2023 British Academy Scotland Awards
Date19 November 2023
SiteGlasgow,
Scotland
Hosted byEdith Bowman

The 2023 British Academy Scotland Awards took place on 19 November 2023 in Glasgow, Scotland.[1] The ceremony was hosted by Edith Bowman.[2]

Nominations and winners

The nominations were announced on 11 October[3] and the winners were announced on 19 November.[4] Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Actor in Film Best Actress in Film

Paul MescalAftersun

Lucy Halliday – Blue Jean

Best Actor in Television Best Actress in Television

Lewis GribbenSomewhere Boy

Lauren LyleKaren Pirie

Best Director (Factual) Best Director (Fiction)

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 WellsAftersun

Entertainment Factual Series

Frankie Boyle's Farewell to the Monarchy – Production Team (Two Rivers Media/Channel 4)

Three Mothers, Two Babies and a Scandal – Alice McMahon-Major, Nicole Kleeman, Vari Innes, Naomi Buchanan (Firecrest Films/Amazon Prime Video)

  • Fred West: The Glasgow Girls – Production Team (IWC Media/Sky Crime)
  • The Women Who Changed Modern Scotland – Production Team (Two Rivers Media/BBC Scotland)
Feature Film Features

WinnersHassan Nazer, Nadira Murray, Paul Welsh, Arash Seifie Jamadi

Designing the HebridesProduction Team (DSP/BBC Scotland)

Short Film & Animation Single Documentary

A Long Winter – Eilidh Munro, Finlay Pretsell

The Mysterious Mr Lagerfeld – Michael Waldman, Lorraine McKechnie, David G. Hill, Calum Leslie (Finestripe Productions/BBC Two)

  • The Snowman: The Film That Changed Christmas – Production Team (Two Rivers Media/Channel 4)
  • War and Justice: The Case of Marine A – Production Team (Two Rivers Media, Uppercut Films/Channel 4)
Specialist Factual Television Scripted

Imagine: Douglas Stuart… Love, Hope and Grit – Linda Sands, Tanya Hudson, Alan Yentob, Ed Horne (BBC Studios/BBC One)

  • Becoming Fridah Kahlo – James Rogan, Mark Hedgecoe, Nancy Bornat, Louise Lockwood (Rogan Productions/BBC One)
  • What Killed the Whale? – Production Team (STV Studios/Channel 4)

Mayflies – Claire Mundell, Brian Kaczynski, Andrea Gibb, Peter Mackie Burns (Synchronicity Films/BBC One)

Writer Film/Television in partnership with Screen Scotland

Charlotte WellsAftersun

Outstanding Contribution awards

References

  1. ^ "Winners announced: 2023 BAFTA Scotland Awards". www.bafta.org. 19 November 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  2. ^ "BBC Scotland - Bafta Scotland Awards, 2023". BBC. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  3. ^ "BAFTA Scotland nominees revealed as Aftersun leads the way with five". The Herald. 11 October 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Winners announced: 2023 BAFTA Scotland Awards". www.bafta.org. 19 November 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Happy Valley star gets BAFTA Scotland's Outstanding Contribution award". Radio Times. Retrieved 23 January 2024.