Nominees for the 2010 International Digital Emmy® Awards were announced on Monday.
Seven countries are represented in the field scattered across 13 awards, including first-timers from Brazil, Hong Kong and New Zealand.
The awards will be presented on April 12 at a special ceremony at MIPTV in Cannes. Actress and producer Illeana Douglas will host.
The International Academy also announced it will present a special award — the Pioneer Prize — to “Heroes” creator and executive producer Tim Kring (pictured), for his contribution to the fields of digital television and “cross-platform entertainment.”
The nominees:
DIGITAL PROGRAM – CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE
Cross Media Experimental Project: HK File.X
Radio Television Hong Kong
Hong Kong, China
Inside Hana’s Suitcase
Xenophile Media/Rhombus Media/My Pet Skeleton/CBC
Canada
Reservoir Hill
KHF Media Ltd/Television New Zealand/New Zealand On Air
New Zealand
The Space Trainees
MediaCity/Sveng.com/Olof/4xM
Finland
The Well
Conker Media/BBC Switch
United Kingdom
DIGITAL PROGRAM – FICTION
Final Punishment
BeActive Entertainment/Aitec do Brasil/Canal Oi/Millagro
Brazil
PIETSHOW II
Grundy UFA TV Produktions GmbH
Germany
Primeval Evolved
ITV1/itv.com/Hoodlum/Impossible Pictures
United Kingdom
Print Friends
FremantleMedia/FMX
United Kingdom
DIGITAL PROGRAM – NON-FICTION
Construction and Fall of the Berlin Wall
ZDF Enterprises GmbH
Germany
Digital Revolution
BBC /The Open University
United Kingdom
Hunger to Learn
BBC
United Kingdom
Last Chance to See
BBC
United Kingdom