ACTF News
June 16th 2020
Share:

content

Hardball Wins BANFF Rockie Award

Australian comedy/drama Hardball has taken home the 2020 BANFF World Media Festival Rockie Award in the ‘Children and Youth: Fiction’ category.

Hardball was announced as a Rockie Award winner in an online awards ceremony held on June 15. This latest accolade rounds off a successful week, following the news of a prestigious Prix Jeunesse Award win last Friday.

Nominees from the Rockie Awards ‘Children and Youth: Fiction’ category included Hardball (Australia), Find Me In Paris (France, Germany, Italy, the USA) Hetty Feather (UK), The Athena (UK) and Young Nomads (Canada).

A BANFF Rockie Award win recognises excellence in global television and digital content. Winners are selected by an international industry jury of 150+ senior entertainment and media professionals. This year, the Jury made its way through 128 nominations from 35 different countries.

Hardball is a proven success on the national and international awards circuit. The series has now taken home a BANFF Rockie, Prix Jeunesse and CICFF award and has been shortlisted for an AACTA, ATOM and SPA Award. It has also reached more than a million plays on ABC’s VOD platform iView.

The ACTF congratulates the producers, ABC ME, and the cast and crew of this fantastic program.

Watch the stream of the BANFF Rockie Awards ceremony here.  

 

Hardball is a Northern Pictures production for the ABC, with investment from Screen Australia in association with the ABC. Financed with support from the ACTF and Create NSW. The ACTF distributes Hardball internationally.

See also:

March 28th 2024

Exciting new additions to the Kangaroo Beach cast

Deborah Mailman and Mark Trevorrow have joined the voice cast for the new season of Kangaroo Beach, currently in production.

March 28th 2024

Crazy Fun Park up for a BANFF Rockie Award

The comedy-horror series Crazy Fun Park has been named Children’s Production of the Year at the SPA Awards and selected as a finalist at the Rockie Awards.

March 28th 2024

Windcatcher inspires at Australian Parliament House

The cinema at Australian Parliament House was filled with laughter at a special advance screening of the new family film Windcatcher, hosted by The Minister for the Arts, the Hon. Tony Burke and ACTF Chair Helen Silver.

March 28th 2024

Watch Windcatcher with your family this Easter

The heartwarming family feature film Windcatcher, starring singer, songwriter and actress Jessica Mauboy and introducing talented newcomer Lennox Monaghan, is now available to stream on Stan.

February 26th 2024

Screen stories for International Women’s Day

Every year on 8 March, International Women’s Day is celebrated around the world. These screen stories about change-making Australian girls and women will help teachers explore this year’s theme: Inspire Inclusion.

Search ACTF

No results