International Emmy Award for Best Documentary | |
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Awarded for | Best Documentary |
Country | United States |
Presented by | International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |
First awarded | 1967 |
Currently held by | Mariupol: The People's Story United Kingdom (2023) |
Website | www |
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]
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
Year | English title | Original title | Production company/Network | Country |
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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 |
Year | English title | Original title | Production company/Network | Country |
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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 |
Year | English title | Original title | Production company/Network | Country |
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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 |
Year | English title | Original title | Production company/Network | Country |
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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 |
Year | English title | Original title | Production company/Network | Country |
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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 |
Year | English title | Original title | Production company/Network | Country |
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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] |
The Billionaire, the Butler and the Boyfriend | L'affaire Bettencourt : Scandale chez la femme la plus riche du monde | Quadbox / Netflix | France |
Otto Baxter: Not a F**ing Horror Story | Story Films / Archface Films / Sky Documentaries | United Kingdom | ||
The Exiles | Mediacorp | Singapore | ||
Transo | FRM / Canal Futura / LateForCake | Brazil |
United Kingdom has the most awards for this category with 23 (including wins for both BBC and Channel 4).