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OVERVIEW
For more than two decades content creators, broadcasters, journalists,
writers, directors, and others involved in the business of television
and online programs have come to Banff in June to take part in a
conference noted for innovation, intimacy, and accessibility.
As a showcase of innovation the Banff Television Festival features
lively sessions and debates about new media and the issues of convergence
in addition to the latest trends in the world of conventional television.
As a celebration of excellence, the Banff Television Festival administers
the Banff Rockie Awards competition for the world¹s best television
programs and webcasts.
The Festival has been dubbed "a marketplace of ideas and relationships".
Opportunities to strike production and co-production deals abound
and new business contacts are made every day beneath the inspiring
Canadian Rocky mountains.
The BANFF2001 schedule features more than 50 hours of workshops,
plenary sessions, master classes, and other inventively formatted
meetings designed to appeal to both the most sophisticated and experienced
practitioners as well as emerging new players. The signature workshop
of the Festival is the International Market Simulation, which
has been exported successfully to many other international television
gatherings.
The Festival's annual celebrations of excellence include the presentation
of our highest awards for exceptional creative and technical achievements.
They are The Award of Excellence (Dick Wolf, 2000), The
Sir Peter Ustinov Comedy Network Award (Tracey Ullman, 2000),
The Global Television Outstanding Achievement Award (SBS Television,
Australia, 2000) and The Sonic Foundry Outstanding Technical
Achievement Award (Philips Electronics, 2001).
BANFF ROCKIE AWARDS
The international program competition recognizes excellence across
14 categories (Comedy, Animation, Performance, etc.), with cash
prizes totaling more than $100,000. For the first time in 2001,
original webcasts will be eligible within the category system.
The Global Television Grand Prize of $50,000 goes to the
entry judged Best of the Festival. The NHK President's Prize
of $25,000 goes to the best entry produced or post-produced on HDTV.
Two Telefilm Canada Prizes, each worth $20,000, are awarded
respectively to the best independent English-language and French-language
Canadian productions. The 2000 Banff Rockie Awards drew more than
1,000 entries from over 40 countries and territories.
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