The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has announced the nominees for the 2025 International Emmy Awards. This year’s competition sees 64 nominees across 16 categories, spanning a record number of 26 countries.
“As the International Emmys continue to recognize the very best in television, the creativity and caliber of this year’s Nominees, from a record 26 countries, reflect the global strength of our industry,” said International Academy President & CEO Bruce L. Paisner. “New York City will once again serve as the global stage this November, where we will honor their remarkable achievements.”
Countries represented include Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Norway, Qatar, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Türkiye, United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom.
All nominees will gather in New York for the International Emmy World Television Festival (November 21–23), featuring panels, presentations, and partner events. Winners will be revealed at the 53rd International Emmy® Awards Gala on Monday, November 24, 2025, at a ceremony in New York City.
2025 International Emmy Awards Nominees:
Arts Programming
- Art Matters with Melvyn Bragg – Oxford Films / Sky Arts (UK)
- DJ Mehdi: Made In France – Ultra Magnetic / 360 Creative / Unité / Arte France (France)
- Herchcovitch; Exposto [Herchcovitch; Exposed] – Mood Hunter (Brazil)
- Ryuichi Sakamoto: Last Days – NHK (Japan)
Best Performance by an Actor
- Diljit Dosanjh in Amar Singh Chamkila – Window Seat Films / Netflix (India)
- David Mitchell in Ludwig – Big Talk Studios / That Mitchell & Webb Company (UK)
- Oriol Pla in Yo, adicto [I, Addict] – Alea Media / Disney+ (Spain)
- Diego Vasquez in One Hundred Years of Solitude – Dynamo Producciones / Netflix (Colombia)
Best Performance by an Actress
- Charlotte Hope in Catch Me A Killer – Kowalski Films / LMP 51 / Showmax / Night Train Media (South Africa)
- Anna Maxwell Martin in Until I Kill You – World Productions (UK)
- Carolina Miranda in Mujeres Asesinas – Season 2 – Pletora Productions / ViX (Mexico)
- Maria Sid in Smärtpunkten [Pressure Point] – Kärnfilm / Art & Bob (Sweden)
Comedy
- Chicken Nugget – Studio N / Plusmedia Entertainment / Netflix (South Korea)
- Iris – Les films entre 2 et 4 / Canal+ (France)
- Ludwig – Big Talk Studios / That Mitchell & Webb Company (UK)
- Y Llegaron de Noche [They Came at Night] – 3Pas / Visceral / ViX (Mexico)
Current Affairs
- Dispatch: Kill Zone: Inside Gaza – Basement Films (UK)
- Philippines: Diving for Gold – Keyi Productions / Arte G.E.I.E (France)
- Repórter Record Investigação: Desaparecidos Forçados [Enforced Disappearances] – Record TV / Playplus (Brazil)
- Walk the Line – Mediacorp Pte Ltd (Singapore)
Documentary
- Hell Jumper – Expectation Entertainment for the BBC (UK)
- King of Kings: Chasing Edward Jones – Abelart Productions (France)
- O Prazer é Meu [It’s My Pleasure] – Amana Cine (Brazil)
- School Ties – IdeaCandy (South Africa)
Drama Series
- Las Azules [Women in Blue] – Lemon Studios / Apple TV+ (Mexico)
- Bad Boy – Sipur Studios / North Road Company / Tedy Production / Hot (Israel)
- Koek [Cake] – Wolflight (South Africa)
- Rivals – Happy Prince part of ITV Studios / Disney+ (UK)
Kids: Animation
- Bluey – Ludo Studio (Australia)
- Lamput – Season 4 – Warner Bros. Discovery / Vaibhav Studio / Robot Playground Media / Lil Critter Workshop / The Monk Studios / Tribe Audio / The Tuning Folk / Inspidea / Shapeshifter Studio (Singapore)
- Lupi e Baduki – Flamma / Elo / Birdo (Brazil)
- Muumilaakso – Season 4 [Moominvalley] – Gutsy Animations / YLE / SkyOne (Finland)
Kids: Factual & Entertainment
- Auf Fritzis Spuren – Wie war das so in der DDR? [On Fritzi’s Traces – What was it like in the GDR?]– Balance Film GmbH / Germany Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR) / Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) (Germany)
- Bora, O Pódio é Nosso – Globo / Sentimental Filmes (Brazil)
- Kids Like Us – Echo Velvet (UK)
- Playroom Live – Eclipse Television Productions (South Africa)
Kids: Live-Action
- Fallen – Globoplay / Night Train Media / Silver Reel / Hero Squared / Umedia (UK)
- Luz – Floresta (Sony) (Brazil)
- Prefects – Peripheral Vision International (Kenya)
- Shut UP – Alfredfilm / Feelgood SFT / Snowreel / Rabbit Films (Norway)
News
- Fantástico: El Salvador: Safety’s Somber Side – Globo (Brazil)
- The Gangs of Haiti – Sky News (UK)
- Gaza, Search for Life – Al Jazeera News Directorate (Qatar)
- Syria – The Truth Coming Out – TV4 (Sweden)
Non-Scripted Entertainment
- Big Brother: Canada – Season 12 – Insight Productions (Canada)
- Love is Blind: Habibi – Imagic / Netflix (UAE)
- ¿Quién es la Máscara? – Season 6 [The Masked Singer] – TelevisaUnivisión / Endemol Shine Boomdog (Mexico)
- Shaolin Heroes – Metronome Productions / Banijay / TV 2 Danmark (Denmark)
Short-Form Series
- Beyond Dancing – Radio Television Hong Kong (Hong Kong SAR, China)
- La médiatrice [The Mediator] – KOTV (Canada)
- My Dead Mom – LoCo Motion Pictures (Canada)
- Todo se Transforma – Season 4 [Change is Everything] – Warner Bros. Discovery / Buffalo Producciones (Argentina)
Sports Documentary
- Argentina ‘78 – Disney+ Original Productions / Pampa Films (Argentina)
- Chasing the Sun 2 – T+W (South Africa)
- It’s All Over: The Kiss That Changed the Spanish Football – You First Originals (Spain)
- Sven – Whisper / Up & Away Film Entertainment / Prime Video (UK)
Telenovela
- Deha [The Good & The Bad] – Ay Yapim (Türkiye)
- Mania de Vocȇ [Crazy About You] – TV Globo (Brazil)
- Regreso a Las Sabinas [Return to Las Sabinas] – Diagonal TV / Disney+ (Spain)
- Valle Salvaje – Studio Canal (Spain)
TV Movie/Mini-Series
- Amar Singh Chamkila – Window Seat Films / Netflix (India)
- Herrhausen: The Banker and the Bomb – Sperl Film (Germany)
- Lost Boys & Fairies – Duck Soup Films (UK)
- Vencer o Morir [Victory or Death] – Amazon MGM Studios / Parox S.A. (Chile)
See also: ‘Vencer o Morir’: The Story Behind Chile’s First Prime Video Original Series – Exclusive Interviews
