Complete LIST OF NOMINEES for 39th International Emmy® Awards

Im happy that Philippines has always been bagging nominations for International Award Giving bodies. And just now, nominations for the 39th International Emmy® Awards were announced today by The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences at a Press Conference at Mipcom. There are 40 nominees in 10 categories.

Nominations span a record 20 countries: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, France, Germany, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, The Philippines, and The United Kingdom, The competition has three rounds of judging over a period of 6 months, with participation from over 800 judges in 67 different countries.

“The International Emmy® Awards is a tough competition with over 1000 entries from 61 countries, this year.” said Bruce L. Paisner, President & CEO of The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. “The number and range of countries represented by this year’s nominees is astonishing and a testament to the growing strength and skill of television production around the world.”

In addition to the presentation of the International Emmy® Awards for programming and performances, The Academy will present two special awards. Veteran British producer Nigel Lythgoe, Co-creator and Executive Producer of So You Think You Can Dance & Executive Producer of American Idol, is set to receive the 2011 International Emmy® Founders Award. Subhash Chandra, Chairman Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd, will receive the 2011 International Emmy® Directorate Award.

Winners will be announced at a ceremony on Nov. 21 at the Hilton Hotel in New York!

2011 INTERNATIONAL EMMY® AWARD NOMINEES

ARTS PROGRAMMING

All My Life: Adoniran Barbosa
TV Globo
Brazil

Gareth Malone Goes to Glyndebourne
Twenty Twenty
Television United Kingdom

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, Inc.
Japan

Best performance by an actor

Fábio Assunção in Songs of Betrayal
TV Globo
Brazil

Christopher Eccleston in Accused
RSJ Films for BBC One
United Kingdom

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
United Kingdom

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
United Kingdom

The Noose Season 3
MediaCorp TV Pte Ltd
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, Inc.
Japan

Wild Japan
Studio Hamburg DocLights Naturfilm / ORF / ARTE / National Geographic / Parthenon Entertainment
Germany

Drama

Engrenages (Spiral)
Son et Lumiere / CANAL+
France