International Emmy 2022 nominations: ‘Sex Education’, ‘Narcos: Mexico’ and more

International Academy president and CEO Bruce Paisner recently announced this year’s nominees for the International Emmy Awards. Talking about the diversity and quality of the nominees, Paisner said that great television knows no borders and is emerging around the globe.

“We look forward to recognising these outstanding programs and performances on our global stage with the International Emmy,” Paisner added.

This year, we have 23 countries representing 15 categories and 60 nominees. Netflix’s ‘Narcos: Mexico’ picked up two nominations, third season of another Netflix hit ‘Sex Education’ is nominated for Best Comedy Series alongside HBO Latin America’s ‘Bunker’, Canal+’s ‘On The Verge’, and BBC’s ‘Dreaming Whilst Black’. Check out the full nomination list for this year’s International Emmy Awards below!

Arts Programming

Bios: Calamaro

Buena Vista Original Productions (Disney) / Nat Geo

Argentina

Charlie Chaplin, Le Génie De La Liberté [Charlie Chaplin, The Genius Of Liberty]

France Télévisions / Kuiv Productions

France 

Freddie Mercury: The Final Act

Rogan Productions

United Kingdom 

Wonderful World: A New York Jazz Story

NHK

Japan

Best Performance by an Actor

Sverrir Gudnason in En Kunglig Affär [A Royal Secret]

SVT

Stellanova Film / SVT / Film i Väst / Stockholm Film Fund

Sweden

Scoot McNairy in Narcos: Mexico

Netflix / Gaumont

Mexico

Dougray Scott in Irvine Welsh’s Crime

Cineflix Media Inc. / Buccaneer Media / Off Grid Film & TV

United Kingdom 

Lee Sun-Kyun in Dr. Brain

Bound Entertainment / Kakao Entertainment / Studioplex / Dark Circle Pictures / Apple

South Korea 

Best Performance by an Actress 

Celine Buckens in Showtrial

World Productions

United Kingdom

Leticia Colin in Onde Está Meu Coração [Where My Heart Is]

Globoplay

Brazil 

Kim Engelbrecht in Reyka

tpf london / Quizzical / Serena Cullen Productions / MNET South Africa / Fremantle / Heromotives

South Africa

Lou de Laâge in Le Bal des Folles [The Mad Women’s Ball]

Légende Films / Amazon

France

Comedy

Búnker [Bunker]

HBO Latin America / WarnerMedia Latin America / Dopamine

Mexico

Dreaming Whilst Black

Big Deal Films

United Kingdom

On The Verge

The Film TV / Canal+ Creation Originale

France

Sex Education

Netflix / Eleven Film

United Kingdom

Documentary

Enfants De Daech, Les Damnés De La Guerre [Iraq’s Lost Generation]

Cinétévé / France Televisions / LCP / RTS / DR / NRK / SVT / Région Ile-de-France / CNC / PROCIREP – ANGOA

France

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Myanmar Coup: Digital Resistance

NHK

Japan

O Caso Evandro [The Evandro Case: A Devilish Plot]

Globoplay / Glaz Entretenimento

Brazil

The Return: Life After ISIS

Sky / Alba Sotorra Productions / MetFilm

United Kingdom

Drama Series

Lupin

Netflix / Gaumont Television

France

Narcos: Mexico

Netflix / Gaumont

Mexico 

Reyka

tpf london / Quizzical / Serena Cullen Productions / MNET South Africa / Fremantle / Heromotives

South Africa

Vigil

World Productions

United Kingdom

Kids: Animation

Dapinty, Una Aventura Musicolor [Dapinty, A Musicolor Adventure]

Silverwolf Studios

Colombia

Fumetsu No Anata E [To Your Eternity]

NHK

Japan

Les Lapins Cretins – Invasion: Mission sur Mars [Rabbids Invasion Special – Mission to Mars]

Ubisoft Motion Pictures Rabbids

France

Shaun the Sheep: Flight Before Christmas

Netflix / Aardman

United Kingdom

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Kids: Factual & Entertainment 

Ikke Gjor Dette Mot Klimaet! [Don’t Do This To The Climate]

NRK

Norway

My Better World

Fundi Films / Maan Creative / Impact(ed) International

South Africa 

Newsround Special – Let’s Talk About Periods

BBC

United Kingdom

Sueños Latinoamericanos [Latin American Dreams]

Mi Chica Producciones / Consejo Nacional De Television De Chile / Television Nacional De Chile

Chile 

Kids: Live-Action

Anonima [Anonymously Yours]

Netflix / Woo Films

Mexico

Hardball – Season 2

Australian Children’s Television Foundation / Northern Pictures

Australia

Kabam!

NPO / IJswater Films / KRO-NCRV

Netherlands 

Lightspeed

Oak 3 Films Pte Ltd / Mediacorp TV Singapore Pte Ltd

Singapore

Non-English Language U.S. Primetime Program

2021 Latin American Music Awards

NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises / Somos Productions, LLC

United States

Buscando A Frida

Telemundo Global Studios / Argos

United States

La Suerte De Loli

Telemundo Global Studios

United States 

Malverde, El Santo Patrón

Telemundo Global Studios / Equipment and Film Design (EFD)

United States

Non-Scripted Entertainment

La Voz Argentina [The Voice] – Season 3

VIACOMCBS / Telefe

Argentina 

LOL: Last One Laughing Germany

Constantin Entertainment GmbH / Amazon

Germany

Love on the Spectrum – Season 2

Northern Pictures / ABC / Netflix

Australia

Top Chef Middle East – Season 5

NBCUniversal

United Arab Emirates

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Short-Form Series

Espíritu Pionero [Pioneer Spirit]

TV Pública Argentina

Argentina 

Fly on the Wall

Al Jazeera Digital

Qatar

Nissene i bingen [Santas in the Hay]

Seefood TV

Norway

Rūrangi

Autonomouse / The Yellow Affair

New Zealand

Sports Documentary

Chivas

Amazon Studios / Film 45 / Amazon / CobraFilms

Mexico

Kiyou No Kata [Kiyou’s Kata]

Kansai Television

Japan

Nadia

Federation Entertainment / Echo Studio

France

Queen Of Speed

Sky / Drum Studios

United Kingdom

Telenovela

Nos Tempos Do Imperador

TV Globo

Brazil 

Two Lives

Bambú Producciones

Spain

YeonMo [The King’s Affection]

KBS (Korean Broadcasting System) / Netflix / Monster Union / Arc Media

South Korea 

You Are My Hero

Gcoo Entertainment Co. Ltd. / China Huace Film & TV Co., Ltd / Croton Cultural Media Co., Ltd. / BEIJING LE BEN FILM MEDIA / Jindun Film & Television Culture Center of the Ministry of Public Security of China

China

TV Movie/Mini-Series

Help

The Forge / All3Media International

United Kingdom

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Il est elle [(S)he]

Newen Connect / And So On Films

France

Isabel, La Historia Íntima De La Escritora Isabel Allende [Isabel, The Intimate Story Of Isabel Allende]

Megamedia Chile

Chile

On The Job

Reality MM Studios / Globe Studios / HBO / Warner Media

Philippines