Cannes/MIPCOM, October 4, 2010: Nominations for the 38th International Emmy® Awards were announced today by The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences at a Press Conference at Mipcom. There are 39 nominees in 10 categories. The full list of Nominees follows this release. Winners will be announced at a Black-Tie Ceremony hosted by Actor/Director Jason Priestley, on November 22, 2010 at the Hilton New York Hotel.

Nominations span 15 countries: Argentina, Brazil, Denmark, Germany, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Portugal, Romania, South Africa, South Korea, Thailand, The Philippines, The Netherlands and The United Kingdom, The competition took place with three rounds of judging over a period of 6 months, with participation from over 700 judges in 50 different countries.

Performance nominations include leading actors and actresses from Argentina- Leonardo Sbaraglia; Brazil-Lilia Cabral; Germany- Sebastien Koch & Iris Berben; The Philippines-Sid Lucero; The United Kingdom-Bob Hoskins & Helena Bonham Carter and South Africa-Lerato Moloisane.

In addition to the presentation of the International Emmy® Awards for programming, the Academy will present two special awards. Lorne Michaels, who created Saturday Night Live and in so doing reinvented comedy on television and launched a generation of major film and TV stars, is set to receive the 2010 International Emmy® Directorate Award. American Idol Judge and Got Talent Executive Producer, Simon Cowell will receive the 2010 International Emmy® Founders Award.

ARTS PROGRAMMING

All My Life: Cazuza
TV Globo
Brazil

Imagine…David Hockney: A Bigger Picture
BBC / Coluga Pictures
United Kingdom

Personas Inside Out
TV Asahi
Japan

The World According to Ion B.
HBO Romania / Alexander Nanau Production
Romania

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR

Bob Hoskins
The Street
ITV Studios
United Kingdom

Sebastian Koch
Sea Wolf
Tele-München / Gate Film / Clasart / ZDF / ORF / RHI
Germany

Sid Lucero
Dahil May Isang Ikaw
ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation
The Philippines

Leonardo Sbaraglia
Epitafios
HBO Latin America Originals / Pol-Ka Productions
Argentina

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS

Iris Berben
The Krupps – A Family Between War and Peace
Moovie – the Art of Entertainment / ZDF
Germany

Helena Bonham Carter
Enid
Carnival Film & Television
United Kingdom

Lilia Cabral
Seize the Day
TV Globo
Brazil

Lerato Moloisane
Home Affairs
Penguin Films
South Africa

CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE

13 at War
NPS Broadcasting Organisation
The Netherlands

Do-Re-Mi-Factory
TV Globo
Brazil

Happy Birthday
Fuji Television Network, Inc.
Japan

Shaun the Sheep
Aardman Animations / WDR & WDR mediagroup GmbH / BBC
United Kingdom

COMEDY

Los Simuladores
Sony Pictures Television International
Mexico

Peep Show
Objective Productions for Channel 4
United Kingdom

Talok Hok Chak
Workpoint Entertainment Public Company Limited / Royal Thai Army Radio and Television / Channel 5
Thailand

Traffic Light
Kuperman Productions / Keshet Broadcasting
Israel

DOCUMENTARY

9/11: Phone Calls from the Towers
Darlow Smithson Productions
United Kingdom

Kuarup: The Lost Soul Will Return
TV Globo
Brazil

Mom and the Red Bean Cake
Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation
South Korea

You die as you lived: Roterdam Hospice
KRO Broadcasting Organisation
The Netherlands

DRAMA SERIES

Clouds Over the Hill
NHK
Japan

Epitafios
HBO Latin America Originals / Pol-Ka Productions
Argentina

The Killing II
Danish Broadcasting Corporation in association with ZDF / NRK / SVT
Denmark

The Street
ITV Studios
United Kingdom

NON-SCRIPTED ENTERTAINMENT

CQC
Eyeworks Cuatro Cabezas SA
Argentina

Heston’s Feasts
Optomen Television for Channel 4
United Kingdom

Remembering School
KRO / Screentime Entertainment.
The Netherlands

Run for Money
Fuji Television Network, Inc. / Fuji Creative Corporation
Japan

TELENOVELA

Ciega a Citas
Dori Media International / Dori Media Contenidos / Rosstoc
Argentina

Dahil May Isang Ikaw
ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation
The Philippines

My Love
Plural Entertainment
Portugal

TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES

Hopeville
Curious Pictures / Heartlines / SABC Education
South Africa

Marcel Reich-Ranicki: The Author of Himself
Trebitsch Entertainment / WDR / Arte
Germany

Small Island
Ruby Television in association with AL Films
United Kingdom

Sound & Fury
TV Globo / O2 Filmes
Brazil