39TH INTERNATIONAL EMMY® AWARDS NOMINEES ANNOUNCED
NOMINATIONS SPAN A RECORD 20 COUNTRIES
Cannes/MIPCOM, October 3, 2011: Nominations for the 39th International Emmy® Awards were announced today by The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences at a Press Conference at Mipcom. There are 40 nominees in 10 categories. The full list of Nominees follows this release. Winners will be announced at a Black-Tie Ceremony on November 21, 2011 at the Hilton New York Hotel.
Nominations span a record 20 countries: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, France, Germany, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, The Philippines, and The United Kingdom, The competition has three rounds of judging over a period of 6 months, with participation from over 800 judges in 67 different countries.
“The International Emmy® Awards is a tough competition with over 1000 entries from 61 countries, this year.” said Bruce L. Paisner, President & CEO of The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. “The number and range of countries represented by this year’s nominees is astonishing and a testament to the growing strength and skill of television production around the world.”
In addition to the presentation of the International Emmy® Awards for programming and performances, The Academy will present two special awards. Veteran British producer Nigel Lythgoe, Co-creator and Executive Producer of So You Think You Can Dance & Executive Producer of American Idol, is set to receive the 2011 International Emmy® Founders Award. Subhash Chandra, Chairman Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd, will receive the 2011 International Emmy® Directorate Award.
Press interested in covering the awards gala in New York, please download a credential request form here.
2011 Semi-Final Judging Hosts are: Nashwa Al Ruwaini, Pyramedia (Abu Dhabi, UAE); Steven Bawol, Helion Pictures (Paris, France); Piv Bernth, Danish Broadcasting Corporation (Copenhagen, Denmark); Friedhelm Bixschlag, Magic Media Company (Cologne, Germany); Bill Dunlop, Eurovision Americas (Washington, D.C., USA); Talal Fattal, Metro TV (Accra, Ghana); Paul Field, The Wiggles (Sydney, Australia);Octavio Florisbal, TV Globo (New York, USA & Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); Tony Forrest, The Movie Network (Sydney, Australia); Gregoire Furrer, Gregoire Furrer Productions (Montreux, Switzerland);Leopold Hoesch, Broadview TV GmbH (Cologne, Germany); In-Kyu Kim, KBS (Seoul, South Korea); Charles Lei, Yingzhanwang (Beijing, China); Alexander Marin, Sony Pictures Television Latin America (Bogota, Colombia & Santa Fe, Mexico); Emeka Mba, National Film and Video Censors Board (Abuja, Nigeria); Javad Mottaghi, ABU-AIBD (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia); Miguel Oliva, HBO Latin America Group (Miami, USA); Franz Patay & Chris Hunt, IMZ – International Music & Media Centre (Vienna, Austria); Catherine Payne, Endemol Worldwide Distribution (London, UK); Melvin Perez, MGM Latin America (Mexico City, Mexico); Remy Pflimlin & Nicole Devilaine, France Televisions (New York, USA); Pierre Sissmann, Cybergroup (Paris, France); Michael Smeaton, FFP New Media GmbH (Cologne, Germany.)
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At Mipcom the International Emmy® Awards are located on stand 26.09
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.
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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
Engrenages (Spiral)
Son et Lumiere / CANAL+
France
Sakanoue no Kumo (Cloud Above the Slope)
NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
Japan
Sherlock
Hartswood Films / BBC Wales
United Kingdom
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