PROGRAMS & PERFORMANCES SPANNING
RECORD 26 COUNTRIES NOMINATED FOR THE
2025 INTERNATIONAL EMMY® AWARDS
New York, September 25, 2025: Nominations for the 2025 International Emmy® Awards were announced today by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. There are 64 Nominees across 16 categories and spanning a record number of 26 countries. The full list of Nominees follows this release.
“As the International Emmys® continue to recognize the very best in television, the creativity and caliber of this year’s Nominees, from a record 26 countries, reflect the global strength of our industry,” said International Academy President & CEO Bruce L. Paisner. “New York City will once again serve as the global stage this November, where we will honor their remarkable achievements.”
Nominees come from: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Norway, Qatar, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Türkiye, United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom.
All Nominees will convene in New York at the International Emmy® World Television Festival for Nominee Panels, Presentations and Partner events, from November 21-23.
Winners will be announced at the 53rd International Emmy® Awards Gala in New York City, on Monday, November 24, 2025.
This year’s Gala partners are Ay Yapim, CJ ENM, Dubai Studios, EY, Globo, Mediafellows, MIP, Plural, Sofitel New York and Variety.
International Emmy® World Television Festival partners are Advantage Austria, Amazon MGM Studios, ARRI, Athens Film Office, Ay Yapim, Broadview TV, Buenos Aires Film Commission, CJ ENM, Dubai Studios, EY, Film and Media NRW, Frankfurt Kurnit, Globo, Just For Laughs, Mediafellows, MIP, Norsekey Distribution, Plural, S4C, Sofitel New York, The Walt Disney Company Latin America, Unindustria, and Ziegler Film.
2025 International Emmy® Awards Nominees
Arts Programming
Art Matters with Melvyn Bragg
Oxford Films / Sky Arts
United Kingdom
DJ Mehdi: Made In France
Ultra Magnetic / 360 Creative / Unité / Arte France
France
Herchcovitch; Exposto [Herchcovitch; Exposed]
Mood Hunter
Brazil
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Last Days
NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
Japan
Best Performance by an Actor
Diljit Dosanjh in Amar Singh Chamkila
Window Seat Films / Netflix
India
David Mitchell in Ludwig
Big Talk Studios / That Mitchell & Webb Company
United Kingdom
Oriol Pla in Yo, adicto [I, Addict]
Alea Media / Disney +
Spain
Diego Vasquez in One Hundred Years of Solitude
Dynamo Producciones / Netflix
Colombia
Best Performance by an Actress
Charlotte Hope in Catch Me A Killer
Kowalski Films / LMP 51 / Showmax / Night Train Media
South Africa
Anna Maxwell Martin in Until I Kill You
World Productions
United Kingdom
Carolina Miranda in Mujeres Asesinas – Season 2
Pletora Productions / ViX
Mexico
Maria Sid in Smärtpunkten [Pressure Point]
Kärnfilm / Art & Bob
Sweden
Comedy
Chicken Nugget
Studio N / Plusmedia Entertainment / Netflix
South Korea
Iris
Les films entre 2 et 4 / Canal+
France
Ludwig
Big Talk Studios / That Mitchell & Webb Company
United Kingdom
Y Llegaron de Noche [They Came at Night]
3Pas / Visceral / ViX
Mexico
Current Affairs
Dispatch: Kill Zone: Inside Gaza
Basement Films
United Kingdom
Philippines: Diving for Gold
Keyi Productions / Arte G.E.I.E
France
Repórter Record Investigação: Desaparecidos Forçados [Enforced Disappearances]
Record TV / Playplus
Brazil
Walk the Line
Mediacorp Pte Ltd
Singapore
Documentary
Hell Jumper
Expectation Entertainment for the BBC
United Kingdom
King of Kings: Chasing Edward Jones
Abelart Productions
France
O Prazer é Meu [It’s My Pleasure]
Amana Cine
Brazil
School Ties
IdeaCandy
South Africa
Drama Series
Las Azules [Women in Blue]
Lemon Studios / Apple TV+
Mexico
Bad Boy
Sipur Studios / North Road Company / Tedy Production / Hot
Israel
Koek [Cake]
Wolflight
South Africa
Rivals
Happy Prince part of ITV Studios / Disney+
United Kingdom
Kids: Animation
Bluey
Ludo Studio
Australia
Lamput – Season 4
Warner Bros. Discovery / Vaibhav Studio / Robot Playground Media / Lil Critter Workshop /
The Monk Studios / Tribe Audio / The Tuning Folk / Inspidea / Shapeshifter Studio
Singapore
Lupi e Baduki
Flamma / Elo / Birdo
Brazil
Muumilaakso – Season 4 [Moominvalley]
Gutsy Animations / YLE / SkyOne
Finland
Kids: Factual & Entertainment
Auf Fritzis Spuren – Wie war das so in der DDR? [On Fritzi’s Traces – What was it like in the GDR?]
Balance Film GmbH / Germany Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR) / Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
Germany
Bora, O Pódio é Nosso
Globo / Sentimental Filmes
Brazil
Kids Like Us
Echo Velvet
United Kingdom
Playroom Live
Eclipse Television Productions
South Africa
Kids: Live-Action
Fallen
Globoplay / Night Train Media / Silver Reel / Hero Squared / Umedia
United Kingdom
Luz
Floresta (Sony)
Brazil
Prefects
Peripheral Vision International
Kenya
Shut UP
Alfredfilm / Feelgood SFT / Snowreel / Rabbit Films
Norway
News
Fantástico: El Salvador: Safety’s Somber Side
Globo
Brazil
The Gangs of Haiti
Sky News
United Kingdom
Gaza, Search for Life
Al Jazeera News Directorate
Qatar
Syria – The Truth Coming Out
TV4
Sweden
Non-Scripted Entertainment
Big Brother: Canada – Season 12
Insight Productions
Canada
Love is Blind: Habibi
Imagic / Netflix
United Arab Emirates
¿Quién es la Máscara? – Season 6 [The Masked Singer]
TelevisaUnivisión / Endemol Shine Boomdog
Mexico
Shaolin Heroes
Metronome Productions / Banijay / TV 2 Danmark
Denmark
Short-Form Series
Beyond Dancing
Radio Television Hong Kong
Hong Kong SAR, China
La médiatrice [The Mediator]
KOTV
Canada
My Dead Mom
LoCo Motion Pictures
Canada
Todo se Transforma – Season 4 [Change is Everything]
Warner Bros. Discovery / Buffalo Producciones
Argentina
Sports Documentary
Argentina ‘78
Disney+ Original Productions / Pampa Films
Argentina
Chasing the Sun 2
T+W
South Africa
It’s All Over: The Kiss That Changed the Spanish Football
You First Originals
Spain
Sven
Whisper / Up & Away Film Entertainment / Prime Video
United Kingdom
Telenovela
Deha [The Good & The Bad]
Ay Yapim
Türkiye
Mania de Vocȇ [Crazy About You]
TV Globo
Brazil
Regreso a Las Sabinas [Return to Las Sabinas]
Diagonal TV / Disney+
Spain
Valle Salvaje
Studio Canal
Spain
TV Movie/Mini-Series
Amar Singh Chamkila
Window Seat Films / Netflix
India
Herrhausen: The Banker and the Bomb
Sperl Film
Germany
Lost Boys & Fairies
Duck Soup Films
United Kingdom
Vencer o Morir [Victory or Death]
Amazon MGM Studios / Parox S.A.
Chile
The 2025 Semi-Final Round of Judging Hosts were:
The Africa Channel, Narendra Reddy – Cape Town, South Africa
Amazon Studios, Javiera Balmaceda – Bogota, Colombia
Andre Sampaio – Sintra, Portugal
Apple Tree Productions, Piv Bernth – Copenhagen, Denmark
Athens Film Office, Christina Mitropoulou – Athens, Greece
Broadview TV, Leopold Hoesch – Cologne, Germany
Buenos Aires Film Commission, Carolina Cordero – Buenos Aires, Argentina
China Huace Film & TV Co., Ltd, Binxing Fu – Tonglu, PR China
CJ ENM, Jangho Seo – Seoul, South Korea
Dubai Studios, Salem Al Youha AlMheiri – Dubai, United Arab Emirates
EndemolShine Boomdog, Frank Scheuermann – Mexico City, Mexico
Estudios RCN, Alexander Marin – Bogota, Colombia
Exchange4Media, Anurag Batra – Delhi, India & Mumbai, India
Formata Produções e Conteúdo Ltda, Leonardo Lessa Lopes – São Paulo, Brazil
Globo TV, Duda Pereira – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Graf Filmproduktion GmbH, Klaus Graf – Berlin, Germany
HBO Max, Monica Pimental – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
IMZ International Music + Media Centre, Franz Patay – Vienna, Austria
Inside Content, Geraldine Gonard – Madrid, Spain
Just For Entertainment, Alexandre Avon – Montreal, Canada
Kuaishou Group, Jingzhou Yu – Beijing, China
Netflix, Kelly Caton – London, United Kingdom
Norse Key Studios Ltd., Maria Kivinen – Tampere, Finland
ORF-Enterprise GmbH & Co KG, Armin Luttenberger – Vienna, Austria
Pyramedia, Nashwa Al Ruwaini – Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Record TV, Antonio Guerreiro – São Paolo, Brazil
S4C International, Gwenllian Gravelle – Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Sato Company, Nelson Sato – São Paulo, Brazil
Telefe-Paramount, Dario Turovelsky – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Telekom Srbija, Aleksandra Martinović – Belgrade, Serbia
Unindustria, Lidia Cudemo – Rome, Italy
United Media Group – Sofia, Bulgaria
Walt Disney Company Latin America, Mariana Perez & Leonardo Aranguibel – Mexico City, Mexico
We Love Entertainment, Carlos Mesber – Miami, USA
YouTube, Eduardo Brandini – São Paolo, Brazil
Ziegler Film GmbH & Co. KG, Regina Ziegler – Berlin, Germany
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 60+ countries from all sectors of television including digital, mobile and technology. The Academy’s yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy® Awards held in New York City, 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 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, Sports Documentary, Telenovela, and TV Movie/Mini-Series. The International Academy also recognizes excellence in Performances and Kids programming. For more information, go to www.iemmys.tv.
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