DAILY SCHEDULE

Tuesday June 12, 2001 - CTV Fiction Day

NSI New Delegate Briefing

Orientation
7:30am - 8:00am
Rogers/SHAW Delegate's Lounge, Conference Centre

New to Banff? Don't get overwhelmed. Meet other delegates. Meet Festival insiders and key contacts. Plan your day. Make the most of your stay. No pre-registration needed. Just show up that morning and bring your business card. Festival organizers and insiders will give you a behind the scenes overview of the Festival and how to make the most of it -- from where to go and what to do, to the etiquette of pitching.

Sponsor: National Screen Institute - Canada

Introduction
W. Paterson Ferns, President & CEO, Banff Television Foundation, CANADA

Breakfast with France

8:00am - 8:45am
Cascade Ballroom, Main Hotel

Expert commentator and publisher, Serge Siritzky will be in conversation with Banff's Jacques Bensimon on the state of the nation. French television has been undergoing a period of significant change and real accomplishment. As part of Banff's Hommage à la France you will have a chance to meet our French delegates as Bensimon roams the room to pick up on Siritzky's analysis.

Co-chaired by Jacques Bensimon and Serge Siritzky.

Sponsors: TV France International, Embassy of France in Canada / Ambassade de France au Canada

• Jacques Bensimon, Vice-président et Directeur de l'exploitation, Banff Television Foundation, CANADA
• Serge Siritzky, Président Directeur Général, Ecran Total, FRANCE

Take a Decision-Maker to Breakfast

By Appointment
8:00am - 8:45am
Castello Ristorante, Main Hotel

A prime opportunity for independent producers to meet with key Canadian decision-makers -- broadcast executives, commissioning editors, development heads, and funders -- in an intimate setting.

Sponsor: Cogeco Program Development Fund

Decision Makers

• Diane Boehme, Director, Independent Production, CHUM Television, CANADA
• Bob Culbert, Vice President Documentaries, CTV, A Division of Bell Globemedia, CANADA
• Brian Freeman, Creative Head Movies & Mini-Series, CBC/Radio-Canada, CANADA
• Jennifer Harkness, Production Executive Canadian Production, Global Television, CANADA
• Suzanne Laverdiere, Directrice de la Production exférieure, acquisitions et longs métrages, CBC/Radio-Canada, CANADA
• Laura Michalchyshyn, Senior Vice President, Dramatic Programming, Alliance Atlantis Broadcasting Inc., CANADA
• Ed Robinson, Vice-President Programming, General Manager The Comedy Network, The Comedy Network, CANADA
• Wayne Sterloff, President, A-Channel Entertainment, A-Channel, Craig Broadcast System Inc., CANADA

CTV Canadian Showcase

9:00am - 6:00pm
Van Horne Ballroom, Conference Centre

The work and merchandise of 18 Canadian Distributors, Producers and Organizations will be featured in the CTV Canadian Showcase exhibition at BANFF 2001. The Showcase is located in the Main Ballroom of the Conference Centre in The Fairmont Banff Springs and will also be host to the Telus Cyber Café.

In addition, the Showcase will also provide additional meeting space for conference delegates as well as point of sale for festival merchandise. It will open at 9:00am each morning and close at 6:00pm each evening.

Sponsor: CTV Inc.

The Sony International Critics Screen the BANFF2001 Winners

Open to the Public
9:00am - 1:00pm
Oak Room, Main Hotel

Join the Sony International Critics Panel as they view the television programs that won Rockie Awards at BANFF 2001. The panel will view programs publicly from Tuesday to Thursday and at the end of each day - from 5:30 - 6:00pm -will discuss and analyze what they have watched. Festival delegates and members of the public are invited to participate in these screenings and discussions.

Sponsor: Sony of Canada Ltd.

Chair

• Peter Fiddick, Media Critic and Editor, Television - The Journal of the RTS (Royal Television Society), UK

Panelists

• Doug Anderson, TV Critic, Sydney Morning Herald, Fairfax Group, AUSTRALIA
• David Bianculli, USA
• Louise Cousineau, Radio/TV, La Presse, CANADA
• Russell Honeyman, Publisher, Africa Film & TV, ZIMBABWE
• Pascale Paoli-Lebailly, FRANCE
• Jeroen Te Nuijl, Chief Editor, Broadcast Magazine, NETHERLANDS

(A complete schedule of screenings by the Sony International Critics Panel, including information on program running times, will be available immediately following the Awards Gala, Monday, June 11th. This information will also appear in the BANFF Bulletin, the Festival daily, on the morning of June 12th, and be posted daily on the sign outside the Oak Room.)

Master Class: Documentary - Catherine Lamour

By Appointment
9:00am - 10:30am
Jeannie & Peter Lougheed Bldg, The Banff Centre

Producing and Broadcasting Documentary Films: The Strategy of the #1 Pay TV System in Europe, Canal+

What kind of documentaries should a channel with 10 millions subscribers choose to attract and keep its audience satisfied? How do you find suitable slots for documentaries when movies and sport are the core of the schedule? How can you promote the documentary specials to make them an event?

Since it is pay TV, documentaries on Canal+ premium channel must be exclusive, they must be different, they must be entertaining, moving storytelling. Video clips will help us share Catherine Lamour's 18 years of enlightening experience as she takes us through the process of developing Canal+'s Emmy Award winning documentary department and through the challenge of maintaining the impact of quality and creation in a fast growing channel, and in a highly competitive environment.

La production et la diffusion de films documentaires: la stratégie de Canal+ première chaîne A péage d'Europe Quels genres de documentaires faut il choisir pour séduire les dix millions d'abonnés d'une chaîne payante? Comment les programmer quand les deux produits d'appel des chaînes à péage sont les films de cinéma et le sport? Comment mettre les documentaires en valeur pour en faire des événements d'antenne? Dans le mesure où les abonnés paient pour voir ces programmes, ils doivent être exclusifs, pour la France, et différents de ce que proposent les chaînes en clair.

Extraits de films et anecdotes vécues vous permettront de partager avec Catherine Lamour dix huit années d'innovation et de création, récompensées par deux Emmy Awards attribués à des documentaires français. Et le défi qu' a représenté pour le Département des Documentaires de Canal+ le maintien d'une politique de qualité et d'originalité dans un environnement de plus en plus concurrentiel.

Sponsor: SCIENCE2001

Presenter:
Catherine Lamour, Directeur des Documentaires, Canal+, FRANCE

Buses to The Banff Centre leave from outside The Fairmont Banff Springs Conference Centre main entrance at 8:30 a.m. sharp and return at 10:30am.

Introduction to CTV Fiction Day

9:00am - 9:05am
Van Horne Ballroom, Conference Centre

CTV will introduce Banff's day devoted to fiction in all its forms.

Sponsor: CTV Inc.

17th International Market Simulation - Drama & Entertainment

Plenary
9:05am - 10:00am
Van Horne Ballroom, Conference Centre

Pat Ferns and colleague Jacques Bensimon will introduce the pitchers and challenge the world's commissioning editors to assess a project's chances both creatively and financially. We're here to do deals - and deals will be done!

(The Market Simulation - Part 2 will be presented on Thursday morning)

Sponsor: Alberta Foundation for the Arts

Projects

Enigma (Mini Series)
Jack Emery, The Drama House, UK

Fortune Hunter (Entertainment Format)
Ellen Nielsen, Magic World Communications Ltd., Canada

The New Beachcombers (Drama Series)
Nick Orchard, Soapbox Productions Inc., Canada

New Players Pitch

Plenary
10:00am - 10:30am
Van Horne Ballroom, Conference Centre

Banff is dedicated to innovation and opportunity. In this new format, producers with no more than one producing credit will state their case and earn themselves creative meetings with the world's leading commissioning editors.

(The New Players Pitch will follow the Market Simulation without a break)

Sponsor: Alberta Foundation for the Arts

Projects

Chicken Balls (Comedy)
Robert Sheridan, Dr.Midnight Productions, Canada

Kromosvere: The Arkives (Sci-fi Comedy TV Series)
Maya Miller &Trevor Wallace, Canada

Power Girls (M.O.W. - Drama)
Kamilla Reid, Olympus Entertainment Inc., Canada

The Last Resort (Dramedy)
Swith Bell, Swithit Inc., Canada

The Veteran (Drama)
Sonwabile S. Mfecane, Tenth Frontier Creations, South Africa

Up the Creek Again (Comedy Drama)
Diane Barnes, T.P. Productions Inc., Canada

Acts of Infamy (Documentary Series)
Holly Fisher, Fish Entertainment Productions, USA

Légendes canadiennes / Canadian Legends (Documentary Series - Jeunesse)
Mark Chatel,Balestra Productions Inc.,Canada

Coffee Break

10:30am - 11:00am
Presidents Hall Foyer, Conference Centre

Enjoy a cup of coffee compliments of Landscape Entertainment.

Fiction Now: Pushing the Envelope

11:00am - 12:30pm
Van Horne Ballroom, Conference Centre

Are sex and violence the keys to success in an increasingly competitive fiction market? Certainly programs such as "Sex and the City" and "The Sopranos" have pushed the envelope and challenged audiences. Is this the way to go? Are there other directions that will secure the audience and beat the competition? In a global world, fiction programming is becoming more national as opposed to international. Does this spell the end of co-production, or will new approaches enable fiction to continue to be the most popular shows on television? Where should the envelope be pushed?

Sponsor: Canadian Film and Television Production Association / Association canadienne de production de film et télévision

Moderator

• Christine Shipton, Executive Vice President, Television, Landscape Entertainment, CANADA

Participants

• Laszlo Barna, President, Barna-Alper Productions, CANADA
• Jacques Blain, Producteur, Cirrus Productions Inc., CANADA
• Laura Michalchyshyn, Senior Vice President, Dramatic Programming, Alliance Atlantis Broadcasting
  Inc., CANADA
• Fabienne Servan-Schreiber, CEO, Cinétévé, FRANCE
• Beryl Vertue, Hartswood Films Limited, UK

International Jury of Peers

Open to the Public
11:00am - 12:30pm
Theatre, Conference Centre

Youth vs the Establishment! This exciting and insightful seminar pits the opinions of representatives from the BANFF 2001 International Jury and the Selection Committee, against the opinions of representatives from the International Student Jury. Students from Central Canada, France, Germany and the USA have been brought to the Festival to join the Banff-Canmore-Morley Student Jury. The students will tell the veterans what the new generation thinks of the programs entered in competition this year in the categories of Animation and Children's programming.

Sponsor: Shaw Children's Programming Initiative

Moderator

• Jerry Ezekiel, Senior Vice President, Banff Television Foundation, CANADA

Panelists

• Chartchai Buapetch, Student Juror, Franklin High School, USA
• Josh Kjorven, Student Juror, Canmore Collegiate High School, Canada
• Dwayne Lefthand, Student Juror, Morley Community School,Canada
• Maria Pfeiffer, Student Juror, Rudolf-Virchow-Oberschule, Germany
• Rachelle Riedinger, Student Juror, Banff Community High School,Canada
• Laura Sutherland, Student Juror, Kipling Collegiate Institute, Canada
• Catherine Whitaker, Student Juror, C.I.V. International School, Sophia Antipolis, France

BANFF 2001 International Jury

• Micheline Lanctôt, (Actress, Writer, Producer, Director) President, BANFF 2001 International Jury, Canada
• Tania Chambers, Acting Chief Executive, ScreenWest, Australia
• Philip Jones, Managing Director, Philip M. Jones Associates, UK
• Khim Loh, Executive Producer, The Moving Visuals Co., Singapore
• Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Actor, Director, and Screenwriter, Italy
• Fabrice Roux, Actor / Producer, Kalamazoo International, Alamagordo Films & Spectacles, France
• Diane Werts, Writer/ Critic, Newsday, USA

Selection Committee

• Dr.William Beard,,Associate Professor, Film Studies, University of Alberta, Edmonton
• Pierre Castonguay, Television Director/Consultant, Montréal
• Marcia Couëlle, Producer/Consultant, Film and Television, Montréal
• Katie Daniel, Marketing & Development Assistant, The Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff
• Jerry Ezekiel, Senior Vice President, Banff Television Foundation
• Jack Horwitz, Government Projects, Corporate Affairs, National Film Board of Canada, Ottawa
• Gregory Kennedy, The Edmonton Journal, Edmonton
• Françoyse Picard, Project Manager, TV Documentaries, Canadian International Development Agency, Ottawa
• Robert Roy, Communications Consultant, Montréal
• Kerry Stauffer, Director of Production, Banff Television Foundation, Banff
• Bill Stewart, Independent Producer, Edmonton

Student Jurors in Audience

Banff Community High School, Banff, Alberta, Canada

• Alexis Hutchison
• Irene Mentzelopoulos
• Arielle Rombaugh
• Melody Tarchuk
• Patrick Voll

Canmore Collegiate High School, Canmore, Alberta, Canada

• Rachel Boekel
• Christina Carrick
• Dan Clemo
• Alexa Miller
• Anne Patterson
• Yuka Shimizu
• Graham Soeder
• Rochelle Veronneau
• Fa-Linn Woollings

Morley Community School, Morley, Alberta, Canada

• Joni Chiniquay
• Lacey Chiniquay
• Tristan House
• Bryan Labelle
• Kirsten Rider

Other Participating Schools

• C.I.V. International School, Sophia Antipolis, France
• Franklin High School, Seattle, Washington, USA
• Kipling Collegiate Institute, Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada
• Rainham School for Girls, Kent, England
• Rudolf-Virchow-Oberschule, Berlin, Germany

Master Class: New Media - Will Wright

By Appointment
11:00am - 12:30pm
Jeannie & Peter Lougheed Bldg, The Banff Centre

Games, Communities and Stories
Interactive design is perhaps the broadest media design field. When your audience becomes an active participant in your work you must start thinking in terms of "possibility space" rather than linear experience. Wright will show how the design of these expressive experiences can give rise to thriving online communities and how these communities can be leveraged into other areas such as storytelling, content building and public awareness.

Sponsor: Telefilm Canada

Presenter

• Will Wright, Designer, Maxis, USA

Buses to The Banff Centre leave from outside The Fairmont Banff Springs Conference Centre main entrance at 10:30 a.m. sharp and return at 12:30pm.

Master Class: Directing - Norman Jewison

By Appointment
11:00am - 12:30pm
Jeannie & Peter Lougheed Bldg, The Banff Centre

Directing From Stage to Screen
"A Soldier's Story," "Agnes of God," "Fiddler on the Roof" and "Jesus Christ Superstar" are just a few of the films made by Academy Award winning director Norman Jewison. Drawing on a number of clips from these films, Norman will discuss the unique challenges inherent in adapting work from the stage to both the large and small screen including his recently completed film, "Dinner With Friends" for HBO.

Sponsors: Directors Guild of Canada, National Screen Institute - Canada

Presenter

• Norman Jewison, Yorktown Productions, CANADA

Buses to The Banff Centre leave from outside The Fairmont Banff Springs Conference Centre main entrance at 10:30 a.m. sharp and return at 12:30pm.

Sponsors Lunch

Lunch (By Invitation)
12:45pm - 1:45pm
Cascade Ballroom, Main Hotel

A luncheon in honor of all the sponsors for the 2001 Banff Television Festival.

Sponsor: Banff Television Foundation

EXECUTIVE '3 Course' Lunch

Lunch
12:45pm - 1:45pm
New Brunswick Room, Main Hotel

This luncheon serves a three-fold purpose. First and foremost it is a chance to continue the networking that is an integral part of the Executive Program. Secondly, it is a chance to do another review as part of our continuing evaluation of the Program and how it is working for graduates in their everyday working lives. Finally, for those who have already applied for one of the upcoming editions of the Program, it is an opportunity to hear firsthand from recent graduates just how the Program works.

Sponsors: Korn / Ferry International, Buffalo Mountain Lodge

Moderator

• Jim Byrd, Senior Vice President, EXECUTIVE Program, Banff Television Foundation, CANADA

Cyber Lunch

12:45pm - 1:45pm
Alberta Room, Main Hotel

The Cyber Lunch strand features speakers who explore the very real challenges of developing and implementing viable models for interactive business.

Sponsor
This session is co-produced by the Banff Television Foundation and The Banff Centre, in association with the Baddeck International New Media Festival, and with the support of Initial Cut.

Presenter

• Peter Grimsdale, Head, Cross-Platform Development, Channel 4 Television, UK

(There are a limited number of places for lunch service. These luncheon places are awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. Late comers are welcome to join the session, but will not be served lunch)

Take a Decision-Maker to Lunch

By Appointment
12:45pm - 1:45pm
Castello Ristorante, Main Hotel

A prime opportunity for independent producers to meet with key Canadian decision-makers -- broadcast executives, commissioning editors, development heads, and funders -- in an intimate setting.

Sponsor: WGBH International

Decision Makers

• Pierre Chevalier, Directeur de l'Unité de Programmes fictions, ARTE France, FRANCE
• Doug DePriest, VP, Production & Development, Travel Channel, Discovery Communications, USA
• Huw Eirug, Director of Programmes, S4C, UK
• Masaru Ikeo, Senior Producer Satellite & Hi-Vision Broadcasting, NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation), JAPAN
• Tom Koch, Director, WGBH International, WGBH, USA
• Gareth Neame, Head, Drama Commissioning Independents, BBC, UK
• Bruce Seidel, Director of Program Planning, Food Network, USA
• Kris Slava, Vice President, Acquisition, TRIO, USA

The Sony International Critics Screen the BANFF2001 Winners

Open to the Public
2:00pm - 5:30pm
Oak Room, Main Hotel

Join the Sony International Critics Panel as they view the television programs that won Rockie Awards at BANFF 2001. The panel will view programs publicly from Tuesday to Thursday and at the end of each day - from 5:30 - 6:00pm -will discuss and analyze what they have watched. Festival delegates and members of the public are invited to participate in these screenings and discussions.

(A complete schedule of screenings by the Sony International Critics Panel, including information on program running times, will be available immediately following the Awards Gala, Monday, June 11th. This information will also appear in the BANFF Bulletin, the Festival daily, on the morning of June 12th, and be posted daily on the sign outside the Oak Room)

Sponsor: Sony of Canada Ltd.

Chair

• Peter Fiddick, Media Critic and Editor, Television - The Journal of the RTS (Royal Television Society), UK

Panelists

• Doug Anderson, TV Critic, Sydney Morning Herald, Fairfax Group, AUSTRALIA
• David Bianculli, USA
• Louise Cousineau, Radio/TV, La Presse, CANADA
• Russell Honeyman, Publisher, Africa Film & TV, ZIMBABWE
• Pascale Paoli-Lebailly, FRANCE
• Jeroen Te Nuijl, Chief Editor, Broadcast Magazine, NETHERLANDS

Master Class: Writing - Darren Star

By Appointment
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Jeannie & Peter Lougheed Bldg, The Banff Centre

Cutting Edge Comedy
Darren Star is the creator of the Emmy-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning HBO comedy series "Sex and the City" and the popular FOX series "Melrose Place" and "Beverly Hills 90210". Join Star as he examines the difference between cable success stories and network success stories. Are the lines between the two becoming blurred?

Sponsors: Astral Media The Harold Greenberg Fund, Ontario Media Development Corporation

Presenter

• Darren Star, Darren Star Productions, USA

Buses to The Banff Centre leave from outside The Fairmont Banff Springs Conference Centre main entrance at 1:30 p.m. sharp and return at 3:30pm.

Master Class: Producing - Andrea Andermann

By Appointment
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Jeannie & Peter Lougheed Bldg, The Banff Centre

Can You Survive a Live Film?
You thought you'd seen it all until you watched a worldwide broadcast to 125 countries of an opera filmed on location over the course of a weekend… LIVE! Now is your chance to learn how it all happened and talk to the man with the persistence to overcome an abnormal amount of obstacles and see it through to the climatic finale.

Sponsor: National Screen Institute - Canada

Presenter

• Andrea Andermann, Producer, Rada Film, ITALY

Buses to The Banff Centre leave from outside The Fairmont Banff Springs Conference Centre main entrance at 1:30 p.m. sharp and return at 3:30pm.

Banff Centre New Media Focus: Fiction - Entertaining the Lean-Forward Generations

Plenary
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Theatre, Conference Centre

The new media strand explores the ways that audiences, a.k.a. users, have entered the picture in new ways. Each session examines how this new element of audience involvement is challenging the traditional structures of television.

The DVD generation is media literate. Younger generations expect to participate as well as be entertained. Whether they invent their own characters, or respond to environments that writers and directors create, or check in with stories, story agents or game play on their mobile or other wireless devices, users have become players and inventors. This panel will examine the ways that audiences are more and more a part of the interactive experience and will investigate what this means for traditional television.

Sponsors: Telefilm Canada, The Banff Centre

Moderator

• Sara Diamond, Artistic Director Media & Visual Arts, The Banff Centre, CANADA

Participants

• Matt Adams, Blast Theory, UK
• Peter Grimsdale, Head, Cross-Platform Development, Channel 4 Television, UK
• Ian Kelso, Executive Producer New Media, Primitive Entertainment Inc., CANADA
• Will Wright, Designer, Maxis, USA

Canadian Television Fund's Three O'Clock Daiquiri Do

3:00pm - 4:00pm
CTF Patio, Conference Centre

Join the Canadian Television Fund on the patio for daiquiris (non-alcoholic).

Sponsor: Canadian Television Fund

Coffee Break

3:00pm - 3:30pm
Presidents Hall Foyer, Conference Centre

Enjoy a cup of coffee compliments of Landscape Entertainment.

Understanding America: Fiction

Plenary
3:15pm - 4:15pm
Theatre, Conference Centre

The United States of America is the world's largest media market. Understanding America is a strand exploring aspects of doing business with the USA and in the USA. Our look at fiction programming explores how to crack the US market from the standpoint of producers who've done it from the outside, executives who see it from the inside, and agents who get to see both sides.

Sponsor: Department of Canadian Heritage

Moderator

• David Tenzer, Agent, Creative Artists Agency, USA

Participants

• Kevin Beggs, Executive Vice President, Series Television, Lions Gate Television, USA
• James Dowaliby, CEO, eMovies, Inc., USA
• Hans Schiff, Vice President, International TV Packaging, William Morris Agency, UK

Master Class: Children's - Olivier Brémond

By Appointment
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Jeannie & Peter Lougheed Bldg, The Banff Centre

Television That Makes Learning Fun
TV is the best way to learn about the world, in particular for children, as they don't necessarily have access to diversity in either school or traditional television. Olivier Brémond will focus on how to finance, produce and market the type of programming that brings the world to children, while entertaining their parents too.

Sponsor: Corus Entertainment Inc.

Presenter

• Olivier Brémond, CEO, Marathon, FRANCE

Buses to The Banff Centre leave from outside The Fairmont Banff Springs Conference Centre main entrance at 3:30 p.m. sharp and return at 5:30pm.

Future Watch: The Future is Wide … But Will it be Hi?

Plenary
4:30pm - 5:30pm
Theatre, Conference Centre

More and more production is being shot in wide-screen format, whether on 35mm film or 16x9 digital video, but how are audiences receiving this material? Wide-screen television has been slow to take off in Europe, and high definition has not caught on as a consumer medium. Japan is HDTV's champion but the jury is still out as to its future in North America. HDTV has a strong future in electronic cinema and other uses, but the big debate is, will HDTV make it in the home in North America? Representatives on all sides of this discussion get together to explore what happened, what is happening, and what will be our future in this new wide world.

IBC-Nombre d'Or Festival invites all who attend this seminar to join them for a cocktail immediately following the seminar. The programmes selected for this year's IBC 2001, to be held September 14 - 18th in Amsterdam, will be announced.

Future Watch is a strand exploring the leading edge of new technologies and new platforms for media content. From HDTV to interactive media we explore the creative challenges and the shape of our future world.

Presented in association with IBC - Nombre d'Or Festival

Sponsor: Le Nombre d'Or

Moderator

• Paul Kafno, Festival President Le Nombre d'Or, IBC - Le Nombre d'Or, UK

Moderator

• Masaru Ikeo, Senior Producer Satellite & Hi-Vision Broadcasting, NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation), JAPAN
• Stéphane Millière, President, Gedeon Programmes, FRANCE
• Barry Rebo, Rebo Associates, USA
• Deborah Stewart, Vice President, Programming - Discovery Digital Networks, Discovery Communications Inc., USA
• Franco Visintin, Chairman Le Nombre d'Or, IBC - Le Nombre d'Or, UK

The Sony International Critics Panel Q&A

Open to the Public
5:30pm - 6:00pm
Oak Room, Main Hotel

Join the Sony International Critics Panel as they view the television programs that won Rockie Awards at BANFF 2001. The panel will view programs publicly from Tuesday to Thursday and at the end of each day (from 5:30 - 6:00pm) will discuss and analyze what they have watched. Festival delegates and members of the public are invited to participate in these screenings and discussions.

Sponsor: Sony of Canada Ltd.

Chair

• Peter Fiddick, Media Critic and Editor, Television - The Journal of the RTS (Royal Television Society), UK

Panelists

• Doug Anderson, TV Critic, Sydney Morning Herald, Fairfax Group, AUSTRALIA
• David Bianculli, USA
• Louise Cousineau, Radio/TV, La Presse, CANADA
• Russell Honeyman, Publisher, Africa Film & TV, ZIMBABWE
• Pascale Paoli-Lebailly, FRANCE
• Jeroen Te Nuijl, Chief Editor, Broadcast Magazine, NETHERLANDS

Tribute Hour

Evening
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Van Horne Ballroom, Conference Centre

Banff's Tribute Hour celebrates the best in world television. It includes the presentation of Banff's Outstanding Achievement Awards, its Lifetime Achievement Awards, and features a special Homage à la France. Raise a glass in celebration of our award winners before crossing the courtyard to our International Dinner.

Sponsor: Banff Television Foundation

Master of Ceremonies

• Laurier LaPierre O.C., Chairman of the Board, Telefilm Canada, CANADA

The Global Television Outstanding Achievement Award 2001
Presented to Discovery Communications Inc., USA

The Sonic Foundry Outstanding Technical Achievement Award 2001
Presented to Royal Philips Electronic, Netherlands

Lifetime Achievement Awards
Presented to:

• Bernard Pivot, France
• Rock Demers, La Fête Productions Inc., Canada

Dress: Business attire

Champagne Toast

7:00pm - 7:30pm
Van Horne Ballroom, Conference Centre

Sponsor: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

Dress: Business attire

International Dinner

7:30pm - 9:30pm
Riverview Lounge / Cascade Ballroom, Main Hotel

The aromas, flavours and tastes of tantalizing specialties from around the world permeate the room and delight the palate. Tonight you know why we say: The world comes to Banff 2001.

Sponsors: France 2, Association of Audivisual and Filmindustry of Austria and SATEL Group, Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Vancouver ITALIA CINEMA, ARTE France

Dress: Business attire

Canadian Film Centre Presents Test Pattern

Evening
9:30pm - 11:00pm
Theatre, Conference Centre

For the third year in a row, the Banff Television Festival welcomes the Canadian Film Centre's Test Pattern as they invite BANFF 2001 delegates to spend an evening with Darren Star the creator of "Sex in the City" and "Beverly Hills 90210." A screening of an episode of the Emmy-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning series "Sex and the City" will be followed by a moderated discussion where audience members will have the opportunity to participate in a question and answer period with Star.

(An initiative of PRIME TIME, the Canadian Film Centre's Television Resident Programme, Test Pattern is a series of screenings and discussions exploring some of today's most provocative issues in Canadian and international television.)

Sponsor: Canadian Film Centre

Interviewer

• Ralph Benmergui, Host/Presenter, CBC / Radio-Canada, CANADA

Presenter

• Darren Star, Darren Star Productions, USA

The Banff Hi-Tech Auction

9:30pm - 10:30pm
Van Horne Ballroom, Conference Centre

The Banff Television Foundation presents THE BANFF HI-TECH AUCTION in association with NHK.

Thanks to the initiative of NHK and with exciting prizes from television's leading high-tech manufacturers, the Banff Television Foundation is making a contribution to its own community, and to our collective future. The beneficiary of the proceeds from the auction will be the Canadian Rockies School Division No. 12. We want local children to have the best audio visual equipment possible to further their studies and to explore their world.

Items to be auctioned are on display in the Convention Centre, and delegates are urged to bid generously for these exciting prizes in aid of a noble cause.

Movie Central Karaoke Party

10:30pm - 12:00am
Van Horne Ballroom, Conference Centre

The Banff Hi-Tech Auction will be followed by a new and exciting edition of Banff's Karaoke Party. See the singers on the big screen and join Movie Central to raise a glass to the best songs and singers in the business.

Sponsor: Movie Central