International Emmy Award for Best Current Affairs
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CountryUnited States
First award2007
Currently held byDispatches: "Kill Zone: Inside Gaza"
United Kingdom (2025)
United Kingdom (2025)| International Emmy Award for Best Current Affairs | |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |
| First award | 2007 |
| Currently held by | Dispatches: "Kill Zone: Inside Gaza" United Kingdom (2025) |
| Website | www |
The International Emmy Award for Best Current Affairs is presented by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (IATAS) to recognize the best current affairs programming produced and initially aired outside the United States. It was first presented in 2007.
The categories for international journalism were previously presented at the News & Documentary Emmy Awards alongside their U.S. counterparts.[1] In 2025, they began to be presented at the International Emmy Awards Gala, along with the other categories
2000s
| Year | Program (English Title) | Episode/Story | Production company/Network | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 [2] | Baghdad: A Doctor's Story | Guardian Films / BBC Two | United Kingdom | |
| Hot Line | "The Candelária Slaughter" | TV Globo |  Brazil | |
| La Liga | "The Path of the Cocaine Leaf" | Cuatro Cabezas |  Argentina | |
| Special Reporter: Vyacheslav Grunskiy's Studio | "The Zone of Love" | TV Channel Russia |  Russia | |
| Sunday Report | "Give Us a Hand! Help Us Lie!" | Television Broadcasts Limited |  Hong Kong | |
| 2008 [3] | Peter R. de Vries: Natalee Holloway | SBS Broadcasting / Endemol |  Netherlands | |
| The Fifth Estate | "Cruel Camera" | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |  Canada | |
| Hot Line | "Césio 137" | TV Globo | Brazil | |
| Witness | "Red Mosque" | Al Jazeera English / Midwinter Productions |  Qatar | |
| 2009 [4] | Dispatches | "Saving Africa's Witch Children" | Red Rebel Films / Oxford Scientific Films / Channel 4 | United Kingdom |
| Witness | "Return to Nablus" | Al Jazeera English / Flashback Television / Teachers Television | Qatar | |
| ARD Exclusiv | "Kindersklaven" | Westdeutscher Rundfunk |  Germany | |
| The Team: Babies Traffic | Eyeworks Cuatro Cabezas | Argentina | ||
2010s
| Year | Program (English Title) | Episode/Story | Production company/Network | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 [5] | Dispatches | "Pakistan's Taliban Generation" | October Film / Channel 4 | United Kingdom |
| Tuesday Report | "Child Abduction" | Television Broadcasts Limited | Hong Kong | |
| Enquête | "The Ultimate Forgiveness" | Société Radio-Canada | Canada | |
| Telenoche | "Glaciers, The First Veto" | Artear / El Trece | Argentina | |
| 2011 [6] | Back from the Brink: Inside the Chilean Mine Disaster | NHK |  Japan | |
| 21st Century | "Cambodia: A Quest for Justice" | UNTV |  United Nations | |
| The Assassination of Jean Charles Meneses | Discovery Networks Latin America | Brazil | ||
| Unter Piraten | infonetwork GmbH | Germany | ||
| 2012 [7] | Haiti's Orphans: One Year After the Earthquake | CBC Television | Canada | |
| Profession: Reporter | "Children and Drugs: A Childhood Overtaken by Addiction" | TV Globo | Brazil | |
| China Dolls: Fragile Bodies, Strong Minds | Phoenix Satellite Television | Hong Kong | ||
| Extra: The RTL Magazine | "The Merciless Traffic in the Flight from Africa" | infoNetwork GmbH | Germany | |
| 2013 [8] | Banaz: An Honour Killing | Hardcash Productions / Fuuse Films / ITV | United Kingdom | |
| Globo Repórter | "Enawenê-nawê: The Spirit-Men" | TV Globo | Brazil | |
| i-Witness | "Alkansiya (Piggy Bank)" | GMA Network |  Philippines | |
| ZDFzoom | "The Fukushima Lie" | ZDF German Television | Germany | |
| 2014 [9] | The Fifth Estate | "Made in Bangladesh" | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | Canada |
| The Long Journey Home | Antena 3 |  Romania | ||
| Journalism for All | "The Route of the K-Money" | Artear / El Trece | Argentina | |
| Sunday Report | "One Child Policy" | Television Broadcasts Limited | Hong Kong | |
| 2015 [10][11] | Dispatches | "Children on the Frontline: Children of Aleppo" | ITN Productions | United Kingdom |
| 101 East | "Stray Bullets" | 101 East / Al Jazeera English |  Malaysia | |
| ZDFzoom | "The Soccer Empire: The Dealings of FIFA" | ZDF German Television | Germany | |
| GloboNews Documentary | "Tower of David" | GloboNews | Brazil | |
| 2016 [12][13] | Dispatches | "Escape from ISIS" | ITN / Ronachan Films / Evan Williams Productions / Mediadante | United Kingdom |
| 101 East | "Afghanistan: No Country for Women" | Al Jazeera English | Malaysia | |
| Reportage im Ersten | "Long Thanh Wants to Smile" | ARD / NDR | Germany | |
| GloboNews Documentary | "Syria on the Run" | GloboNews / Globo TV | Brazil | |
| 2017 [14][15] | Exposure | "Saudi Arabia Uncovered" | Hardcash Productions / ITV / WGBH / Frontline | United Kingdom |
| 101 East | "Rodrigo Duterte: A President's Report Card" | Al Jazeera English | Malaysia | |
| Globo Repórter | "Art as Passport" | Globo Comunicação e Participações | Brazil | |
| Mission: Investigate | "The Panama Papers" | SVT / ICIJ / Süddeutsche Zeitung / Reykjavik Media / Yle / DR / NDR / RÚV / Première Lignes France |  Sweden | |
| 2018 [16][17] | White Right: Meeting the Enemy | Fuuse Films / ITV | United Kingdom | |
| GloboNews | "Children of Maria da Penha" | GloboNews / TV Globo | Brazil | |
| Menschenschmuggler: Das Geschäft mit den Flüchtlingen | DR TV / ZDF German Television | Germany | ||
| Off the Grid | "Silent Death on a Syrian Journey" | TRT World |  Turkey | |
| 2019 [18][19] | Mission: Investigate | "Deceptive Diplomacy" | Sveriges Television / Mission Investigate | Sweden |
| BBC Africa Eye | "Sweet Sweet Codeine" | BBC World Service |  Nigeria | |
| Exposure | "Iran Unveiled: Taking on the Ayatollahs" | ITV / Hardcash Productions | United Kingdom | |
| Fantástico | "11 Days in North Korea" | TV Globo / GloboNews | Brazil | |
2020s
| Year | Program (English Title) | Episode/Story | Production company/Network | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 [20] | Exposure | "Undercover: Inside China's Digital Gulag" | Hardcash Productions / ITV | United Kingdom |
| BBC Africa Eye | "Sex for Grades" | BBC Africa Eye | Nigeria | |
| GloboNews Documentaries | "Allies" | GloboNews / Globo TV | Brazil | |
| Mission: Impossible | "The Story of Swedbank and the World's Largest Money Laundering Scandal" | Mission Investigate / Sveriges Television | Sweden | |
| 2021 [21][22] | Exposure | "In Cold Blood" | Darlow Smithson Productions / ITV | United Kingdom |
| Africa Eye | "The Baby Stealers" | BBC World Service |  Kenya | |
| The Hunt for Gaddafi's Billions | VPRO Television | Netherlands | ||
| Profissão Repórter and Fantástico | "COVID-19: The Daily Routine of a Healthcare Team Inside a Public Hospital" | Globo | Brazil | |
| 2022 [23][24] | In Search of Monsters | NDR Fernsehen | Germany | |
| Black Eye | BBC Africa Eye | Nigeria | ||
| Exposure | "Fearless: The Women Fighting Putin" | Hardcash Productions / The Economist / ITV | United Kingdom | |
| Domingo Espetacular | "Parkinson's Research" | RecordTV | Brazil | |
| 2023 [25][26] | Off the Grid | "Ukraine Wartime Diaries" | TRT World | Turkey |
| GloboNews Documentary | "Shelter: Innocents Under Fire" | GloboNews / Globo | Brazil | |
| Exposure | "The Crossing" | David Modell Productions | United Kingdom | |
| UVDA | "Last Stop Before Kyiv" | I.D UVDA / Keshet Media Group |  Israel | |
| 2024 [27] | Sky News | "The Last Hospital: 30 Days in Myanmar" | Sky News | United Kingdom |
| GloboNews Documentary | "Evel, Hazin: Days of Mourning" | TV Globo | Brazil | |
| The Trap: India's Deadliest Scam | BBC India Eye |  India | ||
| UVDA with Ilana Dayan | "Brother & Sister in Captivity" | UVDA Ltd. / Keshet Media Group | Israel | |
| 2025 [28] | Dispatches | "Kill Zone: Inside Gaza" | Basement Films | United Kingdom |
| Philippines: Diving for Gold | Keyi Productions / Arte G.E.I.E |  France | ||
| Repórter Record Investigação | "Enforced Disappearances" | Record TV / Playplus | Brazil | |
| Walk the Line | Mediacorp Pte Ltd |  Singapore | ||