BANFF, AB, June 10 /CNW/ - Winners of the 29th Banff World Television
Awards, presented in partnership with E! Everything Entertainment, were
announced last night at the 29th edition of the Banff World Television
Festival, which takes place at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel in Alberta,
Canada, June 8 - 11, 2008. Kim Cattrall was on hand to receive the
NBC Universal Award of Distinction, and producer Jon Plowman accepted the
Lifetime Achievement Award. The Grand Prize was given to "White Light/Black
Rain: The destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki".
For a full list of Nominees go to www.banff2008.com2008 Banff World Television Award WinnersChildren's Programs - In partnership with DECODE/halifaxfilm/Studio B -
DHX Media Companies
How the Gimquat Found Her Song
Producer: Trace Pictures/Oz Media
Country: Canada
Animation Programs - In partnership with: KBS (Korean Broadcasting
System)
Charlie and Lola Series 3: I can dance like a dancer
Producer: Tiger Aspect Productions Ltd.
For: Cbeebies
Country: UK
Youth Programs - In partnership with Shaftesbury The Baby Borrowers on
Holiday
Producer: Love Productions
Country: UK
Lifestyle Programs and Light Information - In partnership with
Searchlight
How to Look Good Naked
Producer: Maverick
For: Channel 4
Country: UK
Reality Format Programs - In partnership with CBC/Radio-Canada
Intervention
Producer: GRB Entertainment in association with A&E Television Network
For: A&E Television Network
Country: USA
Arts Documentaries - In partnership with The Banff Centre
What Remains: Life and Work of Sally Mann (Cinemax Reel Life)
Producer: HBO Documentary Films in association with Stick Figure
Productions, BBC, and Cactus Three
Country: USA
Performance Programs - In partnership with CTV Television Inc.
Car Men
Producer: NPS/ARTE/ESKa Televize
For: NPS
Country: Netherlands, Czech Republic, Germany
Interactive Program Enhancements - In partnership with Hewlett-Packard
(Canada) Co.
Odd Job Jack
Producer: Smiley Guy Studios
Country: Canada
Internet Only Programs - In partnership with: Alberta Film, Calgary
Economic Development, Edmonton Tourism - Edmonton Film Commission NFB
Filmmaker in residence
Producer: The National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
Country: Canada
Mobile Programs & Enhancements - In partnership with Penguin Films The
Border: Interactive
Producer: White Pine Pictures with Stitch Media
For: CBC
Country: Canada
Comedies - In partnership with Just for Laughs
Extras: Episode 9 - Daniel Radcliffe Producer: BBC and HBO Entertainment
Country: UK, US
Lifetime Achievement
Jon Plowman, Producer
Social & Humanitarian Programs - In partnership with: History Makers:
Summit of International History and Current Affairs Producers
Jerusalem is Proud to Present
Producer: Bador Productions in association with Yona Production
For: Chennel 8-Noga Communications & Channel 2- Keshet
Country: Israel
Political Documentaries - In partnership with Documentary Organization of
Canada Iron Ladies of Liberia
Producer: Just Media in association with Gabriel Films and Independent
Television Service (ITUS) and Steps International.
For: ARTE
Country: Liberia, USA, South Africa, Denmark
History & Biography Programs - In partnership with Rogers Communications
Inc.
White Light/Black Rain: The destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Producer: HBO Documentary Films in association with Farallon Films
Country: USA
Investigative & Current Affairs Programs - In partnership with: A&E
Television Networks Dispatches: Meeting the Taliban
Producer: October Films
For: Channel 4
Country: UK
NHK Best Asian Program - In partnership with NHK (Japan Broadcasting
Corporation)
White Light/Black Rain: The destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Producer: HBO Documentary Films in association with Farallon Films
Country: USA
Popular Science & Technology Programs - In partnership with SAIT
Polytechnic My Brilliant Brain
Producer: Windfall Films In association with FIVE
For: National Geographic Channels International
Country: UK/USA
Environmental Programs - In partnership with Canwest
The Human Foot Print
Producer: Touch Prods
For: E4 (Channel 4)
Country: UK
Wildlife & Natural History Programs - In partnership with WGBH
Four Wings and a Prayer
Producer: Primitive Entertainment Inc. in association with Filmes a
Trois, The National Film Board of Canada, and NHK
For: The Documentary Channel
Country: Canada, France, Japan
Best Canadian Program - In partnership with Playback
Ghosts of the Yangtze (Up the Yangtze)
Producer: EyeSteelFilms in association with National Film Board of Canada
For: National Geographic Channels International
Country: China, USA, Canada
Best Canadian Program - In partnership with Playback
The Real Superhumans and the Quest for the Future Fantastic
Producer: Bird Plane Productions Inc. in association with Proper
Television Inc.
For: Discovery Channel
Country: Canada
Telenovela & Serial Programs - In partnership with Shure Incorporated
Turkish for Beginners: Season 2
Producer: Hofmann &Voges Entertaiment GmbH
For: ARD / BR
Country: Germany
Made-for-TV Movies - In partnership with Sony of Canada Ltd. Stuart, A
Life Backwards
Producer: Neal Street Productions
For: BBC/HBO
Country: UK
Mini-Series - In partnership with Deluxe Vancouver / Toronto
Cranford
Producer: BBC Drama Production / WGBH Boston in association with
Chestermead Ltd.
Country: UK, US
Continuing Series - In partnership with the Independent Production Fund
Skins Producer: Company Pictures
For: E4 (Channel 4)
Country: UK
Special Jury - Best Documentary
Iron Ladies of Liberia
Producer: Just Media in association with Gabriel Films and Independent
Television Service (ITUS) and Steps International.
For ARTE
Country: Liberia, USA, South Africa, Denmark
Special Jury - Feature Length Documentary
What Remains: Life and Work of Sally Mann (Cinemax Reel Life)
Producer: HBO Documentary Films in association with Stick Figure
Productions, BBC, and Cactus Three
Country: USA
Special Jury - Best Drama:
Stuart, A Life Backwards
Producer: Neal Street Productions
For: BBC/HBO
Country: UK
Special Jury - Best Entertainment
Extras: Episode 9 - Daniel Radcliffe Producer: BBC and HBO Entertainment
Country: UK, US
Special Jury - Best Overall
Top Gear
Producer: BBC
Country: UK
Special Jury - Best Overall
51st Birch St.
Producer: Copacetic Pictures New York in Association with HBO, ZDF, and
ARTE
Country: US, Germany
NBC Universal Canada Award of Distinction
Kim Cattrall
Grand Prize
White Light/Black Rain: The destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Producer: HBO Documentary Films in association with Farallon Films
Country: USA
The Banff World Television Festival is a not-for-profit event produced by
Achilles Media Ltd., an international events management company serving the
television and digital media industries. Achilles Media Ltd. events include:
History Makers: International Summit of History & Current Affairs Producers,
nextMEDIA events, Canadian Innovation Exchange (CIX) and NATPE Mobile++. For
more information, visit http://www.achillesmedia.com. The Banff World
Television Festival takes place June 8-11 amid the spectacular Canadian
Rockies at the Fairmont Banff Springs in Alberta, Canada. To register, please
visit www.banff2008.com
For further information: Nuria Bronfman, Nuria_Bronfman@rogers.com,
(416) 434-7431
