International Emmy Award for Best Documentary

International Emmy Award for Best Documentary
Awarded for	Best Documentary
Country	United States
Presented by	International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
First awarded	1967
Currently held by	Mariupol: The People's Story   United Kingdom (2023)
Website	www.iemmys.tv

The International Emmy Award for Best Documentary is presented since 1967 by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (IATAS) to the best documentaries produced and aired initially outside the United States. ^[1]

Rules

According to the rules of the International Academy, documentary is a factual presentation providing an in-depth analysis of a specific subject or point of view supported by evidence and informed commentary, on any subject other than art and artists. ^[2] The program should fit the minimum format length of a televised half-hour time slot.

If the program is part of a continuous series of self-contained episodes (i.e. each episode has its own storyline with a conclusion; or each episode may have a different director and/or producer; or series has the potential to go on for multiple seasons), then each episode must be submitted as a separate entry. If the program is a multi-part series with a finite number of episodes (no further episodes planned), covering the same theme, two (2) episodes must be submitted to represent of the series as a whole.

If the program contains multiple parts with a continuing storyline beyond one episode, or share the same concept, two (2) episodes must be submitted to represent the series as a whole. The program may employ partial re-enactment, stock footage, stills, animation, stop-motion or other techniques, as long as the emphasis is on fact and not on fiction

Winners and nominees

1960s-1970s

Year	English title	Original title	Production company/Network	Country
1967	Big Deal at Gothenburg		Tyne Tees Television	United Kingdom
1968	The Anderson Platoon	La Section Anderson	Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française	France
1969	The Last Campaign of Robert Kennedy		Swiss Broadcasting and Television	Switzerland
1979	The Secret Hospital – Part 1, Rampton		Yorkshire Television	United Kingdom

1980s

Year	English title	Original title	Production company/Network	Country
1980	Fighting Back		Canadian Broadcasting Corporation	Canada
1981	Charters to Hell	Charters Pour L'Enfer	TF1	France
1982	Is There One Who Understands Me? – The World of James Joyce		Raidió Teilifís Éireann	Ireland
1983	The Miracle of Life		Swedish Television	Sweden
1984	The Heart of the Dragon: Remembering (Episode 1)		Channel 4	United Kingdom
1985	28 Up		Granada Television	United Kingdom
1986	Chasing a Rainbow: The Life of Josephine Baker		Channel 4 / Csaky Ltd.	United Kingdom
1987	The Sword of Islam		Granada Television	United Kingdom
1988	The Last Seven Months of Anne Frank		TROS / BRT Belgium Television / AVA	United Kingdom
1989	Four Hours in My Lai		Yorkshire TV	United Kingdom

1990s

Year	English title	Original title	Production company/Network	Country
1990	J'ai Douze Ans et Je Fais la Guerre		CAPA Production / Canal Plus / France 3	France
1991	Cambodia – The Betrayal		ITV Central	United Kingdom
	El Caso 112		Televisión Española	Spain
	Chasseurs des ténèbres		Antenne 2 / MDI / Nat Geo / Wind Horse	France
1992 [3]	The Fifth Estate: To Sell A War		Canadian Broadcasting Corporation	Canada
	Inside Story: The Nightrider		BBC Television	United Kingdom
	Kwai		Antenne 2	France
1993 [4]	Disappearing World : "We Are All Neighbours"		Granada Television	United Kingdom
	Monika and Jonas – The Face of the Informer State		NHK	Japan
	Shackled Children		Metropole Television	France
1994	Life in the Freezer : "The Big Freeze"		BBC	United Kingdom
1995 [5]	Anne Frank Remembered		Jon Blair Film Company / BBC / Disney Channel	United Kingdom
	Lest We Forget	Contre L’Oubli	France 2	France
	The Dead (Twenty-Five Bloody Years)		BBC	United Kingdom
	Igor – Child of Chernobyl		Zenith North / Carlton Television
1996	The Pelican of Ramzan the Red		Boreales / Canal + / Docstar / Premiere	France
	People's Century - "1933: The Master Race"		BBC Television / WGBH	United Kingdom
	The Saga of Life: The Unknown World		Sveriges Television / Eriksson Television / Wanngard	Sweden
1997	Gerrie & Louise		Canadian Broadcasting Corporation	Canada
1998 [6]	Exile in Sarajevo		Exile Productions	Australia
	Futebol		GNT / Globosat / Videofilmes	Brazil
	Endgame: The Untold Story of the Hostage Crisis in Peru		NHK	Japan
1999	Born in the USSR: 14 Up		Granada Television / BBC	United Kingdom
	Just Like Anyone Else		Mainichi Broadcasting System	Japan

2000s

Year	English title	Original title	Production company/Network	Country
2000 [7] [8]	Kapo		RAI 3 / Spiegel TV / TEL-AD TV	Israel
	Stolen Generations		Jotz Productions	Australia
	Playing the China Card: Nixon and Mao		Channel 4 / WGBH-TV	United Kingdom
2001 [9] [10]	Welcome to North Korea		KRO Television	Netherlands
	Challenger: Go for Launch		BBC Two	United Kingdom
	La liste Golda	Golda's List	France 3	France
	For My Baby		Mainichi	Japan
2002 [11] [12]	Nicholas Winton - The Power of Good		WIP / Czech Television / Slovak Television	Slovakia
	Offspring		Barna-Alper Productions / CBC Television	Canada
	Decision at Age 18 - Israeli Youths Refuse To Fight		NHK	Japan
	City Slickers: A Tale of Two African Penguins		Pelican Pictures	South Africa
2003 [13] [14]	Like Goes On	Das Leben geht weiter	StarCrest Media GmbH	Germany
	Avenging Terror		Channel 4	United Kingdom
	The Last Peasants
	Stalingrad		ZDF	Germany
2004 [15] [16]	The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off		Channel 4	United Kingdom
	Testigo		Canal 13	Chile
	Seven Wonders of the Industrial World : "Hoover Dam"		BBC Two	United Kingdom
	The Origins of AIDS	Les Origines du Sida	Galafilm / MFP / Pathe Archives	Canada,   France
2005 [17] [18]	The Drama of Dresden		BROADVIEW TV GmbH / ZDF	Germany
	Contacto: "Paul Schafer: Se Busca"		Canal 13	Chile
	The House of Saud		Arte France / Alegria / Starling / BBC / WGBH Boston	France,   United Kingdom
	Prostitution Behind the Veil	Prostitution bakom slojan	COSMO DOC APS / SVT	Denmark,   Sweden
2006 [19] [20]	Hiroshima		BBC / TF1 / ZDF / Discovery Channel	United Kingdom
	How Putin Came To Power		Arte	France
	9/11: The Falling Man		Channel 4	United Kingdom
	The Search for Happiness		WRD	Germany
2007 [21] [22]	Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive		IWC Media / BBC Scotland	United Kingdom
	In God's Hands		RCN Televisión	Colombia
	Dinosaurs vs. Mammals – Secrets of Mammalian Survival		NHK	Japan
	Smiling in a War Zone		Cosmo Doc / ZDF / SVT	Denmark
2008 [23]	The Beckoning Silence		Channel 4	United Kingdom
	Asian Corridor in Heaven (Tea-Horse Old Road)		KBS	South Korea
	Collision over the Amazon	Colisão sobre a Amazônia	Discovery Channel / US Hispanic	Brazil
	Please Vote for Me		Steps International	Denmark
2009 [24] [25]	The Ascent of Money		Chimerica Media Limited / Channel 4	United Kingdom
	Pancho Villa: Aqui y Alli		History Channel Latin America / Anima Films	Argentina
	Shooting the Messenger		Al Jazeera English	Qatar
	Cityboy – The Life of Investment Banker Geraint Anderson		United Docs / ECO Media / WDR	Germany

2010s

Year	English title	Original title	Production company/Network	Country
2010 [26]	Mom and the Red Bean Cake		Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation	South Korea
	9/11: Phone Calls from the Towers		Channel 4	United Kingdom
	Kuarup: The Lost Soul Will Return	Kuarup: A alma perdida vai voltar	TV Globo	Brazil
	You Die as You Lived: Roterdam Hospice	Je gaat dood zoals je geleefd hebt	KRO Broadcasting Company	Netherlands
2011 [27] [28]	Life with Murder		JS Kastner Productions / National Film Board of Canada	Canada
	Confesiones de un Sicario		Turner Argentina / Anima Films	Argentina
	The Nonfiction: Family Meeting - 7 Years in the Tanaka Family		Fuji TV	Japan
	Wild Japan		GmbH / ORF / ARTE / National Geographic / Parthenon Entertainment	Germany
2012 [29] [30]	Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die		BBC / KEO Films	United Kingdom
	Across Land, Across Sea		The Chosun Ilbo	South Korea
	Hitler's Scape	El escape de Hitler	History Channel Latin America / Anima Films	Argentina
	Race to the South Pole	Der Wettlauf zum Südpol	Loopfilm GmbH / ZDF	Germany
2013 [31] [32]	5 Broken Cameras		Alegria Productions / Guy DVD Films / Burnat Films Palestine / France Télévisions	France
	The Golden Hour		Desert Road / TVNZ	New Zealand
	My Mother, Lady Bondong		MBC	South Korea
	5 de Mayo, Un Dia de Gloria		Discovery Channel Latin America / Cactus Films	Mexico
2014 [33] [34]	No Burqas Behind Bars	Frihet bakom galler	Nima Film / SVT / NHK / Ikon / DRTV / NRK	Sweden
	Going Back	De Volta	Canal Futura / COOPAS	Brazil
	No Fire Zone: The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka		Outsider Films / Channel 4	United Kingdom
	Phantoms of the Border		TV Chosun	South Korea
2015 [35]	Miners Shot Down		Uhuru Productions	South Africa
	Africa's Wild West - Stallions of the Namib Desert		Interspot Film / ORF / ARTE / NDR	Austria
	Before We Are Forgotten	Antes de que Nos Olviden	HBO Latin America	Mexico
	Growing Up Down's		Maverick Television / Dartmouth Films	United Kingdom
2016 [36]	War of Lies	Krieg der Lügen	Zischlermann Filmproduktion	Netherlands
	Mothers of Plaza de Mayo - The Story	Madres de Plaza de Mayo	El Perro en la Luna	Argentina
	Mom & Clarinet		KBS / Upright Media	South Korea
	My Son the Jihadi		True Vision Productions	United Kingdom
2017 [37]	EXODUS: Our Journey to Europe		KEO Films / BBC 2	United Kingdom
	The Phone of the Wind: Whispers to Lost Families		NHK	Japan
	Terror Studios	Le Studio de la Terreur	Capa Presse / Canal+	France
	Tempestad		Pimienta Films / Cactus Films / Terminal	Mexico
2018 [38]	Goodbye Aleppo		BBC Arabic	United Kingdom
	This Is Me	Eu Sou Assim	GNT / TV Zero	Brazil
	Puck's World	De Wereld van Puck	KURTA / EO Television	Netherlands
	Who I Am (Season 2)		WOWOW / Acrobat Film	Japan
2019 [39]	Bellingcat: Truth in a Post-Truth World		Submarine Amsterdam / VPRO	Netherlands
	The First Stone – The Rise of Lynching in Brazil	A Primeira Pedra	Canal Futura / Couro de Rato	Brazil
	Louis Theroux's Altered States		BBC Studios	United Kingdom
	Witness: India's Forbidden Love		Grain Media / AJE Witness	Qatar

2020s

Year	English title	Original title	Production company/Network	Country
2020 [40]	For Sama		Channel 4	United Kingdom
	The Witness	El testigo	Caracol Televisión	Colombia
	Granni-E-minem		KBS	South Korea
	Back to Rwanda	Terug naar Rwanda	De Chinezen / VRT Belgium	Belgium
2021 [41]	Hope Frozen: A Quest to Live Twice		2050 Productions / Netflix	Thailand
	Sieged	Cercados	Original Globoplay / Globo Jornalism	Brazil
	They Call Me Babu		Pieter van Huystee Film	Netherlands
	Toxic Beauty		White Pine Pictures	Canada
2022 [42]	Iraq's Lost Generation	Enfants de Daech, Les Damnés de la Guerre	Cinétévé / France Televisions / LCP / RTS / DR / NRK / SVT / Région Ile-de-France / CNC / PROCIREP – ANGOA	France
	Myanmar Coup: Digital Resistance		NHK	Japan
	The Return: Life After ISIS		Sky / Alba Sotorra Productions / MetFilm	United Kingdom
	The Evandro Case: A Devilish Plot	O Caso Evandro	Globoplay / Glaz Entretenimento	Brazil
2023 [43] [44]	Mariupol: The People's Story		Top Hat Productions / Hayloft Productions / BBC	United Kingdom
	Dossiê Chapecó – O Jogo Por Trás Da Tragédia		Warner Bros. Discovery / Pacha Films	Brazil
	Nazi Hunter – Journey Into Darkness	Nazijäger – Reise In Die Finsternis	Spiegel TV	Germany
	Witness : "Serigne vs. The EU"		Zungu / Al Jazeera English	Qatar
2024 [45]	The Billionaire, the Butler and the Boyfriend	L'affaire Bettencourt : Scandale chez la femme la plus riche du monde	Quadbox / Netflix	France
	Otto Baxter: Not a F**ing Horror Story		Story Films / Archface Films / Sky Documentaries	United Kingdom
	The Exiles		Mediacorp	Singapore
	Transo		FRM / Canal Futura / LateForCake	Brazil

Breakdown

United Kingdom has the most awards for this category with 23 (including wins for both BBC and Channel 4).

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External links

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