2023 British Academy Scotland Awards

The 2023 British Academy Scotland Awards took place on 19 November 2023 in Glasgow, Scotland. The ceremony was hosted by Edith Bowman.

Nominations and winners

The nominations were announced on 11 October and the winners were announced on 19 November. Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Actor in Film	Best Actress in Film
Paul Mescal – Aftersun James Cosmo – My Sailor, My Love Chinaza Uche – A Good Person	Lucy Halliday – Blue Jean Frankie Corio – Aftersun Sally Hawkins – The Lost King
Best Actor in Television	Best Actress in Television
Lewis Gribben – Somewhere Boy Brian Cox – Succession Tony Curran – Mayflies Conor McCarron – Dog Days	Lauren Lyle – Karen Pirie Izuka Hoyle – Big Boys Ashley Jensen – Mayflies Vignette Robinson – Six Four
Best Director	Best Director
Jono McLeod – My Old School Alice McMahon-Major – Three Mothers, Two Babies and a Scandal Matt Pinder – The Hunt for the World’s End Killers	Charlotte Wells – Aftersun Jon S. Baird – Tetris Gareth Bryn – Karen Pirie
Entertainment	Factual Series
Frankie Boyle's Farewell to the Monarchy – Production Team Richard Osman's House of Games – Tamara Gilder, Breid McLoone, John Smith, Gemma Whitford - Remarkable Television/BBC TwoSusan Calman’s Grand Day Out – Production Team	Three Mothers, Two Babies and a Scandal – Alice McMahon-Major, Nicole Kleeman, Vari Innes, Naomi Buchanan Fred West: The Glasgow Girls – Production Team The Women Who Changed Modern Scotland – Production Team
Feature Film	Features
Winners – Hassan Nazer, Nadira Murray, Paul Welsh, Arash Seifie JamadiMy Old School – Jono McLeod, John Archer, Olivia Lichtenstein, Berny McGurkAftersun – Charlotte Wells, Mark Ceryak, Amy Jackson, Barry Jenkins, Adele Romanski	Designing the Hebrides – Production Team Kirstie and Phil’s Love it or List it – Kirstie Allsopp, Phil Spencer, Laura Harding, Jonny Wharton The Yorkshire Auction House – Craig Hunter, John Redshaw, Diccon Green, Sarah Forster
Short Film & Animation	Single Documentary
A Long Winter – Eilidh Munro, Finlay PretsellClean – Miranda Stern, Reece CarganShackle – Ainslie Henderson, Will Anderson	The Mysterious Mr Lagerfeld – Michael Waldman, Lorraine McKechnie, David G. Hill, Calum Leslie The Snowman: The Film That Changed Christmas – Production Team War and Justice: The Case of Marine A – Production Team
Specialist Factual	Television Scripted
Imagine: Douglas Stuart… Love, Hope and Grit – Linda Sands, Tanya Hudson, Alan Yentob, Ed Horne Becoming Fridah Kahlo – James Rogan, Mark Hedgecoe, Nancy Bornat, Louise Lockwood What Killed the Whale? – Production Team	Mayflies – Claire Mundell, Brian Kaczynski, Andrea Gibb, Peter Mackie Burns Guilt – Production Team Karen Pirie – Production Team
Writer Film/Television in partnership with Screen Scotland	-
Charlotte Wells – Aftersun Neil Forsyth – The Gold Krysty Wilson-Cairns – The Good Nurse	-

Outstanding Contribution awards

Outstanding Contribution to Film & Television – Shirley Henderson
Outstanding Contribution to Craft – Stuart Wilson