The 29th edition of the Banff World Television Festival will take place 8-11 June 2008 at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel and Conference Centre. They’ve issued a call for entries for their 2008 Banff World Television Awards. New program categories at this year’s Rockie Awards include Environmental Programs and Social & Humanitarian Programs to address the larger social and humanitarian issues in the world today. All categories have updated to reflect changes in international television programming.

Rockies will be awarded in 22 categories for BEST OF CATEGORY by Selection Juries from around the world. In addition to the two Special Jury Prizes and the Grand Prize, four new prizes will be awarded by the International Grand Jury. The four new prizes are Best Documentary; Best Drama; Best Entertainment Program; and Best Feature Length Documentary.

Early Bird entry is 31 January 2008, and final deadline is 14 February. Only the latter date will be entered into the calender. Visit the site to learn more.