2017 British Academy Scotland Awards Explained

2017 British Academy Scotland Awards
Date:	5 November 2017
Site:	Radisson Blu Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland
Host:	Edith Bowman
Network:	Streaming webcast
Last:	2016
Award:	British Academy Scotland Awards
Next:	2018

The 27th British Academy Scotland Awards were held on 5 November 2017 at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Glasgow, honouring the best Scottish film and television productions of 2017.^{[1] [2] [3]} The nominees were announced on 4 October 2017.^{[4] [5]} The ceremony was hosted by Edith Bowman.

Nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Feature Film	Best Director (Fiction)
T2 Trainspotting Accidental Anarchist Donkeyote	Danny Boyle - T2 Trainspotting Hope Dickson Leach - The Levelling Tom Vaughan - Victoria
Best Actor in Film	Best Actress in Film
Ewen Bremner - T2 Trainspotting Robert Carlyle - T2 Trainspotting Ewan McGregor - T2 Trainspotting	Deirdre Mullins - The Dark Mile Kate Dickie - Prevenge Freya Mavor - Modern Life Is Rubbish
Best Entertainment	Best Features & Factual Series
All Round To Mrs Brown's The Dog Ate My Homework Robot Wars	The Council Fair Isle: Living On The Edge Prison: First And Last 24 Hours
Best Actor in Television	Best Actress in Television
Mark Bonnar - Unforgotten Martin Compston - In Plain Sight Douglas Henshall - In Plain Sight	Laura Fraser - The Missing Morven Christie - The Replacement Juliet Stevenson - One Of Us
Best Writer Film/Television	Best Television Scripted
Hope Dickson Leach - The Levelling Joe Ahearne - The Replacement Simon Carlyle, Gregor Sharp - Two Doors Down	The Replacement - Joe Ahearne, Nicole Cauverien, Andy Harries, Suzanne Mackie In Plain Sight - Simon Heath, Gillian McNeill, Nick Stevens, John Strickland Two Doors Down - Catherine Gosling Fuller, Sasha Ransome, Simon Carlyle, Gregor Sharp
Best Director (Factual)	Best Current Affairs
Louise Lockwood - Fair Isle: Living on the Edge Darren Hercher - Sighthill John Maclaverty - Glasgow 1967: The Lisbon Lions	Eopra Special: Guantanamo Detainees The Insiders Guide To The Menopause Who Cares
Best Single Documentary	Best Short Film
Glasgow 1967: The Lisbon Lions - John MacLaverty, Alex Gale, Hazel Irvine, David Martin Billy Connolly: Portrait Of A Lifetime - Pauline Law, Liam McArdle, Mandy Weller, Billy Connolly Sighthill - Darren Hercher	The Inescapable Arrival of Laxlo Pethushki - Sven Werner, David Brown 1745 - Morayo Akandé, Gordon Napier, John McKay Plastic Man - Yulia Kovanova, Tracey Fearnehough, Ian Dodds, Anthea Harvey
Best Specialist Factual	Best Animation
The Marvellous World of Roald Dahl Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence Scotland And The Klan	Life Cycles Home Matters Spindrift
Best Game
Stories Untold Brut@l Red's Kingdom

Outstanding Contribution to Film & Television

• Armando Iannucci

Outstanding Contribution to Craft

• Doug Allan

See also

• 70th British Academy Film Awards
• 89th Academy Awards
• 23rd Screen Actors Guild Awards

External links

• BAFTA Scotland Home page

Notes and References

1. Web site: British Academy Scotland Awards: Nominees in 2017. BAFTA. 2017-10-05.
2. Web site: T2 Trainspotting big winner at Scottish Baftas. BBC News. BBC News. 2017-11-06.
3. Web site: Trainspotting wins big at the Scottish Baftas. BRIAN FERGUSON. The Scotsman. 2017-11-06.
4. Web site: T2 Trainspotting leads Bafta Scotland nominations. BBC News. 2017-10-05.
5. Web site: T2 Trainspotting stars battle it out for Scottish Bafta awards as sequel secures five nominations. Graeme Murray. Daily Record. 2017-10-05.