‘The Simpsons,' ‘Day of the Jackal,' ‘We Are Lady Parts' Among This Year's Banff Rockie Awards International Program Competition Winners
Peacock's 'The Day of the Jackal' and 'We Are Lady Parts' were among this year's big winners at Monday night's Banff Rockie Awards International Program Competition, winning the English-language drama and comedy series awards, respectively. Other big winners included Fox's 'The Simpsons,' for animated series, and the Disney+ doc 'Jim Henson Idea Man' for arts & culture.
The UK won 16 awards overall, the most of any country, followed by the US with nine. The Banff World Media Festival merged its Banff Gala Awards and Rockie Awards International Program Competition into a single ceremony during this year's festival, for the first time.
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The Banff Gala Awards honor 'visionary executives, creatives, and changemakers shaping the global media landscape,' while the Rockie Awards International Program Competition focuses on TV and digital media. This year's Rockie Awards International Program Competition includes 152 nominees from 22 countries across 30 categories.
Gala honorees included Hans Zimmer ('Dune: Part One,' 'Top Gun: Maverick,' 'No Time to Die,' 'Gladiator,' 'Inception'), who was this year's recipient of the career achievement award. Also, Stephan James ('If Beale Street Could Talk,' 'Surface'), who was given the Canadian Award of Distinction, presented by the Canada Media Fund (CMF/FMC) and MadeNous, which is given to 'a Canadian whose body of work exemplifies outstanding achievement in the entertainment industry.'
Also, Phil Rosenthal ('Somebody Feed Phil,' 'Everybody Loves Raymond') was given the Award of Excellence, which 'acknowledges exceptional achievement through a body of work over an extended period of time.' And South Korea was selected as this year's 'country of honor,' as accepted by KOCCA prexy Hyun Suk Yoo.
Monday's event, held at the Banff Springs Hotel, was hosted by 'Canada's Drag Race' Season 1 winner Priyanka. International Program Competition winners included:
Comedy & Variety
'The Graham Norton Show' (So Television; UK)
Competition Series & Game Shows
'The Traitors UK' (Studio Lambert, BBC; UK)
Docuseries
'Black Twitter: A People's History' (Onyx Collective; USA)
Lifestyle
'The Travel Show – Vietnam: Return to Banana Garden Market' (BBC; UK)
Reality Series
'The Jury: Death on the Staircase' (Northern Pictures; Australia)
Animation: Children
'My Life in Versailles' (Films Grand Huit, Mélusine Productions, Xilam Animation, France Télévisions, TV5 Monde, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, CNC; France, Switzerland)
Animation: Preschool
'Tiddler' (Magic Light Pictures, BBC; UK)
Live Action: Children
'Windcatcher' (Unless Pictures, Every Cloud Productions, Australian Children's Television Foundation, Stan, Screen Australia, VicScreen; Australia)
Live Action: Youth
'Remnants' (Ananey Studios, KAN; Israel)
Arts & Culture
'Jim Henson Idea Man' (Imagine Documentaries, Disney Branded Television; USA)
Crime & Investigative
'Sugarcane' (Impact Partners, Fit Via Vi, Kassie Films, Hedgehog Films; Canada, USA)
Environmental & Wildlife
'Silverback' (Off the Fence, BBC, France Télévisions, Featuristic Films; UK)
History & Biography
'Hitler's Jewish Soldier?' (SBS Australia, Screen Australia, Screen NSW, Mint Pictures; Australia)
Science & Technology
'Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics' (White Pine Pictures; Canada)
Short Form Non-Fiction
'Songs from Inside' (BBC World Service; UK)
Social Issues & Current Affairs
'Hell Jumper' (Expectation Entertainment; UK)
Sports Documentary
'30 for 30: Stolen Gold' (ESPN Films, UnTypical; Spain, UK, USA)
Podcast: Fiction
'Purple Heart Warriors' (Catherine Bailey Productions, BBC; UK)
Podcast: Non-Fiction
'Searching for Hobey Baker' (ESPN, Ross Greenburg Productions, Silver Sound; USA)
Animated Series
'The Simpsons' (20th Television Animation; USA)
Best Performance in a Comedy
David Mitchell, 'Ludwig' (Big Talk Studios, That Mitchell and Webb Company, BBC; UK)
Best Performance in a Drama
Marisa Abela, 'Industry' (Bad Wolf, HBO, BBC; UK, USA)
Best Use of Music in a Series
'Tree on a Hill' (Pren ar y Bryn) (Fiction Factory, S4C, BBC Cymru Wales, All3Media International, Creative Wales; UK)
Comedy Series: English Language
'We Are Lady Parts' (Working Title Television, Universal International Studios, Universal Studio Group; UK, USA)
Comedy Series: Non-English Language
'Vestiaires' (AMI-Télé, Radio-Canada; Canada)
Drama Series: English Language
'The Day of the Jackal' (Carnival Films, Universal International Studios, Universal Studio Group; UK)
Drama Series: Non-English Language
'Distinct Society' (Blachfilms; Canada)
Feature Length Film
'Out of My Mind' (Big Beach, Participant, EveryWhere Studios, Disney Branded Television; USA)
Limited Series
'Lost Boys & Fairies' (Duck Soup Films, All3Media International, BBC, Creative Wales; UK)
Short Form Fiction
'My Dead Mom' (LoCo Motion Pictures, Bell Media, Blue Ant Media; Canada)
Grand Jury Prize
'Hell Jumper' (Expectation Entertainment; UK)
Carrie Hunter Emerging Talent Prize
Marushka Almeida, Nisha Khan, Rabiya Mansoor, 'Get Up, Aisha' (iThentic Inc, Window Dreams Productions; Canada)
Prix Francophone
'Teenagers' (Être ado) (KOTV; Canada)
Rogers Prize for Excellence in Canadian Content
'Leonard Cohen: If It Be Your Will' (Peacock Alley Entertainment; Canada)
The full list of Rockie Awards International Program Competition Winners is available HERE.
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