Baby Reindeer, Tilda Swinton, David Tennant, Ashley Storrie and Shirley Henderson will be in the running for BAFTA Scotland honours when the gala ceremony returns to Glasgow this month. Two Doors Down stars Elaine C Smith and Doon MacKichan, Annika star Nicola Walker and The Crown star Khalid Abdalla are also in contention, along with Adura Onashile's debut feature Girl and the drama series Shetland and Float. New comedy drama Dinosaur, which Ashley Storrie stars in and wrote with Matilda Curtis, is leading the race for honours with four nominations.
Andrew Cumming’s debut feature film Out of Darkness, a horror filmed in Wester Ross which is set 45,000 years ago, has landed three nominations, including the performances of stars Kit Young and Sofia Oakley-Green. Actors Lorn Macdonald and Stephen McMillan are also up for best film actor for The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and The Lesson, while Tilda Swinton and Shirley Henderson are in contention for The Eternal Daughter and The Trouble With Jessica. Baby Reindeer’s creator and star Richard Gadd will be competing for the best TV actor prize with Khalid Abdalla for The Crown, Daniel Portman and Black Mirror and David Tennant for There She Goes.
Ashley Storrie is up against Two Doors Down favourites Doon Mackichan and Elaine C Smith, and Annika star Nicola Walker for the best TV actress honour. Adura Onashile, who wrote and directed the Glasgow-set film Girl, is nominated in the best feature film and fiction directo.