“The Dreamer”, “Lawyer Extraordinary Woo” and “Derry Girls”
Courtesy of Aske Alexander Foss; Courtesy of Netflix (2)
The best in global television were honored at the 2023 International Emmy Awards on Monday evening in New York. The 56 nominees for this year’s awards, presented by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, came from 20 countries on six continents.
In a sign of how important streaming companies have become to the international TV industry, Amazon and Netflix dominated the top drama category this year. Two nominees came from Netflix: the South Korean legal drama “Extraordinary Attorney Woo,” in which Park Eun-bin stars as an autistic young lawyer with a genius IQ, and the German historical drama “The Emperess,” the legendary love story between the Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph and Elisabeth von Wittelsbach, also known as “Sissi”. Two nominees came from Amazon: director Daniel Burman’s Argentine historical thriller “Yosi, the Regretful Spy,” about the real-life intelligence scandal that led to two of Latin America’s worst terrorist attacks, and British thriller “The Devil’s Hour,” starring Peter Capaldi .
Netflix also received two best comedy nominations for its Northern Irish hit “Derry Girls” and “Vir Das: Landing,” a stand-up special from one of India’s top comedians. Traditional television, meanwhile, secured some spots, with nominations for the second season of French reality show “Le Flambeau” and Star+’s Argentinian series “The Boss.”
Arguably the closest race this year was in the best actress category, with “Wonder Woman” star Connie Nielsen nominated for playing the real-life “Out of Africa” author in the Danish biopic “Becoming Karen Blixen”; Billie Piper for “I Hate Suzie Too,” the second season of her cult British HBO Max series; Indian actress Shefali Shah was nominated for the second season of Delhi Crime on Netflix (winner of Best Drama at the 2020 International Emmys); and Karla Souza for Amazon’s Mexican sports drama Dive.
The biggest name in the best actor category was Black Panther and The Hobbit star Martin Freeman, nominated for his role in the BBC drama The Responder as a troubled and morally compromised police officer who works the night shift as a first responder working on the poor roads of Liverpool. Argentine actor Gustavo Bassani was nominated in the same category for his performance in “Yosi, the Regrettable Spy.” Swedish actor Jonas Karlsson joined C4’s Swedish survival thriller Riding in Darkness; and Jim Sarbh was nominated for the lead role in the Indian aerospace drama Rocket Boys.
Succession creator and showrunner Jesse Armstrong received the 2023 Founders Award in honor of his life’s work. Ektaa R. Kapoor, co-founder of Indian TV production company Balaji Telefilms, has been honored with the 2023 International Emmy Directorate Award, which highlights outstanding achievements among C-suite executives.
The International Academy showcased this year’s nominees at its annual International Emmy World Television Festival November 17-19 in New York. The winners of the 2023 International Emmy Awards were announced at a gala event at the New York Hilton Midtown on Monday evening.
Read on for a full list of winners.
Art programming
Art is our voice, NHK (Japan)
Buffy Sainte-Marie, Eagle Vision / White Pine Pictures (Canada) (WINNER)
Los Tigres Del Norte: Historias Que Contar, Prime Video / Filmadora (Mexico)
Music under the Swastika‚ The Maestro and the Cellist of Auschwitz, 3B-produktion GmbH / Deutsche Welle (Germany)
Best Performance by an Actor
Gustavo Bassani in Iosi, El Espía Arrepentido, Oficina Burman (The Mediapro Studio) / Amazon (Argentina)
Martin Freeman in The Responder, Dancing Ledge Productions (UK) (WINNER)
Jonas Karlsson in Nattryttarna [Riding in Darkness]Yarovsky (Sweden)
Jim Sarbh in Rocket Boys, Culver Max Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. (formerly known as Sony Pictures Networks India Pvt. Ltd.) / Emmay Entertainment / Roy Kapur Films (India)
Best Performance by an Actress
Connie Nielsen in Drømmeren – Karen Blixen Bliver Til, Zentropa Episodes ApS / Viaplay / Belga / Stage 5 (Denmark)
Billie Piper in I Hate Suzie Too, Bad Wolf (UK)
Shefali Shah in Delhi Crime – Season 2, SK Global Entertainment / Golden Karavan / Film Karavan (India)
Karla Souza in La Caida [Dive]Madam / Filmadora / Infinity Hill / Amazon (Mexico) (WINNER)
Drama series
Attorney Extraordinary Woo, Astory / KT Studio Genie (South Korea)
Iosi, El Espía Arrepentido, Oficina Burman (The Mediapro Studio) / Amazon (Argentina)
The Devil’s Hour, Hartswood Films / Amazon (UK)
The Empress, Summer House Series (Germany) (WINNER)
comedy series
Derry Girls – Season 3, Hat Trick Productions (UK) (WINNER)
El Encargado [The Boss]Star+ Original Productions / Pegsa (Argentina)
Le Flambeau – Season 2 [La Flamme]Entre 2 & 4 / Making Prod (France)
Vir Das: Landing, Weirdass Comedy / Rotten Science (India) (WINNER)
documentary
Dossiê Chapecó – O Jogo Por Trás Da Tragédia, Warner Bros. Discovery / Pacha Films (Brazil)
Mariupol: The People’s Story, Top Hat Productions / Hayloft Productions / BBC (UK). (WINNER)
Nazi Hunter – Journey Into the Darkness [Nazi Hunter – Journey Into Darkness]Spiegel TV GmbH (Germany)
Witness – Serigne vs. The EU, Zungu / Al Jazeera English (Qatar)
Unscripted entertainment
A Ponte – The Bridge Brasil, Warner Bros. Discovery / Endemol Shine Brasil (Brazil) (WINNER)
Hotel du Temps: Dalida [The Time Hotel: Dalida]Mediawan / Ardimages (France)
Love by AI, Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc. / Smart Dog Media (Japan)
The Great British Bake Off – Season 13, Love Productions (UK)
Short series
Of the Gens Bien Ordinaires [A Very Ordinary World]Magneto Prod / Canal+ (France) (WINNER)
Lynchings, Record TV (Brazil)
Man vs. Bee, RedRum Films (UK)
The Mandela Project, Paramount (South Africa)
Sports documentary
30 Dias Para Ganar, North Films / N+Docs / ViX+ (Mexico)
Alexia. Labor Omnia Vincit, You First Originals (Spain)
Harley & Katya, Stranger Than Fiction Films (Australia) (WINNER)
Two Sides, T+W / Whisper Cymru (South Africa)
Telenovela
Cara e Coragem, TV Globo (Brazil)
Pantanal, TV Globo (Brazil)
Para Semper [Forever]Plural Conversation (Portugal)
Yargi [Family Secrets]Ay Yapim (Türkiye) (WINNER)
TV movie/miniseries
Chaeboljib Maknaeadeul [Reborn Rich]Raemongraein / SLL / ChaebolSPC / VIU (South Korea)
Infiniti, Empreinte Digitale / Federation Entertainment Belgique (France)
La Caida [Dive]Madam / Filmadora / Infinity Hill / Amazon (Mexico) (WINNER)
Life and Death in the Warehouse, BBC Studios (UK)
Children: animation
Menino Maluquinho [The Nutty Boy]Chatrone (Brazil)
Moominvalley – Season 3, Gutsy Animations (Finland)
Rilakkuma’s Theme Park Adventure, Warf Studios / Field Management Expand (Japan)
The Smeds and The Smoos, Magic Light Pictures (UK) (WINNER)
Children: Factually
Built to Survive, Butter Media / Australian Broadcasting Corporation / Australian Children’s Television Foundation (Australia) (WINNER)
Quintal TV – Season 2 [Yard TV]Canal Futura – Fundação Roberto Marinho (Brazil)
Takalani Sesame – Season 13, Sesame Workshop / Pulp Films (South Africa)
Meet… Anne Frank [Meet… Anne Frank]Cross Media / IFAGE (Germany)
Children: Live Action
Gudetama: An Eggscellent Adventure, OLM, Inc. (Japan)
Heartbreak High, Fremantle / Newbe (Australia) (WINNER)
Kol Od Balevav [Memory Forest]TTV Production / Kan Educational / Genesis Philanthropy Group / Gesher Multicultural Film Fund / The AVI CHAI Foundation / Maimonides Fund (Israel)
Tierra Incógnita, Disney+ Original Productions / Non Stop (Argentina)