The Cape Film Commission (CFC) has announced that it has secured the right for Cape Town to host the semi-final judging of the 40th edition of the International Emmy awards.
The International Emmy Awards is a membership based organisation with headquarters in New York. The organisation was formed to recognise excellence in television and to act as a global showcase of television talent.
Commissioner Denis Lillie, a member of the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (IATAS), who secured the right to host the judges on behalf of the City, said that the platform would provide a unique opportunity to lift the industry’s profile among contemporaries in international film and television and also expose producers to programmes they would not ordinarily see. During such interactions, new possibilities can emerge, more areas of cooperation can be discovered and better exchange of ideas can happen in terms of techniques and also finance.
Through the hosting of the event, it is expected that Cape Town will be exposed to a wider global audience and also gain the opportunity to meet and interact with their counterparts in other parts of the world who may help up their game in the practice.
Lillie calls on the local film practitioners to take advantage of such international opportunities to showcase themselves to the world.
Usually, the Academy has about 700 jurors who judge regional content from around the world and they go through a rigorous process to select the semi-finalists. Then, a new set of judges selects the finalists and you have four nominees from each category out of which the winner is derived.
The Cape Film Commission has opened the selection of categories to the local film industry and has urged the industry to vote for their most preferred category of film and television.
The categories are:
Arts Programming
Children and Young People
Comedy
Documentary
Drama series
Non-scripted Entertainment
Tv Movie/ mini- series
Best Performance by an Actor
Best Performance by an Actress
Speaking on behalf of the City’s government, Mayoral Committee member Councillor Grant Pascoe commented, “The City of Cape Town is delighted with the selection of the Cape Film Commission as host of a judging panel for the 2012 International Emmys. The choice of Cape Town as a host destination reinforces the city’s important role in the international film and television industry. Cape Town will no doubt benefit from the international exposure associated with hosting the judging panel. The City fully supports the Cape Film Commission as they continue to develop Cape Town’s profile in the international market”
