Albertan expertise at producing TV movies and miniseries was recognized with major wins at the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday night, with Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee winning for best MOW and Broken Trail for best mini.

Bury My Heart, starring Aidan Quinn and Canucks Adam Beach and Anna Paquin in a tale about the plight of American Indians in the face of U.S. encroachment, added to the five awards it took home at the Creative Arts Emmys on Sept. 8. The production shot in and around Calgary.

Broken Trail, another Alberta-shot Western, involving Calgary’s Nomadic Pictures, also took home acting prizes for Robert Duvall and Thomas Haden Church, adding to an earlier casting prize. The mini tells the story of cowboys who take care of abandoned and abused Chinese girls while trying to deliver a herd of horses. Four years ago, Duvall spoke of his preference to not work in Canada, due to what he perceived to be an inferior acting pool.

Other Canadian winners at the Creative Arts awards included Xenophile Media, which, together with ABC Family and Double Twenty, took home the prize for best interactive TV for the Fallen Alternate Reality Game, and Vancouver post shop Atmosphere Visual Effects, which won for its FX work on the Battlestar Galactica series.

Meanwhile, the series The Tudors, produced by Peace Arch Entertainment and TM Productions in association with the CBC and Showtime Networks, won awards for outstanding costumes and movie title theme music. The series goes to air on the Ceeb this fall.

The Emmy gala took place at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, and aired locally on CTV.