2019 INTERNATIONAL EMMY® AWARDS NOMINEES SPAN 21 COUNTRIES
New York, September 19, 2019 – Nominations for the 2019 International Emmy® Awards were announced today by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. There are 44 Nominees across 11 categories and 21 countries. The full list of Nominees follows this release. Winners will be announced at a black-tie ceremony on November 25, 2019 at the Hilton New York Hotel.
Nominees come from: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Israel, the Netherlands, Portugal, Qatar, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, the United Kingdom & the United States.
“The diversity, geographic spread and quality of this year’s Nominees is a testament to the increasing wealth of outstanding television being created on a global scale.,” said Bruce L. Paisner, President and CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. “We congratulate the Nominees for their outstanding achievements and look forward to recognizing them at our International Emmy® Gala, in November, in New York.”
In addition to the presentation of the International Emmy® Awards for programming and performances, the Academy will present special awards to Christiane Amanpour, one of the world’s most preeminent broadcast journalists, currently Chief International Anchor for CNN and host of PBS’ nightly global affairs show Amanpour; and to Game of Thrones‘ Creators and Showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, who masterfully brought to the screen the epic world of George R.R. Martin’s best-selling fantasy novel series, A Song of Ice and Fire. Since its debut in 2011, Game of Thrones has been billed as one of the world’s most popular television series; airing in over 207 countries and territories.
This year’s Gala partners are: Phoenix Satellite Television, TV Globo, RT America, Ay Yapim, Ernst & Young, Deluxe, Miptv, Sofitel Hotels and Variety.
2019 International Emmy® Awards Nominees
Dance or Die
A Witfilm / NTR
Netherlands
John and Yoko: Above Us Only Sky
Eagle Rock Films
United Kingdom
Michel Legrand, Sans Demi-Mesure
(Michel Legrand, Let the Music Play)
Cinétévé / Arte
France
Ópera Aberta – Os Pescadores de Pérolas
HBO Latin America / O2 Filmes
Brazil
Best Performance by an Actor
Haluk Bilginer in Şahsiyet (Persona)
Ay Yapim
Turkey
Christopher Eccleston in Come Home
Red Production Company / BBC
United Kingdom
Raphael Logam in Impuros (Impure)
Fox Networks Group Latam-Brazil / Barry Company
Brazil
Jannis Niewöhner in Beat
Amazon Studios / Hellinger / Doll Filmproduktion / Warner Bros. Film Productions Germany / Pantaleon Films
Germany
Best Performance by an Actress
Radhika Apte in Lust Stories
Skywalk Films / Flying Unicorn Entertainment / RSVP / Netflix
India
Jenna Coleman in The Cry
Synchronicity Films / BBC One / ABC / Creative Scotland / December Media PTY Ltd / Film Victoria / Sunbird Media Ltd
United Kingdom
Marjorie Estiano in Sob Pressão (Under Pressure) – Season 2
Globo / O2 Filmes
Brazil
Marina Gera in Orok Tel
Szupermodern Studio / Gulag Memorial Committee
Hungary
Comedy
Especial de Natal Porta dos Fundos
(The Last Hangover)
Porta dos Fundos / Netflix
Brazil
FAM!
Oak 3 Films Pte Ltd
Singapore
Kupa Rashit
(Checkout!)
July August Productions
Israel
Workin’ Moms – Season 2
Wolf + Rabbit Entertainment / The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
Canada
Documentary
A Primeira Pedra
(The First Stone – The Rise of Lynching in Brazil)
Canal Futura / Couro de Rato
Brazil
Bellingcat – Truth in a Post-Truth World
Submarine / VPRO Television
Netherlands
Louis Theroux’s Altered States
BBC Studios
United Kingdom
Witness: India’s Forbidden Love
Al Jazeera English / Grain Media
Qatar
Drama Series
1 Contra Todos – Season 3
(One Against All)
Fox Networks Group LATAM-Brazil / Conspiração filmes
Brazil
Bad Banks
Letterbox Filmproduktion GmbH / Iris Productions S.A. / ZDF
Germany
McMafia
Cuba Pictures
United Kingdom
Sacred Games
Phantom Films / Netflix
India
Non-English Language U.S. Primetime Program
Al Otro Lado del Muro
Telemundo Global Studios
United States of America
El Recluso
Telemundo International Studios
United States of America
Falco
Spiral International / Red Arrow International / Dynamo
United States of America
Magnífica 70 – Season 3
HBO Latin America / Conspiração Filmes
United States of America
Non-Scripted Entertainment
La Voz – Season 2
(The Voice)
Telefe
Argentina
Taboe
(Taboo)
Panenka
Belgium
The Remix – India
Greymatter Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
India
The Real Full Monty: Ladies Night
Spun Gold TV
United Kingdom
Short-Form Series
dxyz
72Seconds
South Korea
Hack The City
Fox Lab Brazil / Yourmama
Brazil
Luottomies – Season 2
(Wingman)
Yle
Finland
Wrong Kind of Black
Princess Pictures
Australia
Telenovela
100 Dias Para Enamorarse
(100 Days to Fall in Love)
Telefe / Underground
Argentina
La Reina del Flow
(The Queen of Flow)
Sony Pictures Television / Teleset / Netflix / Caracol TV
Colombia
The River
Tshedza Pictures
South Africa
Vidas Opostas
(Tangled Lives)
SP Televisão / SIC
Portugal
TV Movie / Mini-Series
Se Eu Fechar Os Olhos Agora
(If I Close My Eyes Now)
Globo
Brazil
Lust Stories
Skywalk Films / Flying Unicorn Entertainment / RSVP / Netflix
India
Safe Harbour
Matchbox Pictures
Australia
Trezor
Szupermodern Studio
Hungary
2019 Semi-Final Judging Hosts were: A+E Networks Latin America, Cesar Sabroso – Miami, USA; activeTV Asia, Michael McKay – Singapore, Singapore; Apple Tree Productions, Piv Bernth – Cologne, Germany; Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Michael Carrington – Sydney, Australia; Breaker (formerly SingularDTV), Kim Jackson – New York, USA; Broadview TV, Leopold Hoesch – Cologne, Germany; CBC Radio-Canada, Catherine Tait – Toronto, Canada; Cisneros Media, Jonathan Blum – Miami, USA; Croton Media, Fang Ying – Shanghai, PR China; CTC Media, Vyacheslav Murugov – St. Petersburg, Russia; Cyber Group Studios, Pierre Sissmann – Paris, France; Eurovision Americas, Bill Dunlop – Washington D.C., USA; Fremantle, Sheila Hall Aguirre – Miami, USA; FFP New Media, Michael Smeaton – Berlin, Germany; Buena Vista Originals, Mariana Perez – Buenos Aires, Argentina; Globo TV, Carlos Schroder – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Lisbon, Portugal; Graf Filmproduktion, Klaus Graf – Berlin, Germany; HBO Latin America, Flavia Vigio – Sao Paolo, Brazil; Helion Pictures, Steven Bawol – Oslo, Norway; KBS (Korea Broadcasting Company), Sung-dong Yang – Seoul, South Korea; LIC China, Leland Ling – Beijing, PR China; Monday Production, Lasse Hallberg – Oslo, Norway; NBCUniversal International Networks, Marcello Coltro – Buenos Aires, Argentina; NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation), Ryoichi Ueda – Tokyo, Japan; Riki Group, Diana Yurinova – New York, USA; ORF Enterprise, Beatrice Cox-Riesenfelder – Vienna, Austria; Pyramedia, Nashwa Al Ruwaini – Abu Dhabi, UAE; Sonae FS. André Sampaio – Lisbon, Portugal, and Azores, Portugal; Star Media, Vlad Ryashin – Moscow, Russia; Telemundo, Marcos Santana – Miami, USA; TV France International, Hervé Michel – Biarritz, France; Ziegler Film, Regina and Tanja Ziegler – Berlin, Germany.
About The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership-based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 60 countries and 500 companies from all sectors of television including internet, mobile and technology. The Academy’s yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy® Awards held in New York, The International Emmy® Kids Awards at MIPTV and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy® World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics. The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences recognizes excellence in television produced outside of the United States, as well as US Primetime programs produced in languages other than English, with the prestigious Emmy® Award. Currently celebrating programming across varied areas including: Arts Programming, Current Affairs, Comedy, Documentary, Drama Series, News, Non-Scripted Entertainment, Short-Form Series; Telenovela, and TV Movie/Mini-Series, it also recognizes excellence in Performances and Kids programming. For more information, go to www.iemmys.tv
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