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Rose D’Or Awards 2021: winners

ABC's Firestarter: The Story of Bangarra wins a prestigious Rose D'Or Award in Europe.

ABC documentary Firestarter: The Story of Bangarra has won a prestigious Rose D’Or Award in a virtual ceremony by the European Broadcasting Union.

The film profiling the founders of Indigenous dance troupe Bangarra, produced by In Films and directed by Nel Minchin and Wayne Blair, picked up the Arts trophy, defeating entries from Netherlands, Germany and USA.

Jennifer Collins, ABC Head of Factual & Culture, said: “Congratulations to everyone involved in Firestarter at In Films and the ABC, particularly Commissioning Editor Kalita Corrigan, and our funding partners, for such an important story about First Nations culture and creativity.

“The ABC is the place that Australians come to for the best arts content and coverage and we are proud to share this remarkable documentary about the power of art as a force for inspiration, healing and resilience.”

Producer Ivan O’Mahoney said, “The stated mission of Bangarra Dance Theatre is to create inspiring theatrical experiences that promote and help raise awareness of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture.

“Bangarra has been at the forefront of reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australia for over 30 years and are a vital part in our cultural landscape, and this is where the value in winning the Rose d’Or lies for us. The kudos that comes with an award like this will hopefully help us and allow us to spread Bangarra’s word even further and wider around the world.

“Thank you to all of the people who believed in the project and invested in it – the ABC, Screen Australia, Screen NSW and Icon Film distribution, as well as a whole range of philanthropic organisations that stood with us.”

Special individual awards were presented to the UK’s longest standing detective, Brenda Blethyn as Vera, and Omar Sy star of Netflix France hit Lupin. The Rose d’Or Emerging Talent Award  was given to ‘behind the camera’ talent, Nida Manzoor for her ground-breaking UK comedy drama, We Are Lady Parts.

Winners are in bold:

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

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