30th International Emmy Awards

The 30th International Emmy Awards took place on November 25, 2002, at the Sheraton Hotel in New York City, United States, and hosted by TV personality Donna Hanover.^[1]

Ceremony

The nominees to the International Emmy Awards, were announced by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences on October 8, 2002, at a press conference at MIPCOM in Cannes. The IATAS announced the winners of the 30th International Emmy Awards in an ceremony gala at the Sheraton New York hosted by Donna Hanover. Joining her as presenters were Mia Farrow, Angela Lansbury, Joan Collins and Lauren Holly.^[2]

Denmark won the Drama Series award for Rejseholdet, a police drama based on real crimes. The Slovak Republic triumphed in the Documentary category with The Power of Good, the story of a man who saved more than 600 Czechoslovak Jewish children from the Nazis in 1939.

Germany won the TV Movie/Mini-series category with Die Manns, a tale about the novel-writing Mann family.

BBC 2 comedy chat show The Kumars at No. 42 shared the award for best popular arts programme with Channel 4's Faking It, made by RDF. BBC One's Stig of the Dump, the story of a child who befriends a caveman, won the Children and Young People's award. John Simpson and his BBC colleague Joe Phua won the News Coverage prize for their November 2001 report Fall Of Kabul, which showed Northern Alliance troops advancing on the Afghan capital.^[3][4]

Canada received an arts programming award for Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary, a mix of avant-garde film and choreography based on an original full-length ballet.

The International Academy, paid tribute Katsuji Ebisawa, president of NHK Japan Broadcasting, with the Directorate Emmy Award while the Founder's Emmy Award went to Sir Howard Stringer, chairman and chief executive officer of Sony Corporation of America.^[5]

Winners

Arts Programming

ARTS PROGRAMMING	COUNTRY	NETWORK	RESULT
Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary	Canada	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation	Won
Touch	Netherlands	NPS	Nominated
The Tragedy of Hamlet	United Kingdom	BBC	Nominated
Classic Albums: Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road	United Kingdom	Isis Production / Eagle Rock Entertainment	Nominated

Children & Young People

CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE	COUNTRY	NETWORK	RESULT
Stig of the Dump	United Kingdom	CBBC / Childsplay Television	Won
Being Eve	New Zealand	South Pacific Pictures	Nominated
Trickboxx	Sweden	ARD / ZDF	Nominated
Harold Peeble	France	France 3	Nominated

Documentary

DOCUMENTARY	COUNTRY	NETWORK	RESULT
Síla lidskosti - Nicholas Winton	Slovakia	Czech Television / Slovak Television	Won
Offspring	Canada	CBC Television	Nominated
Decision at Age 18 - Israeli Youths Refuse to Fight	Japan	NHK	Nominated
City Slickers: A Tale of Two African Penguins	South Africa	Animal Planet / NHK / ZDF / Channel 5 / France 3 / RTBF	Nominated

Drama Series

DRAMA SERIES	COUNTRY	NETWORK	RESULT
Rejseholdet	Denmark	DR1	Won
All stars - De serie	Netherlands	VARA	Nominated
Always Greener	Australia	Seven Network	Nominated
At Home with the Braithwaites	United Kingdom	ITV	Nominated

News Coverage

NEWS COVERAGE	COUNTRY	NETWORK	RESULT
BBC News at Ten for "Fall of Kabul"	United Kingdom	BBC	Won
Jornal Nacional for "September 11"	Brazil	Rede Globo	Nominated
RTL aktuell for "Terror Against America"	Germany	RTL Television	Nominated
Attack on America	United Kingdom	ITN / ITV	Nominated

Popular Arts

POPULAR ARTS	COUNTRY	NETWORK	RESULT
The Kumars at No. 42 Faking It	United Kingdom	BBC Channel 4	Won
All stars - De serie	Netherlands	VARA	Nominated
Always Greener	Australia	Seven Network	Nominated
At Home with the Braithwaites	United Kingdom	ITV	Nominated

TV Movie/Mini-Series

TV MOVIE / MINI-SERIES	COUNTRY	NETWORK	RESULT
Die Manns – Ein Jahrhundertroman	Germany /  Austria /   Switzerland	WDR / BR / NDR / ORF / SRG	Won
De enclave	Netherlands	VARA	Nominated
Perfect Strangers	United Kingdom	BBC	Nominated
Sunday	United Kingdom	Channel 4	Nominated

References

External links

• (2002) International Emmy Awards