“The Pitt,” “The Simpsons,” “The Chair Company” and “Mountainhead” were among the big winners as the Banff World Media Festival announced winners on Tuesday for the 2026 Rockie Awards International Program Competition. Hosted by Allana Harkin (“Full Frontal With Samantha Bee”), the event took place at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel in Banff, Alberta, Canada, at the same time as the Banff Gala Awards.
The Rockie Awards this year featured 151 nominees from 21 countries across 29 categories, while the Banff Gala Awards recognizes top creative talent and executives — which this year included Jason Priestley (Canadian Award of Distinction), Tantoo Cardinal (Career Achievement Award), Mae Martin (Creative Voice Award) and Ken Jeong (Sir Peter Ustinov Award). Also, Spain was named this year’s Country of Honor.
New categories focused on outstanding drama and comedy performances. For drama, that included winner Malin Åkerman (“The Hunting Wives”), as well as Jacob Elordi (“The Narrow Road to the Deep North”), James Nelson-Joyce (“This City is Ours”), Narges Rashidi (“Prisoner 951”) and Amanda Seyfried (“Long Bright River”).
And in comedy, that included Mawaan Rizwan (“Juice”), Timothy Spall (“Death Valley”), and Nabhaan Rizwan, Suranne Jones and winner Aimee Lou Wood, all from “Film Club.”
