NEW YORK, November 22, 2010 - The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the winners of the 38th International Emmy® Awards tonight at a Gala event held at the New York Hilton, hosted by actor Jason Priestley.
Newscorp Chairman & CEO, Rupert Murdoch appeared on stage to present Simon Cowell with the International Emmy Founders Award. The International Emmy Directorate Award was presented to Lorne Michaels by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon host, Jimmy Fallon and 30 Rock star, Alec Baldwin.
British programs won in both performance categories with Helena Bonham Carter for Best performance by an Actress for her role as Enid Blyton in Enid and Bob Hoskins in the Best Performance by an Actor for his role as Paddy Gargan in The Street.
A cast of celebrities including Peter Facinelli, Eli Wallach, Elisabeth Moss, Bill Moyers, Melissa Joan Hart, Christine Ebersole, Tony Goldwyn, Matthew Modine, Will Estes, Ruth Wilson, Alinne Moraes and Bruno Mazzeo presented the International Emmy® statue to the winners in front of an international audience of 1,000 entertainment professionals and media executives.
Winners span 6 countries including Argentina, Israel, Portugal, Romania, South Korea and The United Kingdom.
2010 INTERNATIONAL EMMY® AWARD WINNERS
(winners in red)
ARTS PROGRAMMING
All My Life: Cazuza
Brazil
Imagine…David Hockney: A Bigger Picture
United Kingdom
Personas Inside Out
Japan
The World According to Ion B.
Romania
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR
Bob Hoskins
The Street
Sebastian Koch
Sea Wolf
Sid Lucero
Dahil May Isang Ikaw
Leonardo Sbaraglia
Epitafios
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS
Iris Berben
The Krupps – A Family Between War and Peace
Helena Bonham Carter
Enid
Lilia Cabral
Seize the Day
Lerato Mvelase
Home Affairs
CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE
13 at War
The Netherlands
Do-Re-Mi-Factory
Brazil
Happy Birthday
Japan
Shaun the Sheep
United Kingdom
COMEDY
Los Simuladores
Mexico
Peep Show
United Kingdom
Talok Hok Chak
Thailand
Traffic Light
Israel
DOCUMENTARY
9/11: Phone Calls from the Towers
United Kingdom
Kuarup: The Lost Soul Will Return
Brazil
Mom and the Red Bean Cake
South Korea
You die as you lived: Roterdam Hospice
The Netherlands
DRAMA SERIES
Sakanoue no kumo (Cloud Above the Slope)
Japan
Epitafios
Argentina
The Killing II
Denmark
The Street
United Kingdom
NON-SCRIPTED ENTERTAINMENT
CQC
Argentina
Heston’s Feasts
United Kingdom
Remembering School
The Netherlands
Run for Money
Japan
TELENOVELA
Ciega a Citas
Argentina
Dahil May Isang Ikaw
The Philippines
My Love
Portugal
TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
Hopeville
South Africa
Marcel Reich-Ranicki: The Author of Himself
Germany
Small Island
United Kingdom
Sound & Fury
Brazil