Last night, Edith Bowman played host to the British Academy Scotland Awards 2012, celebrating the year’s best and most promising talent in Scotland, a country which, in one of its Glasgow cinemas, plays host to the tallest cinema in the world.
Previously known as the BAFTA Scotland Awards, the nominations were announced last month, with Ken Loach’s The Angel’s Share leading the pack, having taken home the Jury Prize at Cannes back in the spring.
The results have officially been announced, and Loach’s film didn’t disappoint, taking home the Best Writer award for Paul Laverty and Best Actor/Actress in the Film category for Paul Brannigan.
Zam Salim came away with the Best Director and Best Feature Film awards for his feature directorial debut, Up There, which was released in UK cinemas on Friday – if it’s playing in a theatre near you, this should definitely be encouragement enough to go and seek it out, if you haven’t done so already.
The great Billy Connolly was honoured for his Outstanding Contribution to Television and Film, and very much rightly so. Connolly will soon be seen in Dustin Hoffman’s debut behind the camera, Quartet, which arrives in the UK in January 2013, following an Oscar-qualifying run in the US this December.
In just a few months’ time, we’ll be following the events of the British Academy Film Awards, which will be held on Sunday, 10th February, 2013, followed shortly after by the British Academy Television Awards on Sunday, 12th May.
ACTOR/ACTRESS FILM
- PAUL BRANNIGAN
The Angels’ Share
Sixteen Films & Entertainment One - JAMES COSMO
Citadel
Blinder Films & Sigma Films - SIOBHAN REILLY
The Angels’ Share
Sixteen Films & Entertainment One
ACTOR/ACTRESS – TELEVISION
- GREGOR FISHER
Rab C Nesbitt
Directed and Produced by Colin Gilbert
Comedy Unit for BBC Scotland - IAIN DE CAESTECKER
Young James Herriot
Directed by Michael Keillor
Produced by Alan J. Wands
Shed Media for BBC Scotland - ELAINE C SMITH
Rab C Nesbitt
Directed and Produced by Colin Gilbert
Comedy Unit for BBC Scotland
ANIMATION
- THE MAKING OF LONGBIRD
Directed by Will Anderson
Produced by Donald Holwill
Edinburgh College of Art (eca) - ALL THAT GLISTERS
Directed and Produced by Claire Lamond
Edinburgh College of Art (eca) - I AM TOM MOODY
Directed by Ainslie Henderson
Edinburgh College of Art (eca)
COMEDY/ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME
- MRS BROWN’S BOYS
Directed by Ben Kellett
Produced by Stephen McCrum
BocPix in association with RTE for BBC Scotland - KEVIN BRIDGES: WHAT’S THE STORY?
Directed by Chris Cottam
Produced by Graeme Hart
Open Mike for BBC - SWEET DREAMS – SGEULACHD PATSY CLINE
Directed by Morag Fullarton
Produced by Patsi MacKenzie
Sorbier Productions for MG ALBA
CURRENT AFFAIRS
- RANGERS – THE MEN WHO SOLD THE JERSEYS
Directed and Produced by Murdoch Rodgers
BBC Scotland - EÒRPA
Directed by Cailean MacLeoid
Produced by Hedda NicLeod
BBC Alba - TRAVELLERS
Directed by Peter Wolsey
Produced by Terry Wolsey
Eyeline Media for BBC Scotland
DIRECTOR
- ZAM SALIM
Up There
Wilder Films, BBC Films & Eyeline Entertainment - MARK COUSINS
What is This Film Called Love?
4Way Pictures Scotland - MICHAEL KEILLOR
Young James Herriot
Shed Media for BBC Scotland
FACTUAL SERIES
- AFGHANISTAN: THE GREAT GAME, A PERSONAL VIEW BY RORY STEWART
Directed by Iain Scollay and Olly Lambert
Produced by Iain Scollay and Ross Wilson
Matchlight for BBC Scotland - THE LAST EXPLORERS: LIVINGSTONE
Directed and Produced by Phil Cairney
BBC Scotland - THE STORY OF FILM: AN ODYSSEY
Directed by Mark Cousins
Produced by John Archer
Hopscotch Films for MORE4
FEATURES/FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT
- ANTIQUES ROAD TRIP
Directed and Produced by Duncan Barnes & Oli Sloane
STV Productions for BBC - BANK OF DAVE
Directed and Produced by Ian Lilley
Finestripe Productions for Channel 4 - ROBSON’S EXTREME FISHING CHALLENGE
Directed by Alistair Smith
Produced by Gerard Costello
IWC Media for Channel 5
FEATURE FILM
- UP THERE
Directed by Zam Salim
Produced by Annalise Davis
Wilder Films, BBC Films & Eyeline Entertainment - THE ANGELS’ SHARE
Directed by Ken Loach
Produced by Rebecca O’Brien
Sixteen Films & Entertainment One - CITADEL
Directed by Ciaran Foy
Produced by Brian Coffey & Katie Holly
Blinder Films & Sigma Films
GAME
- BAD HOTEL
Lucky Frame - GOLF SQUARED
Dynamo Games - IBOMBER DEFENSE PACIFIC
Cobra Mobile
SINGLE DOCUMENTARY
- AFTERLIFE: THE STRANGE SCIENCE OF DECAY
Directed and Produced by Fred Hepburn
BBC Scotland for BBC Four - A LIFE THROUGH THE LENS: DAVID PEAT
Directed by Louise Lockwood
Produced by Tony Nellany
BBC Scotland - RBS: INSIDE THE BANK THAT RAN OUT OF MONEY
Directed by Colin Murray
Produced by Colin Murray & Tony Nellany
BBC Scotland
WRITER
- PAUL LAVERTY
The Angels’ Share
Sixteen Films & Entertainment One - KEVIN BRIDGES
Kevin Bridges: What’s The Story?
Open Mike Limited for BBC - LOUISE IRONSIDE
Lip Service
Kudos Film and Television for BBC Scotland
Celebrating the very best in film, TV, animation and games over the last year, a stellar line-up of presenters included Brian Cox (Rushmore, X-Men United and Troy), Joe Thomas (The Inbetweeners), and Rory Bremner (Bremner, Bird and Fortune) – who joined host Edith Bowman at the Radisson Blu Hotel.
The 500 guests were treated to special video messages from Billy Connolly, who was awarded for his Outstanding Contribution to Film & TV, and Star Wars Director George Lucas who paid tribute to Trisha Biggar. Trisha collected the Outstanding Contribution for Craft Award for her costume design on all three Star Wars prequel films. A third Outstanding Achievement Award went to Stuart Cosgrove for his Contribution to Broadcasting.
Paul Brannigan fought off stiff competition to collect the iconic mask in the Best Actor / Actress Film category for his performance in The Angels’ Share, whilst Rab C Nesbitt star Gregor Fisher picked up the Best Actor / Actress TV award.
Other stars of the night included Zam Salim, who picked up two awards for his debut feature film Up There in the Best Director and Best Feature Film categories, and Paul Laverty who was named Best Writer for his bitter sweet comedy The Angels’ Share.
BBC Scotland’s controversial football documentary Rangers – The Men Who Sold the Jerseys scored big and picked up the award for Best Current Affairs programme, whilst Afghanistan: The Great Game, A Personal View by Rory Stewart scooped the award for Best Factual Series.
Scottish practitioners, Producer Chris Young (The Inbetweeners), Director, Callum Macrae (Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields) and Director, Paul McGuigan (Sherlock) were all recognised in newly created Special Achievement Awards and were there to accept in person.
Other winners on the night included: Bad Hotel for Best Game; Afterlife: The Strange Science of Decay for Best Single Documentary; Antiques Road Trip for Best Features/Factual Entertainment; The Making Of Longbird for Best Animation; and
Mrs Brown’s Boys for Best Comedy/Entertainment Programme.
Edith Bowman said: “It was an absolute honour to host the awards tonight and to help celebrate the very best Scottish talent in film, television and video games industries. To be amongst such amazing talent, some of them friends, is just brilliant. What an incredible night.”Jude MacLaverty, Director of BAFTA in Scotland, said: “The British Academy Scotland Awards reflect the sheer breadth of content being generated in Scotland, across Film, TV, Games and Animation, and it’s great to see so much talent celebrated tonight. Congratulations to all of our very worthy winners.”
