Kevin MacDonald’s film, which depicted a fictitious Scots doctor living in Uganda under the regime of Idi Amin, won Best Feature Film, Best Screenplay and McAvoy was named best actor for a film.

McAvoy, 28, who returned to his home city for the glitzy ceremony, said he had been honoured just be nominated.

He said: "I am very very pleased to have won the award. It’s nice to get it at home in Scotland, in Glasgow and in front of my family. I’ve played a lot of Englishmen, and for Scottish Bafta to forgive me for that and award me for playing a Scotsman is very humbling."

The ceremony was held at Glasgow’s City Halls and hosted by GMTV presenter Lorraine Kelly.

The awards honoured those in front of and behind the camera in film and television in Scotland with categories including best animation, best feature film and best news and current affairs programme.

Rising star Sean Biggerstaff was awarded best actor for his role in television programme Consenting Adults.

Biggerstaff, who played alongside Daniel Radcliffe in two of the Harry Potter films, recently completed the film Hippy Hippy Shake with Ciaran Murphy and Sienna Miller.

He said of the honour "It’s bizarre, I only got the job two days before we started but it was great and it was a pleasure to work on. This is really just the cherry on the cake."


Sex scenes a nightmare, says James - Oct 10 2007
James McAvoy has apparently admitted that shooting sex scenes with Keira Knightley was "a nightmare".

The actor gets up close and personal with Keira in period flick Atonement, but he confessed that the steamier scenes weren’t his favourite to film.

"Sex scenes are always a nightmare," the 28-year-old is quoted by Heat magazine as saying.

"It is never easy and it’s always a little bit sweaty. When they call action, if you feel the lady’s breast, it is your decision. It’s like, this is wrong."

"We carried on and about 10 seconds later we just said sheepishly, ’Sorry about that’," added the star.

The film, based on the novel by Ian McEwan, is about a 13-year-old girl who accuses her older sister’s (Keira) lover Robbie, played by James, of a crime that he didn’t commit.

Directed by Joe Wright, Atonement is in UK cinemas now. http://www.atonementthemovie.co.uk/site/site.html
 

James ’very very pleased’ for Forest - Mar 6 2007
Becoming Jane actor James McAvoy says he’s delighted Forest Whitaker, his co-star in The Last King Of Scotland, picked up the best actor Oscar for his role as Idi Amin.

Speaking at the premiere of his latest flick, in which he plays Jane Austen’s love interest, the Scottish star said: "I’m very pleased for him. It would’ve been devastating for him if he hadn’t won it because everybody has been telling him he will win it for so long.

"I don’t think I would’ve been able to stand it if I hadn’t have won it had everyone told me for so long, so I’m very very pleased, very proud to be associated with him."

So did James think the film would win an Oscar from the start?

"You never dare to think that what you’re in is going to be received well," he said.

"I thought, ’This deserves an Oscar’, I think the whole film does and I think the director does as well and the writer and the director of production and everybody deserves Oscars for that film, but you don’t dare to think that it actually will get anybody to even see it.