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WHEN MORAG MACKINNON WAS nominated for a Scottish BAFTA eight years ago, she opted for a T-shirt and cords. "To be honest I turned up really scruffy, looking terrible, because I didn't know what to expect at all," says the director, whose film Home was up for best short film in the New Talent category. "I've never been good at ceremonies. I don't polish up that well either. It was a bit intimidating, and that was my way of responding to it."
It is not an attitude that's encouraged this year. The BAFTA Scotland Awards take place on 12 November in the refurbished City Halls, Glasgow's most striking venue, as a kind of Scottish Oscars. Highlights will be aired by BBC Scotland - for the first time in nearly a decade - and the organisers are aiming to maximise the glamour. For the first time they have a private sponsor, Lloyds TSB Scotland, and are pledged to spend GBP 100,000 on the night, luring big names with goody bags of cosmetics and jewellery. In a new twist, the trophies will be handed out before dinner, to avoid lapses by drunken thesps at the podium. Last year Ford Kiernan, star of Still Game, launched into an embarrassing four-letter word rant when he and partner Greg Hemphill won the Best Entertainment BAFTA. "I'm really, really sorry. I shouldn't have done it," he said later. "I'd had a few drinks."See the full content of this document
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Stardust Versus Grit
The move may not prevent the kind of incident that happened in 2004, however. BAFTA Awards regular Peter Mullan was among the last remnants of the party in a hotel ballroom, talking into the wee hours with a small group of friends. They turned to find one guest leaving with a 3ft-high flower ...
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