Yahoo Lifestyle International Emmys 2024: ‘Drops of God,’ ‘División Palermo’ and Timothy Spall Among Top Winners
French-Japanese drama series “Les Gouttes de Dieu [Drops of God],” Argentine comedy series “División Palermo” and actor Timothy Spall were among the winners at the 52nd annual International Emmy Awards.
The ceremony was hosted by stand-up comedian Vir Das on Monday at the New York Hilton Midtown Hotel. This year, 21 countries were represented across 14 categories and 56 nominees.
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Spall nabbed best actor for his performance as Peter Farquhar in the British true-crime series “The Sixth Commandment.” Other winners representing the U.K. included “Otto Baxter: Not a F**ing Horror Story” for best documentary, “Brawn: The Impossible Formula 1 Story” for sports documentary and “Tabby McTat” for kids: animation.
The top acting prize for a female performer was awarded to Thai actor Aokbab-Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying for Netflix’s “Hunger.” In the best drama category, the International Emmy went to “Les Gouttes de Dieu [Drops of God],” a multinational, multilingual series set in the worlds of wine and gastronomy. Argentina’s “División Palermo,” which follows a civilian patrol squad, took the trophy for best comedy series.
During the evening, Special awards were presented to Gaumont CEO Sidonie Dumas and writer-producer David E. Kelley. French actor Omar Sy presented the International Emmy Directorate Award to Dumas, while Kelley received the International Emmy Founder Award from producer and director Michael Pressman.
In his acceptance speech, Kelley acknowledged his mentor, the late writer-producer Steven Bocho.
“I wrote my first script ever and gave it to Steven to read. He looked me in the eye, he said, ‘You can do this. You can do this.’ Imagine a young writer hearing those words from a man he admired and aspired to be,” Kelley said on stage. “All of you tonight are here because of your success. And with that success comes an opportunity to be a mentor. Take advantage of that.”
See the full list of winners below.
Arts Programming
“Pianoforte” (Telemark sp. z o.o.)
Poland — WINNER
“Robbie Williams” (RSA Films Ltd. / Netflix)
United Kingdom
“Virgilio” (House of Chef / Astromax)
Argentina
“Who I Am Life” (WOWOW Inc. / Wood’s Office)
Japan
Best Performance by an Actor
Julio Andrade, “Betinho: No Fio da Navalha [Living on a Razor’s Edge]” (Globoplay / AfroReggae Audiovisual / Formata Produções e Conteúdo)
Brazil
Haluk Bilginer, “Sahsiyet” Season 2 (Ay Yapim)
Türkiye
Laurent Lafitte, “Tapie” (Unité / Netflix)
France
Timothy Spall, “The Sixth Commandment” (Wild Mercury Productions / True Vision)
United Kingdom — WINNER
Best Performance by an Actress
Adriana Barraza, “El Último Vagón” (Woo Films / Netflix)
Mexico
Aokbab-Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying, “Hunger” (Songsound Production / Netflix)
Thailand — WINNER
Sara Giraudeau, “Tout va bien [Everything is Fine]” (Maui Entertainment / Fédération Entertainment)
France
Jessica Hynes, “There She Goes” (Merman Television)
United Kingdom
Comedy
“Daily Dose of Sunshine” (Film Monster / Netflix)
South Korea
“Deadloch” (Amazon MGM Studios)
Australia
“División Palermo” (K&S Films / Netflix)
Argentina — WINNER
“HPI” – Season 3 [HIP] (Itinéraire Productions / Septembre Productions / TF1 / Pictanovo / Be-Films / RTBF)
France
Documentary
“L’affaire Bettencourt : Scandale chez la femme la plus riche du monde [The Billionaire, the Butler and the Boyfriend]” (Quadbox / Netflix)
France
“Otto Baxter: Not a F**ing Horror Story” (Story Films / Archface Films / Sky Documentaries)
United Kingdom — WINNER
“The Exiles” (Mediacorp Pte Ltd)
Singapore
“Transo” (Fundação Roberto Marinho – Canal Futura / LateForCake)
Brazil
Drama Series
“Les Gouttes de Dieu [Drops of God]” (Legendary Entertainment / Les Productions Dynamic / 22H22 / Adline Entertainment / France Télévisions / Hulu Japan)
France — WINNER
“The Newsreader” – Season 2 (Werner Film Productions / Australian Broadcasting Corporation / eOne)
Australia
“The Night Manager” (Disney+ Hotstar / Banijay Asia / Ink Factory)
India
“Iosi, El Espia Arrepentido” – Season 2 [Yosi, the Regretful Spy] (Amazon MGM Studios)
Argentina
Non-Scripted Entertainment
“Die Brug [The Bridge South Africa]” (Red Pepper Pictures / kykNET)
South Africa
“Me Caigo De Risa [Anything Goes]” (TelevisaUnivision)
Mexico
“Restaurant Misverstand [The Restaurant That Makes Mistakes]” (Roses Are Blue / Red Arrow / VRT)
Belgium — WINNER
“The Summit” (Endemol Shine Australia / Nine Network)
Australia
Short-Form Series
“Kweens of the Queer Underground” (Sydney Production Company / the Australian Broadcasting Corporation / Create NSW)
Australia
“La Vida de Nosotras [Our Lives]” (BTF Media / CNTV / TVN)
Chile
“Punt de no Retorn [Point of no Return]” (TV3 Catalonia)
Spain — WINNER
“Kenshiro ni Yoroshiku [Say Hello to Kenshiro]” (DMM.com LLC / So-ket corp.)
Japan
Sports Documentary
“Brawn: The Impossible Formula 1 Story” (North One Television)
United Kingdom — WINNER
“Tan Cercas de la Nubes” (N+Docs / Éramos Tantos / Ruta 66 Cine / Filmadora / ViX)
Mexico
“Tour de France” (Quadbox / Netflix)
France
“WHO I AM Paralympic” (WOWOW Inc. / Acrobat Film)
Japan
Telenovela
“La Promesa [The Vow]” (Bambu Producciones, a Studiocanal Company)
Spain — WINNER
“Rigo” (Estudios RCN)
Colombia
“Safir” (ATV / NTC)
Türkiye
“Salón de té La Moderna” (Boomerang TV)
Spain
TV Movie / Mini-Series
“Anderson Spider Silva” (Pródigo Filmes / Paramount Television International Studios / Paramount+)
Brazil
“Deaf Voice: A Sign-Language Interpreter in Court” (NHK – Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
Japan
“Liebes Kind [Dear Child]” (Constantin Film AG / Netflix)
Germany — WINNER
“The Sixth Commandment” (Wild Mercury Productions / True Vision)
United Kingdom
Kids: Animation
“Acorda, Carlo! [Wake up, Carlo!]” (Copa Studio / Netflix)
Brazil
“Mystery Lane” (HARI)
France
“Sharkdog” – Season 3 (Nickelodeon International / One Animation)
Singapore
“Tabby McTat” (Magic Light Pictures)
United Kingdom — WINNER
Kids: Factual
“De Mensenbieb [Living Library]” (Skyhigh TV)
Netherlands
“La Vida Secreta de tu Mente [The Secret Life of Your Mind]” (Warner Bros. Discovery / Pictoline)
Mexico — WINNER
“My Life: Eva’s Having a Ball” (Fresh Start Media)
United Kingdom
“The Takalani Sesame Big Feelings Special” (Sesame Workshop / Ochre Moving Pictures)
South Africa
Kids: Live-Action
“Dodger” (BBC Studios Kids & Family Productions)
United Kingdom
“En af Drengene [One of the Boys]” (Apple Tree Productions)
Denmark — WINNER
“Escola De Quebrada [School of Funk]” (Paramount+ / Paramount Television International Studios / Kondzilla)
Brazil
“Gong! My spectRacular Life” (KiKA – Der Kinderkanal von ARD und ZDF / eitelsonnenschein GmbH)
Germany
(Pictured: Tomohisa Yamashita in “Drops of God”)
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