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Karla Souza Wins International Emmy for Performance in Mexican TV Movie “La Caída”

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Karla Souza is celebrating an international recognition…

The 2023 International Emmys have been announced, with the 37-year-old Mexican actress earning an award.

Karla Souza, La CaidaSouza picked up the Best Performance by an Actress award for her starring role in Mexican series La Caída, which took home the TV Movie/Mini-Series award.

The Non-Scripted Entertainment award went to Brazil’s A Ponte – The Bridge Brasil.

The special Founders Emmy was presented to Jesse Armstrong, creator of the hit HBO show Succession by Casey Bloys, Chairman and CEO, HBO and Max Content.

“In a tumultuous time, television again proves to be a common denominator for people around the world,” said International Academy President & CEO Bruce L. Paisner. “The International Academy is proud to shine a global spotlight on these outstanding programs and performances.”

The Directorate Award was presented to Ektaa R. Kapoor, Co-Founder of Balaji Telefilms by Dr. Deepak Chopra.

List of 2023 International Emmy Winners

Arts Programming
Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On
Eagle Vision / White Pine Pictures / Paquin Entertainment
Canada

Best Performance by an Actor
Martin Freeman in The Responder
Dancing Ledge Productions
United Kingdom

Best Performance by an Actress
Karla Souza in La Caída [Dive]
Madam / Filmadora / Infinity Hill / Amazon
Mexico

Comedy
Derry Girls – Season 3
Hat Trick Productions
United Kingdom 

Vir Das: Landing
Weirdass Comedy / Rotten Science / Netflix
India

Documentary
Mariupol: The People’s Story
Top Hat Productions / Hayloft Productions / BBC
United Kingdom

Drama Series
The Empress
Sommerhaus Serien GmbH / Netflix
Germany

Non-Scripted Entertainment
A Ponte – The Bridge Brasil
Warner Bros. Discovery / Endemol Shine Brasil
Brazil

Short-Form Series
Des Gens Bien Ordinaires [A Very Ordinary World]
Magneto / Canal+
France

Sports Documentary
Harley & Katya
Stranger Than Fiction Films
Australia

Telenovela
Yargi [Family Secrets]
Ay Yapim
Turkey

TV Movie/Mini-Series
La Caída [Dive]
Madam / Filmadora / Infinity Hill / Amazon
Mexico

Kids: Animation
The Smeds and The Smoos
Magic Light Pictures
United Kingdom

Kids: Factual & Entertainment
Built To Survive
Butter Media / Breslin Media / Australian Broadcasting Corporation / Australian Children’s Television Foundation
Australia

Kids: Live-Action
Heartbreak High
Fremantle / Newbe / Netflix
Australia

Pedro Vasconcelos to Direct “Land of Shadows” Series About Romance of Two 17th Century Soldiers

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Pedro Vasconcelos is soldiering forward with a story of forbidden love…

The 49-year-old Brazilian director and television actor will direct the Portuguese-Brazilian drama series Land of Shadows about the romance of two 17th Century soldiers, which is currently in development.

Pedro VasconcelosLand of Shadows will follow their blossoming but forbidden love during the 17th Century, when Brazil was a colony of the Kingdom of Portugal.

It’s based on No País das Sombras, a novel from Emmy winner and telenovela writer Aguinaldo Silva, who is supervising the text adaptation and will be executive producer.

Luiz Felipe Petruccelli is the writer of Land of Shadows and Diosual Entertainment the producer.

The show’s set in Olinda, a Brazilian village, during the Captaincy of Pernambuco in 1604 and 1605, and reveals how the soldiers’ equality puts them in opposition to Portugal’s Holy Office of the Inquisition. Side plots will include the persecution of New Christians, abuses against women and the romance between the wife of a sugar cane plantation lord and one of his slaves.

Approximately 70% of the production will take place in Portugal, which is beginning to emerge as a drama producing territory to watch. The show will have a large Brazilian and Portuguese cast but be shot completely in English.

Production is expected to begin early next year, though no streamer or network is attached at this stage.

“We endeavored to envelop the love between our protagonists in a lyrical setting that would awaken the same level of empathy in the audience as would any other story starring a heterosexual couple,” said Guto Colunga, who is the show’s general producer.

“We want the viewers to feel more than the virility we associate with Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist in Brokeback Mountain in our two Portuguese soldiers, we want them to experience the beauty, purity and intensity that is so clear in Romeo and Juliet’s romance.”

Colunga is CEO and founder of Brazilian producer Diosual Entertainment, which comprises film division Diosual Pictures Studios and Diosual Television Studios. The company is focused on Brazilian projects with international appeal.

Vasconcelos won an International Emmy for Brazilian net Globo’s 2014-15 series Império, which was also from Silva.

Telemundo’s “Buscando a Frida,” Starring Eduardo Santamarina, Wins International Emmy Award

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Eduardo Santamarina is celebrating a global recognition…

The 54-year-old Mexican film, theater and television actor’s Spanish-language drama series Buscando a Frida has won an International Emmy Award.

Eduardo Santamarina, Buscando a FridaThe series, which aired on Telemundo, won in the Non-English Language U.S. Primetime Program category.

An adaptation of the Chilean telenovela titled ¿Dónde está Elisa? created by Pablo Illanes, the series stars Santamarina, Ximena Herrera and Arap Bethke.

The series revolves around the Pons family and how their lives suddenly changed when their daughter, Frida, mysteriously disappears on the night of her father’s birthday party. During the investigation lies, resentments, and secrets will come out, turning everyone into suspects and unmasking a family that is far from perfect.

“Television around the world has really come of age,” International Academy President & CEO Bruce Paisner said. “What is especially gratifying on this 50th anniversary is seeing the number of countries globally which produce world-class television programs and personalities, and win Emmys.”

Here’s the list of winners in all 15 categories:

Drama Series
Vigil
World Productions
United Kingdom

Comedy Series
Sex Education
Netflix / Eleven Film
United Kingdom

TV Movie/Mini-Series
Help
The Forge / All3Media International
United Kingdom

Non-Scripted Entertainment
Love on the Spectrum – Season 2
Northern Pictures / ABC / Netflix
Australia

Non-English Language U.S. Primetime Program
Buscando A Frida
Telemundo Global Studios / Argos
United States

Documentary
Enfants De Daech, Les Damnés de la Guerre [Iraq’s Lost Generation]
Cinétévé / France Televisions / LCP / RTS / DR / NRK / SVT / Région Ile-de-France / CNC / PROCIREP – ANGOA
France

Best Performance by an Actress
Lou de Laâge in “Le Bal des Folles” [“The Mad Women’s Ball”]
Légende Films / Amazon
France

Best Performance by an Actor
Dougray Scott in Irvine Welsh’s Crime
Cineflix Media Inc. / Buccaneer Media / Off Grid Film & TV
United Kingdom

Arts Programming
Freddie Mercury: The Final Act
Rogan Productions
United Kingdom

Sports Documentary
Queen Of Speed
Sky / Drum Studios
United Kingdom

Kids: Factual & Entertainment
My Better World
Fundi Films / Maan Creative / Impact(ed) International
South Africa

Kids: Live-Action
Kabam!
NPO / IJswater Films / KRO-NCRV
Netherlands

Kids: Animation
Shaun the Sheep: Flight Before Christmas
Netflix / Aardman
United Kingdom

Telenovela
YeonMo” [The King’s Affection]
KBS (Korean Broadcasting System) / Netflix / Monster Union / Arc Media
South Korea

Short-Form Series
Rūrangi
Autonomouse / The Yellow Affair
New Zealand

Porta dos Fundos Releases Trailer for Its Latest Christmas Special, “The Edge of Theocracy”

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Porta dos Fundos is readying for its latest Christmas special…

The controversial hit Brazilian comedy troupe will release its annual Christmas Special, The Edge of Theocracy, on December 10.

Porta dos Fundos

A play on Petra Costa’s Oscar-nominated documentary, The Edge of Democracy, a trailer released on November 20 on its dedicated YouTube channel lured more than 300,000 views in three days.

Porta dos Fundos’ Christmas specials are renowned for their ironic, some would argue profane, take on the life of Christ.

Taking its cue from Costa’s The Edge of Democracy, which points to Brazil’s spiral into far-right politics as a cautionary tale to the world, The Edge of Theocracy satirizes Brazil’s political scene and delivers tart comments on global issues, like polarization, through the prism of Biblical events thousands of years ago. A delighted Costa gave her blessing and makes a brief appearance as herself in the show.

Shot in less than a week, the troupe opted for the documentary format in order to better adhere to COVID-19 safety protocols. The use of talking heads and testimonials were the perfect solution to rules on social distancing, said co-founder/writer Fabio Porchat, who spoke to Variety while filming some scenes outdoors last September.

Porchat, who plays Jesus, was standing in the middle of a field in sweltering 95F (35C) heat, with trees and mountains in the distance, while just behind him, his actors were playing out some scenes.

Their 2019 Xmas special, The First Temptation of Christ, featured a gay Christ, which unleashed a firestorm of complaints, a petition to ban the special signed by more than two million people and worst of all, a Molotov cocktail on their headquarters, which caused a fire that was fortunately put out by alert security guards.

“This is our seventh Christmas Special and they’ve always been provocative; only last year’s special produced a backlash,” he pointed out, suggesting that being the first one released during the tenure of current populist President Jair Bolsonaro made it a target. “His government is promoting fundamentalist religious thought,” he asserted.

There were some calls to cancel Netflix subscriptions, which the trailer cheekily refers to. “If you cancelled Netflix, get ready to cancel YouTube,” it declares, signaling the troupe’s return to their dedicated YouTube channel.

Their last two Christmas Specials, The First Temptation of Christ and The Last Hangover,” were Netflix Originals. The latter won a Best Comedy International Emmy in 2019.

“We reach a bigger audience on YouTube,” said Porchat who added that ViacomCBS, which took a majority stake in Porta dos Fundos in 2017, co-produced this year’s special with Porta dos Fundos.

Porchat admitted that the bombing of their headquarters raised their international profile so he’s grateful for that.

He is a self-confessed Monty Python fan, especially their irreverent comedy about a hapless man who is mistaken for the Messiah, Life of Brian. “We don’t insult the Bible, we research the subject matter quite extensively,” he noted.

No one is spared their satirical touch, including Buddha, Shiva and some alien creature who replies, “Ask Tom Cruise!” when asked to explain what he is in The First Temptation of Christ.

In The Edge of Theocracy various “messiahs” weigh in on an investigation of Jesus’ legitimacy.

The new special promises to be a gleeful poke in the eye to the troupe’s critics.

Raphael Logam Earns International Emmy Awards Nomination for His Work on Brazil’s “Impuros”

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Raphael Logam is celebrating a special recognition for the second year in a row…

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has unveiled the nominations for this year’s International Emmy Awards, with the 34-year-old Brazilian actor earning a nod.

Raphael Logam

Logam is nominated in the Best Performance By An Actor category for his work the second season of The Walt Disney Company’s Impuros. It’s his second consecutive nod in the category for his work on the Brazilian series.

But Logam isn’t the only Latino/a nominee this year…

Andrea Beltrão has been nominated in the Best Performance By An Actress category.

The 57-year-old Brazilian actress earned the nod for her work in the Brazilian series Hebe: A Estrela do Brasil. 

The International Emmy Award winners will be announced at a ceremony produced from New York City on November 23. Further details will be announced in October.

Here’s a look at this year’s nominees:

Arts Programming

Jake and Charice, NHK, Japan
Refavela 40, HBO Brasil / Conspiração, Brazil
Vertige de la Chute (Ressaca), Babel Doc / France Televisions, France
Why do we Dance?, Sky Arts Production Hub, United Kingdom

Best Performance By An Actor
Billy Barratt in Responsible Child, Kudos / 72 films, United Kingdom
Guido Caprino in 1994, Sky / Wildside / Beta Film, Italy
Raphael Logam in Impuros (Impure) – Season 2, The Walt Disney Company / Barry Company, Brazil
Arjun Mathur in Made in Heaven, Excel Media & Entertainment LLP / Tiger Baby Productions, India

Best Performance By An Actress
Emma Bading in Play, Sappralot Productions / Tellux Next / BR / ARD Degeto, Germany
Andrea Beltrão in Hebe, Globo / 20th Century Fox Brazil / Hebe Forever / Labrador Filmes / Loma Filmes / Warner Bros, Brazil
Glenda Jackson in Elizabeth is Missing, STV Productions, United Kingdom
Yeo Yann Yann in Invisible Stories, HBO Asia / Birdmandog, Singapore

Comedy
Back to Life, SHOWTIME Presents / Two Brothers Pictures Ltd., United Kingdom
Fifty, EndemolShine Israel, Israel
Four More Shots Please, Pritish Nandy Communications Limited, India
Ninguém tá Olhando (Nobody’s Looking), Gullane Entertainment / Netflix, Brazil

Documentary
El Testigo (The Witness), Caracol Television, Colombia
For Sama, Channel 4 News / ITN Productions / PBS Frontline, United Kingdom
Granni-E-minem, Korean Broadcasting System, South Korea
Terug naar Rwanda (Back to Rwanda), De Chinezen / VRT, Belgium

Drama Series
Charité 2- Season 2, UFA FICTION GmbH, Germany
Criminal UK, Idiotlamp Productions / Netflix, United Kingdom
Delhi Crime, Ivanhoe Pictures / Golden Karavan / Poor Man’s Productions / Netflix, India
El Jardín de Bronce (The Bronze Garden) – Season 2, HBO Latin America Originals / Pol-ka, Argentina

Non-English Language U.S. Primetime Program

20th Annual Latin GRAMMY® Awards, Univision / The Latin Recording Academy, USA
La Reina del Sur – Season 2, Telemundo Global Studios / Netflix / AG Studios Colombia / Diagonal TV / Argos, USA
No te Puedes Esconder, Telemundo Global Studios / Netflix, USA
Preso No.1, Telemundo Global Studios / Keshet, USA

Non-Scripted Entertainment

Canta Comigo, Rádio e Televisão Record S.A. / Endemol Shine, Brazil
Folkeopplysningen (The Public Enlightenment), Teddy TV, Norway
MasterChef Thailand – Season 3, Heliconia H Group Company Limited, Thailand
Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds, Endemol Shine Australia, Australia

Short-Form Series
Content, Ludo Studio, Australia
#martyisdead, Bionaut / MALL.TV / cz.nic, Czech Republic
Mil Manos por Argentina (One Thousand Hands for Argentina), Storylab / Atomic Lab / Flow, Argentina
People Like Us – Season 2, Action for AIDS Singapore / Cheo Pictures / Pilgrim Pictures, Singapore

Telenovela
Chen Xi Yuan (Love And Destiny), Gcoo Entertainment Co. Ltd. / iQIYI, China
Na Corda Bamba (On Thin Ice), Plural Entertainment Portugal, Portugal
Órfãos da Terra (Orphans of a Nation), Globo, Brazil
Pequeña Victoria (Victoria Small), Viacom International Studios / Oficina Burman, Argentina

TV Movie / Mini-Series
L’Effondrement (The Collapse), ET BIM / STUDIO+ / CANAL+, France
Elis – Viver é Melhor que Sonhar, Globo / Globo Filmes / Bravura Cinematografica / Academia de Filmes, Brazil
The Festival of the Little Gods, Tohoku Broadcasting, Japan
Responsible Child, Kudos / 72 films, United Kingdom

Netflix’s Ursula Corbero Starrer “La Casa del Papel” Sets New Viewership Record

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Ursula Corberohas 34 million reasons to celebrate…

Netflix’s Spanish-language smash La Casa de Papel, aka Money Heist, starring the 29-year-old Spanish actress, has set a new record for the streamer. 

la-casa-de-papel

With more than 34.3M households tuning in for Part 3, this is the largest first-week global household turnout for a non-English-language Netflix series. More than 70% finished the entire season in the initial seven days.

The third installment of the Alex Pina-created phenomenon launched on July 19. Evidenced by the massive viewing numbers, fans of the series are legion around the world — and not only in Spanish-speaking markets, but extending to countries like France, Italy and India. 

In the first week, La Casa de PapelPart 3 was the most-watched title in Spain, Italy, France, Portugal, Brazil, Chile and Argentina, among others, according to Netflix.

Already last year, Netflix said the series, produced by Vancouver Media, was its most watched non-English show ever on the service. It scooped an International Emmyfor Best Drama last November.

Alvaro Mortestars in the thriller as El Professor, a mysterious criminal mastermind who recruits a group of thieves for an epic heist as he manipulates the police to carry out his plan. Part 3 sees him develop new heists with even higher stakes.

Ursula Corbero, Jamie Lorente, Miguel Herrán, Darko Peric, Itziar Ituno,Paco Tous, Alba Flores, Esther Acebo,Itziar Ituño, Enrique Arce, Kiti Mánver,Juan Fernándezand Mario de la Rosaalso star.

Pina in 2018 secured a global exclusive overall dealwith the streaming giant. In June, production began on 10-part UK/Spanish crime drama White Lines, which Pina wrote and is showrunning.