PRESS COVERAGE
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PRESS CLIPPINGS
PRESS RELEASES
2022 Press Releases
- Banff World Media Festival names Lionsgate's Kevin Beggs as Board Chair
- BANFF announces first keynotes, plans for in-person 2022 event
- BANFF’s Rockie Awards International Program Competition announces 2022 Grand Jury
- Netflix’s Bela Bajaria & Participant’s David Linde join BANFF’s Summit Series lineup
- Banff World Media Festival announces first in-person Indigenous Screen Summit
- BANFF’s 2022 Rockie Awards International Program Competition nominees announced
- Banff World Media Festival unveils exciting roster of high-profile Master Classes
- BANFF unveils 2022 Rockie Awards Gala recipients
2021 Press Releases
- Banff Spark issues special industry report: The Next Normal
- 2021 Rockie Awards International Program Competition Winners Announced
- The BANFF World Media Festival adds three accomplished executives to its board of directors
- BANFF World Media Festival announces first International Indigenous Screen Industry Summit
- Announcing the 2021 Rockie Award Gala Recipients
- Announcing the 2021 Netflix-BANFF Diversity of Voices Initiative participants
- CEO of The SpringHill Company and media innovator Maverick Carter to Keynote at BANFF 2021
- Minister of Canadian Heritage Steven Guilbeault to Keynote at BANFF 2021
- Announcing the 2021 Rockie Awards International Program Competition Nominees
- Exclusive ‘In Conversation With’ Channing Dungey, Greg Berlanti and Kaley Cuoco
- Marvel’s Kevin Feige and award-winning director Kari Skogland join BANFF lineup
- Ted Sarandos to keynote at the Banff World Media Festival 2021 Virtual Edition
- CRTC Chairperson and CEO Ian Scott to give keynote at BANFF 2021
- Banff World Media Festival Announces 2021 Virtual Edition From June 14th – July 16
- 2021 Diversity Of Voices Call for Applications
2020 Press Releases
- Banff Spark Accelerator for Women in the Business of Media Is Announcing a New Partnership With strategy
- 2020 Rockie Awards International Program Competition Winners Announced
- 2020 Diversity Of Voices Participants
- Le Nom Des Participants À L’initiative Diversité Des Voix 2020
- BANFF DAY June 16th to open with keynote from Minister of Canadian Heritage Steven Guilbeault
- Banff Rockies Awards 2020
- BANFF Spark announces 2nd cohort, Super Channel joins initiative as Founding Industry Partner
- Banff World Media Festival Announces 2020 Virtual Edition
- News prior to in-person festival cancellation due to COVID-19
- 2020 Rockie Awards International Program Competition Nominees Announced
- Advisory: The 2020 festival has been cancelled due to COVID-19. Please click here for more infomation
- Media mogul Mo Abudu joins Summit series keynote lineup at the Banff World Media Festival
- Minister of Canadian Heritage Steven Guilbeault to give the opening keynote at BANFF, June 14-17, 2020
- Ted Sarandos to keynote as part of the Banff World Media Festival's Summit Series
- BANFF Announces Inaugural Participants of BANFF Spark Accelerator
2019 Press Releases
- 2019 BANFF World Media Festival - Media Advisory
- BANFF World Media Festival announces Rockie Awards Hosts and Gala Award Recipients
- BANFF announces an exclusive In Conversation session with Bill Hader and Amy Gravitt
- Bodyguard, Line of Duty showrunner Jed Mercurio to speak at BANFF 2019
- BANFF 2019: Master Class, Surviving R. Kelly
- Paul Feig and Sarah Barnett to keynote BANFF's Summit Series
- 2019 Rockie Awards International Program Competition Nominees Announced
- Paula Kerger to keynote BANFF's Summit Series
- Jeffrey Katzenberg to keynote BANFF's Summit Series
- Randy Lennox named Banff World Media Festival Chair of the Board
- BANFF World Media Festival Announces New Executive Director
- NETFLIX-BANFF Diversity of Voices (ENG)
- NETFLIX-BANFF Diversity of Voices (FR)
2021 Press Releases
- Banff Spark issues special industry report: The Next Normal
- 2021 Rockie Awards International Program Competition Winners Announced
- The BANFF World Media Festival adds three accomplished executives to its board of directors
- BANFF World Media Festival announces first International Indigenous Screen Industry Summit
- Announcing the 2021 Rockie Award Gala Recipients
- Announcing the 2021 Netflix-BANFF Diversity of Voices Initiative participants
- CEO of The SpringHill Company and media innovator Maverick Carter to Keynote at BANFF 2021
- Minister of Canadian Heritage Steven Guilbeault to Keynote at BANFF 2021
- Announcing the 2021 Rockie Awards International Program Competition Nominees
- Exclusive ‘In Conversation With’ Channing Dungey, Greg Berlanti and Kaley Cuoco
- Marvel’s Kevin Feige and award-winning director Kari Skogland join BANFF lineup
- Ted Sarandos to keynote at the Banff World Media Festival 2021 Virtual Edition
- CRTC Chairperson and CEO Ian Scott to give keynote at BANFF 2021
- Banff World Media Festival Announces 2021 Virtual Edition From June 14th – July 16
- 2021 Diversity Of Voices Call for Applications
2020 Press Releases
- Banff Spark Accelerator for Women in the Business of Media Is Announcing a New Partnership With strategy
- 2020 Rockie Awards International Program Competition Winners Announced
- 2020 Diversity Of Voices Participants
- Le Nom Des Participants À L’initiative Diversité Des Voix 2020
- BANFF DAY June 16th to open with keynote from Minister of Canadian Heritage Steven Guilbeault
- Banff Rockies Awards 2020
- BANFF Spark announces 2nd cohort, Super Channel joins initiative as Founding Industry Partner
- Banff World Media Festival Announces 2020 Virtual Edition
- News prior to in-person festival cancellation due to COVID-19
- 2020 Rockie Awards International Program Competition Nominees Announced
- Advisory: The 2020 festival has been cancelled due to COVID-19. Please click here for more infomation
- Media mogul Mo Abudu joins Summit series keynote lineup at the Banff World Media Festival
- Minister of Canadian Heritage Steven Guilbeault to give the opening keynote at BANFF, June 14-17, 2020
- Ted Sarandos to keynote as part of the Banff World Media Festival's Summit Series
- BANFF Announces Inaugural Participants of BANFF Spark Accelerator
2019 Press Releases
- 2019 BANFF World Media Festival - Media Advisory
- BANFF World Media Festival announces Rockie Awards Hosts and Gala Award Recipients
- BANFF announces an exclusive In Conversation session with Bill Hader and Amy Gravitt
- Bodyguard, Line of Duty showrunner Jed Mercurio to speak at BANFF 2019
- BANFF 2019: Master Class, Surviving R. Kelly
- Paul Feig and Sarah Barnett to keynote BANFF's Summit Series
- 2019 Rockie Awards International Program Competition Nominees Announced
- Paula Kerger to keynote BANFF's Summit Series
- Jeffrey Katzenberg to keynote BANFF's Summit Series
- Randy Lennox named Banff World Media Festival Chair of the Board
- BANFF World Media Festival Announces New Executive Director
- NETFLIX-BANFF Diversity of Voices (ENG)
- NETFLIX-BANFF Diversity of Voices (FR)
Probably one of the most beautiful conferences I have ever attended.
– Kristen Del Pero, VP of scripted programming, NBCUniversal
– Kristen Del Pero, VP of scripted programming, NBCUniversal
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