Media release: Winners announced at BAFTA Scotland Awards

THE British Academy of Film and Television Arts in Scotland, BAFTA Scotland, has announced the winners of this year’s British Academy Scotland Awards.

Hosted by Edith Bowman, the awards celebrated the very best in film, games and television produced over the last year in Scotland – with Mark Bonnar, Caitriona Balfe, Sam Heughan and Derry Girls’ Saoirse-Monica Jackson and Nicola Coughlan among the fantastic guests handing out the coveted awards on the night.

The award for Outstanding Contribution to Television went to the creative team behind Still Game and was presented by Martin Compston and David Hayman who have both appeared in the award-winning sitcom, with tributes from Greg McHugh, Lorraine Kelly, Jackie Bird and Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon.

Also receiving special recognition on the evening was script supervisor, Pat Rambaut, who was honoured for Outstanding Contribution to Craft (in Memory of Robert McCann). The award was presented by Iain Smith OBE with tributes from Lord David Puttnam, David Hayman and last year’s Outstanding Contribution honouree, Paddy Higson.

In competitive categories, Wild Rose was the nights’ biggest winner picking up three awards. The film triumphed in Feature Film and also saw Nicole Taylor pick up the Writer Film/Television award, supported by Screen Scotland, while Jessie Buckley won in this year’s Actress Film category.

Murder Case scooped two awards, taking home the Features & Factual Series prize with Director Factual awarded to Matt Pinder, while Jon. S. Baird (Stan & Ollie) was awarded Director Fiction, sponsored by Champagne Taittinger.

Lorn Macdonald (Beats) took home this year’s Actor Film award, sponsored by Audi UK, with Alex Ferns (Chernobyl) picking up Actor Television, while Kelly Macdonald (The Victim) won this year’s Actress Television award, with The Cry awarded the Television Scripted prize.

Yes/No: Inside the Indyref won in Specialist Factual, while Real Kashmir F.C. was awarded the Single Documentary prize.

Taking home the award for Current Affairs was Disclosure: Who Killed Emma?

Observation received the award for Game, with Short Film won by That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore.

Entertainment was scooped by Last Commanders and this year’s Animation category was won by Love, Death & Robots – Helping Hand.

Jude MacLaverty, director of BAFTA Scotland, said: “It has been a fantastic evening celebrating the very best of Scottish creative talent in Scotland across the film, games, and television industries. We are thrilled to celebrate the inspiring work that’s being produced in Scotland, and the fact that so much Scottish talent is being recognised internationally in the screen industries. We would like to offer our warmest congratulations to all our worthy winners and nominees.”

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BRITISH ACADEMY SCOTLAND AWARDS 2019:

NOMINATIONS (winners **)

ACTOR FILM sponsored by Audi UK

JACK LOWDEN Mary Queen of Scots

**LORN MACDONALD Beats

PETER MULLAN The Vanishing

ACTOR TELEVISION

**ALEX FERNS Chernobyl

NCUTI GATWA Sex Education

RICHARD MADDEN Bodyguard

ACTRESS FILM

**JESSIE BUCKLEY Wild Rose

SHIRLEY HENDERSON Stan & Ollie

FLORENCE PUGH Outlaw King

ACTRESS TELEVISION

MORVEN CHRISTIE The Bay

JENNA COLEMAN The Cry

**KELLY MACDONALD The Victim

ANIMATION

4:3 Ross Hogg, Robbie Gunn

THE FABRIC OF YOU Josephine Lohoar Self, Calum Hart, Reetta Tihinen

**LOVE, DEATH & ROBOTS – HELPING HAND Jon Yeo, Caleb Bouchard

CURRENT AFFAIRS

DISCLOSURE: CAN CANNABIS SAVE MY CHILD? Production Team – BBC Scotland/BBC One Scotland

DISCLOSURE: SUFFER THE CHILDREN Production Team – BBC Scotland/BBC One Scotland

**DISCLOSURE: WHO KILLED EMMA? Production Team – BBC Scotland/BBC One Scotland

DIRECTOR – FACTUAL

GREG CLARK Real Kashmir F.C.

LOUISE LOCKWOOD imagine… Hockney, the Queen and the Royal Peculiar

**MATT PINDER Murder Case

DIRECTOR – FICTION sponsored by Champagne Taittinger

**JON S. BAIRD Stan & Ollie

JOHNNY KENTON Endeavour

BRIAN WELSH Beats

ENTERTAINMENT

THE DOG ATE MY HOMEWORK Production Team – BBC Children’s/CBBC

HOGMANAY LIVE Production Team – BBC Scotland/BBC One Scotland

**LAST COMMANDERS Toby Stevens, Louise Brown, Ryan Meloy – OMG Scotland/CBBC

FEATURE FILM

FREEDOM FIELDS Naziha Arebi, Flore Cosquer

ONLY YOU Production Team

**WILD ROSE Tom Harper, Nicole Taylor, Faye Ward

FEATURES & FACTUAL SERIES

GETTING HITCHED: ASIAN STYLE Production Team – Firecracker Scotland/BBC One Scotland

**MURDER CASE Matt Pinder, Iain Scollay, Audrey McColligan, Paul McGinness – Firecrest Films/BBC Scotland

ROGUE TO WRESTLER Production Team – Firecracker Scotland/BBC One Scotland

GAME

BLOONS ADVENTURE TIME TD Production Team – Ninja Kiwi

**OBSERVATION Production Team – No Code

SOCKETEER Tom Goodchild – Ice BEAM

SHORT FILM

JEALOUS ALAN Martin Clark, James Heath

RED HILL Laura Carreira, Ramón Durman, Billy Mack

**THAT JOKE ISN’T FUNNY ANYMORE Hannah Currie, Beth Allan

SINGLE DOCUMENTARY

THE BANK THAT ALMOST BROKE BRITAIN Michael McAvoy, Leo Burley, Lotte Murphy-Johnson – STV Productions/BBC Two

IN SIGHT OF HOME – THE IOLAIRE Production Team – BBC Scotland/BBC Two Scotland

**REAL KASHMIR F.C. Production Team – Matchlight, Bodhi Media/BBC Scotland

SPECIALIST FACTUAL sponsored by Deloitte

FASHION’S DIRTY SECRETS Wendy Rattray, Ted Oakes, Emeka Onono, Allanah Langstaff – Hello Halo Productions, Oak Island Films/BBC One

THE FLU THAT KILLED 50 MILLION Production Team – BBC Studios PQP/BBC Two

**YES/NO: INSIDE THE INDYREF Michael McAvoy, Stephen McGinty, Paul Mitchell – STV Productions/BBC Scotland

TELEVISION SCRIPTED

**THE CRY Claire Mundell, Jacquelin Perske, Brian Kaczynski, Glendyn Ivin – Synchronicity Films/BBC One

TWO DOORS DOWN Sasha Ransome, Catherine Gosling Fuller, Simon Carlyle, Gregor Sharp – BBC Studios Scotland/BBC Two

THE VICTIM Niall MacCormack, Rob Williams, Jenny Frayn, Sarah Brown – STV Productions/BBC One

WRITER FILM/TELEVISION supported by Screen Scotland

JACQUELIN PERSKE The Cry

KIRSTIE SWAIN Pure

**NICOLE TAYLOR Wild Rose

About BAFTA

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is a world-leading independent arts charity that brings the very best work in film, games and television to public attention and supports the growth of creative talent in the UK and internationally. Through its awards ceremonies and year-round programme of learning events and initiatives – which includes workshops, masterclasses, scholarships, lectures and mentoring schemes in the UK, USA and Asia – BAFTA identifies and celebrates excellence, discovers, inspires and nurtures new talent, and enables learning and creative collaboration. For advice and inspiration from the best creative minds in working in film, games and television, visit www.bafta.org/guru. For more, visit www.bafta.org.

BAFTA Scotland has been championing the country’s film, games and television industries since 1989, celebrating and rewarding excellence through its annual British Academy Scotland Awards. BAFTA Scotland is at the core of Scotland’s screen industries, regularly engaging its members and the wider industry while reaching out to the public via a comprehensive range of screenings, educational events and masterclasses, including the annual Guru Live Glasgow event, an opportunity for the public and emerging talent to be inspired by a series of masterclasses and panels with industry professionals. For more, visit www.bafta.org/scotland

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