Nominations for the 2020 International Emmy®️ Awards were announced today by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. There are 44 Nominees across 11 categories and 20 countries. The full list of Nominees follows this release. All these programs were broadcast between January 1 and December 31, 2019; in accordance with the competition’s eligibility period.

“Congratulations to all the Nominees! – we are especially proud to recognize and honor the world’s best storytellers, producers and performers,” said Bruce L. Paisner, President & CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. “At a time of crisis where most of us have to stay home most of the time, television entertains us and provides a window on our world.”

Nominees come from: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, the United Kingdom & the United States.

All nominated program trailers and exclusive Nominee interviews will be featured online during the International Emmy World Television Festival from November 13 to 23 on the International Academy’s website www.iemmys.tv.

Winners will be announced at a Ceremony produced from New York City, on Monday, November 23, 2020, details of which will be announced in October.

This year’s Gala partners are: Phoenix Satellite Television, TV Globo, Portable.TV, Ay Yapim, Ernst & Young, Miptv, Sofitel Hotel NY and Variety.

International Emmy World Television Festival partners are: Frame.io, Buena Vista Original Productions, JCS International, HBO, Natpe, Film and Media NRW, FKKS and Discop.

2020 International Emmy®️ Awards Nominees

Arts Programming:

Jake and Charice
NHK
Japan

Refavela 40
HBO Brasil / Conspiração
Brazil

Vertige de la Chute (Ressaca)
Babel Doc / France Televisions
France

Why do we Dance?
Sky Arts Production Hub
United Kingdom

Best Performance by an Actor:

Billy Barratt in Responsible Child
Kudos / 72 films
United Kingdom

Guido Caprino in 1994
Sky / Wildside / Beta Film
Italy

Raphael Logam in Impuros (Impure) – Season 2
The Walt Disney Company / Barry Company
Brazil

Arjun Mathur in Made in Heaven
Excel Media & Entertainment LLP / Tiger Baby Productions
India

Best Performance by an Actress:

Emma Bading in Play
Sappralot Productions / Tellux Next / BR / ARD Degeto
Germany

Andrea Beltrão in Hebe
Globo / 20th Century Fox Brazil / Hebe Forever / Labrador Filmes / Loma Filmes / Warner Bros
Brazil

Glenda Jackson in Elizabeth is Missing
STV Productions
United Kingdom

Yeo Yann Yann in Invisible Stories
HBO Asia / Birdmandog
Singapore

Comedy:

Back to Life
SHOWTIME Presents / Two Brothers Pictures Ltd.
United Kingdom

Fifty
EndemolShine Israel
Israel

Four More Shots Please
Pritish Nandy Communications Limited
India

Ninguém tá Olhando (Nobody’s Looking)
Gullane Entertainment / Netflix
Brazil

Documentary:

El Testigo (The Witness)
Caracol Television
Colombia

For Sama
Channel 4 News / ITN Productions / PBS Frontline
United Kingdom

Granni-E-minem
Korean Broadcasting System
South Korea

Terug naar Rwanda (Back to Rwanda)
De Chinezen / VRT
Belgium

Drama Series:

Charité 2- Season 2
UFA FICTION GmbH
Germany

Criminal UK
Idiotlamp Productions / Netflix
United Kingdom

Delhi Crime
Ivanhoe Pictures / Golden Karavan / Poor Man’s Productions / Netflix
India

El Jardín de Bronce (The Bronze Garden) – Season 2
HBO Latin America Originals / Pol-ka
Argentina

Non-English Language U.S. Primetime Program:

20th Annual Latin GRAMMY®️ Awards
Univision / The Latin Recording Academy
USA

La Reina del Sur – Season 2
Telemundo Global Studios / Netflix / AG Studios Colombia / Diagonal TV / Argos
USA

No te Puedes Esconder
Telemundo Global Studios / Netflix
USA

Preso No.1
Telemundo Global Studios / Keshet
USA

Non-Scripted Entertainment:

Canta Comigo
Rádio e Televisão Record S.A. / Endemol Shine
Brazil

Folkeopplysningen (The Public Enlightenment)
Teddy TV
Norway

MasterChef Thailand – Season 3
Heliconia H Group Company Limited
Thailand

Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds
Endemol Shine Australia
Australia

Short-Form Series:

Content
Ludo Studio
Australia

#martyisdead
Bionaut / MALL.TV / cz.nic
Czech Republic

Mil Manos por Argentina (One Thousand Hands for Argentina)
Storylab / Atomic Lab / Flow
Argentina

People Like Us – Season 2
Action for AIDS Singapore / Cheo Pictures / Pilgrim Pictures
Singapore

Telenovela:

Chen Xi Yuan (Love And Destiny)
Gcoo Entertainment Co. Ltd. / iQIYI
China

Na Corda Bamba (On Thin Ice)
Plural Entertainment Portugal
Portugal

Órfãos da Terra (Orphans of a Nation)
Globo
Brazil

Pequeña Victoria (Victoria Small)
Viacom International Studios / Oficina Burman
Argentina

TV Movie/Mini-Series:

L’Effondrement (The Collapse)
ET BIM / STUDIO+ / CANAL+
France

Elis – Viver é Melhor que Sonhar
Globo / Globo Filmes / Bravura Cinematografica / Academia de Filmes
Brazil

The Festival of the Little Gods
Tohoku Broadcasting
Japan

Responsible Child
Kudos / 72 films
United Kingdom