The International Emmy Award for Best Kids: Factual & Entertainment is presented by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (IATAS) to the best factual and entertainment 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, two categories—Kids: Factual and Kids: Non-Scripted Entertainment—were presented. In 2020, these categories were merged into the current award.
Rules and regulations According to the rules of the International Academy, the category is for "any non-fiction program devoted to entertaining and/or informing a young audience (i.e., game shows, reality competitions, variety shows, documentaries, news shows, etc.)."
Winners and nominees 2010s Kids - Factual Year English title Original title Production company/Network Country2012 Newsround: "My Autism and Me" || style="background:#B0C4DE;" |BBC Children's / CBBC || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | |- | colspan="2"| The Dreaming Orchestra's 180 Days || KBS || |- | colspan="2"| Coming Out || NPO / Sky High TV || |- | Truth Lies || Mentira la verdad || Mulata Films / Canal Encuentro || |- | rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |2013 || colspan="2" style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Same But Different Libra Television / Two Sugars The Kamaishi Miracle NHK My Father NPO / IDEA Productions Truth Lies Mentira la verdad Mulata Films / Canal Encuentro 2014 What Is Your Dream? ¿Con qué sueñas? Mi Chica Producciones / CNTV / TVN Heart & Soul 1440 Productions My Pet, Death & I Snoffe, Döden Och Jag Dokumentärministeriet / SVT Think Like a Crow!: The Scientific Method NHK 2015 My Life: "I Am Leo" || style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Nine Lives Media || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | |- | Truth Lies || Mentira la verdad || Mulata Films / Canal Encuentro || |- | colspan="2"| Kore-eda x High School Girls: Portrait of Fukushima 3 Years After || NHK / NHK Educational Corporation / Paonetwork || |- | The Sand Artist and the War || De Zandtovernaar en de Oorlog || The Media Brothers / RKK /Jewish Broadcasting Organization || |- | rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |2016 || colspan="2" style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Horrible Histories Lion Television Full Proof: Domles Full Proof: Koepels NTR Latin American Dreams Sueños latinoamericanos Mi Chica Producciones / Canal 13 / Consejo Nacional de Televisión (CNTV) Wild But True Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific / Beyond Screen Production / Screen Queensland 2017 Berlin and Us Berlin und Wir Imago TV / ZDF German Television Disgustingly Tasty Asquerosamente Rico Echando Globos / Señal Colombia / ANTV Miracle Lesson NHK / TV MAN UNION Operation Ouch! Maverick TV / CBBC 2018 My Life: "Born to Vlog" || style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Blakeway North || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | |- | colspan="2"| Good Host || Oak 3 Films / Mediacorp TV Singapore || |- | My Body Belongs to Me || Kroppen Min eier Jeg || Bivrost Film & TV || |- | Thousand and One Notes || Las mil y una notas || Orquesta Filarmonica de Toluca / Ballet Clasico del Instituto de Cultura del Estado de Mexico || |- | rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |2019 || colspan="2" style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Nosso Sangue, Nosso Corpo Fox Lab Brazil / Your Mama My Life: "Hike to Happiness" Nine Lives Media / The Wilderness Foundation The Ultra Like Experiment Ultras Like-Eksperiment STV Productions What’s New? BBC World Service
Kids - Non-Scripted Entertainment Year English title Original title Production company/Network Country2012 Energy Survival Fabelaktiv / Enova / NRK / Film 3 Art Attack Walt Disney Company Latin America In Real Life Apartment 11 Productions / YTV Wittaya Subprayuth Workpoint Entertainment / Channel 5 2013 Pet School Cineflix Pet School Battle for Money: The Initial Battle Fuji Television Labyrinth Sveriges Television That's My Art! Mijn kunst is top! deMENSEN 2014 Wild Kids Jarowskij / SVT A Hero on Tuesdays Dienstags ein Held sein Gigaherz / SWR Let's Get Inventin || Luke Nola & Friends || |- | colspan="2"| Where Are We Going, Dad? || MBC || |- | rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |2015 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Allround Champion || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Best i Mest || style="background:#B0C4DE;" |NRK || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | |- | colspan="2"| Battle for Money: Return of the Dinosaurs || Fuji Television Network || |- | colspan="2"| Undercover High || General Purpose Entertainment || |- | colspan="2"| The Big Performance || Twenty Twenty Productions / CBBC || |- | rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |2016 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Baking in the Dark || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Ultras Sorte Kageshow || style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Danish Broadcasting Corporation || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | |- | colspan="2"| Cinemaniacs || Novel Entertainment || |- | colspan="2"| Look Kool || Apartment 11 Productions Inc. / TVOKids || |- | Guess Who's Cooking? || Tem Crianca na Cozinha || Gloob / Samba Filmes || |- | rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |2017 || colspan="2" style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Snapshots || style="background:#B0C4DE;" |FORTE Entertainment || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | |- | colspan="2"| Disney Cookabout || Penguin Films / The Walt Disney Company || |- | Our Restaurant || Vår Restaurang || Sveriges Television || |- | colspan="2"| The Voice Kids || TV Globo || |- | rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |2018 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Marrying Mum and Dad || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Fixa Bröllopet || style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Fremantlemedia Sverige AB || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | |- | colspan="2"| Ali-A’s Superchargers || Endemol Shine North || |- | colspan="2"| Little Masters || Shanghai Canxing Culture & Media Co. Limited || |- | colspan="2"| The Voice Kids || TV Globo || |- | rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |2019 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Nighthawks || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Nachtraven || style="background:#B0C4DE;" |De Mensen / Ketnet (VRT) || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | ''' |- | The Baby Boss || Hua Na Ha Kuob || Thai Broadcasting Company Limited || |- | colspan="2"| The Voice Kids || TV Globo || |- | colspan="2"| Lego Masters'' Tuesday's Child
2020s Kids - Factual & Entertainment Year English title Original title Production company/Network Country2020 Newsround: "Finding My Family: Holocaust" || style="background:#B0C4DE;" |BBC Children's In-House Productions / CBBC || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | |- | colspan="2"| Opa Popa Dupa || Nat Geo Kids / Estudios Telemexico || |- | World's Worst Diseases || Världens Hemskaste Sjukdomar || Delta Studios || |- | colspan="2"| My Notebooks: Seven Years of Tiny Great Adventures || NHK || |- | rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|2021 || colspan="2" style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Scars of Life De Mensen My Life: "Picture Perfect" Big Deal Films Ahlan Simsim Sesame Workshop / Jordan Pioneers The Voice Kids Globo / ITV Studios / John de Mol 2022 My Better World Fundi Films / Maan Creative / Impact(ed) International Don't Do This to the Climate Ikke Gjor Dette Mot Klimaet! NRK Newsround: "Let's Talk About Periods" BBC Latin American Dreams Sueños Latinoamericanos Mi Chica Producciones / Consejo Nacional de Televisión de Chile / Television Nacional de Chile 2023 Built to Survive Butter Media / ABC / ACTF Yard TV Quintal TV Canal Futura Takalani Sesame Sesame Workshop / Pulp Films Meet... Anne Frank Triff... Anne Frank Cross Media / IFAGE 2024 The Secret Life of Your Mind La Vida Secreta de tu Mente Warner Bros. Discovery / Pictoline Living Library De Mensenbieb Skyhigh TV My Life: Eva's Having a Ball Fresh Start Media The Takalani Sesame Big Feelings Special Sesame Workshop / Ochre Moving Pictures 2025 On Fritzi's Traces – What Was It Like in the GDR? Auf Fritzis Spuren – Wie war das so in der DDR? Balance Film GmbH / Germany Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR) / Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) Bora, O Pódio é Nosso Globo / Sentimental Filmes Kids Like Us Echo Velvet Playroom Live Eclipse Television Productions 2026 Horrible Science Lion Television Mitateru-Phose: Let’s Change Perspectives! NHK / NHK Educational Corporation Adventurous Noah Nysgjerrige Noah Fabeleaktiv Senior_Szn Terceirão Globo
See also List of International Emmy Award winners
References
External links International Emmy Awards