2021 British Academy Scotland Awards


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 FilmBest Director

  • Ben Sharrock - Limbo
  • Kevin MacDonald - The Mauritanian
  • Eva Riley - Perfect 10
    • Best Actor in FilmBest 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 EntertainmentBest 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 TelevisionBest 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/TelevisionBest 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 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 DocumentaryBest 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 AffairsBest 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 GameAudience 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