The 44th International Emmy Awards took place in November 21, 2016 at the Hilton New York, in New York City. This year's ceremony was hosted by actor Alan Cumming.[1]
Ceremony
The nominees for the 44th International Emmys were announced on September 26, 2016 by International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. This year Brazil had the highest numbers of nominations, seven in total, followed by United Kingdom, with six. A total of 40 nominees from 15 countries competed in 10 categories of the International Emmy Awards, which honors excellence in television programming outside the United States. The ceremony was hosted by The Good Wife star Alan Cumming.[2]
British and German TV productions each won three International Emmys, including acting honors for Dustin Hoffman and Christiane Paul. Hoffman received the award for best performance by an actor for the BBC One TV movie Roald Dahl's Esio Trot, Germany’s Paul garnered the best actress award for her performance in Untern Radar.[3] The British series Hoff the Record, with David Hasselhoff won the comedy category, and the TV series Capital won the best telefilm or miniseries.
Germany took the Emmy for best drama series by Deutschland 83, about story of an East German spy who infiltrates the West German army to steal NATO secrets.[4] The documentary award went to War of Lies directed by Matthias Bittner.
Brazil's Verdades Secretas won as best telenovela. The mini-series Francisco, El Jesuita, jointly produced by Anima Films and Telemundo, won the International Emmy for best non-English language US primetime program.[5] The award for arts programming went to Japan's The Man Who Shot Hiroshima .[6] Allt för Sverige of Sweden received the award for non-scripted entertainment.
American executive producer Shonda Rhimes received the Emmy Founders Award for its "global impact on television." And the Danish Maria Rørbye Rønn, CEO of Danmarks Radio was awarded the Emmy Directorate Award.
Eligibility
The 2016 International Emmy Awards Competition was opened in December 10, 2015 with a deadline for submissions of February 18, 2016. Any non-US organisation or individual may submit a programme, and co-productions with the US are eligible if aired initially outside of the States, or if the broadcast dates were within a few days of each other. All eligible submissions are entered into the competition and then judged by television professionals from around the world.[7]
| Open |
| December 10, 2015 |
| Closed |
| February 18, 2016 |
|
Entries and Judging
There are three rounds of judging. The first round takes place in the spring; the semi-final round takes place in the summer - hosted by Member companies; and the finals take place in September. Nominations are announced in October. Four nominees are selected in each category and winners are revealed at the International Emmy Awards Gala, held in November.
| Date | Country | Hosted by |
| June 16, 2016 | Vienna, Austria | Hosted by ORF[8] |
| June 20, 2016 | Cologne, Germany | Hosted by Broadview TV |
| June 21, 2016 | New York City, USA | Hosted by Grupo Globo[9] |
| June 27, 2016 | Paris, France | Hosted by Cyber Group Studios[10] |
| June 30, 2016 | Tokyo, Japan | Hosted by Fuji Television[11] |
| July 4, 2016 | Berlin, Germany | Hosted by Ziegler Films / Graf Filmproduktion / FFP New Media |
| July 8, 2016 | Paris, France | Hosted by Havas Media |
| July 12, 2016 | Tel Aviv, Israel | Hosted by Armoza Formats[12] |
| July 20, 2016 | Johannesburg, South Africa | Hosted by National Film and Video Foundation[13] |
| July 26, 2016 | Seoul, South Korea | Hosted by Korean Broadcasting System |
| July 29, 2016 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Hosted by Grupo Globo |
| August 4, 2016 | Mexico City, Mexico | Hosted by Fox Networks Group Latin America |
| August 5, 2016 | Changzhou, China | Hosted by CTV Splendid |
| August 8, 2016 | Shanghai, China | Hosted by Shanghai Croton Culture Media[14] |
| August 16, 2016 | Miami, USA | Hosted by HBO Latin America Group |
| August 19, 2016 | Miami, USA | Hosted by Grupo Cisneros |
| August 23, 2016 | Copenhagen, Denmark | Hosted by DR TV |
| August 26, 2016 | Montreal, Canada | Hosted by Aetios Productions |
| August 28, 2016 | Helsinki, Finland | Hosted by Yle |
| September 1, 2016 | Tokyo, Japan | Hosted by WOWOW |
| September 4, 2016 | Biarritz, France | Hosted by TV France International |
| September 5, 2016 | Abu Dhabi, UAE | Hosted by Pyramedia |
| September 7, 2016 | Budapest, Hungary | Hosted by MTVA - Hungarian Public Service Media |
| September 9, 2016 | Lisbon, Portugal | Hosted by Sonae FS[15] |
| September 13, 2016 | Amsterdam, The Netherlands | Hosted by The Story Lab |
| September 14, 2016 | Montreal, Canada | Hosted by Quebecomm |
|
Winners
Arts Programming
Best Performance by an Actor
Best Performance by an Actress
Comedy
Documentary
Drama Series
Non-English Language U.S. Primetime Program
Non-Scripted Entertainment
Telenovela
TV Movie / Mini-Series
Most major nominations
- By country
Most major awards
- By country
References
- ↑ "'Good Wife' Star Alan Cumming to Host International Emmys". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
- ↑ INT'L EMMYS TO HONOR PROLIFIC TV PRODUCER SHONDA RHIMES.
- ↑ Britain, Germany each win 3 International Emmys.
- ↑ International Emmys: ‘Deutschland 83’ Wins for Drama, Dustin Hoffman for ‘Esio Trot’.
- ↑ Mini-series based on Pope's life wins International Emmy.
- ↑ Séries de televisão alemãs em destaque nos Emmy Internacionais.
- ↑ THE 2016 INTERNATIONAL EMMY AWARDS COMPETITION OPENS
- ↑ Cocktail Prolongé International Emmy Awards
- ↑ Semi-Final Round of Judging in NYC hosted by Carlos Henrique Schroder (Grupo Globo)
- ↑ CYBER GROUP STUDIOS HOSTING SEMI-FINAL ROUND OF JUDGING FOR INTERNATIONAL EMMY AWARDS
- ↑ Fuji Television hosts 44th International Emmy Awards semifinal round of judging
- ↑ Israeli Stand-Up Comedian Wins Formagination 6
- ↑ International Emmy Semi Final judging session takes place in Johannesburg
- ↑ City hosts Emmy judging round
- ↑ Lisboa recebe semifinal da 44ª edição dos “International Emmy Awards 2016”
External links
Japan 
Colombia 
France 
Canada 
United Kingdom 
Brazil 
Germany 
Singapore 
Philippines 
South Africa 
Argentina 
South Korea 
United Arab Emirates 
United States 
Sweden