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  More news from
  the Festival . . .

Monday June 11
Tuesday June 12
  French Doc Wins
    Grand Prize

  Showcasing
    Excellence

  Ça été fabuleux!
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NEWS FROM THE FESTIVAL

 

Tuesday June 12 2001

French Documentary Wins Global Television Grand Prize
Jury President Micheline Lanctôt called La terre des âmes errantes, winner of the Global Television Grand Prize and the top award of $50,000 at the 22nd Banff Rockie Awards, "a compassionate and compelling story of Cambodian peasants digging trenches to lay an optical fibre cable."
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Showcasing Excellence
Kelsey Grammer opened his soul to festival delegates yesterday in an inspiring and open discussion with Ralph Benmergui, in which the star of Frasier and Cheers talked frankly about his personal life and how it comes to be mirrored in the character of Frasier Crane."
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Ça été fabuleux!
Micheline Lanctôt, la présidente du jury international de cette 22e édition du Festival de télévision de Banff: "Ces neuf jours de visionnements ininterrompus ont été absolument fascinants."
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