FIRST INTERNATIONAL EMMY® KIDS AWARDS NOMINEES ANNOUNCED

WINNERS TO RECEIVE AWARDS ON FEBRUARY 8, 2013 IN NEW YORK CITY

Cannes/MIPCOM, October 8, 2012 – Nominations for the first International Emmy Kids Awards were announced today by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences at a Press Conference at Mipcom. There are 24 nominees in 6 categories. The full list of Nominees follows this release. Winners will receive their Emmys at the inaugural International Emmy Kids Awards, on February 8, 2013 in New York City.

 

Nominations span 13 countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, The Netherlands and The United Kingdom. The 2012 International Emmy competitions have three rounds of judging over a period of 6 months, with participation from jurors across 67 countries.

“One of the great success stories of international television in the last few years has been the explosion of high quality children’s programming around the globe.” said Bruce L. Paisner, President & CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. “In recognition of this, the International Academy is pleased to have created these new awards and we look forward to the first International Emmy Kids Awards ceremony, in February 2013.”

The International Emmy Kids Awards presenting partners are: Shaw Rocket Fund, Hasbro Studios, SVT/DRTV, TV Kids and Ernst & Young. The ceremony will take place at The Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers.

Cloudbread

KBS / GIMC

South Korea

 

El Jardin de Clarilu

The Walt Disney Company Latin America / Triada / Metrovisión

Argentina

 

Leserkorpset (The Reading Band)

NRK

Norway

Octonauts

BBC Childrens / Silvergate Media / Brown Bag Films / CBeebies

UK

Kids: Animation

 

The Amazing World of Gumball

Turner Broadcasting

UK

Ask Lara

Tomavistas / Televisió de Catalunya /

Red Kite Animations / Submarine

Spain

 

Digimon Xros Wars – The Young Hunters Who Leapt Through Time

Toei Animation / TV Asahi

Japan

 

The Jungle Bunch

TAT productions / Master Films / Vanilla Seed

France

Kids: Factual

 

Christmas Special: The Dreaming Orchestra’s 180 Days

KBS

South Korea

Coming Out

NPO / Sky High TV

The Netherlands

Mentira la Verdad (Truth Lies)

Mulata Films / Canal Encuentro

Argentina

Newsround – My Autism and Me

BBC Childrens / CBBC

UK

Kids: Non-Scripted Entertainment

Art Attack

Walt Disney Company Latin America

Brazil

Energy Survival

Fabelaktiv / Enova / NRK / Film 3

Norway

In Real Life

Apartment 11 Productions / YTV

Canada

 

Wittaya Subprayuth

Workpoint Entertainment / Royal Thai Army Radio and Television / Channel 5

Thailand

Kids: Series

Julie and the Phantoms

Mixer / TV Bandeirantes / Nickelodeon

Brazil

Junior High School Diaries

NHK

Japan

SLiDE

Hoodlum / Playmaker Media / Fox 8 / Foxtel

Australia

 

Stikk (Leave Me Alone)

Nordisk Film TV / NRK / SVT / DR / RUV

Norway

Kids: TV Movie/Mini-Series

Fairy Tales on TV

EBS

South Korea

Lost Christmas

Impact Film & Television Ltd / BBC / Hyde Park Imagenation / Ketchup Entertainment

UK

The Star Talers

Südwestrundfunk / Bavaria Filmverleih und Produktions GmbH

Germany

The Strongest Man in Holland

NPO / NL Film & TV

The Netherlands

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 50 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 Ceremony held in New York, The International Digital Emmy® 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 Academy was chartered with a mission to recognize excellence in television produced outside of the United States and it presents The International Emmy® Awards in the following fifteen categories: Arts Programming; Best Performance by an Actress; Best Performance by an Actor; Current Affairs; Children & Young People; Comedy; Digital Program: Children & Young People; Digital Program: Fiction; Digital Program: Non-Fiction; Documentary; Drama Series; News; Non-Scripted Entertainment; Telenovela; TV Movie/Mini-Series.  For more information go to  www.iemmys.tv.