The great and the good of Scotland's film industry gathered in Glasgow's City Hall tonight for the BAFTA Scotland awards, with some strong contenders for the top gongs. Following on from its success at the BAFTAS and Oscars, it was The Last King Of Scotland which took the top prizes, winning Best Feature Film despite competition from the acclaimed Hallam Foe and from Gaelic hit Seachd: The Inaccessible Pinnacle. It also won Best Screenplay and a Best Actor award for rising star James McAvoy.
"I've played a lot of Englishmen, and for Scottish BAFTA to forgive me for that and reward me for playing a Scotsman is very humbling," McAvoy said.
The award for Best Actress went to Sophia Myles for her role in Hallam Foe.
The nominees and winners are below:
Best Short Film
Breadmakers - Directed by Yasmin Fedda
Butterfly - Directed by Yulia Mahr
Winner: Losing Myself: Annie - Directed by Alice Nelson
Best Feature Film
Hallam Foe - Directed by David Mackenzie
Winner: The Last King Of Scotland - Directed by Kevin Macdonald
Seachd - The Inaccessible Pinnacle - Directed by Simon Miller
Best Screenplay
Ed Whitmore & David Mackenzie for - Hallam Foe
Winner: Peter Morgan & Jeremy Brock for - The Last King Of Scotland
Simon Miller, Jo Cockwell, Ishbel T MacDonald,
Iain F MacLeod & Aonghas MacNeacail for
Seachd - The Inaccessible Pinnacle
Best Actor
Jamie Bell for Hallam Foe
Winner: James McAvoy for The Last King Of Scotland
Aonghas Padraig Caimbeul (Angus Peter Campbell) for Seachd - The Inaccessible Pinnacle
Best Actress
Winner: Sophia Miles for Hallam Foe
Best Animation
Haunted Hogmanay - Directed by Neil Jack
Winner: Potapych - The Bear who loved Vodka - Directed by Darren Price
Two Dreams - Directed & Produced by Anders Jedenfors & Jamie Stone
Special Contribution to Scottish Film
Eddie McConnell
BAFTA Scotland Award for Craft (In Memory of Robert McCann)
Libbie Barr
Outstanding International Contribution
Craig Armstrong
Read about the 2006 winners.
Read more about the Scottish BAFTAS on the official site
