Baroness von Sketch Show picked up two awards at Monday evening’s Rockie Awards International Program Competition, held in conjunction with the Banff World Media Festival. The Frantic Films-produced sketch comedy show won the $25,000 Rogers Prize for Excellence in Canadian Content, in addition to earning Best Comedy or Variety Program. The Jury Prize went to You Are Here: A Come From Away Story. The MDF Productions/HBO Canada feature documentary revisits the community of Gander, Newfoundland which welcomed over 6,500 passengers, forced to land amidst the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Here’s the complete list of winners from the International Program Competition:
Rogers Prize for Excellence in Canadian Content
Baroness von Sketch Show
Frantic Films
Canada
Rockies Francophone Prize
Boomerang
Encore Télévision
Canada
Jury Prize
YOU ARE HERE
MDF Productions/HBO Canada
Canada
DOCUMENTARY & FACTUAL
Crime & Investigative Program
Live PD
Big Fish Entertainment/A&E
USA
Environmental & Wildlife Program
Dynasties
BBC
UK
History & Biography Program
The Clinton Affair
Jigsaw Productions/Instinct Productions/A&E
USA
Science & Technology
One Strange Rock
Nutopia/National Geographic
USA/UK
Social & Current Affairs Program
The Elor Azaria Case: Hero or Murderer
Westdeutscher Rundfunk
Germany
Web Non-Fiction Series
Cosmos: The Universe in Five Minutes
YLE Finnish Broadcasting Company
Finland
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Animation
The Twist
Broken Yellow/Australian Broadcasting Corporation/
Screen Australia
Australia
Arts & Music Program
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
Old Farm Road Films/Sony Pictures Television
USA
Comedy & Variety Program
Baroness von Sketch Show
Frantic Films
Canada
Interactive Content
Damaged
Yellow Bear Studios/Insight Productions
Canada
Lifestyle Program
Employable Me
Employable Me Productions/Thomas Howe Associates
Canada
Reality Program
RuPaul’s Drag Race
World of Wonder
USA
CHILDREN & YOUTH
Animation: Children & Youth
The Star of Andra and Tati
Rai Radio Televisione Italiana/Larcadarte
Italy
Children & Youth Fiction Series
Katy
BBC
UK
Children & Youth Non-Fiction Series
My Life: Hike to Happiness
Nine Lives Media
UK
Interactive Content: Children & Youth
MarcoPolo World School
MarcoPolo Learning/Mad Snow/KeyFrame/Beat Street
Canada/USA/UK
Preschool Program
Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood
Fred Rogers Productions/9 Story Media Group
USA/Canada
SCRIPTED
Comedy Series: English Language
Barry
HBO/Alec Berg/Hanarply
USA
Comedy Series: Non-English Language
Arthur’s Law
good friends Filmproduktions/TNT Comedy
Germany
Drama Series: English Language
Bodyguard
World Productions/BBC
UK
Drama Series: Non-English Language
Can You Hear Me?
Trio Orange
Canada
Limited Series
Sharp Objects
HBO/eOne/Tiny Pyro/Blumhouse/Fourth Born/crazyrose
USA/Canada
Sci-Fi & Genre-Based Series
Doctor Who
BBC Cymru/BBC One
UK
Serials, Soaps & Telenovelas
Tangled Lives
SP Televisão/SIC
Portugal
Television Movie
Mother’s Day
BBC Studios: The Documentary Unit
UK
Web Fiction Series
Wrong Kind of Black
Princess Pictures/Australian Broadcasting Corporation/
Screen Australia
Australia
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