British Academy Scotland Awards

The annual British Academy Scotland Awards were launched in 2004 to recognise outstanding achievement by individuals working in the Film and Television industry in Scotland. A long list of potential nominees is put to a popular vote of BAFTA Scotland members. A jury of industry professionals vote for the overall winner from the short list created by the members. A members of the BAFTA Scotland Committee will chair each of the juries.^[1]

The awards were cancelled in 2010 and prizes at the 2011 ceremony given for films released over the previous 2 years.^[2]

Over the years the annual event has taken place at various locations including the Glasgow City Halls and the Glasgow Science centre.^[3] From 2011 to 2018 the event was held at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Glasgow. As of 2019, the ceremony has been hosted at the Doubletree by Hilton Glasgow Central.

In 2015, the British Academy Scotland Award trophy was redesigned by Scottish designer Oliver J. Conway who was an apprentice of the original trophy designer, Allan Ross.^[4]

• Lorraine Kelly (2007, 2009)
• Edith Bowman (2008, 2012, 2013, 2015–present)
• Kevin Bridges (2011)
• Hazel Irvine (2014)

Categories as of 2016.

Every year, a special award is presented to an individual in recognition of their contribution to Scottish Film and/or Television.

More information Year, Recipient ...

Year	Recipient		Notes	Ref(s)
2004		Brian Cox (actor)	Actor	[5]
2009		Bill Forsyth	Director, Screenwriter	[6]
2011		Robbie Coltrane	Actor, Author	[7]
2012		Billy Connolly	Actor, Comedian	[8]
2013		Richard Wilson	Actor	[9]
2014		Lorraine Kelly	Television presenter, Journalist	[10]
2015		Bill Paterson	Actor	[11]
2016		Ken Loach	Film and television director (Awarded to the founders of Sixteen Films)	[12]
		Rebecca O'Brien	Producer, Production Manager (Awarded to the founders of Sixteen Films)
		Paul Laverty	Screenwriter (Awarded to the founders of Sixteen Films)
2017		Armando Iannucci	Writer	[13]
2018		Alan Cumming	Actor, singer, director, producer, writer, activist	[14]
2019		Greg Hemphill, Ford Kiernan and Michael Hines	Creative team behind Still Game	[15]
2020		Stanley Baxter	Actor, comedian, impressionist, author	[16]
2021		None	No Award Given
2022		Peter Capaldi	Actor, Director, Writer	[17]
2023		Shirley Henderson and Stuart Wilson	Actress, Sound Engineer	[18]

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