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International Emmy Award for Best Documentary

International Emmy Award for Best Documentary
Awarded forBest Documentary
CountryUnited States
Presented byInternational Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
First awarded1967
Currently held byOtto Baxter: Not a F**ing Horror Story
 United Kingdom (2024)
Websitewww.iemmys.tv

The International Emmy Award for Best Documentary is presented since 1967 by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (IATAS) to the best documentaries produced and aired initially outside the United States.[1]

Rules

According to the rules of the International Academy, documentary is a factual presentation providing an in-depth analysis of a specific subject or point of view supported by evidence and informed commentary, on any subject other than art and artists.[2] The program should fit the minimum format length of a televised half-hour time slot.

If the program is part of a continuous series of self-contained episodes (i.e. each episode has its own storyline with a conclusion; or each episode may have a different director and/or producer; or series has the potential to go on for multiple seasons), then each episode must be submitted as a separate entry. If the program is a multi-part series with a finite number of episodes (no further episodes planned), covering the same theme, two (2) episodes must be submitted to represent of the series as a whole.

If the program contains multiple parts with a continuing storyline beyond one episode, or share the same concept, two (2) episodes must be submitted to represent the series as a whole. The program may employ partial re-enactment, stock footage, stills, animation, stop-motion or other techniques, as long as the emphasis is on fact and not on fiction

Winners and nominees

1960s-1970s

Year English title Original title Production company/Network Country
1967 Big Deal at Gothenburg Tyne Tees Television  United Kingdom
1968 The Anderson Platoon La Section Anderson Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française  France
1969 The Last Campaign of Robert Kennedy Swiss Broadcasting and Television  Switzerland
1979 The Secret Hospital – Part 1, Rampton Yorkshire Television  United Kingdom

1980s

Year English title Original title Production company/Network Country
1980 Fighting Back Canadian Broadcasting Corporation  Canada
1981 Charters to Hell Charters Pour L'Enfer TF1  France
1982 Is There One Who Understands Me? – The World of James Joyce Raidió Teilifís Éireann  Ireland
1983 The Miracle of Life Swedish Television  Sweden
1984 The Heart of the Dragon: Remembering (Episode 1) Channel 4  United Kingdom
1985 28 Up Granada Television  United Kingdom
1986 Chasing a Rainbow: The Life of Josephine Baker Channel 4 / Csaky Ltd.  United Kingdom
1987 The Sword of Islam Granada Television  United Kingdom
1988 The Last Seven Months of Anne Frank TROS / BRT Belgium Television / AVA  United Kingdom
1989 Four Hours in My Lai Yorkshire TV  United Kingdom

1990s

Year English title Original title Production company/Network Country
1990 J'ai Douze Ans et Je Fais la Guerre CAPA Production / Canal Plus / France 3  France
1991 Cambodia – The Betrayal ITV Central  United Kingdom
El Caso 112 Televisión Española  Spain
Chasseurs des ténèbres Antenne 2 / MDI / Nat Geo / Wind Horse  France
1992
[3]
The Fifth Estate: To Sell A War Canadian Broadcasting Corporation  Canada
Inside Story: The Nightrider BBC Television  United Kingdom
Kwai Antenne 2  France
1993
[4]
Disappearing World: "We Are All Neighbours" Granada Television  United Kingdom
Monika and Jonas – The Face of the Informer State NHK  Japan
Shackled Children Metropole Television  France
1994 Life in the Freezer: "The Big Freeze" BBC  United Kingdom
1995
[5]
Anne Frank Remembered Jon Blair Film Company / BBC / Disney Channel  United Kingdom
Lest We Forget Contre L’Oubli France 2  France
The Dead (Twenty-Five Bloody Years) BBC  United Kingdom
Igor – Child of Chernobyl Zenith North / Carlton Television
1996 The Pelican of Ramzan the Red Boreales / Canal + / Docstar / Premiere  France
People's Century - "1933: The Master Race" BBC Television / WGBH  United Kingdom
The Saga of Life: The Unknown World Sveriges Television / Eriksson Television / Wanngard  Sweden
1997 Gerrie & Louise Canadian Broadcasting Corporation  Canada
1998
[6]
Exile in Sarajevo Exile Productions  Australia
Futebol GNT / Globosat / Videofilmes  Brazil
Endgame: The Untold Story of the Hostage Crisis in Peru NHK  Japan
1999 Born in the USSR: 14 Up Granada Television / BBC  United Kingdom
Just Like Anyone Else Mainichi Broadcasting System  Japan

2000s

Year English title Original title Production company/Network Country
2000
[7][8]
Kapo RAI 3 / Spiegel TV / TEL-AD TV  Israel
Stolen Generations Jotz Productions  Australia
Playing the China Card: Nixon and Mao Channel 4 / WGBH-TV  United Kingdom
2001
[9][10]
Welcome to North Korea KRO Television  Netherlands
Challenger: Go for Launch BBC Two  United Kingdom
La liste Golda Golda's List France 3  France
For My Baby Mainichi  Japan
2002
[11][12]
Nicholas Winton - The Power of Good WIP / Czech Television / Slovak Television  Slovakia
Offspring Barna-Alper Productions / CBC Television  Canada
Decision at Age 18 - Israeli Youths Refuse To Fight NHK  Japan
City Slickers: A Tale of Two African Penguins Pelican Pictures  South Africa
2003
[13][14]
Like Goes On Das Leben geht weiter StarCrest Media GmbH  Germany
Avenging Terror Channel 4  United Kingdom
The Last Peasants
Stalingrad ZDF  Germany
2004
[15][16]
The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off Channel 4  United Kingdom
Testigo Canal 13  Chile
Seven Wonders of the Industrial World: "Hoover Dam" BBC Two  United Kingdom
The Origins of AIDS Les Origines du Sida Galafilm / MFP / Pathe Archives  Canada,  France
2005
[17][18]
The Drama of Dresden BROADVIEW TV GmbH / ZDF  Germany
Contacto: "Paul Schafer: Se Busca" Canal 13  Chile
The House of Saud Arte France / Alegria / Starling / BBC / WGBH Boston  France,  United Kingdom
Prostitution Behind the Veil Prostitution bakom slojan COSMO DOC APS / SVT  Denmark,  Sweden
2006
[19][20]
Hiroshima BBC / TF1 / ZDF / Discovery Channel  United Kingdom
How Putin Came To Power Arte  France
9/11: The Falling Man Channel 4  United Kingdom
The Search for Happiness WRD  Germany
2007
[21][22]
Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive IWC Media / BBC Scotland  United Kingdom
In God's Hands RCN Televisión  Colombia
Dinosaurs vs. Mammals – Secrets of Mammalian Survival NHK  Japan
Smiling in a War Zone Cosmo Doc / ZDF / SVT  Denmark
2008
[23]
The Beckoning Silence Channel 4  United Kingdom
Asian Corridor in Heaven (Tea-Horse Old Road) KBS  South Korea
Collision over the Amazon Colisão sobre a Amazônia Discovery Channel / US Hispanic  Brazil
Please Vote for Me Steps International  Denmark
2009
[24][25]
The Ascent of Money Chimerica Media Limited / Channel 4  United Kingdom
Pancho Villa: Aqui y Alli History Channel Latin America / Anima Films  Argentina
Shooting the Messenger Al Jazeera English  Qatar
Cityboy – The Life of Investment Banker Geraint Anderson United Docs / ECO Media / WDR  Germany

2010s

Year English title Original title Production company/Network Country
2010
[26]
Mom and the Red Bean Cake Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation  South Korea
9/11: Phone Calls from the Towers Channel 4  United Kingdom
Kuarup: The Lost Soul Will Return Kuarup: A alma perdida vai voltar TV Globo  Brazil
You Die as You Lived: Roterdam Hospice Je gaat dood zoals je geleefd hebt KRO Broadcasting Company  Netherlands
2011
[27][28]
Life with Murder JS Kastner Productions / National Film Board of Canada  Canada
Confesiones de un Sicario Turner Argentina / Anima Films  Argentina
The Nonfiction: Family Meeting - 7 Years in the Tanaka Family Fuji TV  Japan
Wild Japan GmbH / ORF / ARTE / National Geographic / Parthenon Entertainment  Germany
2012
[29][30]
Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die BBC / KEO Films  United Kingdom
Across Land, Across Sea The Chosun Ilbo  South Korea
Hitler's Scape El escape de Hitler History Channel Latin America / Anima Films  Argentina
Race to the South Pole Der Wettlauf zum Südpol Loopfilm GmbH / ZDF  Germany
2013
[31][32]
5 Broken Cameras Alegria Productions / Guy DVD Films / Burnat Films Palestine / France Télévisions  France
The Golden Hour Desert Road / TVNZ  New Zealand
My Mother, Lady Bondong MBC  South Korea
5 de Mayo, Un Dia de Gloria Discovery Channel Latin America / Cactus Films  Mexico
2014
[33][34]
No Burqas Behind Bars Frihet bakom galler Nima Film / SVT / NHK / Ikon / DRTV / NRK  Sweden
Going Back De Volta Canal Futura / COOPAS  Brazil
No Fire Zone: The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka Outsider Films / Channel 4  United Kingdom
Phantoms of the Border TV Chosun  South Korea
2015
[35]
Miners Shot Down Uhuru Productions  South Africa
Africa's Wild West - Stallions of the Namib Desert Interspot Film / ORF / ARTE / NDR  Austria
Before We Are Forgotten Antes de que Nos Olviden HBO Latin America  Mexico
Growing Up Down's Maverick Television / Dartmouth Films  United Kingdom
2016
[36]
War of Lies Krieg der Lügen Zischlermann Filmproduktion  Netherlands
Mothers of Plaza de Mayo - The Story Madres de Plaza de Mayo El Perro en la Luna  Argentina
Mom & Clarinet KBS / Upright Media  South Korea
My Son the Jihadi True Vision Productions  United Kingdom
2017
[37]
EXODUS: Our Journey to Europe KEO Films / BBC 2  United Kingdom
The Phone of the Wind: Whispers to Lost Families NHK  Japan
Terror Studios Le Studio de la Terreur Capa Presse / Canal+  France
Tempestad Pimienta Films / Cactus Films / Terminal  Mexico
2018
[38]
Goodbye Aleppo BBC Arabic  United Kingdom
This Is Me Eu Sou Assim GNT / TV Zero  Brazil
Puck's World De Wereld van Puck KURTA / EO Television  Netherlands
Who I Am (Season 2) WOWOW / Acrobat Film  Japan
2019
[39]
Bellingcat: Truth in a Post-Truth World Submarine Amsterdam / VPRO  Netherlands
The First Stone – The Rise of Lynching in Brazil A Primeira Pedra Canal Futura / Couro de Rato  Brazil
Louis Theroux's Altered States BBC Studios  United Kingdom
Witness: India's Forbidden Love Grain Media / AJE Witness  Qatar

2020s

Year English title Original title Production company/Network Country
2020
[40]
For Sama Channel 4  United Kingdom
The Witness El testigo Caracol Televisión  Colombia
Granni-E-minem KBS  South Korea
Back to Rwanda Terug naar Rwanda De Chinezen / VRT Belgium  Belgium
2021
[41]
Hope Frozen: A Quest to Live Twice 2050 Productions / Netflix  Thailand
Sieged Cercados Original Globoplay / Globo Jornalism  Brazil
They Call Me Babu Pieter van Huystee Film  Netherlands
Toxic Beauty White Pine Pictures  Canada
2022
[42]
Iraq's Lost Generation Enfants de Daech, Les Damnés de la Guerre Cinétévé / France Televisions / LCP / RTS / DR / NRK / SVT / Région Ile-de-France / CNC / PROCIREP – ANGOA  France
Myanmar Coup: Digital Resistance NHK  Japan
The Return: Life After ISIS Sky / Alba Sotorra Productions / MetFilm  United Kingdom
The Evandro Case: A Devilish Plot O Caso Evandro Globoplay / Glaz Entretenimento  Brazil
2023
[43][44]
Mariupol: The People's Story Top Hat Productions / Hayloft Productions / BBC  United Kingdom
Dossiê Chapecó – O Jogo Por Trás Da Tragédia Warner Bros. Discovery / Pacha Films  Brazil
Nazi Hunter – Journey Into Darkness Nazijäger – Reise In Die Finsternis Spiegel TV  Germany
Witness: "Serigne vs. The EU" Zungu / Al Jazeera English  Qatar
2024
[45]
Otto Baxter: Not a F**ing Horror Story Story Films / Archface Films / Sky Documentaries  United Kingdom
The Billionaire, the Butler and the Boyfriend L'affaire Bettencourt : Scandale chez la femme la plus riche du monde Quadbox / Netflix  France
The Exiles Mediacorp  Singapore
Transo FRM / Canal Futura / LateForCake  Brazil

Breakdown

United Kingdom has the most awards for this category with 23 (including wins for both BBC and Channel 4).

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