From a media release:
The Banff World Media Festival (BANFF) is proud to announce the winners of the 2018 Rockie Awards Program Competition and the $25,000 Rogers Prize for Excellence in Canadian Content.
Canadian actor/comedian, Andrew Phung (Kim’s Convenience), hosted the Rockie Awards Program Competition at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel. Top international media executives gathered to recognize and celebrate excellence in television and digital media content from around the world. One of the largest competitions of its kind, the Rockie Awards Program Competition presented awards in twenty-five (25) categories spanning Documentary & Factual, Arts & Entertainment, Children & Youth, Scripted, and Francophone Program of the Year.
Countries taking home top Rockies honours include:
– USA: 11 awards
– Canada: 6 awards
– UK: 5 awards
– France: 3 awards
– Japan & Singapore: each take 1 award
Program Competition winners include:
Television Miniseries
Big Little Lies
HBO / David E. Kelly Productions / Pacific Standard / Blossom Films
USA
Drama Series: English Language
Peaky Blinders
BBC / Caryn Manabach Productions / Tiger Aspect Productions / BBC Two
UK
Comedy Series: English Language
black-ish
Disney|ABC / ABC Studios
USA
Comedy Series: Non-English Language
Freefall/Lâcher prise
Encore Télévision – Distribution Inc
Canada
Drama Series: Non-English Language
Hokuto: The Conversion of a Killer
WOWOW Inc / Toei Movie Studios
Japan
Preschool Program
Sesame Street
Sesame Workshop / HBO
USA
Children & Youth Non-Fiction Series
Giver
Sinking Ship Entertainment
Canada
Reality Program
Undercover High
A&E / Lucky 8 TV / Learning Tree Productions
USA
Interactive Content
Bury me, my Love / Enterre-moi, mon Amour
ARTE France / The Pixel Hunt / Figs
France
Crime & Investigative Program
Storyville – Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web
Raw TV / Vice / BBC Four
UK
History & Biography Program
Residente
Story House Entertainment
USA
Melodrama
The Good Doctor
Sony Pictures Television
USA
Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Action Series
Travelers
Peacock Alley Entertainment / Corus Entertainment
Canada
Rogers Prize for Excellence in Canadian Content
Winner: Travelers (Peacock Alley Entertainment)
The Rogers Prize is awarded to the highest-scoring Canadian program or property in the Rockies Program Competition across two rounds of independent jury review.
Rockies Program Competition Grand Jury Prize
The Grand Jury Prize recognizes the “best in show†from all Program Competition winning entries. The winner will be unveiled Tuesday, June 12 at the Rockie Awards Gala, hosted by Emmy- and Tony Award-winning actress and singer Kristin Chenoweth.
The 2018 finalists are:
– Big Little Lies
– Dear Basketball
– Peaky Blinders
– Sesame Street
– The Child in Time