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2021 British Academy Scotland Awards
The 31st British Academy Scotland Awards were held on 20 November 2021 at BBC Pacific Quay in a socially distanced, closed-studio show, honouring the best Scottish film and television productions of 2020. The nominations were announced by Edith Bowman on 13 October 2021. Nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. Outstanding Contribution to Film & Television *TBC Outstanding Contribution to Craft *TBC Outstanding Contribution to the Scottish Industry *TBC See also * 74th British Academy Film Awards * 93rd Academy Awards *27th Screen Actors Guild Awards References External linksBAFTA Scotland Home page {{DEFAULTSORT:31st British Academy Scotland Awards 2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ... British Academy Scotland Awards British Ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Pacific Quay
BBC Pacific Quay is BBC Scotland's television and radio studio complex at Pacific Quay, Glasgow, Scotland. Opened by then Prime Minister Gordon Brown on 20 September 2007, the studios are home to BBC Scotland's television, radio and online services and the headquarters of the BBC in Scotland. Location The studios are located adjacent to the Glasgow Science Centre, across the river from the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre and adjacent to the studios of commercial broadcaster STV. The new building is one of the most modern digital broadcasting facilities in the world, complete with the BBC's first HD-capable newsroom. Functioning Television studio facilities based at BBC Pacific Quay were rebranded as "Street @ BBC Scotland" in 2018. There are three main television studios based at BBC Pacific Quay: * Studio A is the largest television studio at the complex, with of studio floor space. It can easily accommodate studio audiences of up to 320. * Studio B is the small ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amir El-Masry
Amir El-Masry ( ar, أمير المصري; born 2 August 1990) is an Egyptian-British actor. He won a Scottish BAFTA for his performance in the film ''Limbo'' (2020) and was nominated for a British Independent Film Award. He was named a 2020 BAFTA Breakthrough Brit and a 2021 '' Screen International'' Star of Tomorrow. El-Masry debuted in the Egyptian comedy ''Ramadan Mabrouk Abu El Alamein Hamouda'' (2008), for which he was awarded Best Movie Debut at the Egyptian Cinema Oscar Festival. Early life and education El-Masry was born in Cairo, Egypt and brought up in Acton, West London. He attended Tower House School and the Harrodian School. He went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Criminology and Sociology from Royal Holloway, University of London. After interning at a law firm, he trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), graduating in 2013. Career After a conversation with actor Omar Sharif while his father was on a business trip, El-Mas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mangrove (film)
''Mangrove'' is a 2020 historical drama film directed by British director Steve McQueen and co-written by McQueen and Alastair Siddons, about the Mangrove restaurant in west London and the 1971 trial of the Mangrove Nine. It stars Letitia Wright, Shaun Parkes, Malachi Kirby, Rochenda Sandall, Alex Jennings and Jack Lowden. The film was released as part of the anthology series '' Small Axe'' on BBC One on 15 November 2020 and Amazon Prime Video on 20 November 2020. It premiered as the opening film at the 58th New York Film Festival on 24 September 2020. Plot Frank Crichlow is a Trinidadian immigrant opening a new restaurant, the Mangrove, in Notting Hill in the late 1960s. Notting Hill was then a Caribbean immigrant neighborhood. On opening night Constable Frank Pulley looks on and comments to a fellow constable that Black people must be kept in their place. After the restaurant closes for the night Pulley aggressively confronts Crichlow and accuses Crichlow of running an es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Small Axe (anthology)
''Small Axe'' is a British anthology film series, created and directed by Steve McQueen. The anthology consists of five films that tell distinct stories about the lives of West Indian immigrants in London from the 1960s to the 1980s. Two episodes of the series were selected into the 2020 Cannes Film Festival. The series premiered on 15 November 2020 on BBC One in the United Kingdom and on 20 November 2020 on Amazon Prime Video in the United States. The title references a proverb – "Small axe fall big tree" or "If you are the big tree, we are the small axe" – that was popularised by Bob Marley in his 1973 song " Small Axe". Films Production Development It has been reported that Steve McQueen began working on the idea for ''Small Axe'' in 2010, and that some form of the series was in development since 2012. While the series was initially conceived as a conventional television series with a serialized story, McQueen realized during development that he had sufficient material t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Lowden
Jack Andrew Lowden (born 2 June 1990) is a Scottish actor. Following a four-year stage career, his first major international onscreen success was in the 2016 BBC miniseries '' War & Peace'', which led to starring roles in feature films. Lowden starred as Eric Liddell in the 2012 play ''Chariots of Fire'' in London. In 2014, he won an Olivier Award and the Ian Charleson Award for his role as Oswald in Richard Eyre's 2013 adaptation of Ibsen's ''Ghosts''. In 2013, he began to have substantial roles in British television series and feature films, including ''The Tunnel'' (2013) and '' '71'' (2014), and had leading roles in the BBC miniseries ''The Passing Bells'' (2014) and '' War & Peace'' (2016). His screen projects since ''War & Peace'' have included the title role as golfing legend Tommy Morris in ''Tommy's Honour'' (2016), the starring role of Morrissey in the biopic '' England Is Mine'' (2017), a main-cast role as an RAF fighter-pilot in Christopher Nolan's ''Dunkirk'' (2017) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Together (2021 Television Film)
''Together'' is a 2021 British comedy-drama television film written by Dennis Kelly and directed by Stephen Daldry. It stars James McAvoy and Sharon Horgan as a couple re-evaluating their relationship during the COVID-19 pandemic, with Samuel Logan making an appearance as their son, Artie. It was shot in ten days in Kensal Rise, London. The film was broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 17 June 2021. Upon release, it received generally positive reviews from critics, with some calling it a "claustrophobic", "brilliant", and "honest" film set during the pandemic. However, a mixed response was given on its use of monologues and fourth wall breaks. In her review, Lucy Mangan from ''The Guardian'' gave ''Together'' four stars out of five and wrote that it "captures perfectly the emotional dilapidations of a dying relationship". ''Together'' was theatrically released in the United States by Bleecker Street on 27 August 2021. The film won the British Academy Television Awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James McAvoy
James McAvoy (; born 21 April 1979) is a Scottish actor. He made his acting debut as a teen in '' The Near Room'' (1995) and appeared mostly on television until 2003, when his feature film career began. His notable television work includes the thriller '' State of Play'', science fiction miniseries ''Frank Herbert's Children of Dune'' and the Channel 4 BAFTA Award-winning series '' Shameless''. He has performed in several West End productions and has received four nominations for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor, and has also done voice work for animated films including ''Gnomeo & Juliet'', its sequel ''Sherlock Gnomes'', and ''Arthur Christmas''. In 2003, McAvoy appeared in a lead role in ''Bollywood Queen'', then in another lead role as Rory in '' Inside I'm Dancing'' in 2004. This was followed by a supporting role, as the faun Mr. Tumnus, in '' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'' (2005). His performance in Kevin Macdonald's drama ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scot Squad
''Scot Squad'' is a British television mockumentary series about a fictional Scottish police force, made in a fly on the wall style. The show first aired on 27 October 2014 on BBC One Scotland. The show has aired seven series, including specials, on the channel. As of series 8, which began on 5 January 2023, the show airs on BBC Scotland channel. The show is directed by Iain Davidson and is narrated by Joe Hullait. Former '' Absolutely'' star Jack Docherty plays the fictional force's police chief. In November 2016, a special crossover episode made for '' Children in Need'' featured several of the show's characters meeting characters from Scottish soap opera ''River City''. Cast and characters *Jack Docherty as Chief Commissioner Cameron Miekelson (pronounced ). Miekelson is a competent Chief Commissioner, but he can occasionally be out of touch with modern values and technology. He also has a huge ego and an inflated sense of his abilities. In his free time, Miekelson enjoys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betsey Trotwood
Betsey Trotwood is a fictional character from Charles Dickens' 1850 novel ''David Copperfield''. Role in novel Betsey Trotwood is David Copperfield's great-aunt on his father's side, and has an unfavourable view of men and boys, having been ill-used and abandoned by a worthless husband earlier in life. She appears in the novel's first chapter, where she demonstrates her uncommon personality and her dislike of boys when she storms out of the house after hearing that David's mother has had a son, rather than the daughter to whom Trotwood intended to be the godmother.Dickens, Charles 'David Copperfield' Published by Bradbury & Evans (1850) Betsey plays a bigger role in David's later life by taking him in after he has run away from labelling wine bottles in the factory in Blackfriars where his stepfather, Edward Murdstone, had placed him to work after the death of David's mother. She provides him with a place at a good school in Canterbury and opportunities for a career in Doctors' Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Personal History Of David Copperfield
''The Personal History of David Copperfield'' is a 2019 comedy-drama film written and directed by Armando Iannucci, based on the 1850 novel ''David Copperfield'' by Charles Dickens. It stars Dev Patel as the title character, along with Aneurin Barnard, Peter Capaldi, Morfydd Clark, Daisy May Cooper, Rosalind Eleazar, Hugh Laurie, Tilda Swinton, Ben Whishaw and Paul Whitehouse. The world premiere was at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 5, 2019 and was theatrically released in the United Kingdom on January 24, 2020 by Lionsgate and in the United States on August 28, 2020 by Searchlight Pictures. Plot David Copperfield is born to his widowed mother, Clara, and begins saving noteworthy quotes from his life on scraps of paper. As a child, he visits his nanny Peggotty's family in their upturned boathouse in Yarmouth and returns to find Clara has married the strict Mr. Murdstone. Bullied by his new step-aunt and beaten by his stepfather, David is sent to work in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tilda Swinton
Katherine Matilda Swinton (born 5 November 1960) is a British actress. Known for her roles in independent films and blockbusters, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award and a British Academy Film Award, in addition to nominations for three Golden Globe Awards and five Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2020, ''The New York Times'' ranked her as one of the greatest actors of the 21st century. Swinton began her career by appearing in the experimental films ''Caravaggio'' (1986), '' The Last of England'' (1988), ''War Requiem'' (1989), and '' The Garden'' (1990). Swinton won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival for her portrayal of Isabella of France in ''Edward II'' (1991). She next starred in Sally Potter's ''Orlando'' (1992), for which she was nominated for the European Film Award for Best Actress. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her performance in '' The Deep End'' (2001). That followed with appearances in ''Vanilla Sk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kindred (film)
''Kindred'' is a 2020 British mystery horror drama film written and directed by Joe Marcantonio and starring Tamara Lawrance, Jack Lowden and Fiona Shaw. The film premiered at the 2021 Montclair Film Festival at a drive-in screening. Premise Upon receiving news that her boyfriend Ben has suddenly died in an accident, mother-to-be Charlotte collapses. She wakes in Ben's parents' home, an old manor. Ben's mother Margaret and his stepbrother Thomas are determined to take care of her until the baby arrives. Plagued by hallucinations caused by pregnancy, as well as knowing that her boyfriend isn't coming back, Charlotte accepts their help. But as time passes and her visions intensify, Charlotte starts to suspect that the family's intentions aren't as good as they seem. Cast * Tamara Lawrance as Charlotte Wilde *Fiona Shaw as Margaret *Jack Lowden as Thomas *Edward Holcroft as Ben * Chloe Pirrie as Jane * Anton Lesser as Dr. Richards *Natalia Kostrzewa as Betty *Kiran Sonia Sawar as L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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