2012 British Academy Scotland Awards

The 2012 British Academy Scotland Awards, were given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), Scotland, and honoured the best Scottish film, television and animated productions, and video games released between the period of 31 August 2011 – 31 July 2012. Presented on 18 November 2012, the event was presided over by Scottish media personality Edith Bowman at the Radisson Blu Hotel, in Glasgow, Scotland.
The Angels' Share received the most nominations with four, winning two for Best Actor/Actress in a Film and Best Writer, and Up There was nominated for two awards, winning both for Best Feature Film and Best Director. Television series Rab C. Nesbitt and Young James Herriot were given two nominations each, the former of which won an award for Best Actor/Actress in Television. Actor Billy Connolly received the Outstanding Contribution to Television and Film Award, a lifetime achievement award and the highest accolade BAFTA in Scotland can bestow.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; the nominees are listed below alphabetically and not in boldface.

Best Feature Film	Best Comedy Entertainment Programme
Up There * The Angels' Share * Citadel	Mrs. Brown's Boys * Kevin Bridges: What's the Story? * Sweet Dreams - Sgeulachd Patsy Cline
Best Actor/Actress – Film	Best Actor/Actress – Television
Paul Brannigan – The Angels' Share as Robbie James Cosmo – Citadel* as Priest Siobhan Reilly – The Angels' Share* as Leonie	Gregor Fisher – Rab C. Nesbitt as Robert "Rab" C. Nesbitt Iain De Caestecker – Young James Herriot* as James Herriot Elaine C. Smith – Rab C. Nesbitt* as Mary "Mary Doll" Nesbitt
Best Director	Best Writer
Zam Salim – Up There *Mark Cousins – What Is This Film Called Love?**** *Michael Keillor – Young James Herriot	The Angels' Share – Paul Laverty **Kevin Bridges: What's the Story? – Kevin Bridges*** *Lip Service – Louise Ironside
Best Current Affairs Programme	Best Factual Series
Rangers - The Men Who Sold the Jerseys * Eòrpa * Travellers	Afghanistan: The Great Game - A Personal View by Rory Stewart * The Last Explorers, Livingstone * The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Best Features/ Factual Entertainment Programme	Best Single Documentary
Antiques Road Trip * Bank of Dave * Robson's Extreme Fishing Challenge	After Life: The Strange Science of Decay * A Life Through The Lens: David Peat * RBS: Inside The Bank That Ran Out of Money
Best Game	Best Animation
Bad Hotel * Golf Squared * Ibomber Defence Pacific	The Making of Longbird * All That Glisters * I Am Tom Moody

Special awards

Billy Connolly received the Outstanding Contribution to Television and Film Award, a lifetime achievement award, "In recognition of enormous achievements as one of Scotland’s most successful talents." The awards for Special Achievement in 2012 went to Christopher Young, who produced The Inbetweeners Movie, Callum Macrae, for directing the television documentary, Sri Lanka's Killing Fields, and Paul Mcguigan, director of the television series, Sherlock. Stuart Cosgrove was given the Outstanding Contribution To Broadcasting award, and costume designer Trisha Biggar collected the award for Outstanding Contribution For Craft.