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The 2nd Boston Society of Film Critics Awards honored the best filmmaking of 1981. The awards were given on 29 January 1982.

Winners

• Best Film:
  • Pixote (Pixote: a Lei do Mais Fraco)
• Best Actor:
  • Burt Lancaster – Atlantic City
• Best Actress:
  • Marília Pêra – Pixote (Pixote: a Lei do Mais Fraco)
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Jack Nicholson – Reds
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Mona Washbourne – Stevie
• Best Director:
  • Steven Spielberg – Raiders of the Lost Ark
• Best Screenplay:
  • Andre Gregory and Wallace Shawn – My Dinner with Andre
• Best Cinematography:
  • Gordon Willis – Pennies from Heaven
• Best Documentary:
  • Diaries [1]
• Best Foreign-Language Film (tie):
  • Beau Pere (Beau-père) • France
  • Taxi zum Klo • West Germany
• Best Independent Film:
  • Gal Young 'Un [2]
• Best American Film:
  • My Dinner with Andre

External links

• Past Winners

References

• 1981 Boston Society of Film Critics Awards Internet Movie Database