Nominations for the 40th International Emmy Awards were announced by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences at the Press Conference at MIPCOM in Cannes

Cannes/MIPCOM, October 8, 2012 - Nominations for the 40th International Emmy Awards were announced today by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences at a Press Conference at MIPCOM. There are 38 nominees in 9 categories. Winners will receive their Emmys at the 40th International Emmy Awards Gala, on November 19, in New York City.

Nominations span 15 countries: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea, Spain and The United Kingdom. The 2012 International Emmy competitions have three rounds of judging over a period of 6 months, with participation from jurors across 67 countries.

"At the first International Emmys in 1972, there were only 2 categories: Fiction and Non-Fiction. Today, we have 20 categories presented over 4 different awards ceremonies."said Bruce L. Paisner, President & CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. "We congratulate the 2012 Nominees for their outstanding achievements as their programs and performances enter into television history and look forward to celebrating them at our Festival and 40th anniversary Gala, this November in New York."

In celebration of the International Emmys 40th anniversary, the International Academy will present Special Founders Awards to television legends Alan Alda (M*A*S*H) and Norman Lear (All In The Family). Both Mr. Alda and Mr. Lear had programs in distribution in 1972, the year of the first International Emmy Awards Gala.

Also, as previously announced, the 2012 International Emmy Founders Award will be presented to producer/writer Ryan Murphy, Co-creator & Executive Producer of Glee while the 2012 International Emmy Directorate Award will be presented to Dr. Kim In-Kyu, President & CEO of KBS, (Korean Broadcasting System), also President of the ABU (Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union).

2012 Semi-Final Judging hosted 35 media experts from 25 countries all over the world and among of them was Victoriya Yarmoshchuk, a Director of Media Resources Management. The Semi-Final Judging in Kyiv was held on 14^th of September at cinema Pravda and organized by MRM company. The event covered the categories “TV-movie/mini-series”. It’s notable that 2 projects screened in Kyiv were nominated to Emmy 2012.

2012 Semi-Final Judging Hosts are: Nashwa Al Ruwaini, Pyramedia (Abu Dhabi, UAE); Andres Badra, Corporacion Medcom (Panama, Panama); Steven Bawol, Helion Pictures (Paris, France); Piv Bernth, Danish Broadcasting Corporation (Copenhagen, Denmark); Nathalie Bourdon, Farmore Distribution (Quebec, Canada); Gillian Carr, Moody Street Kids (Melbourne, Australia); Octavio Florisbal, TV Globo (Lisbon, Portugal & Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); Frank Dieter Freiling, ZDF (Cologne, Germany); Gregoire Furrer, Gregoire Furrer Productions (Paris, France); Xavier Gouyou-Beauchamps, TV France International (Biarritz, France); Alejandro Harrison, Pramer (Buenos Aires, Argentina); Vanessa Henneman, Henneman Agency (Amsterdam, Netherlands); Leopold Hoesch, BROADVIEW TV GmbH (Cologne, Germany); Charles Lei, Yingzhanwang (Beijing, China); Denis Lillie, Cape Film Commission (Cape Town, South Africa); Michael McKay, Active TV (Singapore, Singapore); Alexander Marin, Sony Pictures Television Latin America (Santa Fe, Mexico); Bernadette O'Mahony, Australian Children's Television Foundation (Melbourne, Australia); Miguel Oliva, HBO Latin America Group (Miami, USA); Franz Patay & Chris Hunt, IMZ - International Music & Media Centre (Berlin, Germany); Melvin Perez & Marcello Coltro, MGM Latin America (Miami, USA); Remy Pflimlin & Nicole Devilaine, France Televisions (Paris, France); Antony Root, HBO Central Europe (Budapest, Hungary); Jane Roscoe, SBS (Sydney, Australia);Ricardo Salinas, TV Azteca (Mexico City, Mexico); Michael Smeaton, FFP New Media (Berlin, Germany); Saran Virutamavongsa, Bangkok Broadcasting (Bangkok, Thailand); Anil Wanvari, Indian Television Dot Com (Mumbai, India); Tom Woods & Jacques de Suze, Woods TV (Paris, France); Victoria Yarmoshchuk, MRM (Kyiv, Ukraine); Regina Ziegler, Ziegler Films (Berlin, Germany).

 

The 2012 International Emmy® Awards Nominees:

Arts Programming 

All My Life - Cartola

TV Globo / Rede Globo, Brazil

BLUE MAN

WOWOW Inc., Japan

Queen: Days of Our Lives

Eagle Rock Entertainment/Queen Productions Ltd/Globe Films,UK

Songs of War

ZDF German Television/ ARTE / A & O Büro, Germany

Best Performance by an Actor 

Arthur Acuña in The Kitchen Musical

The Group Entertainment, Singapore

Darío Grandinetti in Televisión por la Inclusión

ON TV Contenidos, Argentina

Jason Isaacs in Case Histories

Ruby Film and Television / Monastic Productions, UK

Stein Winge in Norwegian Cozy

Tordenfilm AS/ NRK / NFI / Nordisk Film & TV Fond / YLE, Norway

Zhu Yawen in Flying Eagle

H.Brothers Tianyi Movie & TV Co.,Ltd / Beijing Yechen Film & TV Cultural Development Co., Ltd, PR China

Best Performance by an Actress

Sidse Babett Knudsen in Government

DR, Denmark

Cristina Banegas in Televisión por la Inclusión

ON TV Contenidos, Argentina

Rina Sa in Zhong Guo Di

Phoenix Satellite TV in association with Sino Television / Liaoning Seven-star Film / Dongyang Tangyun Fenghua Culture Communications, Hong Kong, China

Joanna Vanderham in The Runaway

BSkyB / Company Pictures/ Sky ,UK 

Comedy 

Absolutely Fabulous

BBC Productions / Saunders and French Production, UK

The Invisible Woman

TV Globo / Rede Globo, Brazil

Spy

BSkyB / Hat Trick / Sky, UK

What if?

Shelter, Belgium 

Documentary 

Across Land, Across Sea

The Chosunilbo, South Korea

Hitler's Escape

Anima Films / The History Channel Latin America, Argentina

Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die

BBC / KEO Films, UK

Wettlauf Zum Südpol (Race to the South Pole)

Loopfilm GmbH / ZDF, Germany

Drama Series 

Braquo

Capa Drama / Canal + / Bad Company / Big Nose, France

ICAC Investigators 2011

RTHK / ICAC, Hong Kong, China

The Kitchen Musical

The Group Entertainment, Singapore

The Slap

Matchbox Pictures / ABC / Screen Australia, Australia

The Social Leader

Artear / Pol-ka, Argentina

Non-Scripted Entertainment 

The Amazing Race Australia

Seven Productions-Seven Network (Operations) Ltd. / Active TV / ABC Studios, Australia

The Challenger Muaythai

Imagine Group Pte Ltd / The Group Entertainment, Singapore

El Hormiguero (The Anthill)

7yaccion / Antena 3, Spain

Planeta Extremo (Extreme Planet)

TV Globo, Brazil

Telenovela

The Fire of the Rose

SP Televisão / SIC, Portugal

Holy Remedy

Plural Entertainment Portugal, Portugal

The Illusionist

TV Globo / Rede Globo, Brazil

Iron Daughters-in-Law

MBC, South Korea

TV Movie/Mini-Series 

Black Mirror

Channel Four Television / Zeppotron, UK

Early Autumn

Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting / Shochiku Co. Ltd. Japan

The Good Men

TV Globo / Rede Globo / Casa de Cinema de POA, Brazil

L'Infiltré (The Lying Game)

Breakout Films / Aperto Films / Sirena Film / Canal+, France

 

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