International Emmy Award for Best Kids: Factual & Entertainment
Television award category
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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.
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| International Emmy Award for Best Kids: Factual & Entertainment | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best Kids: Factual & Entertainment |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |
| First award | 2020 |
| Currently held by | On Fritzi's Traces – What Was It Like in the GDR? Germany (2025) |
| Website | www |
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.[1] In 2012, six kids-specific categories were created.[2][3] 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.)."[4]
Winners and nominees
2010s
- Kids - Factual
| Year | English title | Original title | Production company/Network | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 [2] | Newsround: "My Autism and Me" | BBC Children's / CBBC |  United Kingdom | |
| The Dreaming Orchestra's 180 Days | KBS |  South Korea | ||
| Coming Out | NPO / Sky High TV |  Netherlands | ||
| Truth Lies | Mentira la verdad | Mulata Films / Canal Encuentro |  Argentina | |
| 2013 [5][6] | Same But Different | Libra Television / Two Sugars | United Kingdom | |
| The Kamaishi Miracle | NHK |  Japan | ||
| My Father | NPO / IDEA Productions | Netherlands | ||
| Truth Lies | Mentira la verdad | Mulata Films / Canal Encuentro | Argentina | |
| 2014 [7][8] | What Is Your Dream? | ¿Con qué sueñas? | Mi Chica Producciones / CNTV / TVN |  Chile |
| Heart & Soul | 1440 Productions |  Australia | ||
| My Pet, Death & I | Snoffe, Döden Och Jag | Dokumentärministeriet / SVT |  Sweden | |
| Think Like a Crow!: The Scientific Method | NHK | Japan | ||
| 2015 [9][10] | My Life: "I Am Leo" | Nine Lives Media | United Kingdom | |
| Truth Lies | Mentira la verdad | Mulata Films / Canal Encuentro | Argentina | |
| Kore-eda x High School Girls: Portrait of Fukushima 3 Years After | NHK / NHK Educational Corporation / Paonetwork | Japan | ||
| The Sand Artist and the War | De Zandtovernaar en de Oorlog | The Media Brothers / RKK /Jewish Broadcasting Organization | Netherlands | |
| 2016 [11][12] | Horrible Histories | Lion Television | United Kingdom | |
| Full Proof: Domles | Full Proof: Koepels | NTR | Netherlands | |
| Latin American Dreams | Sueños latinoamericanos | Mi Chica Producciones / Canal 13 / Consejo Nacional de Televisión (CNTV) | Chile | |
| Wild But True | Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific / Beyond Screen Production / Screen Queensland |  Singapore | ||
| 2017 [13][14] | Berlin and Us | Berlin und Wir | Imago TV / ZDF German Television | Germany |
| Disgustingly Tasty | Asquerosamente Rico | Echando Globos / Señal Colombia / ANTV |  Colombia | |
| Miracle Lesson | NHK / TV MAN UNION | Japan | ||
| Operation Ouch! | Maverick TV / CBBC | United Kingdom | ||
| 2018 [15][16] | My Life: "Born to Vlog" | Blakeway North | United Kingdom | |
| Good Host | Oak 3 Films / Mediacorp TV Singapore | Singapore | ||
| My Body Belongs to Me | Kroppen Min eier Jeg | Bivrost Film & TV |  Norway | |
| Thousand and One Notes | Las mil y una notas | Orquesta Filarmonica de Toluca / Ballet Clasico del Instituto de Cultura del Estado de Mexico |  Mexico | |
| 2019 [17][18] | Nosso Sangue, Nosso Corpo | Fox Lab Brazil / Your Mama |  Brazil | |
| My Life: "Hike to Happiness" | Nine Lives Media / The Wilderness Foundation | United Kingdom | ||
| The Ultra Like Experiment | Ultras Like-Eksperiment | STV Productions |  Denmark | |
| What’s New? | BBC World Service |  Nigeria | ||
- Kids - Non-Scripted Entertainment
| Year | English title | Original title | Production company/Network | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 [2] | Energy Survival | Fabelaktiv / Enova / NRK / Film 3 | Norway | |
| Art Attack | Walt Disney Company Latin America | Brazil | ||
| In Real Life | Apartment 11 Productions / YTV |  Canada | ||
| Wittaya Subprayuth | Workpoint Entertainment / Channel 5 |  Thailand | ||
| 2013 [5][6] | Pet School | Cineflix Pet School | United Kingdom | |
| Battle for Money: The Initial Battle | Fuji Television | Japan | ||
| Labyrinth | Sveriges Television | Sweden | ||
| That's My Art! | Mijn kunst is top! | deMENSEN |  Belgium | |
| 2014 [7][8] | Wild Kids | Jarowskij / SVT | Sweden | |
| A Hero on Tuesdays | Dienstags ein Held sein | Gigaherz / SWR | Germany | |
| Let's Get Inventin' | Luke Nola & Friends |  New Zealand | ||
| Where Are We Going, Dad? | MBC | South Korea | ||
| 2015 [9][10] | Allround Champion | Best i Mest | NRK | Norway |
| Battle for Money: Return of the Dinosaurs | Fuji Television Network | Japan | ||
| Undercover High | General Purpose Entertainment | Canada | ||
| The Big Performance | Twenty Twenty Productions / CBBC | United Kingdom | ||
| 2016 [11][12] | Baking in the Dark | Ultras Sorte Kageshow | Danish Broadcasting Corporation | Denmark |
| Cinemaniacs | Novel Entertainment | United Kingdom | ||
| Look Kool | Apartment 11 Productions Inc. / TVOKids | Canada | ||
| Guess Who's Cooking? | Tem Crianca na Cozinha | Gloob / Samba Filmes | Brazil | |
| 2017 [13][14] | Snapshots | FORTE Entertainment | Canada | |
| Disney Cookabout | Penguin Films / The Walt Disney Company |  South Africa | ||
| Our Restaurant | Vår Restaurang | Sveriges Television | Sweden | |
| The Voice Kids | TV Globo | Brazil | ||
| 2018 [15][16] | Marrying Mum and Dad | Fixa Bröllopet | Fremantlemedia Sverige AB | Sweden |
| Ali-A’s Superchargers | Endemol Shine North | United Kingdom | ||
| Little Masters | Shanghai Canxing Culture & Media Co. Limited |  China | ||
| The Voice Kids | TV Globo | Brazil | ||
| 2019 [17][18] | Nighthawks | Nachtraven | De Mensen / Ketnet (VRT) | Belgium |
| The Baby Boss | Hua Na Ha Kuob | Thai Broadcasting Company Limited | Thailand | |
| The Voice Kids | TV Globo | Brazil | ||
| Lego Masters | Tuesday's Child | United Kingdom | ||
2020s
- Kids - Factual & Entertainment
| Year | English title | Original title | Production company/Network | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 [19] | Newsround: "Finding My Family: Holocaust" | BBC Children's In-House Productions / CBBC | United Kingdom | |
| Opa Popa Dupa | Nat Geo Kids / Estudios Telemexico | Mexico | ||
| World's Worst Diseases | Världens Hemskaste Sjukdomar | Delta Studios | Sweden | |
| My Notebooks: Seven Years of Tiny Great Adventures | NHK | Japan | ||
| 2021 [20][21] | Scars of Life | De Mensen | Belgium | |
| My Life: "Picture Perfect" | Big Deal Films | United Kingdom | ||
| Ahlan Simsim | Sesame Workshop / Jordan Pioneers |  Jordan | ||
| The Voice Kids | Globo / ITV Studios / John de Mol | Brazil | ||
| 2022 [22] | My Better World | Fundi Films / Maan Creative / Impact(ed) International | South Africa | |
| Don't Do This to the Climate | Ikke Gjor Dette Mot Klimaet! | NRK | Norway | |
| Newsround: "Let's Talk About Periods" | BBC | United Kingdom | ||
| Latin American Dreams | Sueños Latinoamericanos | Mi Chica Producciones / Consejo Nacional de Televisión de Chile / Television Nacional de Chile | Chile | |
| 2023 [23][24] | Built to Survive | Butter Media / ABC / ACTF | Australia | |
| Yard TV | Quintal TV | Canal Futura | Brazil | |
| Takalani Sesame | Sesame Workshop / Pulp Films | South Africa | ||
| Meet... Anne Frank | Triff... Anne Frank | Cross Media / IFAGE | Germany | |
| 2024 [25] | The Secret Life of Your Mind | La Vida Secreta de tu Mente | Warner Bros. Discovery / Pictoline | Mexico |
| Living Library | De Mensenbieb | Skyhigh TV | Netherlands | |
| My Life: Eva's Having a Ball | Fresh Start Media | United Kingdom | ||
| The Takalani Sesame Big Feelings Special | Sesame Workshop / Ochre Moving Pictures | South Africa | ||
| 2025 [26] | 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) | Germany |
| Bora, O Pódio é Nosso | Globo / Sentimental Filmes | Brazil | ||
| Kids Like Us | Echo Velvet | United Kingdom | ||
| Playroom Live | Eclipse Television Productions | South Africa | ||
| 2026 [27] | Horrible Science | Lion Television | United Kingdom | |
| Mitateru-Phose: Let’s Change Perspectives! | NHK / NHK Educational Corporation | Japan | ||
| Adventurous Noah | Nysgjerrige Noah | Fabeleaktiv | Norway | |
| Senior_Szn | Terceirão | Globo | Brazil | |