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. The nominations were announced by Edith Bowman on 13 October 2021.
Nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. Best Feature Film Best Director (Fiction)Limbo Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché RunBen Sharrock - Limbo Kevin MacDonald - The Mauritanian Eva Riley - Perfect 10 Best Actor in Film Best Actress in FilmAmir El-Masry - Limbo as Omar Vikash Bhai - Limbo as Farhad Mark Stanley - Run as FinnieMarli Siu - Run as Kelly Tamara Lawrance - Kindred as Charlotte Tilda Swinton - The Personal History of David Copperfield as Betsey Trotwood Best Entertainment Best FeaturesThe Brilliant World of Tom Gates Scot Squad: The Chief Does Democracy Secret ScotlandAntiques Road Trip Escape to the Farm with Kate Humble Location, Location, Location Best Actor in Television Best Actress in TelevisionJames 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 ScriptedBen Sharrock - Limbo Lucy Brydon - Body of Water Eva Riley - Perfect 10Adam - Cora Bissett, Louise Lockwood, Frances Poet, Carolynne Sinclair KiddBeep - Jane Bell, Ian Fitzgibbon, Bryce Hart, Neil Webster Criptales - Jack Thorne, Amit Sharma, Mat Fraser, Debbie Christiee |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Director (Factual) ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Specialist Factual |- | valign="top" |David Whitney - Killing Escobar Stephen Bennett - Darren McGarvey's Class Wars Matt Pinder - Murder CaseEye of the Storm - Anthony Baxter, Catriona Black, Colin Brown, Richard PhinneyIvor Cutler KT Tunstall - Alison Pinkney, Jackie Maclean, Mick McAvoy Scotland: My Life In The Wild - Hello Halo Productions/Channel 4 |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Single Documentary ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Short Film & Animation |- | valign="top" |Scotland, Slavery and Statues - Parisa Urquhart, Mark Harrison, Anthea Harvey, Ceri IsfrynBeyond Burns - Elephant Shoe Films/BBC Scotland The Dark Shadow of Murder - Glasgow Film Productions/BBC Scotland | valign="top" |Harmonic Spectrum - Will Hewitt, Austen McCowanExpensive Shit - Adura Onashile, Rosie Crerar, Ciara Barry Nevillie is Dead - Louis Paxton, Grant O'Rourke |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best News & Current Affairs ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Factual Series |- | valign="top" |Jabbed! Inside Britain's Vaccine Triumph - Windfall Films Scotland/Channel 4Davina 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 | valign="top" |Murder Case - Matt Pinder, Iain Scollay, Audrey McColligan, Paul McGinnessExtraordinary 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 |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Game ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Audience Award |- | valign="top" |Solas 128Murder Mystery Machine Phogs! | valign="top" |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
External links BAFTA Scotland Home page