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)
- Gordon Anderson, Scrotal Recall
- Robert Carlyle, The Legend Of Barney Thomson
- Donald Coutts, Katie Morag
Best Actor
- Robert Carlyle, The Legend Of Barney Thomson
- David Elliot, Kajaki: The True Story
- David Tennant, What We Did On Our Holiday
Best Actress
- Elena Anaya, Swung
- Elizabeth McGovern, Swung
- Emma Thompson, The Legend Of Barney Thomson
Best Writer (film or TV)
- Gregory Burke, '71
- Tom Edge, Scrotal Recall
- Steven Moffatt, Doctor Who
Best Short Film
- Dropping Off Michael
- Gasping
- Mining Poems Or Odes