PROGRAMS & PERFORMANCES FROM RECORD 24 COUNTRIES NOMINATED FOR 2021 INTERNATIONAL EMMY® AWARDS
New York, September 23, 2021 – Nominations for the 2021 International Emmy® Awards were announced today by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. There are 44 Nominees across 11 categories and spanning a record number of 24 countries. The full list of Nominees follows this release.
“We are so proud of our Nominees and the record-breaking number of countries,” said International Academy President & CEO Bruce Paisner. “To those who feared the pandemic would slow TV production around the world, this is your answer.”
Nominees come from: Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Egypt, France, India, Israel, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, the United Kingdom & the United States.
Actress Menna Shalaby garnered the first ever Emmy® nomination from Egypt for her performance in the crime mini-series Every Week Has a Friday.
All nominated program trailers and exclusive Nominee interviews will be featured online during the International Emmy® World Television Festival from November 12 to 22 on the International Academy’s website
www.iemmys.tv.
Winners will be announced at an in-person Ceremony in New York City, on Monday, November 22, 2021 at a location to be announced shortly.
This year’s Gala partners are: Phoenix Satellite Television, Globo, Portable.TV, Ay Yapim, Ernst & Young, Miptv and Variety.
International Emmy® World Television Festival partners are: JCS International, Film and Media NRW, Warner Media Latin America, Broadview TV, CTC Media, Netflix, Star Original Productions, FKKS and Frame.io.
2021 International Emmy® Awards Nominees
Arts Programming
Emicida – Amarelo: E Tudo Para Ontem [Emicida – Amarelo: It’s All For Yesterday]
Netflix
Brazil
Kubrick By Kubrick
Temps Noir / Telemark / ARTE
France
Nakamura-ya family 2020 Mattemashita! Kankuro Shichinosuke Shiren to Kassai no Makuake SP [Kabuki Actors’ Anguish – Is Entertainment Nonessential?]
Fuji Television Network, Inc. / Kyodo Television, Ltd.
Japan
Romeo and Juliet: Beyond Words
Footwork Films Ltd
United Kingdom
Best Performance by an Actor
Roy Nik in Normali
Dori Media / HOT
Israel
Nawazuddin Siddique in Serious Men
Bombay Fables / Cineraas Entertainment / Netflix
India
Christian Tappán in El Robo del Siglo (The Great Heist)
Dynamo Producciones / Netflix
Colombia
David Tennant in Des
New Pictures / ITV
United Kingdom
Best Performance by an Actress
Valeria Betucelli in El Cuaderno de Tomy
Pampa Films / Netflix
Argentina
Ane Garabain in Patria
HBO Europe / Alea Media
Spain
Menna Shalaby in Every Week Has a Friday
Shahid / Meem / Film Factory
Egypt
Haley Squires in Adult Material
Fifty Fathoms
United Kingdom
Comedy
Call my Agent – Season 4
Mon Voisin Productions / Mother Productions / France télévision / Netflix
France
Motherland: Christmas Special
Merman Television / Twofour / Lionsgate
United Kingdom
Promesas de Campaña [Campaign Promises]
Foxtelecolombia / Claro Video
Colombia
Vir Das: For India
Weirdass Comedy / Netflix
India
Documentary
Cercados [Sieged]
Original Globoplay / Globo Jornalism
Brazil
Hope Frozen: A Quest To Live Twice
2050 Productions / Netflix
Thailand
They Call Me Babu
Pieter van Huystee Film
Netherlands
Toxic Beauty
White Pine Pictures
Canada
Drama Series
Aarya
Ram Madhvani Films / Endemol Shine Group
India
El Presidente
Gaumont / Amazon Studios
Chile
Tehran
Donna and Shula Productions / Paper Plane Productions
Israel
There She Goes – Season 2
Merman Television
United Kingdom
Non-English Language U.S. Primetime Program
21st Annual Latin Grammy Awards®
The Latin Recording Academy / Univision
United States of America
A Tiny Audience
A Tiny Audience, LLC
United States of America
Covid 19 Adaptarnos O Morir
WAPA
United States of America
Premio Lo Nuestro 2020
Univision Network
United States of America
Non-Scripted Entertainment
Da’s Liefde! [That’s Love!]
Shelter
Belgium
I-Land
CJ ENM / Studio Take One / Big Hit Entertainment
South Korea
¿Quién es la Máscara? [The Masked Singer] – Season 2
Televisa / EndemolShine Boomdog
Mexico
The Masked Singer
Bandicoot Scotland / ITV
United Kingdom
Short-Form Series
Beirut 6:07
Shahid / Imagic
Lebanon
Diário de Um Confinado
Original Globoplay
Brazil
Gente Hablando [People Talking] – Season 2
Set Màgic Audiovisual / Atresmedia
Spain
INSiDE
Luminous Beast
New Zealand
Telenovela
Amor de Mãe [A Mother’s Love]
Original Globoplay
Brazil
Quer o Destino [Destiny]
Plural Entertainment
Portugal
The Song Of Glory
Zhejiang Huace Film & TV Co., Ltd / Croton Cultural Media Co., Ltd / Croton Entertainment Co. Ltd / Oasis Studio
PR China
Wo De Nv Xia Luo Ming Yi [A Quest To Heal]
Mediacorp TV Singapore Pte Ltd
Singapore
TV Movie / Mini-Series
Atlantic Crossing
Cinenord / Beta Film / NRK
Norway
Des
New Pictures/ITV
United Kingdom
It’s Okay to Not Be Okay
Studio Dragon / Story TV / Goldmedalist
South Korea
Todas As Mulheres do Mundo (All the Women in the World)
Original Globoplay
Brazil
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 Junior 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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