JASON PRIESTLEY TO HOST 39TH INTERNATIONAL EMMY® AWARDS
PROGRAM REPLACES SHERLOCK WHICH WAS WITHDRAWN FROM COMPETITION
New York, October 7, 2011 – Following the announcement of the 2011 International Emmy Award Nominees on Monday, October 3rd at Mipcom, The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced today the nomination of Accused (RSJ Films for BBC One, UK) in the Drama category. Accused replaces Sherlock which was withdrawn from the 2011 International Emmy Awards competition due to a rules violation.
Sherlock had previously been entered by WGBH into the Primetime Emmy Awards in the United States, and according to both Academy’s rules, no program is allowed to be entered into two Emmy competitions in the same year.
The revised list of the 2011 International Emmy Award nominees for Drama is:
Accused
RSJ Films for BBC One
United Kingdom
Engrenage (Spiral)
Son et Lumiere/Canal +
France
Sakanoue no Kumo (Cloud Above the Slopes)
NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
Japan
Under the Law
TV Globo
Brazil
The full list of nominees follows this release.
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 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.
MEDIA CONTACTS
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Eva Obadia
Communications Director
Tel: (1) 212-489-6969
eva.obadia@iemmys.tv
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2011 INTERNATIONAL EMMY® AWARDS NOMINEES
ARTS PROGRAMMING
All My Life: Adoniran Barbosa
TV Globo
Brazil
Gareth Malone Goes to Glyndebourne
Twenty Twenty Television
United Kingdom
In der Werkstatt Beethovens – Die Neunte, Thielemann und die Wiener Philharmoniker
Unitel GmbH & Co. KG / ZDF / 3sat
Germany
Memories of Origin – Hiroshi Sugimoto the Contemporary Artist
Wowow Inc. / TV Man Union, Inc.
Japan
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR
Fábio Assunção in Songs of Betrayal
TV Globo
Brazil
Christopher Eccleston in Accused
RSJ Films for BBC One
United Kingdom
Jang Hyuk in The Slave Hunters
KBS (Korean Broadcasting System)
South Korea
Michael Nyqvist in Millenium
Yellow Bird / SVT / ZDF / Nordisk Film
Sweden
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS
Athena Chu Yan in A Wall-less World
Radio Television Hong Kong / Social Welfare Department
Hong Kong, China
Adriana Esteves in Songs of Betrayal
TV Globo
Brazil
Noomi Rapace in Millenium
Yellow Bird / SVT / ZDF / Nordisk Film
Sweden
Julie Walters in MO
ITV Studios for Channel 4
United Kingdom
CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE
Allein gegen die Zeit (13 hours – Race against time)
Norddeutscher Rundfunk / Askania Media / Bavaria Fernsehproduktion / Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk / Kinderkanal / Westdeutscher Rundfunk / Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg
Germany
¿Con Qué Sueñas? (What is your Dream?)
Mi Chica Producciones / CNTV / TVN
Chile
Dance Academy
Werner Film Productions / Australian Broadcasting Corporation / ZDF / ZDF Enterprises / Australian Children’s Television Foundation
Australia
Saladin
Multimedia Development Corporation / Al Jazeera Children’s Channel
Malaysia
COMEDY
Benidorm Bastards
Shelter / VMMA
Belgium
Breaking Up
TV Globo
Brazil
Facejacker
Hat Trick for Channel 4
United Kingdom
The Noose Season 3
MediaCorp TV Pte Ltd
Singapore
DOCUMENTARY
Confesiones de un Sicario
Turner Argentina / Anima Films
Argentina
Life with Murder
JS Kastner Producions / National Film Board of Canada
Canada
The Nonfiction: Family Meeting – 7 Years in the Tanaka Family
Fuji Television Network, Inc.
Japan
Wild Japan
Studio Hamburg DocLights Naturfilm / ORF / ARTE / National Geographic / Parthenon Entertainment
Germany
DRAMA
Accused
RSJ Films for BBC One
United Kingdom
Engrenages (Spiral)
Son et Lumiere / CANAL+
France
Sakanoue no Kumo (Cloud Above the Slope)
NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
Japan
Under the Law
TV Globo
Brazil
NON-SCRIPTED ENTERTAINMENT
La Expedicion – Mas alla de lo imposible
RM 5TO Elemento Mexico / Zodiak Entertainment Group / Fundacion Teleton Mexico
Mexico
El Hormiguero (The Anthill)
7 y accion
Spain
The Master Show
KBS (Korean Broadcasting System)
South Korea
The World’s Strictest Parents
Twenty Twenty Television
United Kingdom
TELENOVELA
Contra las Cuerdas
ON TV Llorente & Villarruel Contenidos SRL
Argentina
Destiny River
TV Globo
Brazil
Laços de Sangue (Blood Ties)
TV Globo / S.I.C. (Sociedade Independente de Comunicação) / SP Televisao
Portugal
Precious Hearts Romances presents: Impostor
ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation
The Philippines
TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
Millennium
Yellow Bird / SVT / ZDF / Nordisk Film
Sweden
MO
ITV Studios for Channel 4
United Kingdom
Operation Checkmate
TVE / Pentagrama Films / Paraiso Films / Caracol TV
Colombia
Shoe-Shine Boy
TV Tokyo Corporation / Toho. Co., Ltd.
Japan