53rd International Emmy Awards

53rd International Emmy Awards
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Date	November 24, 2025
Location	New York City, NY
Presented by	International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
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The 53rd International Emmy Awards ceremony, presented by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (IATAS), will honor the best in international television programming from 2024. ^[1] The awards ceremony is scheduled to take place on November 24, 2025, in New York City. ^[2]

The International Academy announced that Dana Walden, Co-Chairman of Disney Entertainment, will receive the 2025 International Emmy Founders Award for her "transformative impact" on the global TV industry. ^[3]

Ceremony information

The nominations were announced on September 25, 2025, by the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. British drama Ludwig and Indian film Amar Singh Chamkila received the most nominations with two each. There are 64 nominees across 16 categories coming from 26 countries (the most ever for the awards), these being: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong — China, India, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Norway, Qatar, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Türkiye, United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom. ^[4]

Categories presented

João Roberto Marinho, Directorate Award recipient

Best Drama Series	Best Comedy Series
Bad Boy (  Israel) (Sipur Studios / North Road Company / Tedy Production / Hot) Cake (  South Africa) (Wolflight) Rivals (  United Kingdom) (Happy Prince part of ITV Studios / Disney+) Women in Blue (  Mexico) (Lemon Studios / Apple TV+)	Chicken Nugget (  Republic of Korea) (Studio N / Plusmedia Entertainment / Netflix) Iris (  France) (Les films entre 2 et 4 / Canal+) Ludwig (  United Kingdom) (Big Talk Studios / That Mitchell & Webb Company) They Came at Night (  Mexico) (3Pas / Visceral / ViX)
Best Performance by an Actor	Best Performance by an Actress
Diljit Dosanjh as Amar Singh Chamkila in Amar Singh Chamkila (  India) (Window Seat Films / Netflix) David Mitchell as Ludwig and James Taylor in Ludwig (  United Kingdom) (Big Talk Studios / That Mitchell & Webb Company) Oriol Pla as Javier Giner in I, Addict (  Spain) (Alea Media / Disney+) Diego Vásquez as José Arcadio Buendía in One Hundred Years of Solitude (  Colombia) (Dynamo Producciones / Netflix)	Charlotte Hope as Micki Pistorius in Catch Me a Killer (  South Africa) (Kowalski Films / LMP 51 / Showmax / Night Train Media) Anna Maxwell Martin as Delia Balmer in Until I Kill You (  United Kingdom) (World Productions) Carolina Miranda as Esmeralda in Mujeres asesinas (  Mexico) (Pletora Productions / ViX) Maria Sid in Pressure Point (  Sweden) (Kärnfilm / Art & Bob)
Best TV Movie/Mini-Series	Best Telenovela
Amar Singh Chamkila (  India) (Window Seat Films / Netflix) Herrhausen: The Banker and the Bomb (  Germany) (Sperl Film) Lost Boys and Fairies (  United Kingdom) (Duck Soup Films) Victory or Death (  Chile) (Amazon MGM Studios / Parox S.A.)	Crazy About You (  Brazil) (TV Globo) Return to Las Sabinas (  Spain) (Diagonal TV / Disney+) The Good & The Bad (  Turkey) (Ay Yapım) Valle salvaje (  Spain) (StudioCanal)
Best Arts Programming	Best Documentary
Art Matters with Melvyn Bragg (  United Kingdom) (Oxford Films / Sky Arts) DJ Mehdi: Made In France (  France) (Ultra Magnetic / 360 Creative / Unité / Arte France) Herchcovitch; Exposed (  Brazil) (Mood Hunter) Ryuichi Sakamoto: Last Days (  Japan) (NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation))	Hell Jumper (  United Kingdom) (Expectation Entertainment for the BBC) King of Kings: Chasing Edward Jones (  France) (Abelart Productions) It's My Pleasure (  Brazil) (Amana Cine) School Ties (  South Africa) (IdeaCandy)
Best Short-Form Series	Best Non-Scripted Entertainment
Beyond Dancing (  Hong Kong) (Radio Television Hong Kong) The Mediator (  Canada) (KOTV) My Dead Mom (  Canada) (LoCo Motion Pictures) Change is Everything (  Argentina) (Warner Bros. Discovery / Buffalo Producciones)	Big Brother Canada (  Canada) (Insight Productions) Love Is Blind: Habibi (  United Arab Emirates) (Imagic / Netflix) The Masked Singer (  Mexico) (TelevisaUnivisión / Endemol Shine Boomdog) Shaolin Heroes (  Denmark) (Metronome Productions / Banijay / TV 2 Danmark)
Best News	Best Current Affairs
Fantástico : "El Salvador: Safety's Somber Side" (  Brazil) (Globo) Sky News : "The Gangs of Haiti" (  United Kingdom) (Sky News) Gaza, Search for Life (  Qatar) (Al Jazeera News Directorate) Syria – The Truth Coming Out (  Sweden) (TV4)	Dispatches : "Kill Zone: Inside Gaza" (  United Kingdom) (Basement Films) Philippines: Diving for Gold (  France) (Keyi Productions / Arte G.E.I.E) Repórter Record Investigação: "Enforced Disappearances" (  Brazil) (Record TV / Playplus) Walk the Line (  Singapore) (Mediacorp Pte Ltd)
Best Sports Documentary	Kids: Animation
Argentina '78 (  Argentina) (Disney+ Original Productions / Pampa Films) Chasing the Sun 2 (  South Africa) (T+W) It's All Over: The Kiss That Changed Spanish Football (  Spain) (You First Originals) Sven (  United Kingdom) (Whisper / Up & Away Film Entertainment / Prime Video)	Bluey (  Australia) (Ludo Studio) Lamput (  Singapore) (Warner Bros. Discovery / Vaibhav Studio / Robot Playground Media / Lil Critter Workshop / The Monk Studios / Tribe Audio / The Tuning Folk / Inspidea / Shapeshifter Studio) Lupi & Baduki (  Brazil) (Flamma / Elo / Birdo) Moominvalley (  Finland) (Gutsy Animations / YLE / SkyOne)
Kids: Factual	Kids: Live-Action
On Fritzi's Traces – What Was It Like in the GDR? (  Germany) (Balance Film GmbH / Germany Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR) / Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)) Bora, O Pódio é Nosso (  Brazil) (Globo / Sentimental Filmes) Kids Like Us (  United Kingdom) (Echo Velvet) Playroom Live (  South Africa) (Eclipse Television Productions)	Fallen (  United Kingdom) (Globoplay / Night Train Media / Silver Reel / Hero Squared / Umedia) Luz (  Brazil) (Floresta (Sony)) Prefects (  Kenya) (Peripheral Vision International) Shut UP (  Norway) (Alfredfilm / Feelgood SFT / Snowreel / Rabbit Films)
Directorate Award	Founders Award
João Roberto Marinho (President of Grupo Globo)	Dana Walden (Co-Chairman of Disney Entertainment)

References

1. "Dubai Studios Hosts Semi-Final Judging Round of the 2025 International Emmy® Awards in Dubai". Government of Dubai Media Office. July 10, 2025. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
2. "2025 RULES & REGULATIONS All Categories" (PDF). International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
3. Schneider, Michael (August 11, 2025). "Disney's Dana Walden to Receive 2025 International Emmy Founders Award". Variety. Retrieved August 21, 2025.
4. Hipes, Patrick (September 25, 2025). "International Emmy Nominations Include 'Ludwig', 'Rivals' & India's 'Amar Singh Chamkila' In Record-Setting Year". Deadline . Retrieved September 25, 2025.

External links

• International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences website