Banff Rockie Award Nominees 2001
ANIMATION PROGRAMS / ÉMISSIONS D’ANIMATION
Sponsored by: TELETOON Canada Inc.
As Told by Ginger: Hello Stranger Walking With Dinosaurs Special: The Ballad of Big
Klasky-Csupo Al
USA BBC/Discovery/TV Asahi in association with Proseiben
UK, USA, Japan, Germany
Aunt Tiger
S4C/PTS Taiwan Yoho Ahoy: Buzz with Jones
UK, Taiwan The Consortium of Gentlemen for BBC
UK
Le chapeau
National Film Board of Canada
Canada
ARTS DOCUMENTARIES / DOCUMENTAIRES SUR LES ARTS
Sponsored by: TV5
The Art of Violin: The Devil's Instrument / Jazz: Dedicated to Chaos
Transcending the Violin Florentine Films/WETA/BBC
ARTE France/Idéale Audience/IMG Artists in USA, UK
association with BR/Thirteen-WNET/AVRO
Kurt Gerron's Karussell
France, USA, Germany, Netherlands
TV Ventures in association with Nederlands
Biography: Bob Dylan - American Troubadour Filmmuseum/Studio No. 1 Praha/ARTE/SFB
A&E Television Networks/Crisman Films Germany, Netherlands, Czech Republic, France
USA
The Work of Angels? - The Book of Kells
Cinéma Vérité - Defining the Moment Crescendo Concepts/Muse Film & TV/Viz Ltd.
National Film Board of Canada Ireland, UK, USA
Canada
Half Past Autumn - The Life and Works of Gordon
Parks
Home Box Office
USA
CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS / ÉMISSIONS POUR ENFANTS
Sponsored by: Shaw Children's Programming Initiative / Initiative de programmation pour enfants
The Bloody Nuisance Newsround Extra: Russia's Orphans
Studio Hamburg Productions GmbH/ZDF BBC
Germany UK
Kiss Me, Frog A Very White Day
ZDF/Multi Media, Berlin Channel 11 TV
Germany Mexico
My Parents Are Aliens: The Family Way
Granada Media Childrens
UK
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COMEDIES / COMÉDIES
Sponsored by: Fuji Photo Film Canada Inc.
Coupling: Lesbian Spank Inferno Friends: The One Where They All Turn Thirty
Hartswood Films Bright-Kauffman-Crane Productions in association with
UK Warner Bros.Television
USA
Ed: Pretty Girls and Waffles
Viacom Productions Inc. in association with Worldwide Human Remains - Series A: An English Squeak
Pants/NBC Studios Baby Cow for BBC
USA UK
Frasier: And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon Lenny Henry in Pieces
Grub Street Productions in association with Paramount Tiger Aspect Productions
USA UK
CONTINUING SERIES / SÉRIES DRAMATIQUES
Sponsored by: Independent Production Fund / Fonds indépendant de production
Ally McBeal: Hats off to Larry The Practice: Mr. Hinks Goes to Town
David E. Kelley Productions in association with 20th David E. Kelley Productions in association with 20th
Century Fox Century Fox
USA USA
Cold Feet III: Episode 6 The Sopranos: Episode 28
Granada Television Home Box Office
UK USA
ER: Piece of Mind The West Wing: In the Shadow of Two Gunmen -
Constant c Productions/Amblin Television in association Parts 1 & 2
with Warner Bros. Television John Wells Productions
USA USA
HISTORY & BIOGRAPHY PROGRAMS / ÉMISSIONS HISTORIQUES ET BIOGRAHIQUES
Sponsored by: History Television
American Experience: Return with Honor Optimum
WGBH Education Foundation ARTE France/Idéale Audience
USA France
The Johnson Tapes - Uncivil Liberties Thomson of Arnhem Land
TLC/Mentorn Barraclough Garcey Productions Ltd. Film Australia in association with in association with
USA John Moore Productions
Australia
The Last Days
Home Box Office The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai
USA Greystone Communications
USA
Napoleon: Parts 3 & 4
David Grubin Productions in association with PBS/Docstar/
Devillier Donegan Enterprises
USA, France
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INFORMATION PROGRAMS / ÉMISSIONS D’INFORMATIONS
Sponsored by: Sony of Canada Ltd.
The Awful Truth: Episode 202 Newsnight Special: A Family Affair
Dog Eat Dog Films in association with Salter Street British Broadcasting Corporation
Films UK
USA, Canada
Report: State Hypocrisy
Cry Freetown Radiotelevisione Italiana
Insight News TV Ltd. in association with Channel Italy
4/ARTE/CBC-SRC/CNN International
Superteachers: Challenging a Taboo - Waris Dirie
USA, UK, France, Canada
NHK
High Noon in Jakarta Japan
Olsen Levy Productions
Australia
Hot Type with Evan Solomon: J.K. Rowling
CBC Newsworld
Canada
MADE-FOR-TV MOVIES / TÉLÉFILMS
Sponsored by: A-Channel
Bash - Latterday Plays Goebbels and Geduldig
Steven Pevner Inc. Südwestrundfunk
USA Germany
Brimstone & Treacle Paul Is Dead
DeLunte Film Productions/KRO Broadcasting ZDF/X-Filme-Creative Pool
Organization Germany
Netherlands
Waiting at the Royal
Gentlemen's Relish Apollo Films in association with Artist Services
Principal Pictures for BBC in association with Stock Australia
Productions
UK
MINI-SERIES / MINI-SÉRIES
Sponsored by: Information and Communications Technologies Department, Southern Alberta Institute of
Technology
Anniversaries My Fragile Heart
EIKON Film GmbH Tiger Aspect Productions in association with DS TV
Germany Company
UK
Gormenghast
BBC/WGBH Boston in association with CHUM Soldiers by Moonlight
Television SVT/YLE/FST(Finland)
UK, USA Sweden, Finland
Les misérables Take a Girl Like You
GMT/Epsilon/TF1 in association with Beta Film GmbH BBC/WGBH Boston
France, Germany UK, USA
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PERFORMANCE PROGRAMS / ÉMISSIONS SUR LES ARTS D’INTERPRÉTATION
Sponsored by: CHUM Television/BRAVO!
Bodies Noah
ZDF/Nachtakttv Berlin NPS in association with De Nederlandse Opera
Germany Netherlands
The Four Seasons Rosa - The Death of a Composer
Rhombus Media/Veronica Tennant Productions in NPS/DNO/NVC Arts
association with CBC/BBC/Bravo!/NHK/SF Netherlands, UK
DRS/TSR/TSI
La Traviata à Paris
Canada, UK, USA, Japan, Switzerland
Rada Film/Montparnasse Spectacle/RAI Uno/ Channel
Lost 4/France 2/France 3/CNC/ZDF/Thirteen WNET
ID & Dtv Arts & Events/NPS Italy, France, UK, Germany, USA
Netherlands
POPULAR SCIENCE & NATURAL HISTORY PROGRAMS /
ÉMISSIONS SUR LA NATURE ET LES SCIENCES
Sponsored by: CANAL+
NOVA: Runaway Universe Superhuman: Self Repair
WGBH - NOVA/Thomas Lucas Productions Inc. BBC in association with TLC
USA UK
Queen for a Summer Voices
WDR in association with ARTE Sveriges Television
Germany Sweden
Realm of the Golden Eagle: Legacy of the Ice Age Wild Asia: Creature of the Thaw
Science Vision for ORF NHK/Natural History New Zealand Limited/Discovery
Austria Channel in association with NDR Naturfilm Studios
Hamburg Fernseh Allianz
Silhouettes of the Desert
Japan, NZ, USA, Germany
David Curl Pty. Ltd.
Australia
SHORT DRAMAS / COURTS MÉTRAGES
Boys' Club (Urban Gothic) Ibiza - £99 Return (Shockers)
Golden Square/Blackjack Productions for Channel 5 Tiger Aspect Productions
UK UK
The Gas Station (Erotic Tales) Staunch
Ziegler Film GmbH Hunter Productions in association with Morrison Grieve
Germany Ltd.
New Zealand
I Saw You
Granada Television
UK
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SOCIAL & POLITICAL DOCUMENTARIES / DOCUMENTAIRES SOCIAUX OU POLITIQUES
Sponsored by: National Film Board of Canada
Dispatches: Children of the Secret State Slavery
A Hardcash Production for Channel 4 True Vision Productions in association with C4/HBO
UK UK, USA
Escape over the Himalaya - Tibet's Children on Their La terre des âmes errantes
Journey into Exile La Sept ARTE/INA
ZDF/Tellux Film Munich France
Germany
Thinking Big
Ethnic Cleansing Discovery Health
NHK USA
Japan
The Great Dance
Aardvark Pictures/Earthrise Liquid Pictures/Off the Fence
Productions in association with KirchMedia/Primedia
Pictures/e.tv
South Africa, Netherlands
SPORTS PROGRAMS / ÉMISSIONS DE SPORTS
Bill Russell - My Life, My Way Greener Grass - Cuba, Baseball and the United States
Home Box Office Thirteen-WNET/Bright Pictures Inc./Mosaic Films
USA USA
Coeur d'élite On the Ropes
Ryboprod/TF1 TLC/Highway Films
France USA
Discovery Channel Eco Challenge: Argentina
Discovery
USA
The Gold Rush: Parts 1, 2 & 3
Genibild for Sveriges Television/EBU in association with
ZDF/NRK/DR/RTE/VRT/YLE
Sweden, Germany, Norway, Denmark, Ireland, Belgium,
Finland