Banff Festival announces 2020 Rockie Awards nominees

TORONTO — The Banff World Media Festival announced Tuesday the full list of nominees for the 2020 Rockie Awards International Program Competition, which recognizes excellence in television and digital media from around the world. Although the Banff Festival has been cancelled this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2020 Rockie Awards are going ahead as a virtual program and the ceremony will stream live on Monday, June 15. “Although we are not able to gather in-person, this year’s virtual Rockie Awards will, as ever, be a place to honour outstanding creative work,” said Jenn Kuzmyk, executive director of the...