International Emmy Nominations Span Record 20 Countries

October 3, 2011 World Screen
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CANNES: The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences unveiled 40 nominees in ten categories for the 39th International Emmy Awards, spanning a record 20 countries.

The winners will be announced on November 21 at a black-tie ceremony in New York. The countries scoring nominations are Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, France, Germany, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, the Philippines and the U.K.

The nominees are:

 
Arts Programming
All My Life: Adoniran Barbosa
TV Globo, Brazil
 
Gareth Malone Goes to Glyndebourne
Twenty Twenty Television, U.K.
 
In der Werkstatt Beethovens – Die Neunte, Thielemann und die Wiener Philharmoniker
Unitel GmbH & Co. KG / ZDF / 3sat, Germany
 
Memories of Origin – Hiroshi Sugimoto the Contemporary Artist
Wowow Inc. / TV Man Union, Japan
 
Best Performance by an Actor
Fábio Assunção in Songs of Betrayal
TV Globo, Brazil
 
Christopher Eccleston in Accused
RSJ Films for BBC One, U.K.
 
Jang Hyuk in The Slave Hunters
KBS (Korean Broadcasting System), South Korea
 
Michael Nyqvist in Millenium
Yellow Bird / SVT / ZDF / Nordisk Film, Sweden
 
Best Performance by an Actress
Athena Chu Yan in A Wall-less World
Radio Television Hong Kong / Social Welfare Department, Hong Kong, China
 
Adriana Esteves in Songs of Betrayal
TV Globo, Brazil
 
Noomi Rapace in Millenium
Yellow Bird / SVT / ZDF / Nordisk Film, Sweden
 
Julie Walters in MO
ITV Studios for Channel 4, U.K.
 
Children & Young People
Allein gegen die Zeit (13 hours – Race Against Time)
Norddeutscher Rundfunk / Askania Media / Bavaria Fernsehproduktion / Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk / Kinderkanal / Westdeutscher Rundfunk / Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg, Germany
 
¿Con Qué Sueñas? (What is your Dream?)
Mi Chica Producciones / CNTV / TVN, Chile
 
Dance Academy
Werner Film Productions / Australian Broadcasting Corporation / ZDF / ZDF Enterprises / Australian Children’s Television Foundation, Australia
 
Saladin
Multimedia Development Corporation / Al Jazeera Children’s Channel, Malaysia
 
Comedy
Benidorm Bastards
Shelter / VMMA, Belgium
 
Breaking Up
TV Globo, Brazil
 
Facejacker
Hat Trick for Channel 4, U.K.
 
The Noose season three
MediaCorp TV, Singapore
 
Documentary
Confesiones de un Sicario
Turner Argentina / Anima Films, Argentina
 
Life with Murder
JS Kastner Producions / National Film Board of Canada, Canada
 
The Nonfiction: Family Meeting – 7 Years in the Tanaka Family
Fuji Television Network, Japan
 
Wild Japan
Studio Hamburg DocLights Naturfilm / ORF / ARTE / National Geographic / Parthenon Entertainment, Germany
 
Drama
Engrenages (Spiral)
Son et Lumiere / CANAL+, France
 
Sakanoue no Kumo (Cloud Above the Slope)
NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation), Japan
 
Sherlock
Hartswood Films / BBC Wales, U.K.
 
Under the Law
TV Globo, Brazil
 
Non-Scripted Entertainment
La Expedicion – Mas alla de lo imposible
RM 5TO Elemento Mexico / Zodiak Entertainment Group / Fundacion Teleton Mexico, Mexico
 
El Hormiguero (The Anthill)
7 y accion, Spain
 
The Master Show
KBS (Korean Broadcasting System), South Korea
 
The World’s Strictest Parents
Twenty Twenty Television, U.K.
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