• Comedy Masterclass focused on the runaway hit series GIRLS featuring HBO’s President of Programming Casey Bloys and GIRLS Executive Producer Jenni Konner.
• HBO Films Masterclass featuring Emmy Award winning Director, Writer and Producer Jay Roach (All the Way, Game Change,Recount) and Len Amato, President, HBO Films.
• HBO International Global Heads featuring Roberto Rios, Corporate VP, Original Production, HBO Latin America and Antony Root, EVP Original Programming and Production, HBO Europe.
• Limited Series Masterclass featuring Academy Award winning Producer, Writer and Director Steve Zaillian (Schindler’s List,Awakenings, Moneyball) and Kary Antholis, President, HBO Miniseries & Cinemax Programming

BANFF takes place June 12-15 at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel. HBO is headlining the event as part of BANFF’s prestigious Company of Distinction Program.  As previously announced, Chairman and CEO Richard Plepler will give the Company of Distinction Keynote on Tuesday, June 14, 2024.  Plepler will be interviewed by Canada’s own Ben Mulroney, host of CTV’s Etalk.

HBO is the innovative, premium television programming subsidiary of Time Warner Inc. providing two television services, HBO and Cinemax, to approximately 131 million subscribers globally.  HBO also launched in the U.S. last year the standalone streaming service HBO NOW for broadband-only consumers wanting access to HBO programming. HBO and Cinemax programming is sold to over 150 countries globally. In Canada, Bell Media delivers current-season, past-season, and library HBO programming exclusively on its pay television networks HBO Canada and Super Écran, and leading video-streaming platform CraveTV. Bell Media and HBO are also partners in an original production development program, with the goal of co-producing premium, made-in-Canada content for the world stage. Bell Media is a proud Grand Patron of the Banff World Media Festival.