MONTREUX, Switzerland: The 43rd edition of the Festival Rose d'Or which takes place from 13 to 18 May will host semi-finals round of the popular arts, non-scripted, category for the International Emmy Awards. According to an announcement by The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (The Academy), the judging event will take place on 13 and 14 May.
The preliminary judging round of the International Emmy Awards takes place in April and May will involve over 200 judges - who are primarily television industry experts, producers, directors, executives and distributors, states the release. The seven programme categories that will be judged include, arts programming, children and young people, documentary, drama series, news coverage, popular arts (scripted and non-scripted) and movies/mini-series.
Other semi-final judging events are scheduled to be held from June to August in Montreux, Switzerland; Monte Carlo, Monaco; Moscow, Russia; London, England; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Toronto, Canada; Almaty, Kazakhstan; Madrid, Spain; Hilversum, Netherlands; Bangkok, Thailand; Miami, US; Guayaquil, Ecuador and Mexico City, Mexico .
The judging for finals will take place in September and nominees will be announced at MIPCOM on October 10. All nominated programmes will be screened at the 5th iEMMYs Festival on 23 November and the winners will be revealed at the 31st International Emmy Awards Gala in New York City on 24 November. Both events will take place in New York City.
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (the International TV Academy), a division of the National Television Academy, was chartered in 1969 with a mission to honor and encourage excellence in television programming outside the United States by presenting the International Emmy Award. It has representatives from over 50 countries on its board.
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