The BBC crime dramedy Ludwig, Australia’s hit kids animated series Bluey and Netflix’s biopic Amar Singh Chamkila were among the titles that scored nominations for the 53rd International Emmy Awards, unveiled on Thursday by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
A total of 64 nominees span 16 categories and represent a record 26 countries. Winners will be announced on Nov. 24 at a ceremony in New York City. The UK led the field with 12 nominations, followed by Brazil with eight and South Africa with four.
“As the International Emmys continue to recognize the very best in television, the creativity and caliber of this year’s nominees, from a record 26 countries, reflect the global strength of our industry,” said International Academy president and CEO Bruce L. Paisner.
In the drama series competition, Mexico’s AppleTV+ series Las Azules [Women in Blue], the story of trailblazing female police officers in 1970s Mexico City, goes up against Israel’s Bad Boy, a semi-autobiographical story of a teenager navigating the juvenile detention system; South African suburban satire/crime drama Koek [Cake]; and British series Rivals, an adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s novel of 1980s media and political rivalries.
Brit star David Mitchell picked up a best actor nomination for his turn as a socially awkward puzzle-maker who impersonates his missing detective twin brother, in BBC hit Ludwig, with the show also scoring a best comedy nom. From Mexico, Y Llegaron de Noche [They Came at Night], a period comedy set on the Spanish-language set of Universal’s 1931 Drácula, was also nominated, alongside Netflix’s surreal South Korean series Chicken Nugget, about a young woman who is transformed into fried chicken, and France’s school-set sitcom Iris.
Performance nods reflect the breadth of the international slate. Diljit Dosanjh is nominated for Amar Singh Chamkila, portraying the rise and assassination of the Punjabi folk icon. Oriol Pla is up for his turn playing a young addict in the Spanish drama Yo, adicto [I, Addict], alongside Diego Vasquez for his portrayal of patriarch José Arcadio Buendía in the Colombian Netflix adaptation of literary classic One Hundred Years of Solitude.
On the actress side, Charlotte Hope was nominated for her portrayal of pioneering profiler Micki Pistorius in South Africa’s Catch Me a Killer; Anna Maxwell Martin for playing Delia Balmer in ITV’s Until I Kill You a woman whose partner turned out to be a serial killer; Carolina Miranda for a woman struggling with addition in Mexican drama Mujeres Asesinas; and Maria Sid for her portrayal as a producer of a controversial prison theater project in Sweden’s series Smärtpunkten [Pressure Point].
All nominees will convene in New York from Nov. 21-23 for the International Emmy World Television Festival ahead of the awards gala.
Full List of 2025 International Emmy Nominees
DRAMA SERIES
Las Azules [Women in Blue], Lemon Studios / Apple TV+ (Mexico)
Bad Boy, Sipur Studios / North Road Company / Tedy Production / Hot (Israel)
Koek [Cake], Wolflight (South Africa)
Rivals, Happy Prince part of ITV Studios / Disney+ (United Kingdom)
COMEDY
Chicken Nugget, Studio N / Plusmedia Entertainment / Netflix (South Korea)
Iris, Les Films Entre 2 Et 4 / Canal+ (France)
Ludwig, Big Talk Studios / That Mitchell & Webb Company (United Kingdom)
Y Llegaron de Noche [They Came at Night], 3Pas / Visceral / ViX (Mexico)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR
Diljit Dosanjh, for Amar Singh Chamkila (India)
David Mitchell, for Ludwig (United Kingdom)
Oriol Pla, for Yo, adicto [I, Addict] (Spain)
Diego Vasquez, for One Hundred Years of Solitude (Colombia)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS
Charlotte Hope, for Catch Me a Killer (South Africa)
Anna Maxwell Martin, for Until I Kill You (United Kingdom)
Carolina Miranda, for Mujeres Asesinas – Season 2 (Mexico)
Maria Sid, for Smärtpunkten [Pressure Point] (Sweden)
TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
Amar Singh Chamkila, Window Seat Films / Netflix (India)
Herrhausen: The Banker and the Bomb, Sperl Film (Germany)
Lost Boys & Fairies, Duck Soup Films (United Kingdom)
Vencer o Morir [Victory or Death], Amazon MGM Studios / Parox S.A. (Chile)
TELENOVELA
Deha [The Good & The Bad], Ay Yapim (Türkiye)
Mania de Vocȇ [Crazy About You], TV Globo (Brazil)
Regreso a Las Sabinas [Return to Las Sabinas], Diagonal TV / Disney+ (Spain)
Valle Salvaje, Studio Canal (Spain)
DOCUMENTARY
Hell Jumper, Expectation Entertainment for the BBC (United Kingdom)
King of Kings: Chasing Edward Jones, Abelart Productions (France)
O Prazer é Meu [It’s My Pleasure], Amana Cine (Brazil)
School Ties, IdeaCandy (South Africa)
NON-SCRIPTED ENTERTAINMENT
Big Brother: Canada – Season 12, Insight Productions (Canada)
Love Is Blind: Habibi, Imagic / Netflix (United Arab Emirates)
¿Quién es la Máscara? – Season 6 [The Masked Singer], TelevisaUnivisión / Endemol Shine Boomdog (Mexico)
Shaolin Heroes, Metronome Productions / Banijay / TV 2 Danmark (Denmark)
SPORTS DOCUMENTARY
Argentina ‘78, Disney+ Original Productions / Pampa Films (Argentina)
Chasing the Sun 2, T+W (South Africa)
It’s All Over: The Kiss That Changed the Spanish Football, You First Originals (Spain)
Sven, Whisper / Up & Away Film Entertainment / Prime Video (United Kingdom)
ARTS PROGRAMMING
Art Matters With Melvyn Bragg, Oxford Films / Sky Arts (United Kingdom)
DJ Mehdi: Made In France, Ultra Magnetic / 360 Creative / Unité / Arte France (France)
Herchcovitch; Exposto [Herchcovitch; Exposed], Mood Hunter (Brazil)
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Last Days, NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) (Japan)
CURRENT AFFAIRS
Dispatch: Kill Zone: Inside Gaza, Basement Films (United Kingdom)
Philippines: Diving for Gold, Keyi Productions / Arte G.E.I.E (France)
Repórter Record Investigação: Desaparecidos Forçados [Enforced Disappearances], Record TV / Playplus (Brazil)
Walk the Line, Mediacorp Pte Ltd (Singapore)
NEWS
Fantástico: El Salvador: Safety’s Somber Side, Globo (Brazil)
The Gangs of Haiti, Sky News (United Kingdom)
Gaza, Search for Life, Al Jazeera News Directorate (Qatar)
Syria – The Truth Coming Out, TV4 (Sweden)
KIDS: ANIMATION
Bluey, Ludo Studio (Australia)
Lamput – Season 4, Warner Bros. Discovery / Vaibhav Studio / Robot Playground Media / Lil Critter Workshop / The Monk Studios / Tribe Audio / The Tuning Folk / Inspidea / Shapeshifter Studio (Singapore)
Lupi e Baduki, Flamma / Elo / Birdo (Brazil)
Muumilaakso – Season 4 [Moominvalley], Gutsy Animations / YLE / SkyOne (Finland)
KIDS: FACTUAL & ENTERTAINMENT
Auf Fritzis Spuren – Wie war das so in der DDR? [On Fritzi’s Traces – What was it like in the GDR?], Balance Film GmbH / MDR / WDR (Germany)
Bora, O Pódio é Nosso, Globo / Sentimental Filmes (Brazil)
Kids Like Us, Echo Velvet (United Kingdom)
Playroom Live, Eclipse Television Productions (South Africa)
KIDS: LIVE-ACTION
Fallen, Globoplay / Night Train Media / Silver Reel / Hero Squared / Umedia (United Kingdom)
Luz, Floresta (Sony) (Brazil)
Prefects, Peripheral Vision International (Kenya)
Shut UP, Alfredfilm / Feelgood SFT / Snowreel / Rabbit Films (Norway)
SHORT-FORM SERIES
Beyond Dancing, Radio Television Hong Kong (Hong Kong SAR, China)
La Médiatrice [The Mediator], KOTV (Canada)
My Dead Mom, LoCo Motion Pictures (Canada)
Todo se Transforma – Season 4 [Change is Everything], Warner Bros. Discovery / Buffalo Producciones (Argentina)
