30th BANFF World Television Festival: ABS-CBN's LOBO wins Best Telenovela

The 30th BANFF World Television Festival was held in Toronto Canada. This is good news to all Filipinos, our very own teleserye LOBO was chosen as World’s Best Telenovela!

Here are the winners:

Animation Programs
I Met The Walrus
Entrant: Bravo!
Country: Canada

Arts & Performing Arts Documentaries
The Curse of the Mona Lisa
Entrant: Channel 4
Country: UK

Children’s Programs
Habib: The meaning of life/The ghost in the basement
Entrant: SVT- Sveriges Television
Country:Sweden

Comedy Programs
Beautiful People
Entrant: BBC
Country: UK

Continuing Series & Serial Programs
Lost: The Constant
Entrant: ABC Studios
Country: USA

Environmental Programs
Frontline: Heat
Entrant: PBS International
Country: USA

History & Biography Programs
Paris 1919
Entrant: National Film Board of Canada
Country: Canada

Investigative & Current Affairs Programs
Oil for Fraud
Entrant: Maha Productions
For: ARTE
Country: France

Lifestyle & Information Programs
Family Restaurant: The Quons (Be Bold)
Entrant: Anaid Productions Inc.
For: Food Network Canada
Country: Canada

Made for TV Movies
Entrant: ARTE France
Country: France

Mini-Series
John Adams
Entrant: Home Box Office (HBO)
Country: USA

Music or Variety Programs
Peter Kay’s Britain’s Got the Pop Factor
Entrant: Channel 4
Country: UK

Political Documentaries
Dispatches – Warlords Next Door?
Entrant: Channel 4
Country: UK

Popular Science & Technology Programs
Entrant: Clearwater Media
For: CBC Television and Aboriginal Peoples Television Network
Country:Canada

Reality Format Programs
Entrant: BBC
Country: UK

Social & Humanitarian Programs
The Qur’an
Entrant: Juniper Communications Ltd.
For: Channel 4
Country: UK

Sports Documentaries
Thriller in Manila
Entrant: Channel 4
Country: UK

Sports Entertainment Programs
CBC’s Hockey Day in Canada
Entrant: CBC Television
Country: Canada

Telenovela Programs -In partnership with Quebec Film & Television Council
The Wolf (Lobo)
Entrant: ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation
Country: Philippines

Wildlife & Natural History Programs
Titus: The Gorilla King
Entrant: Tigress Productions
For: BBC and WNET
Country: UK

Youth Programs
Battlefront
Entrant: Channel 4
Country: UK

Interactive Categories:
Immersive Entertainment
BITWORLD – Rescue Toya!
Entrant: NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corp.)
Country: Japan

Original Online Programs
Gaza-Sderot: life in spite of everything
Entrant: Bo Travail in association with Alma Films, Trabelsi Productions, Ramattan Studio, Upian.com
Country: France