International Emmy Award for Best Documentary

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International Emmy Award for Best Documentary
Awarded forBest Documentary
CountryUnited States
Presented byIATAS
First awarded1967
Currently held byFor Sama
 UK (2020)
Websitewww.iemmys.tv

The International Emmy Award for best documentary is a category of the International Emmy Awards, honoring documentaries produced and displayed initially outside the United States. The award ceremony takes place in New York City since 1967.[1]

Rules[]

Documentary: 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[]

Year Winner Country Network
1967 Big Deal at Gothenburg  United Kingdom Tyne Tees Television
1968 La Section Anderson  France Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française
1969   Switzerland SRG SSR
1979  United Kingdom Yorkshire Television
1980 Fighting Back  Canada Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
1981 Charters Pour L'Enfer  France TF1
1982  Ireland Raidió Teilifís Éireann
1983 The Miracle of Life  Sweden Swedish Television
1984  United Kingdom Channel 4
1985 28 Up  United Kingdom Granada Television
1986 Chasing a Rainbow: The Life of Josephine Baker  United Kingdom Channel 4
1987 The Sword of Islam  United Kingdom Channel 4
1988 The Last Seven Months of Anne Frank  United Kingdom TROS / BRT Belgium Television / AVA
1989 Four Hours in My Lai  United Kingdom Yorkshire TV
1990  France CAPA Production / Canal Plus / France 3
1991  United Kingdom ITV Central
1992 The Fifth Estate: To Sell A War  Canada Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
1993  United Kingdom BBC
 Japan NHK
1994 Life in the Freezer: The Big Freeze  United Kingdom BBC
1995 Contre L'Oubli  France France 2
Anne Frank Remembered  United Kingdom Jon Blair Film Company
1996  France Boreales / Canal + / Docstar / Premiere
People's Century: 1900–1999 episode 1933: The Master Race  United Kingdom BBC Television / WGBH
 Sweden STV
1997 Gerrie & Louise  Canada Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
1998 Exile in Sarajevo  Australia Exile Productions
1999  Japan MBS
 United Kingdom Granada Television / BBC
2000 Kapo  Israel[3] RAI 3 / Spiegel TV / TEL-AD TV
2001 Welcome to North Korea  Netherlands[4]
2002 Nicholas Winton - The Power of Good  Slovakia[5] WIP / Czech Television / Slovak Television
2003 Das Leben geht weiter (Live Goes On)  Germany[6] StarCrest Media GmbH
2004 The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off  United Kingdom[7] Channel 4
2005 The Drama of Dresden  Germany[8] BROADVIEW TV GmbH / ZDF
2006 Hiroshima  United Kingdom[9] BBC / TF1 / ZDF / Discovery Channel
2007 Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive  United Kingdom[10] IWC Media / BBC Scotland
2008 The Beckoning Silence  United Kingdom[11] Channel 4
2009 The Ascent of Money  United Kingdom[12] Channel 4
2010  Pakistan[13] Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
2010 Mom and the Red Bean Cake  South Korea[14] Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation
2011 Life with Murder  Canada[15] John Kastner
2012 Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die  United Kingdom[16] BBC Scotland
2013 5 Broken Cameras  France[17] Emad Burnat / Guy Davidi
2014 No Burqas Behind Bars  Sweden[18] SVT
2015 The Man Who Saved the Louvre  France Ladybird Films
2016 Krieg der Lügen  Germany Zischlermann Filmproduktion
2017  United Kingdom Keo Films
2018  United Kingdom BBC
2019 Bellingcat: Truth in a Post-Truth World  Netherlands Submarine
2020 For Sama  United Kingdom Channel 4

Breakdown[]

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

References[]

  1. ^ "Previous Winners". iemmys.tv. November 14, 2014. Archived from the original on December 5, 2007. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
  2. ^ "2017 Rules & Regulations" (PDF). International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. 26 December 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Israeli documentary nabs International Emmy". The Times of Israel.
  4. ^ "Welcome to North Korea- Emmy Winner - WatchKnowLearn". watchknowlearn.org. Archived from the original on 2014-11-26. Retrieved 2014-11-14.
  5. ^ "Sir Nicholas Winton turns 105". praguepost.com.
  6. ^ "Das Leben geht weiter". mandy.com. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2014-11-14.
  7. ^ "Brits sweep the board at Emmys". The Guardian. 23 November 2004.
  8. ^ "'DAS DRAMA VON DRESDEN' wins Emmy award in New York". tempusfilm.com.
  9. ^ "British TV triumphs at Emmys". The Guardian. 21 November 2006.
  10. ^ "Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive". iwcmedia.com. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2014-11-14.
  11. ^ "International Emmy Winner - The Beckoning Silence". veoh.com.
  12. ^ "THE ASCENT OF MONEY wins International Emmy". PBS. November 25, 2009.
  13. ^ Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Wins Emmy for "Children of the Taliban" All Things Pakistan. 2 October 2010. Retrieved 23 March 2011
  14. ^ "Korean documentary 'Mom and the Red Bean Cake' wins Emmy". Yonhap. 2010-11-23.
  15. ^ ""Life with Murder" picks up International Emmy Award". realscreen.com. 22 November 2011.
  16. ^ "Terry Pratchett's 'Choosing To Die' documentary scoops International Emmy". The Independent. 20 November 2012.
  17. ^ "'5 Broken Cameras' wins Emmy". ynetnews.com. November 26, 2013.
  18. ^ ""Frihet bakom galler" vann Emmypris". svd.se/. November 25, 2014.

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