5th Bangladesh National Film Awards

The 5th National Film Awards was presented by the Ministry of Information, Bangladesh to recognise the best of Bangladeshi cinema released in the year 1979. The ceremony took place in Dhaka in 1980 and awards were given by the President of Bangladesh.

List of winners
A total of 16 awards were given for this year. The award for Best Actor was not given this year.

Special Award

 * Best Child Artist - Master Lelin (Surjo Dighol Bari)