David Tennant, French comedy Call My Agent and Israeli drama Tehran are among those vying for prizes at the International Emmy Awards this year. Nominations for the awards this year saw 44 nominees across 11 categories and a record number of 24 countries.
Tennant is up for Best Performance from an Actor for his starring role in ITV crime series Des while Call My Agent has been nominated in the comedy category and Tehran in the Drama Series category.
Actress Menna Shalaby has earned her first ever Emmy nomination for her performance in the crime mini-series Every Week Has A Friday.
“We’re so proud of our nominees and the record-breaking number of countries,” said International Academy President and CEO Bruce Paisner in a statement. “To those who feared the pandemic would slow down TV production around the world, this is your answer.”
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Here’s the full list of nominees:
Arts Programming
Emicida – Amarelo: E Tudo Para Ontem [Emicida – Amarelo: It’s All For Yesterday]
Netflix
Brazil
Kubrick By Kubrick
Temps Noir / Telemark / ARTE
France
Nakamura-ya family 2020 Mattemashita! Kankuro Shichinosuke Shiren to Kassai no Makuake SP[Kabuki Actors’ Anguish – Is Entertainment Nonessential?]
Fuji Television Network, Inc. / Kyodo Television, Ltd.
Japan
Romeo and Juliet: Beyond Words
Footwork Films Ltd
United Kingdom
Best Performance by an Actor
Roy Nik in Normali
Dori Media / HOT
Israel
Nawazuddin Siddique in Serious Men
Bombay Fables / Cineraas Entertainment / Netflix
India
Christian Tappán in El Robo del Siglo (The Great Heist)
Dynamo Producciones / Netflix
Colombia
David Tennant in Des
New Pictures / ITV
United Kingdom
Best Performance by an Actress
Valeria Betucelli in El Cuaderno de Tomy
Pampa Films / Netflix
Argentina
Ane Garabain in Patria
HBO Europe / Alea Media
Spain
Menna Shalaby in Every Week Has a Friday
Shahid / Meem / Film Factory
Egypt
Haley Squires in Adult Material
Fifty Fathoms
United Kingdom
Comedy
Call My Agent – Season 4
Mon Voisin Productions / Mother Productions / France télévision / Netflix
France
Motherland: Christmas Special
Merman Television / Twofour / Lionsgate
United Kingdom
Promesas de Campaña [Campaign Promises]
Foxtelecolombia / Claro Video
Colombia
Vir Das: For India
Weirdass Comedy / Netflix
India
Documentary
Cercados [Sieged]
Original Globoplay / Globo Jornalism
Brazil
Hope Frozen: A Quest To Live Twice
2050 Productions / Netflix
Thailand
They Call Me Babu
Pieter van Huystee Film
Netherlands
Toxic Beauty
White Pine Pictures
Canada
Drama Series
Aarya
Ram Madhvani Films / Endemol Shine Group
India
El Presidente
Gaumont / Amazon Studios
Chile
Tehran
Donna and Shula Productions / Paper Plane Productions
Israel
There She Goes – Season 2
Merman Television
United Kingdom
Non-English Language U.S. Primetime Program
21st Annual Latin Grammy Awards®
The Latin Recording Academy / Univision
United States of America
A Tiny Audience
A Tiny Audience, LLC
United States of America
Covid 19 Adaptarnos O Morir
WAPA
United States of America
Premio Lo Nuestro 2020
Univision Network
United States of America
Non-Scripted Entertainment
Da’s Liefde! [That’s Love!]
Shelter
Belgium
I-Land
CJ ENM / Studio Take One / Big Hit Entertainment
South Korea
¿Quién es la Máscara? [The Masked Singer] – Season 2
Televisa / EndemolShine Boomdog
Mexico
The Masked Singer
Bandicoot Scotland / ITV
United Kingdom
Short-Form Series
Beirut 6:07
Shahid / Imagic
Lebanon
Diário de Um Confinado
Original Globoplay
Brazil
Gente Hablando [People Talking] – Season 2
Set Màgic Audiovisual / Atresmedia
Spain
INSiDE
Luminous Beast
New Zealand
Telenovela
Amor de Mãe [A Mother’s Love]
Original Globoplay
Brazil
Quer o Destino [Destiny]
Plural Entertainment
Portugal
The Song Of Glory
Zhejiang Huace Film & TV Co., Ltd / Croton Cultural Media Co., Ltd / Croton Entertainment Co. Ltd / Oasis Studio
PR China
Wo De Nv Xia Luo Ming Yi [A Quest To Heal]
Mediacorp TV Singapore Pte Ltd
Singapore
TV Movie / Mini-Series
Atlantic Crossing
Cinenord / Beta Film / NRK
Norway
Des
New Pictures / ITV
United Kingdom
It’s Okay to Not Be Okay
Studio Dragon / Story TV / Goldmedalist
South Korea
Todas As Mulheres do Mundo (All the Women in the World)
Original Globoplay
Brazil
