From a media release:
The 40th Banff World Media Festival (BANFF) is proud to announce the winners of the 2019Rockie Awards International Program Competition and the $25,000 Rogers Prize for Excellence in Canadian Content.
Canadian actor/writer, Juno Rinaldi (Workin’ Moms), hosted the Rockie Awards International 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 International Program Competition presented awards in twenty-six(26) categories spanning Documentary & Factual, Arts & Entertainment, Children & Youth, Scripted, as well as the Rockies Francophone Prize and the Jury Prize.
International Program Competition winners include:
Drama Series: English Language
Bodyguard
World Productions/BBC
UK
Comedy Series: English Language
Barry
HBO/Alec Berg/Hanarply
USA
Limited Series
Sharp Objects
HBO/eOne/Tiny Pyro/Blumhouse/Fourth Born/crazyrose
USA/Canada
Lifestyle Series
Employable Me
Thomas Howe and Associates
Canada
Drama Series: Non-English Language
Can You Hear Me?
Trio Orange
Canada
Comedy Series: Non-English Language
Arthur’s Law
good friends Filmproduktions/TNT Comedy
Germany
Children & Youth Fiction Series
Katy
BBC
UK
Reality Program
RuPaul’s Drag Race
World of Wonder
USA
Comedy & Variety Program
Baroness von Sketch Show
Frantic Films
Canada
Science & Technology Program
One Strange Rock
Nutopia/National Geographic
USA/UK
History & Biography Program
The Clinton Affair
Jigsaw Productions/Instinct Productions/A&E
USA
Serials, Soaps & Telenovela
Tangled Lives
SP Televisão/SIC
Portugal
Sci-Fi & Genre-Based Series
Doctor Who
BBC Cymru/BBC One
UK
Check out the full list of winners.
Rogers Prize for Excellence in Canadian Content
Winner: Baroness von Sketch Show (Frantic Films)
The Rogers Prize is awarded to the highest-scoring Canadian program or property in the Rockies International Program Competition across two rounds of independent jury review.
Grand Jury Prize
The Grand Jury Prize recognizes the “best in show†from all Rockies International Program Competition winning entries. The winner will be unveiled Tuesday, June 11 at the Rockie Awards Gala, hosted by multi-platinum, award-winning singer/songwriter, actor, Jann Arden (JANN).
The 2019 Grand Jury Prize finalists are:
- Barry
- Bodyguard
- Dynasties
- One Strange Rock
- Sharp Objects
