INTERNATIONAL EMMY® KIDS AWARDS NOMINEES ANNOUNCED
WINNERS TO RECEIVE AWARDS ON FEBRUARY 10, 2014 IN NEW YORK CITY
– Nominations for the International Emmy® Kids Awards were announced today by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. There are 24 nominees in 6 categories. The full list of Nominees follows this release. Winners will receive their Emmys at the second International Emmy® Kids Awards, on February 10, 2014 in New York City.
Nominations span 14 countries: Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Sweden, South Korea, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. The International Emmy® Kids’ competition has three rounds of judging over a period of 6 months.
“Our first International Emmy® Kids Awards was a great success last year, with over 300 children’s television industry professionals in attendance.” said Bruce L. Paisner, President & CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. “The International Academy is pleased to have created these new awards for kids programming, which, like the other Emmy® ceremonies, are the premiere global platform for recognizing and promoting excellence in television.”
The International Emmy® Kids Awards presenting partners are: Ernst & Young, Hasbro Studios, Shaw Rocket Fund, SVT/DRTV, TV Kids and WDR. The ceremony will take place at Pier 60 at Chelsea Piers.
SECOND INTERNATIONAL EMMY® KIDS AWARDS NOMINEES:
Awards Ceremony to be held on February 10, 2014
KIDS: PRESCHOOL
Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom
Entertainment One, Astley Baker Davies
UK
Box Head
DR TV
Denmark
Pororo the Little Penguin
Iconix Entertainment/Ocon/EBS/SK Broadband
South Korea
Zou
Cybergroup Studios/Scrawl Studios
France
KIDS: ANIMATION
Angelo Rules
TeamTO/CAKE Entertainment/France Télévisions/Télétoon
France
Larva
KBS/Tuba Entertainment/SK Broadband
South Korea
Room on a Broom
Magic Light Pictures
UK
Spike 2
TAT productions/Master Films
France
KIDS: FACTUAL
The Kamaishi Miracle
NHK
Japan
My Father
NPO/IDEA Productions
The Netherlands
Same But Different
Libra Television/Two Sugars
UK
Truth Lies
Mulata Films for Canal Encuentro
Argentina
KIDS: NON-SCRIPTED ENTERTAINMENT
Battle for Money: The Initial Battle
Fuji Television Network, Inc.
Japan
Labyrinth
SVT – Sveriges Television
Sweden
Pet School
Cineflix (Pet School) Ltd.
UK
That’s My Art!
deMENSEN
Belgium
KIDS: SERIES
Beat Girl
beActive International/beActive Portugal
Ireland
Junior High School Diaries
NHK
Japan
Limbo
DR TV
Denmark
Pedro & Bianca
TV Cultura
Brazil
KIDS: TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
Baron Muenchhausen
Südwestrundfunk/Das Erste (BR, HR)/ARD Degeto/teamWorx
Germany
A Grandson from America
China Movie Channel
PR China
Mimoun
NPO/STETZ FILM
The Netherlands
The Phantoms
Dream Street Pictures Inc.
Canada
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 and International Emmy® Kids Awards ceremonies 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 twenty categories: Arts Programming; Best Performance by an Actress; Best Performance by an Actor; Current Affairs; Comedy; Digital Program: Children & Young People; Digital Program: Fiction; Digital Program: Non-Fiction; Documentary; Drama Series; Kids: Preschool; Kids: Animation; Kids: Factual; Kids: Non-Scripted Entertainment; Kids: Series; Kids: TV Movie/Mini-Series News; Non-Scripted Entertainment; Telenovela; TV Movie/Mini-Series. For more information go to www.iemmys.tv.
MEDIA CONTACTS
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Eva Obadia, Senior Director, Communications & Partnerships
Tel: +1-212-489-6969
eva.obadia@iemmys.tv
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