The BAFTA Scotland nominations for 2023 have been unveiled, with Charlotte Wells’ debut feature Aftersun leading the pack with five nominations. 

Other works that picked up multiple nominations include the TV drama Mayflies with three nominations, police procedural Karen Pirie with three nominations, the scripted documentary My Old School with two nominations, and the documentary Three Mothers, Two Babies And A Scandal with two nominations. 

Nine participants are also receiving nominations for the first time, including Chinaza Uche, Paul Mescal, Lucy Halliday, Sally Hawkins, Lewis Gribben, Conor McCarron, Lauren Lyle, Vinette Robinson and Frankie Corio, who is the youngest BAFTA Scotland nominee ever.

Jude MacLaverty, Director of BAFTA Scotland said, ‘It’s a great source of pride to be able to bring our creative community together and celebrate another exceptional year in film and television. Our nominations this year reflect the incredible standard of work and creativity that is possible with support for, and investment in, the Scottish screen industries, and the individuals who are committed to telling stories that can reach and resonate globally.’

The BAFTA Scotland Audience Award for Favourite Scot On Screen (in partnership with Screen Scotland), the only BAFTA Scotland Award voted on by the public, will also returns in 2023. Nominees for the Audience Award will be announced at 9,30am on Monday 16 October, with the public vote opening for two weeks.

Winners will be announced at a special ceremony on Sunday 19 November at DoubleTree by Hilton, Glasgow Central, and will be available to watch in full on BAFTA Scotland’s YouTube channel. 

The BAFTA Scotland 2023 nominations in full: 

Actor film
James Cosmo – My Sailor, My Love
Paul Mescal – Aftersun
Chinaza Uche – A Good Person 

Actress film 
Frankie Corio – Aftersun
Lucy Halliday – Blue Jean
Sally Hawkins – The Last King

Actor television
Brian Cox – Succession
Tony Curran – Mayflies
Lewis Gribben – Somewhere Boy
Conor McCarron – Dog Days 

Actress television
Izuka Hoyle – Big Boys
Ashley Jensen – Mayflies
Lauren Lyle – Karen Pirie 
Vinette Robinson – Six Four 

Director factual
Jono McLeod – My Old School
Alice McMahon-Major – Three Mother, Two Babies And A Scandal 
Matt Pinder – The Hunt For The World’s End Killers

Director fiction
Jon S Baird – Tetris
Gareth Bryn – Karen Pirie
Charlotte Wells – Aftersun  

Entertainment 
Frankie Boyle’s Farewell To Monarchy – Production Team, Two Rivers Media/Channel 4
Richard Osman’s House Of Games – Tamara Gilder, Breid McLoone, John Smith, Gemma Whitford, Remarkable TV/BBC Two
Susan Calman’s Grand Day Out – Production Team, IWC/Channel 5

Factual series
Fred West: The Glasgow Girls – Production Team, IWC/Sky Crime
The Women Who Changed Modern Scotland – Production Team, Two Rivers Media/BBC Scotland
Three Mothers, Two Babies And A Scandal – Alice McMahon-Major, Nicole Kleeman, Vari Innes, Naomi Buchanan, Firecrest Films/Amazon Prime Video

Feature film: 
Aftersun – Charlotte Wells, Mark Ceryak, Amy Jackson, Barry Jenkins, Adele Romanski
My Old School – Jono McLeod, John Archer, Olivia Lichtenstein, Berny McGurk
Winners – Hassan Nazer, Nadira Murray, Paul Welsh, Arash Seifie Jamadi

Features
Designing The Hebrides – Production Team, DSP/BBC Scotland
Kirstie And Phil’s Love It Or List It – Kirstie Allsopp, Phil Spencer, Laura Harding, Jonny Wharton, Raise the Roof Productions/Channel 4
The Yorkshire Auction House – Craig Hunter, John Redshaw, Diccon Green, Sarah Forster, STV Studios/Really

Short Film & Animation 
Clean – Miranda Stern, Reece Cargan
A Long Winter – Eilidh Munro, Finlay Pretsell
Shackle – Ainslie Henderson, Will Anderson 

Single Documentary 
The Mysterious Mr Lagerfeld – Michael Waldman, Lorraine McKechnie, David G Hill, Calum Leslie, Finestripe Productions/BBC Two
The Snowman: The Film That Changed Christmas – Production Team, Two Rivers Media/Channel 4
War And Justice: The Case Of Marine A – Production Team, Two Rivers Media, Uppercut Films/Channel 4

Specialist factual

Becoming Frida Kahlo –  James Rogan, Mark Hedgecoe, Nancy Bornat, Louise Lockwood, Rogan Productions/BBC One
Imagine… Douglas Stuart: Love, Hope And Grit – Linda Sands, Tanya Hudson, Alan Yentob, Ed Horne, BBC Studios/BBC One
What Killed The Whale – Production Team, STV Studios/Channel 4

Television scripted
Guilt – Production Team, Expectation North, Happy Tramp North/BBC Scotland
Karen Pirie – Production Team, World Productions/ITV
Mayflies – Claire Mundell, Brian Kaczynski, Andrea Gibb, Peter Mackie Burns, Synchronicity Films/BBC One

Writer film/television (in partnership with Screen Scotland)
Neil Forsyth – The Gold
Charlotte Wells – Aftersun
Kirsty Wilson-Cairns – The Good Nurse