Categories & Key Dates

Categories & Key Dates

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences presents Emmy® Awards in 16 categories. 

The 2025 International Emmy® Awards competition will open December 4 and close January 31.

For more inquiries, please email the awards department at awardsdept@iemmys.tv

 

 

International Emmy® Awards Gala

The 52nd International Emmy® Awards Gala will be held on November 25, 2024 in New York City.

Nominees will be announced September 2024.

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Categories Presented:

  • Arts Programming
  • Best Performance by an Actress
  • Best Performance by an Actor
  • Comedy
  • Documentary
  • Drama Series
  • Kids: Animation
  • Kids: Factual & Entertainment
  • Kids: Live-Action
  • Non-Scripted Entertainment
  • Short-Form Series
  • Sports Documentary
  • Telenovela
  • TV Movie/Mini-Series

International Emmy® Kids Awards

The International Emmy® Kids Awards took place on November 20, 2023 at the 51st International Emmy® Awards Gala Ceremony in New York City.

Nominees were announced September 2023.

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Categories Presented:

  • Kids: Animation
  • Kids: Factual
  • Kids: Non-Scripted Entertainment
  • Kids: Preschool
  • Kids: Series
  • Kids: TV Movie/Mini-Series

Categories for the 9th International Emmy@ Kids Awards and thereafter:

  • Kids: Animation
  • Kids: Factual & Entertainment
  • Kids: Live-Action

International Emmy® News Awards

The International Emmy® Current Affairs & News categories are presented alongside their American news and documentary counterparts as part of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ News & Documentary Emmy® Awards. 

The 2024 ceremony will take place in Fall 2024 in New York City.

Nominees will be announced in August 2024.

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International Emmy® Categories Presented:

  • Current Affairs
  • News

Other Awards

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences presents the following at the International Emmy World Television Festival

The JCS International Young Creatives Award

  • Designed to discover, recognize and foster young talent from around the world while creating a global conversation around Peace.
  • Open to 18-29 Year Old Non-American Citizens (Dual Citizens are Eligible)
  • Entrants submit a 1 Minute Film on the year's specific theme (relating to Peace).
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The Sir Peter Ustinov Television Scriptwriting Award

  • Designed to motivate non-American novice writers under the age of 30, and offer them the recognition and encouragement that might lead to a successful career in television scriptwriting
  • Open to Non-American Citizens under the age of 30
  • Entrant submit a half-hour to one-hour English-language television drama script.
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