International Emmys 2025 full list of winners: Gaza documentaries win big; Diljit Dosanjh loses Best Actor

The International Emmy Awards 2025 honoured two documentaries on Gaza and a wide variety of TV programming from around the world.

Updated on: Nov 25, 2025, 10:54:14 IST

By Abhimanyu Mathur

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The 53rd International Emmy Awards were held in New York City on Tuesday, 24 November. The annual awards, presented by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (IATAS), honour the best of international television programming. Hosted by Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos, this year’s awards honoured the best of TV films and shows from around the world in 16 categories, with the winners coming from the UK, Spain, and Germany, among others. Indian film Amar Singh Chamkila was nominated in two categories, but failed to win a single award.

Diljit Dosanjh poses on the red carpet during the 2025 International Emmy Awards in New York City, U.S., November 24, 2025. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (REUTERS)

Two documentaries on the Gaza conflict won in their respective non-fiction categories, a first for the award show.

Full list of awards

Best Art Programming

Art Matters with Melvyn Bragg (UK)

DJ Mehdi: Made in France (France)

Herchcovitch; Exposto [Herchcovitch; Exposed] (Brazil)

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Last Days (Japan) - WINNER

Best Performance by an Actor

Diljit Dosanjh in Amar Singh Chamkila (India)

David Mitchell in Ludwig (UK)

Oriol Pla in Yo, adicto [I, Addict] (Spain) - WINNER

Diego Vasquez in One Hundred Years of Solitude (Colombia)

Best Performance by an Actress

Charlotte Hope in Catch Me A Killer (South Africa)

Anna Maxwell Martin in Until I Kill You (UK) - WINNER

Carolina Miranda in Mujeres Asesinas – Season 2 [Killer Woman] (Mexico)

Maria Sid in Smärtpunkten [Pressure Point] (Sweden)

Best Comedy

Chicken Nugget (South Korea)

Iris (France)

Ludwig (UK) - WINNER

Y Llegaron de Noche [They Came at Night] (Mexico)

Current Affairs

Dispatches Kill Zone: Inside Gaza (UK) - WINNER

Phillippines: Diving for Gold (France)

Desaparecidos Forcados [Enforced Disappearances] (Brazil)

Walk The Line (Singapore)

Documentary

Hell Jumper (UK) - WINNER

King of Kings: Chasing Edward Jones (France)

O Prazer e Meu [It’s My Pleasure] (Brazil)

School Ties (South Africa)

Best Drama Series

Las Azules (Mexico)

Bad Boy (Israel)

Koek [Cake] (South Africa)

Rivals (UK) - WINNER

Kids Animation

Bluey (Australia) - WINNER

Lamput Season 4 (Singapore)

Lupi e Baduki (Brazil)

Muumilaakso Season 4 (Finland)

Kids: Factual & Entertainment

Auf Fritzis Spuren - Wie war das so in der DDR? (Germany) - WINNER

Bora, O Podio e Nosso (Brazil)

Kids Like Us (UK)

Playroom Live (South Africa)

Kids: Live-Action

Fallen (UK) - WINNER

Luz: The Light of the Heart (Brazil)

Prefects (Kenya)

Shut Up (Norway)

News

Fantastico: El Salvador: Safety’s Somber Side (Brazil)

The Gangs of Haiti (UK)

Gaza, Search for Life (Qatar) - WINNER

Syria - The Truth Coming Out (Sweden)

Non-Scripted Entertainment

Big Brother: Canada Season 12 (Canada)

Love is Bling: Habibi (UAE)

The Masked Singer Season 6 (Mexico)

Shaolin Heroes: Denmark (Denmark) - WINNER

Best Short-Form Series

Beyond Dancing (Hong Kong SAR, China)

La Mediatrice (Canada) - WINNER

My Dead Mom (Canada)

Todo se Transforma Season 4 (Argentina)

Sports Documentary

Argentina ’78 (Argentina)

Chasing the Sun 2 (South Africa)

It’s All Over: The Kiss That Changed Spanish Football (Spain) - WINNER

Sven (UK)

Best Telenovela

Deha (Türkiye) - WINNER

Mania de Voce (Brazil)

Regreso a las Sabinas (Spain)

Valle Salvaje (Spain)

Best TV Movie/Mini-Series

Amar Singh Chamkila (India)

Herrhausen: The Banker and the Bomb (Germany)

Lost Boys and Fairies (UK) - WINNER

Vencer o Morir (Chile)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Abhimanyu Mathur
Abhimanyu Mathur is Deputy Editor, Entertainment at Hindustan Times. With almost 15 years of experience in writing about everything from films and TV shows to cricket matches and elections, he inhales and exhales pop culture and news. Currently, he watches movies and TV shows and talks to celebrities for a living, while occasionally writing about them as well. A journalism graduate of Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, Delhi University, Abhimanyu began his career with Hindustan Times at the age of 20, swapping classrooms for newsrooms at an early age. He began his journey in the early days of digital journalism, later switching to the madness of print journalism. Work has led him to far off places like Japan and Jordan, as well as to the interiors of Haryana and the Indo-Pak border. He dabbled in city reporting in places like Meerut, Gurgaon, and Delhi, covered the Olympics and Cricket World Cups, before finding his calling in entertainment and lifestyle during the pandemic. A Rotten Tomatoes Certified Film Critic, he is equally at home covering stories on ground as he is interviewing celebrities and studios, and sometimes prefers to shepherd teams in delivering traffic through the day. Even as his role has evolved from reporter to supervisor over the years, his first love remains writing (and of late, talking on camera). With a good understanding of cinema and its trends, and a keen eye for detail, he continues to spark conversations around showbiz for readers around the world.Read More

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