Amazon Studio’s Indian cricket thriller Inside Edge is up for an International Emmy Award!

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The Emmy Awards are very well known across the world to showcase the best of American TV and Film. The International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences also runs an international award series. The International Emmy Awards, established in 1973, honours the best television programmes produced and aired outside the United States of America. This year, some 44 shows from TV and SVOD across 20 countries have been nominated in  11 categories. 

Inside Edge Season 1

And we have representation from India. The Amazon Studios series Inside Edge Season 1 is in the running for Best Drama. Based on a fictional T20 cricket team, Mumbai Mavericks that plays in the Powerplay League (akin to Indian Premier League), it is a thriller on the interwoven power plays in cricket, politics and Bollywood in India. Created and directed by Karan Anshuman, produced by Excel Entertainment, Amazon Prime Video’s first Indian original series premiered on July 10, 2017. It stars an ensemble cast of Richa Chadda, Tanuj Virwani, Vivek Oberoi, Angad Bedi, Sanjay Suri, Sarah Jane Dias, Sayani Gupta, Jitin Gulati, Amit Sial, Siddhant Chaturvedi and more.

The Season 2 is currently in production, with a large section currently shooting in Georgia. Watch Season 1 here.

Another show that is really popular in India is up for an award, Masterchef Australia

Take a look at all of the nominations below – 


Best Performance by an Actor
Julio Andrade in Um Contra Todos (One Against All) – Season 2
Conspiração Filmes / FOX Networks Group LATAM Brazil
Billy Campbell in Cardinal
Sienna Films / Entertainment One Canada

Lars Mikkelsen in Herrens Veje (Ride Upon the Storm)
DR Drama / ARTE France / SAM le Français Denmark

Tolga Saritaş in Soz
Tims&B Productions Turkey

Best Performance by an Actress
Thuso Mbedu in Is’thunzi – Season 2
Rapid Blue South Africa

Anna Schudt in Ein Schnupfen hätte auch gereicht
Zeitsprung Pictures / RTL Television Germany

Emily Watson in Apple Tree Yard
Kudos United Kingdom
Denise Weinberg in Psi – Season 3
HBO Latin America / O2 Filmes Brazil

Comedy
Club de Cuervos
Alazraki Films / Netflix Mexico

El Fin de la Comedia (The End of Comedy) – Season 2
Comedy Central España Spain

Nevsu
Endemol Shine Israel / ‘Gesher’ Fund /
Avi Chai Fund Israel

Workin’ Moms
Wolf + Rabbit Entertainment Canada

Documentary
De Wereld van Puck (Puck’s World)
KURTA / EO Television Netherlands

Eu Sou Assim (This is Me)
GNT / TV Zero Brazil

Goodbye Aleppo
BBC Arabic United Kingdom

WHO I AM Season2 IPC & WOWOW Paralympic Documentary Series
WOWOW / Acrobat Film Japan

Drama
Inside Edge
Amazon Studios India

La Casa de Papel (Money Heist)
Vancouver Media / Atresmedia Televisión Spain

Um Contra Todos – Season 2 (One Against All)
Conspiração Filmes / FOX Networks Group LATAM Brazil

Urban Myths
Happy Tramp Productions / Sky United Kingdom

Non-English Language U.S. Primetime Program
El Señor de los Cielos – Season 5
Telemundo Studios / Argos Televisión United States of America

El Vato Season 2
Universo / Endemol Shine Boomdog United States of America

Jenni Rivera, Mariposa de Barrio
Telemundo Studios United States of America

Sin Senos Sí Hay Paraíso – Season 2
Telemundo Studios / FoxTelecolombia United States of America

Non-Scripted Entertainment
Hoe Zal Ik Het Zeggen? (Did you get the Message?)
Shelter Belgium

Masterchef Australia
Endemol Shine Australia

The Mask Singer
Thai Broadcasting Company Limited
Top Chef México
Sony Pictures Television de Mexico / Cinemateli Mexico

Short-Form Series
How to Buy a Baby
LoCo Motion Pictures Canada

L’âge adulte (Adulthood)
Productions Pixcom Canada
Shin gamdok eul sulgiroun sa seang hwal (Sensible Life of Director Shin)
Seventytwo Seconds South Korea

Una Historia Necesaria (The Suspended Mourning)
Tridi Films / CNTV / Escuela de Cine de Chile

Telenovela
Cesur ve Guzel (Brave and Beautiful)
Ay Yapim Turkey

Istanbullu Gelin
O3 Medya / Global Agency Turkey
Ouro Verde (The Payback)
Plural Entertainment Portugal

Paquita La Del Barrio
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) / Grupo Imagen / Teleset Mexico

TV Movie/Mini-Series
Aldo – Mais Forte Que O Mundo
Globo Filmes / Globo / Black Maria / Paris Entretenimento Brazil

Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai’s Daughter
NHK Enterprises / NHK Japan

Man in an Orange Shirt
Kudos United Kingdom

Toter Winkel (Blind Spot)
Geissendoerfer Film & Fernsehproduktion / WDR Germany

Arts Programming
David Stratton’s Story of Australian Cinema
Stranger Than Fiction Films Australia

Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas
Riddle Films Canada
Etgar Keret
Baldr Film / NTR Television Netherlands

Palavras Em Série (Words in Series)
GNT / Hungry Man Brazil

In addition to the awards, the Academy is also presenting two special awards to –
The Flash and Blindspot producer Greg Berlanti.
Sophie Turner Laing, CEO of Endemol Shine Group.

The ceremony will take place in New York City on November 19. Best wishes!

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