The Banff World Media Festival (formerly known as the Banff World Television Festival) is an international media event held in the

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at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel in Banff, Alberta, Canada. The festival is dedicated to world television and digital content and its creation and development, and is owned and operated by Brunico Communications. As well as honouring excellence in international television, professionals from around the world participate in seminars, master classes, and pitching opportunities. Film directors, screenwriters, and producers from PBS, BBC, NHK, Arte, Channel 4, ABC,

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, CBC, NFB, ICP (Israel Cable Programming), SBS, and many other broadcasters and production companies attend the annual event. The festival provides a global platform for industry members to discuss and debate, and explore current issues, challenges and trends.''ARTE Magazine'', Issue 39, 23 November 2006, p. 30.

Awards

The festival features an international program competition, the

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. Past winners include PBS for '' The Hobart Shakespeareans'' and '' No Direction Home: Bob Dylan'', ICP for ''

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'', BBC and HBO for ''The Children of Beslan'', NHK for ''Children Full of Life'', BBC and

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for '' Bleak House'', and Arte for '' Fellini: I'm a Born Liar''. The awards ceremony also bestows the Sir

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Comedy Award. Past recipients of the award include

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, Dame Edna, Bob Newhart,

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, Tracey Ullman, Kelsey Grammer,

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, Shane Smith, Brent Butt, and Suroosh Alvi. Jan Randall was music director and Composer for the awards from 1995 to 2007.

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* Festivals in Banff, Alberta Film festivals in Alberta Television festivals Web awards {{Alberta-stub

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