2021 British Academy Scotland Awards

2021 British Academy Scotland Awards
Date	20 November 2021
Site	BBC Pacific Quay, Glasgow, Scotland
Hosted by	Edith Bowman
Television coverage
Network	Streaming webcast

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 Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché 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

• TBC

Outstanding Contribution to Craft

• TBC

Outstanding Contribution to the Scottish Industry

• TBC

See also

• 74th British Academy Film Awards
• 93rd Academy Awards
• 27th Screen Actors Guild Awards

References

1. "British Academy Scotland Awards: Nominees in 2021". BAFTA. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
2. Caitlyn Dewar. "BAFTA Scotland: Limbo, Line of Duty and Run lead nominations". The Herald. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
3. "BAFTA Scotland Awards 2021: Winners Announced". BAFTA. 20 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.

External links

• BAFTA Scotland Home page