HBO Max/CBC’s ‘Sort Of’ & Channel 4’s ‘Help’ Take Top Prizes At Banff’s Rockie Awards Gala
deadline.comThe end of the final full day of the 2022 Banff World Media Festival saw the Canadian confab reward barrier-breaking projects and honor a departed genius.Tonight’s Rockie Awards Gala handed out the Program of the Year Award and the Grand Jury Prize to CBC sitcom Sort Of and Channel 4’s Jodie Comer-Stephen Graham pandemic TV movie Help, respectively.
As was previously announced, the Jully Black-hosted Banff ceremony also posthumously awarded the Canadian Award of Distinction to Jean-Marc Vallée.
The Montreal-born Dallas Buyers Club, Wild and Big Little Lies director died late last year.‘Dune’ Production Designer Patrice Vermette Pays Tribute To Late Jean-Marc Vallée In Oscar SpeechBack for an in-person festival up in the stunning Alberta mountains for the first time since 2019, Banff honored Netflix Global TV boss Bela Bajaria with the Rockies’ Impact Award and Vivica A.
Fox with the 2022 Inclusion Award. See the full list of awards given out on Tuesday and their category definitions below.Set and filmed in Comer and Graham’s hometown of Liverpool, Help sees the Killing Eve alum playing Sarah, a recently certified worker in a care home.
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