2020 INTERNATIONAL EMMY® AWARDS NOMINEES SPAN 20 COUNTRIES
New York, September 24, 2020 – Nominations for the 2020 International Emmy® Awards were announced today by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. There are 44 Nominees across 11 categories and 20 countries. The full list of Nominees follows this release. All these programs were broadcast between January 1 and December 31, 2019; in accordance with the competition’s eligibility period.
“Congratulations to all the Nominees! – we are especially proud to recognize and honor the world’s best storytellers, producers and performers,” said Bruce L. Paisner, President & CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. “At a time of crisis where most of us have to stay home most of the time, television entertains us and provides a window on our world.”
Nominees come from: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, the United Kingdom & the United States.
All nominated program trailers and exclusive Nominee interviews will be featured online during the International Emmy World Television Festival from November 13 to 23 on the International Academy’s website www.iemmys.tv.
Winners will be announced at a Ceremony produced from New York City, on Monday, November 23, 2020, details of which will be announced in October.
This year’s Gala partners are: Phoenix Satellite Television, TV Globo, Portable.TV, Ay Yapim, Ernst & Young, Miptv, Sofitel Hotel NY and Variety.
International Emmy World Television Festival partners are: Frame.io, Buena Vista Original Productions, JCS International, HBO, Natpe, Film and Media NRW, FKKS and Discop.
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2020 International Emmy® Awards Nominees
Arts Programming
NHK
Japan
Refavela 40
HBO Brasil / Conspiração
Brazil
Vertige de la Chute (Ressaca)
Babel Doc / France Televisions
France
Why do we Dance?
Sky Arts Production Hub
United Kingdom
Best Performance by an Actor
Billy Barratt in Responsible Child
Kudos / 72 films
United Kingdom
Guido Caprino in 1994
Sky / Wildside / Beta Film
Italy
Raphael Logam in Impuros (Impure) – Season 2
The Walt Disney Company / Barry Company
Brazil
Arjun Mathur in Made in Heaven
Excel Media & Entertainment LLP / Tiger Baby Productions
India
Best Performance by an Actress
Emma Bading in Play
Sappralot Productions / Tellux Next / BR / ARD Degeto
Germany
Andrea Beltrão in Hebe
Globo / 20th Century Fox Brazil / Hebe Forever / Labrador Filmes / Loma Filmes / Warner Bros
Brazil
Glenda Jackson in Elizabeth is Missing
STV Productions
United Kingdom
Yeo Yann Yann in Invisible Stories
HBO Asia / Birdmandog
Singapore
Comedy
Back to Life
SHOWTIME Presents / Two Brothers Pictures Ltd.
United Kingdom
Fifty
EndemolShine Israel
Israel
Four More Shots Please
Pritish Nandy Communications Limited
India
Ninguém tá Olhando (Nobody’s Looking)
Gullane Entertainment / Netflix
Brazil
Documentary
El Testigo (The Witness)
Caracol Television
Colombia
For Sama
Channel 4 News / ITN Productions / PBS Frontline
United Kingdom
Granni-E-minem
Korean Broadcasting System
South Korea
Terug naar Rwanda (Back to Rwanda)
De Chinezen / VRT
Belgium
Drama Series
Charité 2- Season 2
UFA FICTION GmbH
Germany
Criminal UK
Idiotlamp Productions / Netflix
United Kingdom
Delhi Crime
Ivanhoe Pictures / Golden Karavan / Poor Man’s Productions / Netflix
India
El Jardín de Bronce (The Bronze Garden) – Season 2
HBO Latin America Originals / Pol-ka
Argentina
Non-English Language U.S. Primetime Program
20th Annual Latin GRAMMY® Awards
Univision / The Latin Recording Academy
USA
La Reina del Sur – Season 2
Telemundo Global Studios / Netflix / AG Studios Colombia / Diagonal TV / Argos
USA
No te Puedes Esconder
Telemundo Global Studios / Netflix
USA
Preso No.1
Telemundo Global Studios / Keshet
USA
Non-Scripted Entertainment
Canta Comigo
Rádio e Televisão Record S.A. / Endemol Shine
Brazil
Folkeopplysningen (The Public Enlightenment)
Teddy TV
Norway
MasterChef Thailand – Season 3
Heliconia H Group Company Limited
Thailand
Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds
Endemol Shine Australia
Australia
Short-Form Series
Content
Ludo Studio
Australia
Bionaut / MALL.TV / cz.nic
Czech Republic
Mil Manos por Argentina (One Thousand Hands for Argentina)
Storylab / Atomic Lab / Flow
Argentina
People Like Us – Season 2
Action for AIDS Singapore / Cheo Pictures / Pilgrim Pictures
Singapore
Telenovela
Chen Xi Yuan (Love And Destiny)
Gcoo Entertainment Co. Ltd. / iQIYI
China
Na Corda Bamba (On Thin Ice)
Plural Entertainment Portugal
Portugal
Órfãos da Terra (Orphans of a Nation)
Globo
Brazil
Pequeña Victoria (Victoria Small)
Viacom International Studios / Oficina Burman
Argentina
TV Movie / Mini-Series
L’Effondrement (The Collapse)
ET BIM / STUDIO+ / CANAL+
France
Elis – Viver é Melhor que Sonhar
Globo / Globo Filmes / Bravura Cinematografica / Academia de Filmes
Brazil
The Festival of the Little Gods
Tohoku Broadcasting
Japan
Responsible Child
Kudos / 72 films
United Kingdom
2020 Semi-Final Judging Hosts were:
activeTV Asia, Michael McKay – Singapore, Singapore; Apple Tree Productions, Piv Bernth – Copenhagen, Denmark; Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Michael Carrington – Sydney, Australia; Bang Media/Millenasia, Keiko Bang –Mumbai, India; Broadview TV, Leopold Hoesch – Cologne, Germany; Buena Vista Originals, Mariana Perez – Buenos Aires, Argentina; CTC Media, Vyacheslav Murugov – Moscow, Russia; Cyber Group Studios, Pierre Sissmann – Paris, France; Eccho Rights, Fredrik af Malmborg – Stockholm, Sweden; Endemol Shine Boomdog, Alejandro Rincὸn – Mexico City, Mexico; Fremantle, Sheila Hall Aguirre – Miami, USA; Globo TV, Carlos Schroder – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; HBO Latin America, Flavia Vigio – Miami, USA; Helion Pictures, Steven Bawol – Paris, France; Huace Croton Media, Fang Ying – Zhejiang, China; IMZ, Franz Patay – Vienna, Austria; Inside Content, Geraldine Gonard – Pamplona, Spain; KBS (Korea Broadcasting Company), Sung-dong Yang – Seoul, South Korea; Mesimvria, George Xinaris – Nicosia, Cyprus; Monday Production, Lasse Hallberg – Oslo, Norway; NBCUniversal International Networks, Marcello Coltro – Miami, USA; Sato Company, Nelson Sato – Sao Paolo, Brazil; Sonae FS, Andre Sampaio – Lisbon, Portugal; Star Media, Vlad Ryashyn – Moscow, Russia; Stripe Studios, Alex Breingan – Auckland, New Zealand; Telemundo, Marcos Santana – Miami, USA.
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 MIP 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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