International Emmy nominees

Sadly there are no Aussie contenders in the 36th Intl. Emmy Awards, to be held at Mipcom in Cannes.

But there are some familiar names in finalists announced by the Intl. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

They include The I.T. Crowd, Life on Mars and Shaun the Sheep.

Canada’s Next Great Prime Minister is also a format being locally adapted at SBS.

The UK leads with eight out of the 40 noms in 10 categories.

The nominations are:

ARTS PROGRAMMING
“Inheriting a Kabuki Legacy — Ichikawa Ebizo: His Fate and Anguish,” Fuji Television Network, Japan
“Nara Leao: All My Life,” TV Globo, Brazil
“Richard Serra — To See Is to Think,” WDR, ZDF and 3sat, Germany
“Strictly Bolshoi,” Ballet Boyz Prods. for Channel 4, U.K.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR
Pedro Cardoso, “The Big Family,” TV Globo, Brazil
Karl Markovics, “Franz Fuchs — A Patriot,” Epo-Film and ORF, Austria
David Suchet, “Maxwell,” BBC, U.K.
Wang Chengyang, “Thei-go King and His Son,” China Movie Channel, China

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS
Lucy Cohu, “Forgiven,” Betty TV for Channel 4 and More4, U.K.
Sofie Grabol, “The Killing,” DR/Danish Broadcasting Corp. with ZDFE/NRK/SVT, Denmark
Irene Ravache, “Eternal Magic,” TV Globo, Brazil
Yuan Zhibo, “Wait for the Birth of the Husband,” China Movie Channel, China

CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE
“I Feel the Words,” NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corp.), Japan
“Patito Feo, la historia mas Linda,” (Ugly Duckling), Ideas Del Sur, Televisa, Argentina
“Ping-Pong,” NRK/SVT/DR/YLE/KRO, Norway
“Shaun the Sheep,” Aardman Animations/CBBC, U.K.

COMEDY
“Geile Zeit,” Sony Pictures Film, Germany
“The I.T. Crowd,” Talkback Thames for Channel 4, U.K.
“Mi Problema con las mujeres” (My Problem With Women), JC Entertainment/Frecuencia Latina Intl., Peru
“NEO-Office Chuckles,” NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corp.), Japan

DOCUMENTARY
“Asian Corridor in Heaven (Tea-Horse Old Road),” Korean Broadcasting System, South Korea
“The Beckoning Silence,” Darlow Smithson Prods./C4/C4i, U.K.
“Collision Over the Amazon,” Discovery Networks Latin America/U.S. Hispanic, Brazil
“Please Vote for Me,” Steps Intl., Denmark

DRAMA SERIES
“Home Affairs,” Penguin Films, South Africa
“The Killing,” DR/Danish Broadcasting Corp. with ZDFE/NRK/SVT, Denmark
“Life on Mars,” Kudos Film & Television, U.K.
“Mandrake,” HBO Ole Originals & Conspiracao Filmes, Brazil

NONSCRIPTED ENTERTAINMENT
“The Big Donor Show,” NPO (Netherlands Public Broadcasting)/Endemol/BNN, the Netherlands
“Caiga quien caiga (CQC) — Argentina,” Eyeworks Cuatro Cabezas, Argentina
“Canada’s Next Great Prime Minister,” CBC Television/Magna Intl., Canada
“Doors,” Tokyo Broadcasting System, Japan

TELENOVELA
“The Invasion Igtiyah,” Arab Telemedia Prods., Jordan
“Lalola,” A Dori Media Intl. and Dori Media Contenidos production based on an idea by Sebastian Ortega for Underground Contenidos, Argentina
“One Night of Love,” AMEDIA/Sony Pictures Television Intl., Russia
“Tropical Paradise,” TV Globo, Brazil

TV MOVIE/MINISERIES
“Britz,” Daybreak Pictures Film for Channel 4, U.K.
“The Miracle of Berlin,” Teamworx on behalf of ZDF and ZDF Enterprises, Germany
“Television por la identidad,” Telefe Contenidos/Llorente/Villarruel, Argentina
“Wait for the Birth of the Husband,” China Movie Channel, China

Source: Variety