	Paul Mazursky - An Unmarried Woman
	Runners-up: Larry Gelbart and Sheldon Keller - Movie Movie, Franco Brusati, Jaja Fiastri and Nino Manfredi - Bread and Chocolate (Pane e cioccolata) and Bertrand Blier - Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (Préparez vos mouchoirs)

Best Foreign Language Film:

	Bread and Chocolate (Pane e cioccolata) • Italy
	Runners-up: Autumn Sonata (Höstsonaten) and A Slave of Love (Raba lyubvi)