# 2021 British Academy Scotland Awards

The 31st British Academy Scotland Awards were held on 20 November 2021 at BBC Pacific Quay in a socially distanced, closed-studio show, honouring the best Scottish film and television productions of 2020. The nominations were announced by Edith Bowman on 13 October 2021.

## Nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
| Best Feature Film | Best Director (Fiction) |
| Limbo Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché Run | Ben Sharrock - Limbo Kevin MacDonald - The Mauritanian Eva Riley - Perfect 10 |
| Best Actor in Film | Best Actress in Film |
| Amir El-Masry - Limbo as Omar Vikash Bhai - Limbo as Farhad Mark Stanley - Run as Finnie | Marli Siu - Run as Kelly Tamara Lawrance - Kindred as Charlotte Tilda Swinton - The Personal History of David Copperfield as Betsey Trotwood |
| Best Entertainment | Best Features |
| The Brilliant World of Tom Gates Scot Squad: The Chief Does Democracy Secret Scotland | Antiques Road Trip Escape to the Farm with Kate Humble Location, Location, Location |
| Best Actor in Television | Best Actress in Television |
| James McAvoy - Together as He Jack Lowden - Small Axe: Mangrove as Ian McDonald Peter Mullan - Scenes for Survival: "Fatbaws" | Abigail Lawrie - Tin Star: Liverpool as Anna Worth Kelly Macdonald - Line of Duty as DCI Joanne Davidson Sharon Rooney - Finding Alice as Nicola |
| Best Writer Film/Television | Best Television Scripted |
| Ben Sharrock - Limbo Lucy Brydon - Body of Water Eva Riley - Perfect 10 | Adam - Cora Bissett, Louise Lockwood, Frances Poet, Carolynne Sinclair Kidd Beep - Jane Bell, Ian Fitzgibbon, Bryce Hart, Neil Webster Criptales - Jack Thorne, Amit Sharma, Mat Fraser, Debbie Christiee |
| Best Director (Factual) | Best Specialist Factual |
| David Whitney - Killing Escobar Stephen Bennett - Darren McGarvey's Class Wars Matt Pinder - Murder Case | Eye of the Storm - Anthony Baxter, Catriona Black, Colin Brown, Richard Phinney Ivor Cutler KT Tunstall - Alison Pinkney, Jackie Maclean, Mick McAvoy Scotland: My Life In The Wild - Hello Halo Productions/Channel 4 |
| Best Single Documentary | Best Short Film & Animation |
| Scotland, Slavery and Statues - Parisa Urquhart, Mark Harrison, Anthea Harvey, Ceri Isfryn Beyond Burns - Elephant Shoe Films/BBC Scotland The Dark Shadow of Murder - Glasgow Film Productions/BBC Scotland | Harmonic Spectrum - Will Hewitt, Austen McCowan Expensive Shit - Adura Onashile, Rosie Crerar, Ciara Barry Nevillie is Dead - Louis Paxton, Grant O'Rourke |
| Best News & Current Affairs | Best Factual Series |
| Jabbed! Inside Britain's Vaccine Triumph - Windfall Films Scotland/Channel 4 Davina McCall: Sex, Myths and the Menopause - Linda Sands, Katie Lander, Kate Muir, Noel Nelis The Trial of Alex Salmond - Mick McAvoy, Alan Clements, Sarah Howitt, Lotte Murphy Johnson | Murder Case - Matt Pinder, Iain Scollay, Audrey McColligan, Paul McGinness Extraordinary Escapes with Sandi Toksvig - Sandi Toksvig, Steph Harris, Julie Grant, Ed St Giles Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime - Andrew Abbott, Iain Scollay, Audrey McColligan, Michael Palin |
| Best Game | Audience Award |
| Solas 128 Murder Mystery Machine Phogs! | Lawrence Chaney - RuPaul's Drag Race UK David Carlyle - It's a Sin Martin Compston - Line of Duty Jean Johansson - A Place in the Sun Kelly Macdonald - Line of Duty David Tennant - Des |

### Outstanding Contribution to Film & Television

* TBC

### Outstanding Contribution to Craft

* TBC

### Outstanding Contribution to the Scottish Industry

* TBC