Rose D’Or Awards 2021: nominees

ABC and SBS shows have been nominated in the prestigious Rose D’Or Awards.

Four ABC shows –Love on the Spectrum, You Can’t Ask That, Australia Talks and Firestarter: The Story of Bangarra – are in contention along with SBS documentary Strong Female Lead.

Two of the titles are by Northern Pictures and two produced internally at ABC.

David Anderson, ABC Managing Director, said:  “We are proud to see our diverse and distinctive programs celebrated time and again on the world stage, highlighting the great talent we have in this country. Congratulations to everyone at the ABC and our production partners for such well-deserved recognition and for your dedication to delivering outstanding Australian content.”

Winners will be announced in a virtual ceremony, hosted Sue Perkins on November 29th.

Drama

Bridgerton
A Netflix Original Series in association with shondalandmedia/Netflix/UK

Mare of Easttown
HBO/Sky Atlantic/USA

It’s A Sin
Red Production Company/All3Media International/Channel 4/UK

Help
The Forge/All3Media International/Channel 4/UK

Time by Jimmy McGovern
BBC Studios/BBC1/UK

Squid Game
Siren Pictures/Netflix/Republic of Korea

Comedy

Famalam
BBC Studios/BBC Three/UK

Motherland
Merman Television/Twofour/Lionsgate/BBC Two/UK

Bo Burnham: Inside
Netflix/USA

Journey (Vegferd)
Glassriver/Keshet International/Channel 2/Iceland

The New Black 2
Dori Media Darset/Dori Media International/HOT/Israel

Staged
Infinity Hill/GCB Films/No Mystery/Rainmaker Content Limited/BBC One/UK

Comedy Drama & Sitcom

The Chair
Netflix/USA

I Hate Suzie
Bad Wolf/Sky Atlantic/UK

JERK Series 2
Roughcut TV/Primal Media/BBC Three

Call My Agent
Mon Voisin Productions and Mother Productions/Netflix/France télévision/France

Love & Anarchy
FLX/Netflix/Sweden

We Are Lady Parts
Working Title/Channel 4 and NBC Universal/UK

Reality and Factual Entertainment

The Rap Game UK
Naked Television (Part of Fremantle)/A+E Content Sales/BBC3/UK

Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace
Wall to Wall Media Ltd/Line Up Industries/ITV/UK

Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back
Rumpus Media/Channel 4/UK

Love On The Spectrum
Northern Pictures/Australian Broadcasting Corporation/Australia

Married at First Sight
CPL/Channel 4/E4/UK

You Can’t Ask That
Australian Broadcasting Corporation/Australia

Arts

Firestarter – The Story of Bangarra
In Films Production/ICON FILMS DISTRIBUTION/Australian Broadcasting Corporation/Australia

My Rembrandt
Discours Film/Cinephil/NTR/Netherlands

The Dying Swans Project
Theaterhaus Stuttgart/Gauthier Dance/ZDF/3sat/Germany

Song Exploder
Tremolo Productions/Netflix/USA

Masterpiece
POSVIDEO/IDTV/dutchcore/AVROTROS/NPO 2/Netherlands

The Carnival of the Animals – The Story of a Score
Sounding Images GmbH/C Major Entertainment GmbH/WDR/arte/Germany

Studio Entertainment

Taskmaster
Avalon/Channel 4/UK

America’s Got Talent
Fremantle North America/SYCO/Fremantle Media/NBC/USA

Australia Talks
Australian Broadcasting Corporation/Australia

A League of Their Own
CPL Productions/Sky Max/UK

Strictly Come Dancing
BBC Studios/BBC One/UK

The Masked Singer UK
Bandicoot/Abacus Media Rights/ITV/STV/UK

Children and Youth

Like Me
Norsk Rikskringasting AS/Norway

Horrible Histories Black History Special
Lion TV/CBBC/BBC iPlayer/UK

Talking Heads
Keplerfilm/BETA FILM/VPRO/Netherlands

Tekens van leven (Scars for life)
De Mensen/Newen/Ketnet (VRT)/Belgium

Our School
Twofour/Twofour Studios/CBBC/UK

World’s Worst Diseases
Delta Studios/SVT/SVT Barn/Sweden

Soap or Telenovela

Lisa
De Mensen/Red Arrow International/VTM (DPG Media)/Belgium

District 31
Aetios Productions/Aetios Distribution/Radio-Canada/Canada

Our Love Songs
SP Televisão S.A./SIC- Sociedade Independente de Comunicação S.A./Portugal

Star Hill
SP Televisão S.A./SIC- Sociedade Independente de Comunicação S.A./Portugal

Two Lives
Bambu Producciones, a STUDIOCANAL Company/STUDIOCANAL/RTVE/Spain

Casualty
BBC Studios/BBC ONE/UK

Documentary

Strong Female Lead
Northern Pictures/SBS (Special Broadcasting Service)/Australia

Dying to Divorce
Dying to Divorce Ltd/Java Films/WDR/ARTE/UK

Schwarzer Adler
Broadview Pictures/Broadview Distribution/Amazon Prime/ZDF/Germany

9/11: Inside the President’s War Room
Wish/Art Films/APPLE TV+ /BBC One/UK

The Reason I Jump
MetFilm Production/Picturehouse Entertainment/Netflix/UK

Surviving 9/11
Top Hat Productions/Keshet International/BBC Two/UK

News and Current Affairs

India’s Rape Scandal
Quicksilver Media/Channel 4/PBS Frontline/UK

Panorama: The Missing Princess
BBC/Panorama/UK

Myanmar Coup: Digital Resistance
NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)/Japan

The Return: Life After ISIS
Alba Sotorra Productions, MetFilm/Sky Documentaries/UK

Storming the Capitol: The Inside Story
ITN/UK

Taliban – the Police, the Thief and the Runaway Wife
Horisont, Danish Broadcasting Corporation/DR, Danish Broadcasting Corporation/DR1, Danish Broadcasting Corporation/Denmark

Multiplatform Series

Birchpunk
MC2production/Russian Federation

About Saturday
Maipo Film/TV 2 Norway/Norway

Heat
VERTOV/NPO3/EO/Netherlands

InterConnected: Fred Gets Feedback
BBC Writersroom/BBC/UK

Payday
Yle – The Finnish Broadcasting Company/Yle TV2/Yle Areena/Facebook/Instagram/Youtube/Finlan

It Takes Guts
EFFERVESCENCE DOC/France TV Slash/ARTE/Radio France/TV5 Monde/INA/France Médias Monde/France