2021 British Academy Scotland Awards Explained

2021 British Academy Scotland Awards
Date:	20 November 2021
Site:	BBC Pacific Quay, Glasgow, Scotland
Host:	Edith Bowman
Network:	Streaming webcast
Last:	2020
Award:	British Academy Scotland Awards
Next:	2022

The 31st British Academy Scotland Awards were held on 20 November 2021 at BBC Pacific Quay in a socially distanced, closed-studio show, honouring the best Scottish film and television productions of 2020.^[1] The nominations were announced by Edith Bowman on 13 October 2021.^[2]

Nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.^[3]

Best Feature Film	Best Director (Fiction)
*Limbo* Run	Ben Sharrock - Limbo Kevin MacDonald - The Mauritanian Eva Riley - Perfect 10
Best Actor in Film	Best Actress in Film
*Amir El-Masry - Limbo* as Omar** Vikash Bhai - Limbo as Farhad Mark Stanley - Run as Finnie	*Marli Siu - Run* as Kelly** Tamara Lawrance - Kindred as Charlotte Tilda Swinton - The Personal History of David Copperfield as Betsey Trotwood
Best Entertainment	Best Features
*The Brilliant World of Tom Gates* Scot Squad The Chief Does Democracy Secret Scotland	*Antiques Road Trip* Escape to the Farm with Kate Humble Location, Location, Location
Best Actor in Television	Best Actress in Television
*James McAvoy - Together* as He** Jack Lowden - Small Axe: Mangrove as Ian McDonald Peter Mullan - Scenes for Survival: "Fatbaws"	*Abigail Lawrie - Tin Star: Liverpool* as Anna Worth** Kelly Macdonald - Line of Duty as DCI Joanne Davidson Sharon Rooney - Finding Alice as Nicola
Best Writer Film/Television	Best Television Scripted
Ben Sharrock - Limbo Lucy Brydon - Body of Water Eva Riley - Perfect 10	Adam - Cora Bissett, Louise Lockwood, Frances Poet, Carolynne Sinclair Kidd Beep - Jane Bell, Ian Fitzgibbon, Bryce Hart, Neil Webster Criptales - Jack Thorne, Amit Sharma, Mat Fraser, Debbie Christiee
Best Director (Factual)	Best Specialist Factual
David Whitney - Killing Escobar Stephen Bennett - Darren McGarvey's Class Wars Matt Pinder - Murder Case	Eye of the Storm - Anthony Baxter, Catriona Black, Colin Brown, Richard Phinney Ivor Cutler KT Tunstall - Alison Pinkney, Jackie Maclean, Mick McAvoy Scotland: My Life In The Wild - Hello Halo Productions/Channel 4
Best Single Documentary	Best Short Film & Animation
Scotland, Slavery and Statues - Parisa Urquhart, Mark Harrison, Anthea Harvey, Ceri Isfryn Beyond Burns - Elephant Shoe Films/BBC Scotland The Dark Shadow of Murder - Glasgow Film Productions/BBC Scotland	Harmonic Spectrum - Will Hewitt, Austen McCowan Expensive Shit - Adura Onashile, Rosie Crerar, Ciara Barry Nevillie is Dead - Louis Paxton, Grant O'Rourke
Best News & Current Affairs	Best Factual Series
*Jabbed*	Inside Britain's Vaccine Triumph - Windfall Films Scotland/Channel 4 Davina McCall: Sex, Myths and the Menopause - Linda Sands, Katie Lander, Kate Muir, Noel Nelis The Trial of Alex Salmond - Mick McAvoy, Alan Clements, Sarah Howitt, Lotte Murphy Johnson	Murder Case - Matt Pinder, Iain Scollay, Audrey McColligan, Paul McGinness Extraordinary Escapes with Sandi Toksvig - Sandi Toksvig, Steph Harris, Julie Grant, Ed St Giles Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime - Andrew Abbott, Iain Scollay, Audrey McColligan, Michael Palin
Best Game	Audience Award
Solas 128 Murder Mystery Machine Phogs!	Lawrence Chaney - RuPaul's Drag Race UK David Carlyle - It's a Sin Martin Compston - Line of Duty Jean Johansson - A Place in the Sun Kelly Macdonald - Line of Duty David Tennant - Des

Outstanding Contribution to Film & Television

Outstanding Contribution to Craft

Outstanding Contribution to the Scottish Industry

External links

BAFTA Scotland Home page

Notes and References

Web site: British Academy Scotland Awards: Nominees in 2021. BAFTA. 22 May 2014 . 2021-10-19.
Web site: BAFTA Scotland: Limbo, Line of Duty and Run lead nominations. Caitlyn Dewar. The Herald. 2021-10-19.
Web site: BAFTA Scotland Awards 2021: Winners Announced . BAFTA . 20 November 2021 . 22 November 2021.