Hosted by Roger Bart Date 19 November 2007 Host Roger Bart | Founders Award Al Gore Other ceremonies 2006, 2008 | |
Location New York Hilton Midtown, New York City, New York, United States | ||
The 35th International Emmy Awards took place on November 19, 2007, at the Hilton Hotel in New York City, United States and hosted by American actor Roger Bart.
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Ceremony
The nominees for the 35th International Emmy Awards were announced by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, in October 7, 2007, at a press conference at MIPCOM in Cannes. 16 countries competed in the 35th International Emmy Awards, with a record of 7 nominations for Brazil, 4 for Japan and 3 for South Africa. This is the first time ever that Colombia was nominated. The competition took place with three rounds of judging over a period of 6 months, with participation from over 500 judges in 35 countries.
The United Kingdom seven of the nine categories in the Emmys International. The winner of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Jim Broadbent shared the best actor award with the Dutch Pierre Bokma. Muriel Robin won the award for best actress for Marie Besnard - The Poisoner, and Simon Schama's Power of Art: Bernini took the prize for arts programming. The best comedy and drama categories were also won by British programs.
Poland won its first international Emmy in the category Children & Young People. The Brazil, the second country with the largest number of award nominations - seven in total - left the ceremony without a Win.
In separate prizes, Al Gore received the Founders Award for both his role in creating the Current TV network, a news/information program service for young adults, and his drive to “alert the world to one of the great challenges of our time: global warming.” Robert De Niro presented the award to Gore.
And the Directorate Award went to Patrick Le Lay, chairman of the TF1 Group, for turning TF1 into a “multimedia organization that is a pioneer in many of the emerging new digital platforms.” Actress Carole Bouquet made the presentation.
Presenters
The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards.