2024 Rockie Awards: nominees

ABC titles The Newsreader, Crazy Fun Park, Mort & Beep (all awarded last night at the SPA Awards) and Better Date than Never have all been nominated at the Rockie Awards held by the Banff World Media Festival.

Baz Luhrmann’s Disney+ series Faraway Downs is also nominated for a Music award.

The Newsreader goes up against heavyweight competition including Succession, The Last of Us, Happy Valley and Gen V.

The 2024 Rockie Awards ceremony takes place during this year’s Banff festival on Tuesday, June 11

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Animated Series
American Dad! 20th Television Animation (USA)
Bob’s Burgers 20th Television Animation (USA)
Family Guy 20th Television Animation, Fuzzy Door Productions (USA)
Futurama 20th Television Animation, The Curiosity Company (USA)
The Great North 20th Television Animation (USA)

Comedy Series: English Language
Abbott Elementary Delicious Non-Sequitur Productions, Warner Bros. Television, 20th Television, Disney Television Studios (USA)
Dreaming Whilst Black Big Deal Films, BBC, A24 (UK)
Everyone Else Burns Jax Media, Universal International Studios, Universal Studio Group (UK)
Poker Face T-Street, MRC, Animal Pictures, Paramount Global Content Distribution (USA)
The Great Civic Center Media, MRC (UK, USA)
The Other Black Girl Onyx Collective, Temple Hill Entertainment (USA)
The Wonder Years 20th Television, Lee Daniels Entertainment, Matthew 6:33 (USA)

Comedy Series: Non-English Language
Blissed (Le bonheur) Aetios Productions (Canada)
Breathe In Breathe Out (Inspirez expirez) Avanti-Toast, Crave, Noovo (Canada)
Dumbsday (Dummedag) Seefood TV, NRK (Norway)
Gorgeous (Les Bombes) Les Productions Sovimage (Canada)
Walk-In (Sans rendez-vous) Aetios Productions (Canada)

Drama Series: English Language
Gen V Sony Pictures Television, Amazon Studios, Kripke Enterprises, Point Grey Pictures, Original Film (USA)
Happy Valley Lookout Point, AMC, BBC Studios (UK, USA)
Succession HBO, Project Zeus, Hyberobjec Industries, Gary Sanchez Productions, Hot Seat Productions (USA)
The Last of Us HBO, Sony Pictures Television Studios, Playstation, Naughty Dog, Word Games, The Mighty Mint (USA)
The Newsreader Werner Film Productions, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, eOne (Australia)

Drama Series: Non-English Language
Dark Hearts (Cœurs Noirs) Mandarin Television, Newen Connect, Amazon Prime Video, France Télévisions (France)
Good Morning Chuck (or the Art of Harm Reduction) (Bon matin Chuck (ou l’art de réduire les méfaits) C3 Media, St-Laurent TV (Canada)
La Mesías Movistar Plus+, Suma Content (Spain)
Memento Mori Zebra Producciones (IZen), Newen Connect, Amazon Prime Video (France, Spain)
Sorcières Amalga, TVA, Québecor Contenu (Canada)
The Emperor (L’empereur) Les Productions Sovimage (Canada)

Limited Series
Best Interests AC Chapter One, BBC One, Fifth Season (UK)
Fence WOWOW, NHK Enterprises (Japan)
The Left-Handed Son (El hijo zurdo) Movistar Plus+, Buendia Estudios, Atípica Films (Spain)
The Sixth Commandment Wild Mercury Productions, True Vision (UK)
Time BBC Studios, BritBox (UK)

Best Use of Music in a Series
Faraway Downs 20th Television (Australia, USA)
Fellow Travelers Fremantle, Showtime (USA)
Ride Blink49 Studios, Seven24 Films, Hallmark Channel, Bell Media, Fifth Season (Canada, UK, USA)
The Sea Beyond RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana, Picomedia (Italy)
Yellowjackets eOne, Showtime (USA)

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Comedy & Variety
Still Standing Frantic Films, CBC (Canada)
Taskmaster Avalon, Channel 4 (UK)
The Black Box on Earth KBS (South Korea)
The Graham Norton Show So Television (UK)
When Comedians Encounter Hakka Hakka TV (Taiwan)

Competition Series & Game Shows
Junior Bake Off Love Productions (UK)
The Great British Bake Off Love Productions (UK)
The Great Pottery Throw Down Love Productions (UK)
The Masked Singer Fox Alternative Entertainment (USA)
The Voice MGM Television, Warner Bros. Unscripted Television, Warner Horizon, ITV Studios, The Voice USA, Inc. (USA)

Docuseries
Better Date Than Never Northern Pictures (Australia)
Boris Woestijnvis NV (Belgium)
Greatest Guitar Riffs Somethin’ Else TV Studio, Sky Arts, Sony Music Entertainment UK (UK)
Lost Cities Revealed with Albert Lin Raw (USA)
Wrestlers Netflix, BBC Studios (USA)

Lifestyle
Amanda & Alan’s Italian Job Voltage TV Productions, BBC (UK)
Celebrity IOU Scott Brother Entertainment (Canada, USA)
Living for the Dead Scout Productions (USA)
Sort Your Life Out Optomen Television (UK)
Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi Part2 Pictures (USA)
The Yorkshire Auction House STV Studios (UK)

Reality Series
Bollywed HeartHat Entertainment, Blue Ant Media (Canada)
Boot Dreams: Now or Never Expectation (UK)
In Love & Toxic: Blue Therapy Luti Media (UK)
Troop 2 Seefood TV, TV 2 (Norway)
Wild Cooks Avanti-Toast, Vrai, TVA, Zeste (Canada)

CHILDREN & YOUTH

Animation: Children
Quentin Blake’s Box of Treasures: Jack and Nancy Eagle Eye, BBC (Belgium, France, UK)
The Loud House Nickelodeon Animation Studios (Canada)
The Sound Collector Eagle Vs Bat, Enanimation, Mackinnon & Saunders, ITV, RAI, Serious Kids (Italy, UK)
Total Drama Island Fresh TV, Cartoon Network, Cake Entertainment (Canada)
Zokie of Planet Ruby Nickelodeon Animation Studios, Harmonius Claptrap (USA)

Animation: Preschool
Kiri and Lou Stretchy, NZ On Air, Sky Originals NZ (New Zealand)
Lu & The Bally Bunch 9 Story Media Group, Brown Bag Films (Canada, Ireland)
Tabby McTat Magic Light Pictures (UK)
The Adventures of Paddington Studio Canal, Nick Jr, Heyday, Blue Zoo, Superprod (France, UK, USA)
The Tiny Chef Show Imagine Entertainment, Tiny Chef Productions, The Factory (USA)

Interactive Children and Youth Content
Bestest Day Ever with My Best Friend Lopii Productions, CBC Kids, Canada Media Fund (Canada)
Love Chat Box: Virtual Romance Taiwan Public Television Service Foundation (Taiwan)
Rosie’s Flop Fiesta 9 Story Media Group, PBS KIDS, Curious Media (Canada, USA)
Turtle Island Skate Jam CBC Kids, Nations Skate Youth, Zenfri (Canada)
Weirdwood Manor Vol. 2 – Rise of the Therimancer Relish Studios, Wasabi Entertainment (Canada)

Live Action: Children
Beep and Mort Windmill Pictures, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Screen Australia, South Australian Film Corporation, ABC Commercial (Australia)
Horrible Histories Lion Television, BBC, BBC Studios (UK)
Jamie Johnson FC Short Form Film, BBC (UK)
Jane Sinking Ship Entertainment, Apple TV+ (Canada, USA)
Saïd & Anna Phanta Basta, Indi Film, EO, SWR, VRT (Belgium, Germany, The Netherlands)

Live Action: Youth
A Kind of Spark 9 Story Media Group, BBC (Canada, UK, USA)
Crazy Fun Park Werner Film Productions, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, (Australia)n Children’s Television Foundation, Screen Australia, VicScreen (Australia)
Home Sweet Rome! RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana, Red Monk Studio, First Generation Films, HBO Max, Wildbrain, BBC, ARD/One Gate M (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, UK, USA)
Save Our Wildlife Fresh Start Media, Sky Kids, Sky Zero, Sky News (UK)
Sofiy and Her War Hakka TV (Taiwan)

DOCUMENTARY & FACTUAL

Arts & Culture
Anthem Hulu (USA)
Unbuttoned Whynow Studios, Fremantle (France, UK, USA)
Otto Baxter: Not A F**ing Horror Story Story Films, Archface Films (UK)
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields ABC News Studios, Bedby8, Drifting Clouds Productions, Matador Content (USA)
Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius 72 Films (UK)

Crime & Investigative
Andrew Tate: The Man Who Groomed The World BBC Current Affairs (UK)
Juan Carlos: Downfall of The King
Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion, Sky, NBCU (Germany)
Satan Wants You Nootka Street Film Company, Grand Scheme Productions, 666 Films (Canada)
Scandalous: Phone Hacking Trial Hardcash Production, BBC Panorama (UK)
Telemarketers HBO Documentary Films, Elara Pictures, ALL FACTS, Roug (USA)

Environmental & Wildlife
Earth BBC Studios, NOVA, WGBH Boston (UK, USA)
Inside Greenpeace M.E.Works, Constantin Dokumentation (Germany)
Planet Earth III BBC Studios, BBC America, France Televisions, ZDF, The Open (France, Germany, UK, USA)
Whale with Steve Backshall True to Nature (UK)
Wild Hope HHMI Tangled Bank Studios, Part2 Pictures, Wild Elements, Off the Fence BV, APT (USA)

History & Biography
761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers Revelations Entertainment, GroupM Motion Entertainment (USA)
JFK: One Day in America 72 Films, National Geographic (USA)
Kkokkomu SBS (South Korea)
Lockerbie Mindhouse Productions, Sky Documentaries (UK)
Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland KEO Films, Walk on Air Films, BBC Two, BBC Northern Ireland, PBS, The Open University, BBC Studios (UK)

Science & Technology
Chandrayaan-3 Live NGC Network India (India)
Deep Sky Crazy Boat Pictures (USA)
Ice Age America Yap Films, Discovery US (Canada, USA)
Inside Our Autistic Minds BBC Studios Specialist Factual Productions, The Open University (UK)
Searching for Satoshi: The Mysterious Disappearance of the Bitcoin Creator
Paul Kemp Productions (Canada, UK)
The Battle to Beat Malaria Wingspan Productions, HHMI Tangled Bank Studios, NOVA/GBH, Arte (UK, USA)

Social Issues & Current Affairs
Don’t Come Back RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana, Yuzu Production, INDYCA, Arpa FIlms, Arte (France, Italy, Spain)
Evacuation Wonderhood Studios (UK)
Inside the Statue Wars Saloon Media, Blue Ant Media (Canada)
Reaching The Unreached CNA (Singapore)
The Shamima Begum Story BBC Current Affairs (UK)

Sports Documentary
300 Hoops KOTV (Canada)
Category: Woman Proximity Films, TVO (Canada)
Gods of Tennis Mindhouse Productions, BBC Studios (UK)
Mark Cavendish: Never Enough Pitch Productions, Netflix (UK)
Race to the Summit Pitch Productions, Netflix (UK)

Source: Variety