Alexia Putellas’ docuseries, nominated for International Emmys with a great Latin presence

2023-09-26 22:55:58

The docuseries of the Spanish soccer player Alexia Putellas She is one of the nominees for the International Emmy Awardswhich recognize the best television programs broadcast and produced outside the United States and will be delivered in New York on November 20.

As in other editions, the International Emmys have a large presence of Latin American programs and there is at least one nominee in each of the 14 categories, coming mainly from Brazil (7 nominations), followed by Mexico (4) and Argentina (4), plus Spain (1) and Portugal (1).

‘Alexia. Work conquers all’ (Alexia: Work always wins) It is the only candidacy from Spain in this 51st edition of the contest and competes for the award for best sports documentary along with the Mexican “30 Days to Win”, the Australian “Harley & Katya” and the South African “Two Sides”.

The documentary about Putellas, a Barcelona player and the only soccer player to win the Ballon d’Or twice, Follow the athlete during 2022 and show her high moments and others less pleasant, such as the conflict with the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) or an injury.

Brazil stands out in the soap opera section with ‘Face and Courage’ y ‘Pantanal’which compete with the Portuguese ‘Forever’ and the turkish ‘Judgment’ (Family secrets), and in children’s content, with ‘Crazy boy’candidate in animation, and ‘Quintal TV – Season 2’in factual content.

To these titles the Ibero-American giant adds the documentary ‘Chapecó Dossier – The Game Behind the Tragedy’, about the tragedy of the Chapecoense soccer team; the Serie ‘Lynchings’ and a “reality” called ‘A Ponte – The Bridge Brasil’.

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On the part of Mexico, the short series ‘The fall’ up for the awards for best miniseries and best actress, for Karla Souza; and in addition to the sports docuseries ’30 Days to win’ the artistic program has been nominated ‘The Tigers of the North: Stories to Tell’.

Argentina also stands out with two series: ‘Iosi, The Regretful Spy’which is up for the awards for best drama series and best actor, for Gustavo Bassani, as well as ‘The one in charge‘, best comedy; and the live action children’s show ‘Unknown Land’.