2023 British Academy Scotland Awards

2023 British Academy Scotland Awards
Date	19 November 2023
Site	Glasgow, Scotland
Hosted by	Edith Bowman
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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 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 (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 Wells – Aftersun Jon S. Baird – Tetris Gareth Bryn – Karen Pirie
Entertainment	Factual Series
Frankie Boyle's Farewell to the Monarchy – Production Team (Two Rivers Media/Channel 4) Richard Osman's House of Games – Tamara Gilder, Breid McLoone, John Smith, Gemma Whitford - Remarkable Television/BBC Two Susan Calman’s Grand Day Out – Production Team (IWC Media/Channel 5)	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
Winners – Hassan Nazer, Nadira Murray, Paul Welsh, Arash Seifie Jamadi My Old School – Jono McLeod, John Archer, Olivia Lichtenstein, Berny McGurk Aftersun – Charlotte Wells, Mark Ceryak, Amy Jackson, Barry Jenkins, Adele Romanski	Designing the Hebrides – Production Team (DSP/BBC Scotland) Kirstie and Phil’s Love it or List it – Kirstie Allsopp, Phil Spencer, Laura Harding, Jonny Wharton (Raise the Roof Productions/Channel 4) The Yorkshire Auction House – Craig Hunter, John Redshaw, Diccon Green, Sarah Forster (STV Studios/Really)
Short Film & Animation	Single Documentary
A Long Winter – Eilidh Munro, Finlay Pretsell Clean – Miranda Stern, Reece Cargan Shackle – Ainslie Henderson, Will Anderson	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) Guilt – Production Team (Expectation North, Happy Tramp North/BBC Scotland) Karen Pirie – Production Team (World Productions/ITV)
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 ^[5]
• Outstanding Contribution to Craft – Stuart Wilson (sound engineering) ^[5]

References

1. "Winners announced: 2023 BAFTA Scotland Awards". Bafta.org . 19 November 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
2. "BBC Scotland - Bafta Scotland Awards, 2023". BBC.co.uk . 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". Bafta.org . 19 November 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
5. "Happy Valley star gets BAFTA Scotland's Outstanding Contribution award". Radio Times . Retrieved 23 January 2024.