CBC’s Baroness Von Sketch Show, Space’s Wynonna Earp and Showcase’s Travelers are among the nominees for this year’s Rockie Awards.
Handed out during the Banff World Media Festival, the Rockie Awards celebrate excellence in television and digital content from around the world, with participation from more than 40 countries.
CBC’s The Secret Path is nominated in the Animation category, Odd Squad: The Movie in Children & Youth Fiction, Black Watch Snipers and Newfoundland at Armageddon in History & Biography and Paw Patrol in Preschool programming. Baroness Von Sketch received kudos in the Comedy Series: English Language category, with Wynonna Earp and Travelers facing off in the Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Action category.
Here’s a list of the nominees with Canadian projects highlighted in blue:
Animation
HARVEY BEAKS
Nickelodeon
United States
OTTO
NPO in association with NTR Television
Netherlands
REVOLTING RHYMES
Magic Light Pictures in association with BBC One
United Kingdom
SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS
Nickelodeon
United States
THE SECRET PATH
Antica Productions in association with Entertainment One and Edgarland Films
Canada
Children & Youth Fiction
HANK ZIPZER
Kindle Entertainment in association with DHX Media, Walker Productions, and support from Screen Yorkshire
United Kingdom
HETTY FEATHER
CBBC/BBC Television
United Kingdom
ODD SQUAD: THE MOVIE
Sinking Ship Entertainment in association with The Fred Rogers Company
Canada/United States
RANGER ROB
Nelvana Limited/Studio Liddell
Canada/United Kingdom
WILD KRATTS
Kratts Brothers Company, 9 Story Media Group Production in association with PBS, TVO and BC Knowledge Network
Canada
Children & Youth Non-Fiction
HAVE A LOOK AT MY WORLD: HAYA – A GIRL IN SAUDI ARABIA
Hanfgarn & Ufer Filmproduktion GbR, Berlin in association with Suedwestrundfunk
Germany/Saudi Arabia
HELLO WORLD!
Discovery Channel in association with Radicalmedia and WWF
United States
HORRIBLE HISTORIES SPECIAL: SENSATIONAL SHAKESPEARE
Lion Television in association with Scholastic UK, CBBC, BBC Television
United Kingdom
SHIMAJIRO: A WORLD OF WOW!
DASH Co. LTD in association with The Answerstudio Co Ltd. and TV Tokyo Corporation
Japan
OCTOPUS NEWS: FIGHTING AIR POLLUTION
HAKKA TV
Taiwan
Comedy Series: English Language
BARONESS VON SKETCH SHOW
Frantic Films in association with CBC
Canada
BLACK-ISH
Disney/ABC/ABC Studios
United States
FLEABAG
All3media International in association with Two Brothers and BBC3
United Kingdom
FLOWERS
Kudos Film & TV in association with Seeso
United Kingdom
INSECURE
HBO Entertainment in association with Issa Rae Productions, Prentice Penny Productions and 3 Arts Entertainment
United States
Comedy Series: Foreign Language
BOOMERANG
Encore Television Inc.
Canada
CALLBOYS
Woestijnvis/FBO in association with FBO, VIER
Belgium
FREEFALL
Encore Television Inc.
Canada
GENERATION B
De Mensen in association with Canvas, Gardner & Domm, VAF and Screen Brussels
Belgium
MY 80S TEEN MISADVENTURES
AVANTI CINÉ VIDÉO
Canada
Digital Fiction
#HASHTAG
SVT in association with Zentropa Sweden, Film Väst
Sweden
MY 90-YEAR-OLD ROOMMATE
LoCo Motion Pictures/9578056 Canada Inc. in association with Hawkeye Pictures and CBC
Canada
NOW WE’RE TALKING
go90 in association with an UNINTERRUPTED Original Series Produced by Blue Ribbon Content
United States
PEOPLEWATCHING
Lapaire Productions
Canada
THE 5TH QUARTER
OBB Pictures in association with 3 Arts Entertainment, Kids At Play
United States
Digital Non-Fiction
DECODED
MTV and Kornhaber Brown
United States
LIFE & DEATH ROW: LOVE TRIANGLE
BBC Studios in association with BBC Three
United Kingdom
QB1: BEYOND THE LIGHTS
go90 in association with Rated Red, Complex
United States
WE THE VOTERS: 20 FILMS FOR THE PEOPLE
Vulcan Productions, Show of Force and Warrior Poets
United States
YOUNG GUNS
go90 Rogue Atlas Productions in association with Rated Red, Complex
United States
Drama Series: English Language
AMERICAN CRIME
Disney/ABC, ABC Studios
United States
HAPPY VALLEY
Red Productions in association with BBC
United Kingdom
THE MISSING
New Pictures in association with Two Brothers Pictures
United Kingdom
THE NIGHT MANAGER
The Ink Factory in association with AMC and BBC
United Kingdom/Spain
UNDERGROUND
Sony Pictures Television
United States
Drama Series: Foreign Language
BORDERTOWN
Fisher King Productions, Federation Entertainment in association with YLE Finnish Broadcasting Company
Finland
MIDNIGHT SUN
SVT International in association with Nice Drama, Atlantique Productions
Sweden
RUPTURES
Aetois Productions Inc.
Canada
SR ÁVILA
Lemon Films in association with HBO Latin America Originals
Mexico
THE MENTEN CASE
NPO in association with Omroep MAX
Netherlands
VICTOR
Productions Pixcom Inc. in association with Québecor Contenu
Canada
Environmental & Wildlife
AFRICA’S HUNTERS
Primsoll Productions in association with Blue Ant Media
United Kingdom
BEFORE THE FLOOD
National Geographic presents a RatPac Documentary Films Presentation of an Appian Way Production. In association with Insurgent Docs and Diamond Docs
United States
MIGRATING BIRDS: SCOUTS OF DISTANT WORLDS
colourFIELD in association with ZDF & ARTE
Germany
PLANET EARTH II
BBC Studios – Natural History Unit, in association with ZDF, BBC America, France Television, Tencent
United Kingdom/Germany/United States/France/China
SAVAGE KINGDOM
Icon Films in association with Natural History Film unit Botswana for National Geographic Channels
United States
THE POACHER’S PIPELINE
Al Jazeera Media Network
Qatar
YEARS OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY
National Geographic presents a Roaring Forks production
United States
Francophone
CLAUDE LANZMANN: SPECTRES OF THE SHOAH
Jet Black Iris Corporations in association with Jet Black Iris America, Jet Black Iris Productions United Kingdom
United Kingdom/United States
HYPNO
La Récré
Canada
MIDNIGHT SUN
SVT International in association with Nice Drama, Atlantique Productions
Sweden
RUPTURES
Aetois Productions Inc.
Canada
VICTOR
Productions Pixcom Inc. in association with Québecor Contenu
Canada
VIRTUOSO
Média Qube Télé
Canada
History & Biography
BLACK WATCH SNIPERS
YAP Films in association with Corus Entertainment and Rogers Cable Network Fund
Canada
CLAUDE LANZMANN: SPECTRES OF THE SHOAH
Jet Black Iris Corporations in association with Jet Black Iris America, Jet Black Iris Productions United Kingdom
United Kingdom/United States
NEWFOUNDLAND AT ARMAGEDDON
Galafilm Productions Inc.
Canada
STORYVILLE: THE BLACK PANTHERS
Firelight Media in association with BBC
United Kingdom/United States
THE OLYMPIC DREAM – THE 1936 NAZI GAMES
SPIEGEL TV in association with Westdeutschen Runfunk, ARTE
Germany
Interactive Content
CARDBOARD CRASH
National Film Board of Canada
Canada
HALCYON
Secret Location in association with Corus Entertainment, Entertainment One, Independent Production Fund, NBC Universal, Ontario Media Development Corporation
Canada
LAWREN HARRIS: WHERE THE UNIVERSE SINGS
Secret Location in association with Bell Fund, White Pine Pictures, TVO, YesTV
Canada
TAHRIB – JOURNEY WITHOUT END
UFA LAB
Germany
TRAGICALLY HIP: LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO HAPPEN
CBC
Canada
Interactive Content for Kids & Youth
BACKSTAGE: TOO MUCH KEATON
Secret Location in association with Fresh Interactive, DXH Media, Bell Fund
Canada
DOTOPEDIA
Industrial Brothers in association with The Jim Henson company, Bell Fund, CBC
Canada
NATURE CAT’S GREAT OUTDOORS
Spiffy Pictures in association with REDspace Inc., PBS Kids
Canada/United States
PLAYTIME ISLAND
BBC Childrens Interactive and Childrens Design & Engineering
United Kingdom
ROSA’S CODE
YLE Finnish Broadcasting Company
Finland
WORLD OF PEPPA PIG
Secret Location in association with Entertainment One Family, OMDC
Canada/United Kingdom
Lifestyle
A CRUEL GIFT
KBS Korean Broadcasting System
South Korea
FOOD HEROES
ThreeSixZero Productions
Singapore
HELLO GOODBYE
FORTE Entertainment in association with Pivotal Media
Canada
MAN VS. CHILD: CHEF SHOWDOWN
Kinetic Content for FYI
United States
SMART CITIES 2.0
Very!
Singapore
Melodrama
30 LIVES
Aetios Productions Inc.
Canada
FROZEN MEMORIES
SP Televisão, S.A, in association with SIC – Socicdade Independente de Comunicação
Portugal
GREY’S ANATOMY
Disney/ABC, ABC Studios
United States
MORE THAN LOVE
SP Televisão, S.A, in association with SIC – Socicdade Independente de Comunicação
Portugal
POLDARK
Mammoth Screen Limited in association with BBC
United Kingdom
Music, Performance, Arts & Variety
IMAGINE…THE TRIUMPHS AND LAMENTS OF WILLIAM KENTRIDGE
Lone Star Productions
United Kingdom
KBS SPECIAL PROGRAM, AFFECTIVE SCIENCE PROJECT
KBS – Korean Broadcasting System
South Korea
SPIRIT UNFORGETTABLE
Little Kingdom Productions Inc, in association with Bell Media
Canada
THE SECRET OF A MASTER PAINTER
PosvideoTV in association with AVROTROS Television and NPO
Netherlands
TRACEY ULLMAN’S SHOW
BBC Studios in association with Allan McKeowan Presents
United Kingdom
Preschool
DOT.
Industrial Brothers in association with The Jim Henson Company and CBC
Canada
OCTONAUTS
Vampire Squid Productions Limited, a Silvergate Media company in association with Brown Bag Films
Ireland
PAW PATROL
Spin Master PAW Productions 3 Inc.
Canada
SESAME STREET
Sesame Workshop in association with HBO
United States
SPACE RACERS
Space Race, LLC
United States
Reality
60 DAYS IN
Lucky8 TV
United States
DEADLIEST CATCH
Original Productions LLC, a FremantleMedia Company for the Discovery Channel
United States
GAME OF LIFE – THE HEIR
SBS
Korea
HIGHWAY THRU HELL
GPM- H2H Productions V Inc., in association with Discovery Channel Canada
Canada
LEAH REMINI: SCIENTOLOGY AND THE AFTERMATH
The Intellectual Property Corporation in association with No Seriously Productions
United States
THE STORY OF GOD WITH MORGAN FREEMAN
Revelations Entertainment in association with National Geographic
United States
Science & Technology
BECOMING SUPERHUMAN
The Feds in association with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australia
DEATH ON A COMET
Exploration Production Inc., in association with Discovery Channel Canada
Canada/United States
FORCES OF NATURE WITH BRIAN COX
BBC Studios Science Unit. A BBC Studios production with PBS co-produced by France Télévisions
United Kingdom
I GOT RHYTHM: THE SCIENCE OF SONG
Souleado Entertainment in association with CBC
Canada
MARS
Imagine Entertainment & RadicalMedia in association with FreMantle Italy for National Geographic
United States
Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Action
BLUE MOON
Aetios Productions Inc.
Canada
OUTLANDER
Tall Ship Productions, Story Mining & Supply Company, Left Bank Pictures in association with Sony Picutres Television
Scotland
TIMELESS
MiddKid Productions, Kripke Enterprises, Davis Entertainment in association with Sony Pictures Television and Universal Television
TRAVELERS
Peacock Alley Entertainment in association with Showcase and Netflix
Canada
WYNONNA EARP
SEVEN24 Films Inc. in association with IDW Entertainment
Canada
Social & Investigative
EXODUS: OUR JOURNEY TO EUROPE
KEO Films
United Kingdom
FLOORTJE BACK TO SYRIA
BNNVARRA Television in association with NPO
Netherlands
HEAVEN’S BORDER
Chosun Media, Walking Cycle Studios, Platform Art Film in association with TV CHOSUN
South Korea
MABEL
National Film Board of Canada
Canada
TERROR STUDIOS
Al Jazeera Media Network
Qatar
THE POACHER’S PIPELINE
CAPA PRESSE in association with CANAL +
France
Television Miniseries
APPLE TREE YARD
Kudos Film & TV
United Kingdom
KU’DAMM 56 – REBEL WITH A CAUSE
UFA FICTION GmbH
Germany
REDEMPTION ROAD
UFA FICTION in association with MIA Film
Germany
ROOTS
A&E Studios in association with Marc Toberoff + The Wolper Organization
United States
THE NIGHT OF
HBO Entertainment in association with BBC, Bad Wolf Productions and Film Rites
United States
Television Movie
DAMILOLA, OUR LOVED BOY
Minnow Films in association with BBC
United Kingdom
L.M MONTGOMERY’S ANNE OF GREEN GABLES
Breakthrough Entertainment in association with Corus Entertainment
Canada
MANHUNT: ESCAPE TO THE CARPATHIANS
Wiedemann + Berg Television GmbH & Co KG in association with ARD Degeto and the WDR
Germany/Romania
STAGE NAME NINO
cOMPAGNIA Leone Cinematografica in association with RAI FICTION
Italy
THROUGH THEIR EYES
WOWOW/ViViA
Japan
