Aftersun glows at BAFTAs

Charlotte Wells' drama scoops three Scottish awards

by Amber Wilkinson

Paul Mescal and Frankie Corio in Critics' Week winner Aftersun by Charlotte Well
Paul Mescal and Frankie Corio in Critics' Week winner Aftersun by Charlotte Well Photo: Courtesy of Cannes Critics' Week
Charlotte Wells and Frankie Corrio at the Scottish BAFTAs at the Double Tree Hotel in Glasgow
Charlotte Wells and Frankie Corrio at the Scottish BAFTAs at the Double Tree Hotel in Glasgow Photo: BAFTA via Getty Images
It was a hot night at the Scottish BAFTAs for Charlotte Wells' Aftersun, which took home three awards.

Wells was named Best Director, while Paul Mescal also took home a gong for this portrayal of a troubled single dad who takes his young daughter (Frankie Corrio, who was also nominated) on a package holiday in her emotionally intense drama. Wells also took home the prize for Director Fiction and Writer Film/Television.

The prize for Feature Film went to Iran-set drama Winners, while Lucy Halliday received the award for Actress Film for her supporting role as a lesbian teenager who forges a bond with her teacher in Blue Jean, her first on-screen performance.

Jono McLeod won Director Factual for My Old School, which recounts the stranger than fiction tale of a man who posed as a high school student.

A Long Winter, directed by Eilidh Munro and Finlay Pretsell received the Short Film and Animation award.

Director Jon S Baird presented Shirley Henderson  with the Outstanding Contribution to Film and Television, given in recognition of an exceptional standard of work across a long career.

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