Three Canadian shows up for International Emmys
The Montreal-set cop drama 19-2 is among three Canadian productions vying for an International Emmy Award.
The acclaimed Bravo series will compete for best drama against Argentina’s La Casa Del Mar, Germany’s Deutschland 83 and the United Arab Emirates’ Waiting for Jasmin.
Brazil had a leading seven nominations, followed by Britain with six, including best actor for Dustin Hoffman and best actress for Judi Dench. Both appear in the BBC One TV movie Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot, based on Dahl’s children’s novel about a lonely aging bachelor who tries to woo the widow in the apartment below, who is overly fond of her pet tortoise.
Germany had five nominations, including best TV movie/miniseries and best actor (Florian Stetter) for Nackt Unter Wolfen (Naked Among Wolves), an adaptation of the novel by East German author Bruno Apitz about prisoners in the Buchenwald concentration camp who risk their lives to hide a Polish-Jewish boy.
Canada is also nominated for CBC’s Interrupt This Program in the best arts programming category. It faces off against Gabo from Colombia, Gerard Depardieu: grandeur nature (Gerard Depardieu: Out of Frame) from France, and NonFictionW — Satsuei-Kantoku Karry-Mimura no Hiroshima (NonFictionW — The Man Who Shot Hiroshima) from Japan.
In the best telenovela category, Radio-Canada’s 30 Vies is pitted against Bridges of Love from the Philippines, A Regra do Jogo (Rules of the Game) from Brazil and Verdades Secretas (Hidden Truths), also from Brazil.
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences said 40 nominees from 15 countries will compete in 10 categories for the International Emmys, which honour excellence in TV programming outside the United States. The awards will be presented Nov. 21.