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April 15th, 2021 By David Knox Make a commentFiled under: News,
ABC and SBS titles have been nominated in the prestigious Banff Rockie Awards 2021.
6 titles are nominated across various categories:
Bluey, Love on the Spectrum, Revelation, 100% Wolf, First Day for ABC and
Filthy Rich & Homeless for SBS.
Eureka is again nominated for its US production of
Holey Moley.
“We’re ecstatic with the range of high-profile international and Canadian programs that entered and are nominated for the 2021 Rockie Awards,” said Jenn Kuzmyk, Executive Director of the Banff World Media Festival. “This year’s nominees are a showcase of the spirit, creativity and truly exceptional work the global entertainment industry continued to produce amidst a year of challenge and change. We can’t wait to share this year’s show via a special live stream on June 15th.”
Nikita Unfiltered and ESPN and Netflix’s
The Last Dance are among the unscripted and documentary nominees for the 2021 Rockie Awards International Program Competition.
The annual awards program, held by the Banff World Media Festival, honours television and digital media programming from around the globe and is deliberated by an international jury of 150 industry professionals across multiple genres.
The winners for the 29 categories will be announced in a livestreamed ceremony on YouTube, taking place on June 15 as part of a kickoff of the festival, which runs virtually from June 14 to July 16.
BBC Studios picked up the most nominations 28 followed by HBO with nine and Canadian pubcaster CBC with eight.
Comcast-owned European mediaco Sky has boarded filmmaker Alba Sotorra Clua’s feature documentary
The Return: Life After ISIS ahead of its premiere in competition at the upcoming SXSW Film Festival.
The film was commissioned for Sky Documentaries by Zai Bennett, MD of content, and Poppy Dixon, director of documentaries and factual, and Jack Oliver, head of co-productions. MetFilm Sales in handling worldwide distribution.
The Return: Life After ISIS offers access to a group of Western women who devoted their young lives to ISIS, including British recruit Shamima Begum (pictured), who fled the country with two school friends when she was just 15, and Hoda Muthana from the U.S.