The International Emmy Award for Best Kids: Live-Action is presented by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (IATAS) to the best live-action programs intended for young audiences, produced and initially aired outside of the United States. It was first presented in 2020 at the 9th International Emmy Kids Awards.
The International Emmy Kids Awards were presented in separate annual ceremonies until 2021. In 2022, the kids' categories were presented at the 50th International Emmy Awards alongside the rest of the categories.
From 1983 to 2011, productions intended for young audiences competed in a category named Best Children & Young People. In 2012, six kids-specific categories were created. From 2012 to 2019, the categories for Kids: TV Movie/Mini-Series and Kids: Series were presented.
Rules and regulations According to the rules of the International Academy, the category is for "a fictional production (comedy, drama, or sitcom) intended for a young audience." If the submitted program is a standalone TV movie, it must meet the minimum format length of a televised half-hour time slot (i.e., 20+ minutes of content).
Winners and nominees 2010s Kids - Series Year English title Original title Production company/Network Country2012 Junior High School Diaries NHK Julie and the Phantoms Julie e os Fantasmas Mixer / TV Bandeirantes / Nickelodeon SLiDE Hoodlum / Playmaker Media / Fox8 / Foxtel Leave Me Alone Stikk Nordisk Film TV / NRK / SVT / DR / RÚV 2013 Pedro & Bianca TV Cultura Limbo DR TV Junior High School Diaries NHK Beat Girl beActive International / beActive Portugal 2014 The Ted Band Society Polseres vermelles Televisió de Catalunya / Castelao Pictures / Filmax Dance Academy Werner Film Productions / ABC / ZDF / ZDFE / ACTF Nowhere Boys Matchbox Pictures Gaby Estrella Globosat / Gloob / Panoramica Comunicação / Chatrone 2015 Nowhere Boys Matchbox Pictures Penguins and Pastry Taart VPRO Television / Pupkin Films Braccialetti Rossi RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana / Palomar / Big Bang Media Young Hearts Malhação Sonhos Globo TV 2016 Casper and the Christmas Angels Kasper en de Kerstengelen NL Film & TV / Avrotros Hank Zipzer Kindle Entertainment / DHX Media / Walker Productions / Screen Yorkshire Presents Presentes Canal Encuentro / Mulata Films Ready for This Blackfella Films / Werner Film Productions / Australian Children's Television Foundation / ABC 2017 Red Bracelets Club der Roten Baender Bantry Bay Productions GmbH / VOX Television GmbH Jamie Johnson Short Form Film Company / CBBC O Zoo da Zu Discovery Latin America / Boutique Filmes Shahrukh & Warsan The Big Shots LLP 2018 Young Hearts Malhação: Viva a Differenca TV Globo The Peppercorns Die Pfefferkoerner Letterbox Filmproduktion / NDR / ARD Jenny Productions Avenida Mustangs FC Matchbox Pictures 2019 The Rules of Floor De Regels van Floor NL Film / VPRO Television Guru Paarvai Blue River Pictures Jamie Johnson Short Form Film Company Young Hearts: Brazilian Lives Malhação: Vidas Brasileiras TV Globo
Kids - TV Movie/Mini-Series Year English title Original title Production company/Network Country2012 Lost Christmas Impact Film & Television Ltd / BBC / Hyde Park Imagination / Ketchup Entertainment Fairy Tales on TV EBS The Star Talers Südwestrundfunk / Bavaria Filmverleih und Produktions GmbH The Strongest Man in Holland De sterkste man van Nederland NPO / NL Film & TV 2013 The Phantoms Dream Street Pictures Mimoun NPO / STETZ FILM A Grandson from America 孙子从美国来 China Movie Channel Baron Münchhausen Südwestrundfunk / Das Erste / ARD Degeto / teamWorx 2014 Anything Goes Alles mag BIND / VPRO Against the Wild Against The Wild Films The Devil with the three Golden Hairs Der Teufel mit den drei goldenen Haaren Bavaria Filmverleih- und Produktions / ARD / SWR 2015 Rhubarb Rabarber NL Film & TV / KRO-NCRV The Evermoor Chronicles Lime Pictures Limited / Disney Channel Boys Jongens NTR / Pupkin Film Spelling Armadillo Oak3 Films 2016 Peter & Wendy: Based on the Novel Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie Headline Pictures / Juliette Films Dede: Mehmet Met de Gele Laarzen Corrino Media Group / KRO-NCRV / Z@pp / Mediafonds The Salt Princess Die Salzprinzessin Askania Media Film Production / ARD Degeto / WDR The White Snake Die Weisse Schlange ZDF German Television / Provobis / metafilm2017 Hank Zipzer's Christmas Catastrophe Kindle Entertainment / DHX Media / Walker Productions / Screen Yorkshire's Yorkshire Content Fund Nobody's Boy Alleen op de Wereld VPRO Television Little Lunch Australian Children's Television Foundation / ABC Me / Gristmill Once Upon a Time Wansapanataym: Candy's Crush ABS-CBN 2018 Ratburger King Bert Productions The Great Journey A Grande Viagem Aurora Filmes / Haikai Filmes Dschermeni Tellux Film / Sad ORIGAMI Production / ZDF Fairy Tales in Court NHK 2019 Jacqueline Wilson's Katy BBC Children's In-House Productions / CBBC Kids of Courage Der Krieg und ich LOOKS / SWR / Toto Studio / BBC Alba / MG Alba / CT / EC 1 Lodz / CeTa Joe All Alone Zodiak Kids Studio / CBBC Just Dance 땐뽀걸즈 Korean Broadcasting System
2020s Kids - Live-Action Year English title Original title Production company/Network Country2020 Hardball Northern Pictures Juacas The Walt Disney Company Latin America / Cinefilm Brazil Doopie Dropje NTR Television / Submarine Extraordinary You 어쩌다 발견한 하루 MBC 2021 First Day Epic Films / Australian Children's Television Foundation Gameboys The IdeaFirst Company Heirs of the Night Lemming Film / Hamster Film / Maze Pictures / Maipo Film / NDR / NRK / AVROTROS / Scope Pictures / ZDF Enterprises Nivis: Friends from Another World Nivis, amigos de otro mundo Buena Vista International / Metrovision / Non Stop Digital 2022 Kabam! NPO / IJswater Films / KRO-NCRV Anonymously Yours Anónima Netflix / Woo Films Hardball Australian Children's Television Foundation / Northern Pictures Lightspeed Oak 3 Films / Mediacorp TV Singapore 2023 Heartbreak High Fremantle / Newbe Gudetama: An Eggscellent Adventure OLM, Inc. Memory Forest Kol Od Balevav TTV Production / Kan Educational / GPG / GMFF / Avi Chai Foundation / Maimonides Fund Tierra Incognita Disney+ / Non Stop 2024 One of the Boys En af Drengene Apple Tree Productions Dodger BBC Studios Kids & Family Productions School of Funk Escola De Quebrada Paramount+ / Paramount Television International Studios / Kondzilla Gong! My spectRacular Life KiKA – Der Kinderkanal von ARD und ZDF / eitelsonnenschein GmbH Germany 2025 Fallen Globoplay / Night Train Media / Silver Reel / Hero Squared / Umedia Luz Floresta (Sony) Prefects Peripheral Vision International Shut UP Alfredfilm / Feelgood SFT / Snowreel / Rabbit Films 2026 31 Minutos: Calurosa Navidad Amazon MGM Studios / Aplaplac Those Left Behind De Achterblijvers Dark Alley Pictures / Bnn Vara / Black Bee Productions Dexter Procter the Ten Year Old Doctor Various Artists Limited / Terrible Productions Love at First Spike ABS-CBN Studios / iWant
See also List of International Emmy Award winners
References
External links International Emmy Awards