Scottish BAFTA nominations announced

A good day for Barney Thomson.

by Jennie Kermode

Robert Carlyle and Emma Thompson in The Legend Of Barney Thomson
Robert Carlyle and Emma Thompson in The Legend Of Barney Thomson

This year's Scottish BAFTA nominations were announced today, and things are looking good for Robert Carlyle's debut film as a director, The Legend Of Barney Thomson. The bloody tale of an earnest hairdresser out of his depth, it opened the Edinburgh International Film Festival earlier this year and went on to enjoy a warm reception at the box office. Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin's What We Did On Our Holiday has also secured multiple nominations.

"It is with immense joy and a huge honour that I have been asked to host the British Academy Scotland Awards again this year," said radio DJ Edith Bowman. "Any opportunity to celebrate and shout about the huge amount of talent coming out of Scotland is a genuine must for me. I can't wait."

The awards ceremony will take place in Glasgow on November 15.

The full list of film nominees is as follows:-

Best Feature Film

Best Director (film or TV)

Best Actor

Best Actress

Best Writer (film or TV)

  • Gregory Burke, '71
  • Tom Edge, Scrotal Recall
  • Steven Moffatt, Doctor Who

Best Short Film

Share this with others on...
News

World of difference Sarah Goher on exploring the life of a child maid through a little girl's eyes in Happy Birthday

'The higher we got.. the more intense and emotional it got' Alexander Murphy on love and migration in Goodbye Sisters

Lifted up by an idea Kent Jones on Willem Dafoe, Greta Lee, and Kurt Weill & Bertolt Brecht’s Surabaya Johnny in Late Fame

Remote but connected Daood Alabdulaa and Louise Zenker on Syria, ISIS, women's stories and Walud

Carlo Rambaldi retrospective announced MoMA and Cinecittà to screen 15 of the VFX legend's works

Sundance announces feature line-up Scottish films among those making the cut

More news and features

Interact

More competitions coming soon.