MUMBAI: Indian performers have secured three coveted nominations for the 2025 International Emmy Awards, with Punjabi singer-actor Diljit Dosanjh earning recognition for his performance in Amar Singh Chamkila and the film itself competing in the TV Movie/Mini-Series category. The third nominees is in the kids animation category where Vaibhav Studios’ Lamput has been nominated.
The nominations, announced yesterday by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, span a record 26 countries with 64 nominees across 16 categories. India joins an eclectic mix including traditional powerhouses Britain, Germany and France alongside emerging markets such as Kenya, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
Dosanjh’s portrayal of the legendary Punjabi folk singer in Netflix’s biographical drama has earned him a spot in the best performance by an actor category. He faces competition from Britain’s David Mitchell for Ludwig, Spain’s Oriol Pla for Yo, adicto and Colombia’s Diego Vasquez for One Hundred Years of Solitude.
The Amar Singh Chamkila film, produced by Window Seat Films for Netflix, will compete against Germany’s Herrhausen: The Banker and the Bomb, Britain’s Lost Boys & Fairies and Chile’s Vencer o Morir in the TV movie category.
“As the International Emmys continue to recognise the very best in television, the creativity and calibre of this year’s nominees, from a record 26 countries, reflect the global strength of our industry,” said the academy’s president & chief executive Bruce Paisner.
The nominations showcase television’s increasingly global nature, with South Korea’s Chicken Nugget competing in comedy, Australia’s beloved Bluey nominated for children’s animation, and Qatar’s Al Jazeera earning recognition for its Gaza coverage.
Winners will be announced at the 53rd International Emmy Awards gala in New York on November 24th, following the World Television Festival from November 21st-23rd. The ceremony’s partners include Dubai Studios, Brazil’s Globo and Turkey’s Ay Yapim, underlining the awards’ international reach.
Britain leads with seven nominations across multiple categories, while streaming giants Netflix and Disney+ dominate the platform landscape. The breadth of nominated content—from Turkish telenovelas to Finnish children’s programmes—reflects television’s role as a universal storyteller transcending borders and languages.
The nominees are as follows
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
Best Performance by an Actor
Diljit Dosanjh in Amar Singh Chamkila
Window Seat Films / Netflix
India
David Mitchell in Ludwig
Big Talk Studios / That Mitchell & Webb Company
United Kingdom
Oriol Pla in Yo, adicto [I, Addict]
Alea Media / Disney +
Spain
Diego Vasquez in One Hundred Years of Solitude
Dynamo Producciones / Netflix
Colombia
Best Performance by an Actress
Charlotte Hope in Catch Me A Killer
Kowalski Films / LMP 51 / Showmax / Night Train Media
South Africa
Anna Maxwell Martin in Until I Kill You
World Productions
United Kingdom
Carolina Miranda in Mujeres Asesinas – Season 2
Pletora Productions / ViX
Mexico
Maria Sid in Smärtpunkten [Pressure Point]
Kärnfilm / Art & Bob
Sweden
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
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
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
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
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 / Germany Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR) / Westdeutscher Rundfunk (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
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
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
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
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
Telenovela
Deha [The Good & The Bad]
Ay Yapim
Türkiye
Mania de Voc? [Crazy About You]
TV Globo
Brazil
Regreso a Las Sabinas [Return to Las Sabinas]
Diagonal TV / Disney+
Spain
Valle Salvaje
Studio Canal
Spain
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