Starred Up takes top Scottish BAFTAs

David Mackenzie drama a treble winner while James McAvoy honoured for Filth.

by Amber Wilkinson

Starred Up the big winner at Scottish BAFTAs
Starred Up the big winner at Scottish BAFTAs

David Mackenzie took home the top film honours at the Scottish BAFTAs tonight, with his prison drama Starred Up winning the prizes for best film and best director, while his scriptwriter Jonathan Asser was named best TV/film writer (read what David Mackenzie told us about the film earlier in the year here).

The film beat stiff competition from Filth and Sunshine On Leith.

The film acting honours went to James McAvoy for Irvine Welsh adaptation Filth and Sophie Kennedy Clark for her role in Stephen Frears' drama Philomena.

The full list of film nominees and winners (in bold) is below:

FEATURE FILM

  • FILTH Jon S Baird, Ken Marshall, Trudie Styler - Steel Mill Pictures, Maven Pictures, Logie Pictures/Lionsgate
  • STARRED UP David Mackenzie, Gillian Berrie, Jonathan Asser - Sigma Films/Fox Searchlight
  • SUNSHINE ON LEITH Dexter Fletcher, Stephen Greenhorn, Andrew Macdonald, Arabella Page-Croft, Allon Reich - DNA Films, Black Camel Pictures /Entertainment Film Distributors

DIRECTOR FILM/TELEVISION

  • JON S BAIRD Filth
  • DAVID MACKENZIE Starred Up
  • DEXTER FLETCHER Sunshine on Leith

WRITER FILM/TELEVISION

  • JONATHAN ASSER Starred Up
  • BRIAN LIMOND Limmy’s Show! Christmas Special!
  • DAVID WOLSTENCROFT The Escape Artist

ACTOR FILM

  • JAMES MCAVOY Filth
  • PETER MULLAN Sunshine on Leith
  • JACK O’CONNELL Starred Up

ACTRESS FILM

  • JANE HORROCKS Sunshine on Leith
  • SOPHIE KENNEDY CLARK Philomena
  • FREYA MAVOR Sunshine on Leith

ANIMATION

  • MONKEY LOVE EXPERIMENTS Will Anderson, Ainslie Henderson, Cameron Fraser – Hopscotch Films, DigiCult, Ko-Lik, White Robot
  • SEA FRONT Claire Lamond
  • SPECTATORS Ross Hogg

SHORT FILM

  • COLOURS Graham Fitzpatrick, Sarah Drummond - Screen Productions
  • EXCHANGE AND MART Cara Connolly, Martin Clark, Phoebe Grigor, Maeve McMahon - Hopscotch Films, DigiCult
  • GETTING ON Ewan Stewart, Liam Stewart, Maeve McMahon - Foundling Films

SINGLE DOCUMENTARY

  • FROM SCOTLAND WITH LOVE Grant Keir, Virginia Heath, Mark Atkin, Heather Croall - Faction North, Crossover, National Library of Scotland/BBC Two Scotland
  • THE GIRL WHO TALKED TO DOLPHINS Mark Hedgecoe, Christopher Riley - BBC Scotland/BBC Four
  • KEYS TO THE CASTLE Darren Hercher, Tracey Gardiner – Darren Hercher Films/BBC Scotland
  • A full list of all the awards can been found on the official website

    Share this with others on...
    News

    Stories still unspoken Interview with Thomas Pollack, Andrew McNeill and Katarina Kokenyova about Rozkvet

    Where crows are watching JP Davidson and Craig Russell on nature, belief, UK horror and The Cull

    Truth and lies Sean Hogan on true crime documentaries, unknowable characters and The Dark Gets In

    A walking contradiction Sinéad O'Shea on James 'Fergie' Chambers Jr and All About The Money

    Unconventional families Milcho Manchevski on being blacklisted and making Sister Brother Manhole Cover

    Expecting the unexpected Jordan Mark Windsor and Sean Wallace on Mum, I’m Alien Pregnant

    More news and features

    We're bringing you all the latest news and reviews from the Belfast Film Festival, the Cheltenham International Film Festival and the Leeds International Film Festival.



    We're looking forward to the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, the French Film Festival and DOC NYC.



    We've recently brought you coverage of Halloween Frightfest, the Scottish Queer International Film Festival, Newfest, the London Film Festival, the New York Film Festival, Grimmfest and Beyond Fest.



    Read our full for more.


    Visit our festivals section.

    Interact

    Don't forget that you can follow us on YouTube for trailers of festival films and more. You can also find us on Mastodon, Instagram and Bluesky.


    It's a busy time for festivals and here's the latest:


    Sundance Announces Legacy line-up of archive films


    Frightfest Newcastle event announced for May 2027


    French Film Festival UK Programme announced


    Tallinn Black Nights Documentary line-up and Special Screenings announced


    London Winners announced