2005 BAFTA Scotland Awards
The 2005 BAFTA Scotland (or Scottish Bafta) award winners were announced at the Radisson SAS Hotel in Glasgow on November 13, 2005.
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
In Gaby Dellal's On a Clear Day, a suddenly unemployed middle-aged man (Peter Mullan) whose young son had died from drowning decides to regain his self-esteem by swimming across the English Channel. Brenda Blethyn is his loving wife and Jamie Sives is the couple's estranged son.
FILM AWARDS
Best Film
Festival
* On a Clear Day
A Woman in Winter
Best Director
* Festival – Directed by Annie Griffin
On a Clear Day – Directed Gaby Dellal
A Woman in Winter – Directed by Richard Jobson
Best Actor in a Scottish Film
* Festival – Chris O'Dowd
Festival – Stephen Mangan
Best Actress in a Scottish Film
* Frozen – Shirley Henderson
Festival – Daniela Nardini
Best Screenplay
Festival – Screenplay by Annie Griffin
Night People – Screenplay by Jack Dickson & Adrian Mead
* On a Clear Day – Screenplay by Alex Rose
Best Animation
* A Bus Ride and Flowers in Her Hair (Directed by Asaf Agranat)
Cannon Man (Directed by Douglas Neilson)
The True Story of Sawney Beane (Directed by Elizabeth Hobbs)
Best Documentary
* The Holyrood Files (Directed by Stuart Greig)
Best Short Film
* Dupe (Directed by Chris Waitt)
Cotopaxi (Directed by Zack Copping)
Vagabond Shoes (Directed by Jackie Oudney)
Cineworld Audience Award
Festival
Frozen
GamerZ
* Night People
On a Clear Day
A Woman in Winter
Outstanding Achievement in Film
Iain Smith
NEW TALENT AWARDS
Best New Work
Bargain (Directed by Gunhild Enger)
* Can't Stop Breathing (Directed by Amy Neil)
The Grandparents (Directed by Ioana Joca)
Best First-Time Director
Ioana Joca – The Grandparents
Andrew Tullis – The Man who Captured Nessie
Andrew Henderson – The Rest is Silence
*Samir Mehanovic – The Way We Played
Best New Screenplay
At the End of the Sentence – Written by David Grieg
* The Immeasurable Joy – Written by Gregor Barclay
Karma Cowboys – Written by Rae Brunton
Best First-Time Performance
* Kelly Anne Farquhar – Monarch of the Glen
Michelle Duncan – Sea of Souls
Tammy Arnold – Sweetie
TELEVISION AWARDS
News & Current Affairs
* Frontline Scotland – Home Truths: The Real Cost of Care
Reporting Scotland
Panorama
Documentary
* The Fighting McIlroys
The Gathering Place
The Gospel Truth
This Scotland: Heavy Metal Jr
Factual
Days that Shook the World: Hindenburg
Michael Palin & the Mystery of Hammershoi
* Location, Location, Location
Map Man
Drama
Monarch of the Glen
* Sea of Souls
Taggart
Entertainment
* Still Game
Meet the Magoons
Comedy Connections: Monty Python's Flying Circus
Childrens
* Balamory
Greeks
Shoebox Zoo
Gaelic Language
Colin & Cumberland
* Eorpa: Arandora Star
Sùgh an Eòrna
BEST INTERACTIVE MEDIA AWARD
* Aig Cridhe Ar Ciùil – Created by Seonaid Macleod, Donald I. Macdonald
Edinburgh Fringe Podcast – Created by Ewan Spence
Graffiti in the House of Lucretius – Created by Dan Norton, ABLAB
BAFTA Scotland Awards: 2005 2006 2007 2008
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
British Independent Film Awards
Gramado (Brazilian) Film Festival Awards
London Evening Standard Awards
Los Angeles Latino Film Festival Awards
Montreal World Film Festival Awards
UKTheatre.TV were first to support the BAFTA Scotland awards and welcome them back in 2005. We have exclusive footage with many of the stars who stopped to talk to us on the red carpet including Stephen Mangan, Darius Danesh, Suzanne Shaw, Douglas Henshall and Jenni Falconer.