2016 Nominees Revealed for International Emmy Kids Awards

CANNES/NEW YORK: The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has unveiled the 2016 nominations for the International Emmy Kids Awards, with the ceremony slated to take place during next year’s MIPTV.

There are 28 nominees across seven categories. Nominations hail from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, the Netherlands and the U.K. Winners will receive their awards during MIPTV in Cannes on Tuesday, April 4, 2017.

Nominees in the preschool category are Hey Duggee from Studio AKA in the U.K.; Molang from Millimages, Teidees Audiovisuals, Canal Plus and Multithématique in France; O Show da Luna (Earth to Luna) from TV Pinguim and Discovery Networks Latin America in Brazil; and Super Wings from FunnyFlux, QianQi and EBS in South Korea.

The digital category features Doodles from Ludo Studio, ABC3 Australia, Screen Australia and Screen Queensland in Australia; Face TV from NHK and NHK Educational Corporation in Japan; Gaming Show Interactive—The Gaming Show from Secret Location, Banger Films and DHX Media in Canada; and Malhação—Sonhos (Young Hearts—Dreams) from TV Globo in Brazil.

In the animation category, the nominees are Larva in New York from TUBA in South Korea; Peanuts from NORMAAL Animation, Peanuts Worldwide and Iconix Brand Group in France; Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer’s Llamas from Aardman Animations in the U.K.; and S.O.S Fada Manu (S.O.S. Fairy Manu) from Gloob and Boutique Filmes in Brazil.

The factual nominations are for Full Proof—Koepels (Full Proof—Domles) from NTR in the Netherlands; Horrible Histories from Lion Television in the U.K.; Sueños Latinoamericanos (Latin American Dreams) from Mi Chica Producciones, Canal 13 and Consejo Nacional de Televisión (CNTV) in Chile; and Wild But True from Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific, Beyond Screen Production and Screen Queensland in Singapore.

Up for the best non-scripted entertainment award are Cinemaniacs from Novel Entertainment in the U.K.; Look Kool from Apartment 11 Productions and TVOKids in Canada; Tem Crianca na Cozinha (Guess Who’s Cooking?) from Gloob and Samba Filmes in Brazil; and Ultras Sorte Kageshow (Baking in the Dark) from Danish Broadcasting Corporation in Denmark.

The nominees for best series are Hank Zipzer from Kindle Entertainment, DHX Media, Walker Productions and Screen Yorkshire in the U.K.; Kasper en de Kerstengelen (Casper and the Christmas Angels) from NL Film & TV and Avrotros in the Netherlands; Presentes—Temporada II (Presents—Season II) from Canal Encuentro and Mulata Films in Argentina; and Ready for This from Blackfella Films, Werner Film Productions, Australian Children’s Television Foundation and ABC in Australia.

And finally, the nominations in the TV movie/miniseries category are Dede: Mehmet Met de Gele Laarzen from Corrino Media Group, KRO-NCRV, Z@pp and Mediafonds in the Netherlands; Die Salzprinzessin (The Salt Princess) from Askania Media Film Production, ARD degeto and WDR in Germany; Die Weisse Schlange (The White Snake) from ZDF German Television, Provobis and metafilm in Germany; and Peter & Wendy: Based on the Novel Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie from Headline Pictures and Juliette Films in the U.K.

“Nothing in television is more important than what children watch everyday and the Academy is proud to be the preeminent platform for remarkable and notable kids’ programming,” said Bruce L. Paisner, the president and CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. “We congratulate the 2016 nominees.”

The Academy has also announced that it will be recognizing short-form series at the 2017 International Emmy Awards Gala. Original fiction and non-fiction programs, with episodes under 30-minutes, will be eligible to enter in next year’s International Emmy Awards competition, which opens on December 8, 2016, and closes on February 16, 2017.

Short-form series were previously recognized by the International Academy at the International Digital Emmy Awards at MIPTV, with the digital: fiction and non-fiction categories. The genre will move to the International Emmy Awards Gala in New York City starting in November 2017.

Paisner noted: “As media changes, International Emmy categories change too and we felt we needed to give special recognition to the rapid and important growth of short-form in the industry. We are doing this in the first instance by moving the category to our Gala in November.”