34th International Emmy Awards

34th International Emmy Awards
Date
  • November 20, 2006 (2006-11-20)
Location New York Hilton Hotel
New York City, New York, U.S.
Hosted by Graham Norton
Highlights
Founders Award Steven Spielberg

The 34th International Emmy Awards took place on November 20, 2006, at the Hilton Hotel in New York City, United States and hosted by Irish comedian Graham Norton.[1]

Ceremony

The nominees for the 34th International Emmy Awards were announced by International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in 9 October 2006, at a press conference at MIPCOM in Cannes.

With a record five nominations each, Brazil and Germany lead the dispute between artists from Asia, Europe and South America nominees for the International Emmys. The United Kingdom again received the most nominations, getting 17 of the 36 nominations in nine categories, including for art, best actor and actress, children's, comedy and drama documentary.[2]

In addition to the presentation of the International Emmy Awards for programming, the Academy paid tribute Steven Spielberg with the Founders Award, and Ronald S. Lauder, founder and director of Central European Media Enterprises with the Directorate Award.[3]

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Susan Sarandon presented an award for children’s broadcasting, Ecaterina Telescu accepted the International Children’s Day of Broadcasting (ICDB) Award on behalf of TeleRadio-Moldova.[4] The other five nominees up for the honour came from Bangladesh, Colombia, Gambia, Spain and Syria.

Winners

Arts Programming

Winner Country Network Result
Knowledge is the Beginning GermanyZDFWon
John Peel's Record Box United KingdomChannel 4Nominated
Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music United KingdomBBCNominated
I am Dali: Secrets of a Genius JapanNHKNominated

Best Performance by an Actor

Winner Country Network Result
Ray Winstone for Vincent United KingdomBBCWon
Bernard Farcy for Le Grand Charles FranceFrance 2Nominated
Bernard Hill for A Very Social Secretary United KingdomChannel 4Nominated
Shen Lin for The Confession of Feng Qi People's Republic of ChinaCCTVNominated

Best Performance by an Actress

Winner Country Network Result
Maryam Hassouni for Offers NetherlandsVARAWon
Lucy Cohu for The Queen's Sister United KingdomChannel 4Nominated
Heike Makatsch for Margarete Steiff GermanySWR / GmbHNominated
Imelda Staunton for My Family and Other Animals United KingdomBBCNominated

Children & Young People

Winner Country Network Result
Sugar Rush United KingdomChannel 4Won
Johnny and the Bomb United KingdomChildsplay TelevisionNominated
Elias: The Little Rescue Boat NorwayNRKNominated
Gutta Boys NorwayNRKNominated

Comedy

Winner Country Network Result
Little Britain United KingdomBBCWon
Paare GermanySony Pictures Film / GmbHNominated
Os Amadores BrazilRede GloboNominated
The IT Crowd United KingdomChannel 4Nominated

Documentary

Winner Country Network Result
Hiroshima: BBC History of World War II United KingdomBBCWon
9/11: The Falling Man United KingdomChannel 4Nominated
How Putin Came To Power FranceArteNominated
The Search for Happiness GermanyWDRNominated

Drama Series

Winner Country Network Result
Life on Mars United KingdomBBCWon
Sinhá Moça BrazilRede GloboNominated
Mandrake BrazilHBO Latin AmericaNominated
Vincent United KingdomBBCNominated

Non-Scripted Entertainment

Winner Country Network Result
Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares United KingdomChannel 4Won
Big Brother Brazil 6 BrazilRede GloboNominated
Supernanny United KingdomChannel 4Nominated
The Strict School of the Fifties GermanyZDFNominated

TV Movie/Mini-Series

Winner Country Network Result
Nuit noire 17 octobre 1961 FranceCanal+Won
Filhos do Carnaval BrazilHBO BrasilNominated
The Crown Princess SwedenSVTNominated
The Virgin Queen United KingdomBBCNominated

Most major nominations

By country
By network

Most major awards

By country
By network

References

  1. ↑ "U.K. TV Wins Big at International Emmys". videoageinternational.com/. November 21, 2006. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Brasil e Alemanha lideram indicações ao Emmy internacional". UOL. October 9, 2006. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Steven Spielberg Honored at International Emmy Awards". Fox News. November 21, 2006. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Susan Sarandon presents children's programming honours at International Emmys". unicef.org. 21 November 2006. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
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