Angel Locsin and two Filipino soaps nominated in the 37th International Emmy Awards

by Erwin Santiago

Two Pinoy drama series and a Filipino actress are among the nominees in the 37th edition of the International Emmy Awards. ABS-CBN's Kahit Isang Saglit (A Time For Us) and GMA-7' Magdusa Ka are nominated for Best Telenovela, along with Brazil's India-A Love Story and France's Second Chance. Kahit Isang Saglit, a Filipino-Malaysia co-production starred Jericho Rosales and Malaysian actress Carmen Soo, while Magdusa Ka featured Katrina Halili and Dennis Trillo.

Meanwhile, Angel Locsin was nominated as Best Actress for her performance in Lobo, her first primetime series in ABS-CBN after she moved from GMA-7. She will be competing against France's Emma de Caunes for Night Birds, Mexico's Cecilia Suarez for Capadocia, and British actress Julie Walters for A Short Stay In Switzerland. Walters is best known as Mrs. Molly Weasley in the Harry Potter movie franchise. The winners for the 37th International Emmy Awards will be announced on November 23, 2009 at a Black-Tie Ceremony hosted by UK television star Graham Norton at the Hilton New York Hotel. Nominations span over 17 countries with first ever Emmy nomination for Thailand, in the Children & Young People Category. The United Kingdom leads with 9 nominations, followed by Brazil (5), Germany, Mexico, and the Philippines (3). The competition took place with three rounds of judging over a period of 6 months, with participation from over 600 judges in 50 different countries.

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 50 countries and 500 companies from all sectors of television including internet, mobile and technology.

Here is the complete list of nominees for the 37th International Emmy Awards

ARTS PROGRAMMING
Mamonas Assassinas - All My Life
TV Globo, Brazil
The Mona Lisa Curse
Oxford Film & Television for Channel 4, United Kingdom
Ode to Joy: 10,000 Voice Resound!
Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc., Japan
Seven Gates of Jerusalem
TVP SA / Platige Image Poland

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR
Robert de Hoog (Skin)
Humanist Broadcasting Foundation / IJswater Films, The Netherlands
Chen Li (Ultimate Rescue)
China Movie Channel, PR China
Óscar Olivares (Capadocia)
HBO Latin America Originals, Mexico
Ben Whishaw (Criminal Justice)
BBC, United Kingdom

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS
Emma De Caunes (Night Birds)
CHEZ WAM, France
Angel Locsin (The Wolf/Lobo) ♥♥♥
ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation, The Philippines
Cecilia Suárez (Capadocia)
HBO Latin America Originals, Mexico
Julie Walters (A Short Stay in Switzerland)
BBC, United Kingdom

CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE
Dustbin Baby
Kindle Entertainment, United Kingdom
Lharn Poo Koo E-Joo
Workpoint Entertainment Public Company Limited, Thailand
The Little Emperor's Christmas
TV Globo, Brazil
Mille
Danish Broadcasting Corporation, Denmark

COMEDY
Hoshi Shinichi's Short Shorts
Telecom Staff for NHK in association with NHK Enterprises, Japan
Peter Kay's Britain's Got the Pop Factor...
Phil McIntyre / Goodnight Vienna for Channel 4, United Kingdom
The Slum
TV Globo, Brazil
Turkish for Beginners
Bayerischer Rundfunk / Norddeutscher Rundfunk / Westdeutscher Rundfunk /
ARD-Werbung / Hofmann & Voges Entertainment GmbH, Germany

DOCUMENTARY
The Ascent of Money
Chimerica Media for Channel 4, United Kingdom
Cityboy - The Life of Investment Banker Geraint Anderson
United Docs / ECO Media / WDR, Germany
Pancho Villa: Aqui y Alli
The History Channel Latin America / Anima Films, Argentina
Shooting the Messenger
Al Jazeera English, Qatar

DRAMA SERIES
Capadocia
HBO Latin America Originals, Mexico
The Land of the Wind
Korean Broadcasting System, South Korea
The Protectors
Danish Broadcasting Corporation in association with ZDF / NRK / SVT, Denmark
Sokhulu & Partners
Paw Paw Films, South Africa
Spooks
Kudos Film and TV Ltd, United Kingdom

NON-SCRIPTED ENTERTAINMENT
The Amazing Race Asia
Amazing Race Productions Inc. / ABC Studios / SPE Networks - Asia Pte Ltd (AXN Asia) /
Sony Pictures Television / ActiveTV Asia Pte Ltd / ActiveTV Pty Ltd, Singapore
Historia Extrema
The History Channel Latin America / Endemol Argentina, Argentina
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
ITV Studios, United Kingdom
The Phone
Park Lane TV Productions, The Netherlands

TELENOVELA
India - A Love Story
TV Globo, Brazil
Magdusa Ka
GMA Network, Inc., The Philippines
Second Chance
TF1 Production / Fontana, France
A Time for Us (Kahit Isang Saglit)
ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation / Double Vision SDN BHD, The Philippines

TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
Maysa - When the Heart Sings
TV Globo, Brazil
The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall
Talkback Thames for Channel 4, United Kingdom
Ultimate Rescue
China Movie Channel, PR China
The Wolves of Berlin
Ziegler Film GmbH & Co. KG / ZDR, Germany

credit: PEP (http://www.pep.ph/news/23430/Angel-Locsin-and-two-Filipino-soaps-nominated-in-the-37th-International-Emmy-Awards)