38th International Emmy® Awards Nominees Announced

Performance Nominations Include Helena Bonham Carter and Bob Hoskins

 

CANNES/MIPCOM, October 4, 2010 –  Nominations for The 38th International Emmy® Awards were announced today by The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences at a Press Conference at Mipcom. There are 39 nominees in 10 categories. The full list of Nominees follows this release. Winners will be announced at a Black-Tie Ceremony hosted by Actor/Director Jason Priestley, on November 22, 2010 at the Hilton New York Hotel.

Nominations span 15 countries: Argentina, Brazil, Denmark, Germany, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Portugal, Romania, South Africa, South Korea, Thailand, the Philippines, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. The competition took place with three rounds of judging over a period of 6 months, with participation from over 700 judges in 50 different countries.

Performance nominations include leading actors and actresses from Argentina- Leonardo Sbaraglia; Brazil-Lilia Cabral; Germany- Sebastien Koch & Iris Berben; The Philippines-Sid Lucero; The United Kingdom-Bob Hoskins & Helena Bonham Carter and South Africa-Lerato Moloisane.

“Every year, the global television community competes for an Emmy nomination and we congratulate the 2010 nominees for their outstanding achievements as their programs and performances enter into television history.” said Bruce L. Paisner, President & CEO of The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

In addition to the presentation of the International Emmy® Awards for programming, the Academy will present two special awards. Lorne Michaels, who created Saturday Night Live and in so doing reinvented comedy on television and launched a generation of major film and TV stars, is set to receive the 2010 International Emmy® Directorate Award. American Idol Judge and Got Talent Executive Producer, Simon Cowell will receive the 2010 International Emmy® Founders Award.

This year’s partners are: Phoenix Satellite Television, TV Globo, Dori Media Group, Microsoft, Ernst & Young, Ascent Media, Reed MIDEM, Sofitel New York and Variety.

2010 Semi-Final Judging Hosts are: Nashwa Al Ruweini, Pyramedia (Abu Dhabi, UAE); Stephen Bawol, Helion Pictures (Paris, France); Maria Brown, Asian Food Channel (Singapore, Singapore); Sven Clausen, Danish Broadcasting Corporation (Copenhagen, Denmark); Sebastian Darcyl, ADM Creativa (Buenos Aires, Argentina); Roberta Durrant, Penguin Films (Cape town, South Africa); Hian Goh, Asian Food Channel (Singapore, Singapore); Xavier Gouyou-Beauchamps, TV France International (Biarritz, France); Leopold Hoesch, BROADVIEW TV GmbH (Cologne, Germany); Chris Hunt, IMZ – International Music & Media Centre (Vienna, Austria); Michael McKay, Active TV (Sydney & Melbourne, Australia); Laura Michalchyshyn, Discovery Networks (Miami, USA); Javad Mottaghi, ABU-AIBD (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia); Miguel Oliva, HBO Latin America Group (Punta Mita, Mexico); Franz Patay, IMZ – International Music & Media Centre (Vienna, Austria); Melvin Perez, MGM Networks Latin America (Miami, USA); Marlon Quintero, Sony Pictures Television Latin America (Bogota, Colombia & Mexico City, Mexico); Anette Romer, TV2 Denmark (Copenhagen, Denmark); Tarif Sayed, The Frame (Dubai, UAE); Michael Smeaton, FFP New Media GmbH (Cologne, Germany); Amauri Soares, TV Globo (New York, USA & Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); Anil Wanvari, Indian Television Dot Com (Mumbai, India).

Press interested in covering the awards gala in New York, please download a credential request form here.

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.

At MIPCOM The International Emmy® Awards are located on stand 26.09

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38TH INTERNATIONAL EMMY® AWARDS NOMINEES

ARTS PROGRAMMING

All My Life: Cazuza
TV Globo
Brazil

Imagine…David Hockney: A Bigger Picture
BBC / Coluga Pictures
United Kingdom

Personas Inside Out
TV Asahi
Japan

The World According to Ion B.
HBO Romania / Alexander Nanau Production
Romania

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR

Bob Hoskins
The Street
ITV Studios
United Kingdom

Sebastian Koch
Sea Wolf
Tele-München / Gate Film / Clasart / ZDF / ORF / RHI
Germany

Sid Lucero
Dahil May Isang Ikaw
ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation
The Philippines

Leonardo Sbaraglia
Epitafios
HBO Latin America Originals / Pol-Ka Productions
Argentina

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS

Iris Berben
The Krupps – A Family Between War and Peace
Moovie – the Art of Entertainment / ZDF
Germany

Helena Bonham Carter
Enid
Carnival Film & Television
United Kingdom

Lilia Cabral
Seize the Day
TV Globo
Brazil

Lerato Moloisane
Home Affairs
Penguin Films
South Africa

CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE

13 at War
NPS Broadcasting Organisation
The Netherlands

Do-Re-Mi-Factory
TV Globo
Brazil

Happy Birthday
Fuji Television Network, Inc.
Japan

Shaun the Sheep
Aardman Animations / WDR & WDR mediagroup GmbH / BBC
United Kingdom

COMEDY

Los Simuladores
Sony Pictures Television International
Mexico

Peep Show
Objective Productions for Channel 4
United Kingdom

Talok Hok Chak
Workpoint Entertainment Public Company Limited / Royal Thai Army Radio and Television / Channel 5
Thailand

Traffic Light
Kuperman Productions / Keshet Broadcasting
Israel

DOCUMENTARY

9/11: Phone Calls from the Towers
Darlow Smithson Productions
United Kingdom

Kuarup: The Lost Soul Will Return        
TV Globo
Brazil

Mom and the Red Bean Cake            
Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation
South Korea

You die as you lived: Roterdam Hospice
KRO Broadcasting Organisation
The Netherlands

DRAMA SERIES

Clouds Over the Hill
NHK
Japan

Epitafios
HBO Latin America Originals / Pol-Ka Productions
Argentina

The Killing II
Danish Broadcasting Corporation in association with ZDF / NRK / SVT
Denmark

The Street                
ITV Studios
United Kingdom

NON-SCRIPTED ENTERTAINMENT

CQC
Eyeworks Cuatro Cabezas SA
Argentina

Heston’s Feasts
Optomen Television for Channel 4
United Kingdom

Remembering School
KRO / Screentime Entertainment.
The Netherlands

Run for Money
Fuji Television Network, Inc. / Fuji Creative Corporation
Japan

TELENOVELA

Ciega a Citas
Dori Media International / Dori Media Contenidos / Rosstoc
Argentina

Dahil May Isang Ikaw
ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation
The Philippines

My Love
Plural Entertainment
Portugal

TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES

Hopeville
Curious Pictures / Heartlines / SABC Education
South Africa

Marcel Reich-Ranicki: The Author of Himself
Trebitsch Entertainment / WDR / Arte
Germany

Small Island
Ruby Television in association with AL Films
United Kingdom

Sound & Fury           
TV Globo / O2 Filmes
Brazil