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The list of nominees for the 37th International Emmy Awards were revealed last October 5, 2009 by The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences at a Press Conference at Mipcom.

There are 41 nominees in 10 categories. Out of 41 nominees, 11 are from Asia with 2 for the Telenovela category alone, and the remaining categories having one Asian entry each. The Philippines leads the Asian countries with three nominations; Japan and China both with two nominations and one nomination each for South Korea, Thailand, Singapore and Qatar.

The winners will be announced at a Black-Tie Ceremony on November 23, 2009 at the Hilton New York Hotel.


List of nominees for the 37th International Emmy Awards

Arts Programming Category

• Mamonas Assassinas – All My Life (TV Globo) Brazil
• The Mona Lisa Curse – (Oxford Film & Television for Channel 4) United Kingdom Winner
• Ode to Joy: 10,000 Voice Resound! (Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc.) Japan
• Seven Gates of Jerusalem (TVP SA / Platige Image) Poland

Best Performance by an Actor Category

• Robert de Hoog in Skin (Humanist Broadcasting Foundation / IJswater Films) The Netherlands
• Chen Li in Ultimate Rescue (China Movie Channel) PR China
• Óscar Olivares in Capadocia (HBO Latin America Originals) Mexico
• Ben Whishaw in Criminal Justice (BBC) United Kingdom Winner

Best Performance by an Actress Category

• Emma De Caunes in Night Birds (CHEZ WAM) France
• Angel Locsin in Lobo/The Wolf (ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation) The Philippines
• Cecilia Suárez in Capadocia (HBO Latin America Originals) Mexico
• Julie Walters in A Short Stay in Switzerland (BBC) United Kingdom Winner

Children and Young People Category

• Dustbin Baby (Kindle Entertainment) United Kingdom Winner
• Lharn Poo Koo E-Joo (Workpoint Entertainment Public Company Limited) Thailand
• The Little Emperor’s Christmas (TV Globo) Brazil
• Mille (Danish Broadcasting Corporation) Denmark

Comedy Category

• Hoshi Shinichi’s Short Shorts (Telecom Staff for NHK in association with NHK Enterprises) Japan Winner
• Peter Kay’s Britain’s Got the Pop Factor… (Phil McIntyre / Goodnight Vienna for Channel 4) United Kingdom
• The Slum (TV Globo) Brazil
• Turkish for Beginners (Bayerischer Rundfunk / Norddeutscher Rundfunk / Westdeutscher Rundfunk / ARD-Werbung / Hofmann & Voges Entertainment GmbH) Germany

Documentary Category

• The Ascent of Money (Chimerica Media for Channel 4) United Kingdom Winner
• Cityboy – The Life of Investment Banker Geraint Anderson (United Docs / ECO Media / WDR) Germany
• Pancho Villa: Aqui y Alli (The History Channel Latin America / Anima Films) Argentina
• Shooting the Messenger (Al Jazeera English) Qatar

Drama Series Category

• Capadocia (HBO Latin America Originals) Mexico
• The Land of the Wind (Korean Broadcasting System) South Korea
• The Protectors (Danish Broadcasting Corporation in association with ZDF / NRK / SVT) Denmark Winner
• Sokhulu & Partners (Paw Paw Films) South Africa
• Spooks (Kudos Film and TV Ltd) United Kingdom

Non-Scripted Entertainment Category

• The Amazing Race Asia (Amazing Race Productions Inc. / ABC Studios / SPE Networks – Asia Pte Ltd (AXN Asia) / Sony Pictures Television / ActiveTV Asia Pte Ltd / ActiveTV Pty Ltd) Singapore
• Historia Extrema (The History Channel Latin America / Endemol Argentina) Argentina
• I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! (ITV Studios) United Kingdom
  The Phone (Park Lane TV Productions) The Netherlands Winner

Telenovela

• India – A Love Story (TV Globo) Brazil Winner
• Magdusa Ka (GMA Network, Inc.) The Philippines
• Second Chance (TF1 Production / Fontana) France
• Kahit Isang Saglit / A Time for Us (ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation / Double Vision SDN BHD) The Philippines / Malaysia

TV Movie/Mini-Series Category

• Maysa – When the Heart Sings (TV Globo) Brazil
• The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall (Talkback Thames for Channel 4) United Kingdom
• Ultimate Rescue (China Movie Channel) PR China
• The Wolves of Berlin (Ziegler Film GmbH & Co. KG / ZDR) Germany Winner

Source: iemmys.tv

Congratulations to all Asian nominees especially Philippines. im looking forward to see the winners.

yah..cant wait to know whether korea can get the prize for the drama or not?..wat a nice drama to watch

Yay!
Go Asians

more power 2 asians

Proud To Be Asian...
Go Asians Go...

wow. its great to see many nominations some asians have gotten. i hope they take home a award!

oh I forgot to update the news with the winners...

Only 1 out of the 11 nominations from Asia won. It's Japan's Hoshi Shinichi's Short Shorts for the Comedy category... Congratulations to the win and of course to the others. Being nominated is already one huge honor!

Great movies! Deserved to get prizes