International Emmy Award for Best Current Affairs

International Emmy Award for Best Current Affairs
CountryUnited States
Presented byInternational Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
First awarded2007
Currently held byOff the Grid: "Ukraine Wartime Diaries"
 Turkey (2023)
Websitewww.iemmys.tv

The International Emmy Award for Best Current Affairs is presented by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (IATAS) to the best current affairs programming produced and initially aired outside of the United States. The categories for international journalism are presented at the News & Documentary Emmy Awards alongside their American counterparts.[1] It was first presented in 2007.

Rules and regulations

According to the rules of the International Academy, the category is intended for "non-fiction story from a news magazine, news oriented talk-show, or an individual or continuing feature story in a regularly scheduled newscast".[2]

In order to qualify for the category, the entry must be over ten minutes in length. The entry may cover a range of current news, investigative reports, and/or human interest topics, but they must be devoted to a single story, subject, or theme. If the submission is part of a program comprising multiple stories (i.e. each report has its own storyline and conclusion), each story must be submitted as a separate entry.

Winners and nominees

2000s

Year Program (English Title) Episode/Story Production company/Network Country
2007
[3]		 Baghdad: A Doctor's Story Guardian Films / BBC Two  United Kingdom
Hot Line "The Candelária Slaughter" TV Globo  Brazil
La Liga "The Path of the Cocaine Leaf" Cuatro Cabezas  Argentina
Special Reporter: Vyacheslav Grunskiy's Studio "The Zone of Love" TV Channel Russia  Russia
Sunday Report "Give Us a Hand! Help Us Lie!" Television Broadcasts Limited  Hong Kong
2008
[4]		 Peter R. de Vries: Natalee Holloway SBS Broadcasting / Endemol  Netherlands
The Fifth Estate "Cruel Camera" Canadian Broadcasting Corporation  Canada
Hot Line "Césio 137" TV Globo  Brazil
Witness "Red Mosque" Al Jazeera English / Midwinter Productions  Qatar
2009
[5]		 Dispatches "Saving Africa's Witch Children" Red Rebel Films / Oxford Scientific Films / Channel 4  United Kingdom
Witness "Return to Nablus" Al Jazeera English / Flashback Television / Teachers Television  Qatar
ARD Exclusiv "Kindersklaven" Westdeutscher Rundfunk  Germany
The Team: Babies Traffic Eyeworks Cuatro Cabezas  Argentina

2010s

Year Program (English Title) Episode/Story Production company/Network Country
2010
[6]		 Dispatches "Pakistan's Taliban Generation" October Film / Channel 4  United Kingdom
Tuesday Report "Child Abduction" Television Broadcasts Limited  Hong Kong
Enquête "The Ultimate Forgiveness" Société Radio-Canada  Canada
Telenoche "Glaciers, The First Veto" Artear / El Trece  Argentina
2011
[7]		 Back from the Brink: Inside the Chilean Mine Disaster NHK  Japan
21st Century "Cambodia: A Quest for Justice" UNTV  United Nations
The Assassination of Jean Charles Meneses Discovery Networks Latin America  Brazil
Unter Piraten infonetwork GmbH  Germany
2012
[8]		 Haiti's Orphans: One Year After the Earthquake CBC Television  Canada
Profession: Reporter "Children and Drugs: A Childhood Overtaken by Addiction" TV Globo  Brazil
China Dolls: Fragile Bodies, Strong Minds Phoenix Satellite Television  Hong Kong
Extra: The RTL Magazine "The Merciless Traffic in the Flight from Africa" infoNetwork GmbH  Germany
2013
[9]		 Banaz: An Honour Killing Hardcash Productions / Fuuse Films / ITV  United Kingdom
Globo Repórter "Enawenê-nawê: The Spirit-Men" TV Globo  Brazil
i-Witness "Alkansiya (Piggy Bank)" GMA Network  Philippines
ZDFzoom "The Fukushima Lie" ZDF German Television  Germany
2014
[10]		 The Fifth Estate "Made in Bangladesh" Canadian Broadcasting Corporation  Canada
The Long Journey Home Antena 3  Romania
Journalism for All "The Route of the K-Money" Artear / El Trece  Argentina
Sunday Report "One Child Policy" Television Broadcasts Limited  Hong Kong
2015
[11][12]		 Dispatches "Children on the Frontline: Children of Aleppo" ITN Productions  United Kingdom
101 East "Stray Bullets" 101 East / Al Jazeera English  Malaysia
ZDFzoom "The Soccer Empire: The Dealings of FIFA" ZDF German Television  Germany
GloboNews Documentary "Tower of David" GloboNews  Brazil
2016
[13][14]		 Dispatches "Escape from ISIS" ITN / Ronachan Films / Evan Williams Productions / Mediadante  United Kingdom
101 East "Afghanistan: No Country for Women" Al Jazeera English  Malaysia
Reportage im Ersten "Long Thanh Wants to Smile" ARD / NDR  Germany
GloboNews Documentary "Syria on the Run" GloboNews / Globo TV  Brazil
2017
[15][16]		 Exposure "Saudi Arabia Uncovered" Hardcash Productions / ITV / WGBH / Frontline  United Kingdom
101 East "Rodrigo Duterte: A President's Report Card" Al Jazeera English  Malaysia
Globo Repórter "Art as Passport" Globo Comunicação e Participações  Brazil
Mission: Investigate "The Panama Papers" SVT / ICIJ / Süddeutsche Zeitung / Reykjavik Media / Yle / DR / NDR / RÚV / Première Lignes France  Sweden
2018
[17][18]		 White Right: Meeting the Enemy Fuuse Films / ITV  United Kingdom
GloboNews "Children of Maria da Penha" GloboNews / TV Globo  Brazil
Menschenschmuggler: Das Geschäft mit den Flüchtlingen DR TV / ZDF German Television  Germany
Off the Grid "Silent Death on a Syrian Journey" TRT World  Turkey
2019
[19][20]		 Mission: Investigate "Deceptive Diplomacy" Sveriges Television / Mission Investigate  Sweden
BBC Africa Eye "Sweet Sweet Codeine" BBC World Service  Nigeria
Exposure "Iran Unveiled: Taking on the Ayatollahs" ITV / Hardcash Productions  United Kingdom
Fantástico "11 Days in North Korea" TV Globo / GloboNews  Brazil

2020s

Year Program (English Title) Episode/Story Production company/Network Country
2020
[21]		 Exposure "Undercover: Inside China's Digital Gulag" Hardcash Productions / ITV  United Kingdom
BBC Africa Eye "Sex for Grades" BBC Africa Eye  Nigeria
GloboNews Documentaries "Allies" GloboNews / Globo TV  Brazil
Mission: Impossible "The Story of Swedbank and the World's Largest Money Laundering Scandal" Mission Investigate / Sveriges Television  Sweden
2021
[22][23]		 Exposure "In Cold Blood" Darlow Smithson Productions / ITV  United Kingdom
Africa Eye "The Baby Stealers" BBC World Service  Kenya
The Hunt for Gaddafi's Billions VPRO Television  Netherlands
Profissão Repórter and Fantástico "COVID-19: The Daily Routine of a Healthcare Team Inside a Public Hospital" Globo  Brazil
2022
[24][25]		 In Search of Monsters NDR Fernsehen  Germany
Black Eye BBC Africa Eye  Nigeria
Exposure "Fearless: The Women Fighting Putin" Hardcash Productions / The Economist / ITV  United Kingdom
Domingo Espetacular "Parkinson's Research" RecordTV  Brazil
2023
[26][27]		 Off the Grid "Ukraine Wartime Diaries" TRT World  Turkey
GloboNews Documentary "Shelter: Innocents Under Fire" GloboNews / Globo  Brazil
Exposure "The Crossing" David Modell Productions  United Kingdom
UVDA "Last Stop Before Kyiv" I.D UVDA / Keshet Media Group  Israel

See also

References

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