2020 INTERNATIONAL EMMY® WINNERS ANNOUNCED LIVE AT CEREMONY HELD FROM NEW YORK CITY

Actors Glenda Jackson & 13 Year Old Billy Barratt Win Best Performance Categories  
 
Drama Series Delhi Crime Wins First Ever Emmy® for an Indian Program 
 
 La Reina del Sur – Season 2 and 20th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards®, Tie for a Win in Non-English Language U.S. Primetime Program Category  
 
 
 

New York, November 23, 2020 – The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the winners of the 48th International Emmy® Awards today during a live ceremony hosted by actor Richard Kind in New York City.  

“Once again, the International Emmy winners demonstrate the universal power of great television, which brings us together and breaks down cultural boundaries and pandemic induced limitations,” said International Academy President & CEO, Bruce Paisner. “Although we miss our annual Gala in New York, we are proud to bring these programs and performances to our global stage, and we congratulate the winners on their outstanding achievement.” 
 
The International Academy presented 1 Special Award and 12 Emmys across 11 categories, due to a tie in the Non-English Language U.S. Primetime category. 
 
 
The cast of presenters included a mix of New York based and international actors and on-air talent. The New York based cast included: Kelsey Asbille (Fargo, Yellowstone), Paul Blackthorne (Arrow), Tituss Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), Tim Daly (Madam Secretary), Naturi Naughton (Power), Tom Payne (Prodigal Son, The Walking Dead), Nico Tortorella (Younger, The Walking Dead: The World Beyond) Indira Varma (For Life, Game of Thrones). The international cast included: Haluk Bilginer from Istanbul, Turkey (2019 International Emmy® Winner and star of Ay Yapim’s Persona), Caroline Peters from Cologne NRW, Germany (Actress and Writer), Caua Reymond from Rio, Brazil (star of Globo’s Iron Island), Miguel Angel Silvestre from Madrid, Spain (HBO’s 30 Coins) and Fu Xiaotian from Hong Kong, PR China, (Host of Phoenix’s Talk with World Leaders). 
 
13-year-old Billy Barratt accepted the Emmy for Best Performance by an Actor for his role as Ray in Responsible Child. He is the youngest actor ever nominated and winning in this category. 
 
Glenda Jackson won the Emmy for Best Performance by an Actress for her role as Maud in Elizabeth is Missing. 
 
Drama Series Delhi Crime garnered the first ever Emmy for a program from India. 
 
The 12 winning International Emmy programs and performances span 7 countries: Australia, Brazil, Czech Republic, France, India, the UK and the US. They are: Vertige de la Chute (Ressaca) – Arts Programming, Billy Barratt – Best Performance by an Actor, Glenda Jackson – Best Performance by an Actress, Ninguém Tá Olhando (Nobody’s Looking) – Comedy, For Sama – Documentary, Delhi Crime – Drama Series, La Reina del Sur – Season 2 – Non-English Language U.S. Primetime Program, 20th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards® – Non-English Language U.S. Primetime Program, Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds – Non-Scripted Entertainment, #martyisdead – Short-Form Series, Órfãos Da Terra (Orphans of a Nation) – Telenovela, and Responsible Child – TV Movie/Mini-Series. Complete winners’ information follows this release.

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2020 International Emmy® Awards Winners 

 

 

Arts Programming

Vertige de la Chute (Ressaca) 

Babel Doc / France Televisions / Cafeína Produções
France 
Brazil’s National Ballet was fighting for its survival. The State of Rio was bankrupt, and dancers were no longer paid. Artists joined the resistance, declaring when there is no more bread and no more culture, there would be chaos. Our art is our weapon and we’re going to use it.


Best Performance by an Actor

Billy Barratt in Responsible Child 
Kudos / 72 Films / BBC Two
United Kingdom
Based on a true story, Responsible Child follows Ray, a 12 year old boy who finds himself standing trial for murder. Told in two time frames, it follows his journey through the legal system and engages with the on-going debate around the appropriate age of criminal responsibility. 


Best Performance by an Actress

Glenda Jackson in Elizabeth is Missing 
STV Productions
United Kingdom
Glenda Jackson stars as Maud, a woman on a mission to find her missing friend Elizabeth. But her search unearths a much darker unsolved mystery – her sister’s disappearance, long-buried in the recesses of her memory. Can she discover the fate of both missing women before dementia erases the clues?
 


Comedy

Ninguém Tá Olhando (Nobody’s Looking)
Gullane / Netflix
Brazil
A new guardian “angelus” uncovers a secret behind the Angelus System’s bureaucracy that leads him to break its official rules about protecting humans. 

 

Documentary


For Sama 
Channel 4 News / ITN Productions / Channel 4 / PBS Frontline
United Kingdom
For Sama is a journey into the female experience of war. A love letter from mother to daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria, as she falls in love, gets married, and gives birth to Sama.  
 
 

Drama Series


Delhi Crime 
Golden Karavan / SK Global Entertainment / Film Karavan / Netflix
India
As Delhi reels in the aftermath of a gang rape, DCP Vartika Chaturvedi leads a painstaking search for the culprits. Based on the 2012 Nirbhaya case.  

Non-English Language U.S. Primetime Program

La Reina del Sur – Season 2
Telemundo Global Studios / Netflix / AG Studios Colombia / Diagonal TV / Argos / JK Films
United States
For the past eight years, Teresa Mendoza has lived incognito in Italy far away from her enemies. When they find her and kidnap her daughter Sofia, she must travel across the world to destroy all the obstacles in her way of recovering her child. 
 
20th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards®
Univision / The Latin Recording Academy
United States
The 20th Annual Latin Grammy Awards honored international excellence in music and the legacy of The Latin Recording Academy, which nurtures, celebrates, honors, and elevates Latin music and its makers around the world and fosters the next generation through its Cultural Foundation. 
 

Non-Scripted Entertainment


Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds 
Endemol Shine Australia
Australia
This factual series is based around a social experiment where a group of retirement home residents is brought together with a group of pre-schoolers to see the first-hand benefits that intergenerational contact can have on the elderly.

 

Short-Form Series


#martyisdead 
Bionaut / MALL.TV / cz.nic
Czech Republic
When 15-year old Márty dies, his father follows the footprints of his digital life. Why did he die, and how could he have taken part in horrific incidents? Inspired by real cases of cyberbullying. 

 

Telenovela


Órfãos Da Terra (Orphans of a Nation) 
Globo
Brazil
Several cultures, beliefs, dreams, accents and only one nation: Brazil. Surprised by passion while they escape a nation at war, Laila and Jamil land in Brazil. She is a Syrian refugee. He is a Lebanese employee of the powerful sheik Aziz Abdallah, who forced Laila to become one of his wives. 

 

TV Movie / Mini-Series


Responsible Child 
Kudos / 72 Films / BBC Two
United Kingdom
Based on a true story, Responsible Child follows Ray, a 12 year old boy who finds himself standing trial for murder. Told in two time frames, it follows his journey through the legal system and engages with the on-going debate around the appropriate age of criminal responsibility.
 

 

 

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

 

Media Contacts

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Eva Obadia, Senior Director, Communications & Partnerships
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The 48th International Emmy Awards ceremony was streamed live Monday, November 23 on the International Academy’s website www.iemmys.tv at 11 AM ET. 
The 44 Nominees were live from 20 countries thanks to the Video Call Center (The VCC) broadcast quality remote video connection technology. 
 
Acceptance speeches and highlights will be available at www.iemmys.tv after the live stream. 
 
For official photos go to Photoshelter: https://iemmy.photoshelter.com/galleries/C0000X855qlGNS0g/G0000meeJbd4K5o0/Press-Photos-2020-Intl-Emmy-Awards
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