BAFTA Scotland Awards 2021: Winners Announced

Glasgow, 20 November 2020: BAFTA Scotland announced the winners of this year’s BAFTA Scotland Awards during a special closed show ceremony hosted by Edith Bowman.

The highlights from tonight’s BAFTA Scotland Awards include:

Limbo wins four awards (Actor Film, Writer Film/Television, Director Fiction, Feature Film)
Lawrence Chaney is the recipient of the favourite ‘Scot on Screen’ Audience Award, in partnership with Screen Scotland, voted for by the public
James McAvoy wins this year’s Actor Television category for Together
Abigail Lawrie wins Actress Television for Tin Star: Liverpool
Marli Siu wins Actress Film for Run

Joining Edith Bowman on the night to present the Awards, which celebrated the very best in film, games and television produced over the last year in Scotland, was Sanjeev Kohli, alongside a number of guest presenters and nominees including Abigail Lawrie, Claire Lim; David Carlyle; Dougray Scott; Jack Docherty; Jean Johannsson; Joanna Vanderham; Kirsty Wark; Lauren Lyle; Lawrence Chaney; Malachi Kirby; Mark Stanley; Marli Siu; Ncuti Gatwa; Sara Vickers; Sharon Rooney and Tamara Lawrance; with Brian Cox; Glenda Jackson, James McArdle and Mark Bonnar joining the ceremony remotely.

Jude MacLaverty, Director of BAFTA Scotland, said: “This year has remained an incredibly challenging one for many, and so we are delighted to have been able to recognise the achievements of the film, games and television industries that have continued to keep us informed and entertained during this time.  We were also thrilled to be able to welcome back a live, specially invited audience of nominees – albeit a smaller one than usual - and we would like to thank our incredible hosts, guest presenters and wonderful partners for helping us deliver such a brilliant show tonight. It really has been absolutely fantastic to celebrate the inspiring work that’s being produced in Scotland over the past year, and we would like to offer our warmest congratulations to all our worthy winners and nominees.”

This year BAFTA Scotland were supported by official partners and sponsors to the BAFTA Scotland Awards: Acqua Panna, BBC Scotland, Champagne Taittinger, Channel 4, Deloitte, Edit 123, Material, Screen Scotland, S.Pellegrino, STV and Villa Maria.

A full list of winners accompanies this release.

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BAFTA SCOTLAND AWARDS 2021:

NOMINEES & WINNERS

ACTOR FILM

VIKASH BHAI Limbo

AMIR EL-MASRY Limbo

MARK STANLEY Run
 

ACTRESS FILM

TAMARA LAWRANCE Kindred

MARLI SIU Run

TILDA SWINTON The Personal History of David Copperfield
 

ACTOR TELEVISION

JACK LOWDEN Small Axe

JAMES MCAVOY Together

PETER MULLAN Fatbaws
 

ACTRESS TELEVISION

ABIGAIL LAWRIE Tin Star: Liverpool

KELLY MACDONALD Line of Duty

SHARON ROONEY Finding Alice
 

DIRECTOR – FACTUAL

STEPHEN BENNETT Darren McGarvey’s Class Wars

MATT PINDER Murder Case

DAVID WHITNEY Killing Escobar
 

DIRECTOR - FICTION sponsored by Champagne Taittinger

KEVIN MACDONALD The Mauritanian

EVA RILEY Perfect 10

BEN SHARROCK Limbo

ENTERTAINMENT

THE BRILLIANT WORLD OF TOM GATES Production Team - TG Entertainment Ltd., Wild Child Animation, Black Camel Productions/Sky Kids

SCOT SQUAD: THE CHIEF DOES DEMOCRACY Production Team - The Comedy Unit/BBC Scotland

SECRET SCOTLAND Production Team - IWC Media, Motion Content Group/Channel 5
 

FACTUAL SERIES

EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPES WITH SANDI TOKSVIG Sandi Toksvig, Steph Harris, Julie Grant, Ed St Giles - Tuesday's Child Scotland/Channel 4

MICHAEL PALIN: TRAVELS OF A LIFETIME Andrew Abbott, Iain Scollay, Audrey McColligan, Michael Palin - Firecrest Films/BBC Two

MURDER CASE Matt Pinder, Iain Scollay, Audrey McColligan, Paul McGinness - Firecrest Films/BBC Scotland

FEATURE FILM

LIMBO Ben Sharrock, Irune Gurtubai, Angus Lamont

POLY STYRENE: I AM A CLICHÉ Celeste Bell, Paul Sng, Zoe Howe, Rebecca Mark-Lawson

RUN Scott Graham, Margaret Matheson, Ciara Barry, Rosie Crerar
 

FEATURES sponsored by Edit 123

ANTIQUES ROAD TRIP Joe Sharp, John Redshaw, Isobel Oram, Mark Duncan - STV Studios/BBC One

ESCAPE TO THE FARM WITH KATE HUMBLE Kate Humble, Ludo Graham, Andrew Jackson, Jo Scott - Raise the Roof Productions, Motion Content Group/Channel 5

LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION Production Team - IWC Media/Channel 4
 

GAME

MURDER MYSTERY MACHINE Development Team - Blazing Griffin

PHOGS! Development Team - Bit Loom/Coatsink

SOLAS 128 Thomas Methven, Steven McSeveney, Jamesy Downie, Sean McKenzie - Amicable Animal
 

NEWS & CURRENT AFFAIRS

DAVINA MCCALL: SEX, MYTHS AND THE MENOPAUSE Linda Sands, Katie Lander, Kate Muir, Noel Nelis - Finestripe Productions/Channel 4

JABBED! INSIDE BRITAIN'S VACCINE TRIUMPH Jamie Lochhead, David Dugan, Julian Schwanitz, Alastair Auld - Windfall Films Scotland/Channel 4

THE TRIAL OF ALEX SALMOND Mick McAvoy, Alan Clements, Sarah Howitt, Lotte Murphy Johnson - Two Rivers Media/BBC Two
 

SHORT FILM & ANIMATION

EXPENSIVE SHIT Adura Onashile, Rosie Crerar, Ciara Barry

HARMONIC SPECTRUM Will Hewitt, Austen McCowan

NEVILLE IS DEAD Louis Paxton, Grant O'Rourke
 

SINGLE DOCUMENTARY

BEYOND BURNS Production Team - Elephant Shoe Films/BBC Scotland

THE DARK SHADOW OF MURDER Production Team - Glasgow Film Productions/BBC Scotland

SCOTLAND, SLAVERY AND STATUES Parisa Urquhart, Mark Harrison, Anthea Harvey, Ceri Isfryn - Urquhart Media, Firecrest Films/BBC Scotland

SPECIALIST FACTUAL sponsored by Deloitte

EYE OF THE STORM Anthony Baxter, Catriona Black, Colin Brown, Richard Phinney - Montrose Pictures/BBC Scotland

IVOR CUTLER BY KT TUNSTALL Alison Pinkney, Jackie Maclean, Mick McAvoy - STV Studios/Sky Arts

SCOTLAND: MY LIFE IN THE WILD Production Team - Hello Halo Productions/Channel 4
 

TELEVISION SCRIPTED

ADAM Cora Bissett, Louise Lockwood, Frances Poet, Carolynne Sinclair Kidd - National Theatre of Scotland, Hopscotch Films/BBC Scotland

BEEP Jane Bell, Ian Fitzgibbon, Bryce Hart, Neil Webster - Happy Tramp North/BBC Scotland

CRIPTALES Jack Thorne, Amit Sharma, Mat Fraser, Debbie Christie - BBC Studios/BBC Four
 

WRITER FILM/TELEVISION in partnership with Screen Scotland

LUCY BRYDON Body of Water

EVA RILEY Perfect 10

BEN SHARROCK Limbo

AUDIENCE AWARD in partnership with Screen Scotland

DAVID CARLYLE It’s A Sin

LAWRENCE CHANEY RuPaul’s Drag Race UK

MARTIN COMPSTON Line of Duty

JEAN JOHANSSON A Place in the Sun

KELLY MACDONALD Line of Duty

DAVID TENNANT Des
 

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BAFTA Scotland has been championing the country’s film, games and television industries since 1989, celebrating and rewarding excellence through its annual British Academy Scotland Awards. BAFTA Scotland is at the core of Scotland’s screen industries, regularly engaging its members and the wider industry while reaching out to the public via a comprehensive range of screenings, educational events and masterclasses, including the annual Guru Live Glasgow event, an opportunity for the public and emerging talent to be inspired by a series of masterclasses and panels with industry professionals. For more, visit www.bafta.org/scotland.