BANFF — The Banff World Media Festival (BANFF) announced today the winners of the 2022 Rockie Awards International Program Competition during a ceremony hosted by actress and comedian Rakhee Morzaria (Run the Burbs).
Awards were presented in 28 categories spanning documentary and factual, arts and entertainment, children and youth, scripted, and podcast.
In addition, the $25,000 Rogers Prize for Excellence in Canadian Content was awarded to the top Canadian production and The Francophone Prize was presented to the top French-language production.
Juried by a panel of 150 international industry professionals, the Rockie Awards competition featured 148 nominations from 45 countries, including Canada, the U.K., the U.S., Australia, France, China, Germany, Italy and Norway.
The International Program Competition winners include:
- Best Comedy & Variety Program: Friends: The Reunion – HBO Max, Warner Bros. Unscripted Television, Warner Horizon, Fulwell 73 Productions, Bright, Kauffman, Crane Productions (U.S.)
- Best in Competition Series & Game Shows: RuPaul’s Drag Race – World of Wonder Productions, VH1 (U.S.)
- Best Docuseries: The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet – Studio Silverback, BBC, Discovery Channel (U.S., U.K.)
- Best Lifestyle Program: Employable Me – Thomas Howe Associates (Canada)
- Best Reality Series: Running Wild with Bear Grylls – Electus LLC, National Geographic (U.S.)
- Best in Animation, Children: Karma’s World – Netflix, 9 Story Media Group, Brown Bag Films, Karma’s World Entertainment (U.S., Canada, Ireland)
- Best in Animation, Preschool: Odo – Sixteen South, Letko (U.K., Poland)
- Best in Animation, Youth: The Case (La custodia) – Graphilm Entertainment, Rai Ragazzi (Italy)
- Best in Interactive Content, Children: CBC Kids Tokyo 2020 Olympic Website – CBC Kids, Hypersurge (Canada)
- Best in Live Action, Children: Jamie Johnson – Short Form, BBC (U.K.)
- Best in Live Action, Youth: Six Degrees (Six Degrés) – Encore Télévision (Canada)
- Best Arts & Culture Program: Introducing, Selma Blair – Discovery+, LD Entertainment, Liddell Entertainment (U.S.)
- Best Crime & Investigative Program: Miracle Fishing: Kidnapped Abroad – Three-three-four, XTR, Kilometric Productions, Discovery+ (U.S.)
- Best Environmental & Wildlife Program: Tiny World – Plimsoll Productions (U.K.)
- Best in History & Biography: Surviving 9/11 – Top Hat Productions, BBC, Keshet International (U.K.)
- Best Non-Fiction Podcast: Have You Heard George’s Podcast? – BBC Sounds, BBC Radio 5 Live, George the Poet (U.K.)
- Best Science & Technology Program: Own the Room – National Geographic Documentary Films, Saville Productions (U.S.)
- Best Short Non-Fiction Program: A Nation and Her Mother – Animiki See Digital Production Inc., Media RendezVous, Wookey Films Inc., APTN (Canada)
- Best Social Issues & Current Affairs Program: Dying to Divorce – Dying to Divorce Ltd., Aldeles, Tigerlily Productions, Freak Productions (U.K., Norway)
- Best Sports Documentary: Torn – National Geographic Documentary Films, Lightbox, Wilderpeople Productions (U.S.)
- Best Comedy Series, English Language: We Are Lady Parts – Working Title Television, Universal International Studios, Universal Studio Group (U.K.)
- Best Comedy Series, Non-English Language: Countrymen (Jordbrukerne) – Rubicon TV AS (Norway, France)
- Best Drama Series, English Language: Vigil – World Productions (U.K.)
- Best Drama Series, Non-English Language: Kamikaze – Profile Pictures, HBO Max (Denmark, Canary Islands, South Korea, U.K.)
- Best Feature Length Film: Help – The Forge, Channel 4, All3Media International (U.K.)
- Best Limited Series: Landscapers – HBO, SISTER, South of the River Pictures, Sky Studios (U.S., U.K.)
- Best Fiction Podcast: The Orchard – Princess Pictures, Audible (Australia)
- Best Short Fiction Program: @IAmSophieScholl (@IchbinSophieScholl) – Sommerhaus Serien GmbH, VICE Media GmbH, Unframed Productions GmbH, SWR, BR (Germany)
- Rogers Prize for Excellence in Canadian Content: Captive – Antica Productions (Canada)
- Prix Francophone (Francophone Prize): Audrey est revenue (Audrey’s Back) – Pixcom, Quebecor Content (Canada)
- Emerging Talent Prize: Rebekah Miskin (Night Owl)
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Image borrowed from Banff World Media Festival’s website.
