# International Emmy Award for Best Arts Programming

The International Emmy Award for Best Arts Programming is presented by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (IATAS) to the best arts programs produced and initially aired outside of the United States.

## Rules and regulations

Under the rules of the International Academy: arts programming is a program dedicated to an art form or artist(s) (i.e. performance, art documentary, art series, or combination thereof).
If the program is part of a continuous series of self-contained episodes (i.e. each episode has its own storyline with a conclusion; or each episode may have a different director and/or producer; or series has the potential to go on for multiple seasons), then each episode must be submitted as a separate entry. If the program is a multi-part series with a finite number of episodes (no further episodes planned), covering the same theme, two (2) episodes must be submitted to represent the series as a whole.
If the program contains multiple parts with a continuing storyline beyond one episode, or share the same concept, two (2) episodes must be submitted to represent the series as a whole. The program may employ partial re-enactment, stock footage, stills, animation, stop-motion or other techniques, as long as the emphasis is on fact and not on fiction.

## Winners and nominees
### 2000s

| Year | English title | Original title | Production company/Network | Country |
| 2002 | Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary | Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary | CBS | Canada |
| 2002 | Touch | Touch | NPS | Netherlands |
| 2002 | The Tragedy of Hamlet | The Tragedy of Hamlet | ARTE France / BBC | France |
| 2002 | Classic Albums: Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | Classic Albums: Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | Isis Production / Eagle Rock Entertainment | Japan |
| 2003 | Arena: The Life and Times of Count Luchino Visconti | Arena: The Life and Times of Count Luchino Visconti | BBC | United Kingdom |
| 2003 | Viaje al Centro de la Música | Viaje al Centro de la Música | Canal 13 | Chile |
| 2003 | Visions of Space: Antoni Gaudi | Visions of Space: Antoni Gaudi | BBC | United Kingdom |
| 2003 | Living Architecture: The Work of Tadao Ando | Living Architecture: The Work of Tadao Ando | NHK | Japan |
| 2004 | George Orwell: A Life in Pictures | George Orwell: A Life in Pictures | BBC | United Kingdom |
| 2004 | Korda, Fotografo en Revolucion | Korda, Fotografo en Revolucion | Ateneo Producciones / Canal Once | Mexico |
| 2004 | Ameila | Ameila | Amerimage-Spectra / Media Principia | Canada |
| 2004 | Cinema Dalí | Cinema Dalí | Televisió de Catalunya / France 5 | Spain / France |
| 2005 | Holocaust - A Musical Memorial Film from Auschwitz | Holocaust - A Musical Memorial Film from Auschwitz | BBC | United Kingdom |
| 2005 | Bergman and the Cinema | Bergman och filmen | SVT | Sweden |
| 2005 | Bergman and Faro Island | Bergman och Faro | SVT | Sweden |
| 2005 | Arena: Bacon's Arena | Arena: Bacon's Arena | BBC | United Kingdom |
| 2006 | Knowledge is the Beginning | Knowledge is the Beginning | ZDF | Germany |
| 2006 | John Peel's Record Box | John Peel's Record Box | Channel 4 | United Kingdom |
| 2006 | Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music | Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music | BBC | United Kingdom |
| 2006 | I Am Dali: Secrets of a Genius | I Am Dali: Secrets of a Genius | NHK | Japan |
| 2007 | Simon Schama's Power of Art | Simon Schama's Power of Art | BBC | United Kingdom |
| 2007 | Elis Regina: All My Life | Por Toda Minha Vida: Elis Regina | Rede Globo | Brazil |
| 2007 | False Waltz | False Waltz | Orkater / AVRO Television | Netherlands |
| 2007 | Smile | Smile | NHK | Japan |
| 2008 | Strictly Bolshoi | Strictly Bolshoi | Ballet Boyz / Channel 4 | United Kingdom |
| 2008 | Nara Leão: All My Life | Por Toda Minha Vida: Nara Leão | Rede Globo | Brazil |
| 2008 | Richard Serra - To See is to Think | Richard Serra - To See is to Think | ZDF / WDR | Germany |
| 2008 | Inheriting a Kabuki Legacy - Ichikawa Ebizo: His Fate and Anguish | Inheriting a Kabuki Legacy - Ichikawa Ebizo: His Fate and Anguish | Fuji TV | Japan |
| 2009 | The Mona Lisa Curse | The Mona Lisa Curse | Channel 4 | United Kingdom |
| 2009 | Mamonas Assassinas: All My Life | Por Toda Minha Vida: Mamonas Assassinas | Rede Globo | Brazil |
| 2009 | Ode to Joy: 10,000 Voices Resound! | Ode to Joy: 10,000 Voices Resound! | MBS | Japan |
| 2009 | Seven Gates of Jerusalem | Seven Gates of Jerusalem | Telewizja Polska | Poland |

### 2010s

| Year | English title | Original title | Production company/Network | Country |
| 2010 | The World According to Ion B. | Lumea văzută de Ion B. | HBO Romania | Romania |
| 2010 | Cazuza: All My Life | Por Toda Minha Vida: Cazuza | Rede Globo | Brazil |
| 2010 | Imagine...David Hockney: A Bigger Picture | Imagine...David Hockney: A Bigger Picture | BBC | United Kingdom |
| 2010 | Personas Inside Out | Personas Inside Out | TV Asahi | Japan |
| 2011 | Gareth Malone Goes to Glyndebourne | Gareth Malone Goes to Glyndebourne | Twenty Twenty | United Kingdom |
| 2011 | In der Werkstatt Beethovens - Die Neunte, Thielemann und die Wiener Philharmoniker | In der Werkstatt Beethovens - Die Neunte, Thielemann und die Wiener Philharmoniker | ZDF | Germany |
| 2011 | Adoniran Barbosa: All My Life | Por Toda Minha Vida: Adoniran Barbosa | Rede Globo | Brazil |
| 2011 | Memories of Origin - Hiroshi Sugimoto the Contemporary Artist | Memories of Origin - Hiroshi Sugimoto the Contemporary Artist | Wowow | Japan |
| 2012 | Songs of War | Musik als Waffe | ZDF | Germany |
| 2012 | Cartola: All My Life | Por Toda Minha Vida: Cartola | Rede Globo | Brazil |
| 2012 | BLUE MAN | BLUE MAN | Wowow | Japan |
| 2012 | Queen: Days of Our Lives | Queen: Days of Our Lives | BBC / Eagle Rock Entertainment | United Kingdom |
| 2013 | Hello?! Orchestra | Hello?! Orchestra | MBC / Cen Media | South Korea |
| 2013 | Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender | Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender | BBC / Eagle Rock Entertainment | United Kingdom |
| 2013 | Soundtrack | Soundtrack | Geronimo BVBA | Belgium |
| 2013 | Miradas Múltiples (La máquina loca) | Miradas Múltiples (La máquina loca) | Teveunam | Mexico |
| 2014 | The Exhibition | The Exhibition | Jove Pictures | Canada |
| 2014 | El Informe Kliksberg II - El otro me importa | El Informe Kliksberg II - El otro me importa | Canal Encuentro/Mulata Films | Argentina |
| 2014 | Nonfiction W: Picture Book Touch, Feel, and Fragility | Nonfiction W: Picture Book Touch, Feel, and Fragility | Wowow | Japan |
| 2014 | The Wagner Files | Wagnerwahn - Mythos und Machenschaften des Richard Wagner | SWR / Arte | Germany |
| 2015 | The Man Who Saved the Louvre | Illustre & Inconnu: Comment Jacques Jaujard a Sauvé le Louvre | Ladybird Films | France |
| 2015 | Buenaventura, Don't Leave Me | Buenaventura No Me Dejes Mas | Caracol Televisión / Laberinto Producciones | Colombia |
| 2015 | Messiah at the Foundling Hospital | Messiah at the Foundling Hospital | Reef Television | United Kingdom |
| 2015 | Trial of Chunhyyang – A Girl Prosecuted by Feudalism | Trial of Chunhyyang – A Girl Prosecuted by Feudalism | KBS | South Korea |
| 2016 | The Man Who Shot Hiroshima | The Man Who Shot Hiroshima | WOWOW / Kmax Co. | Japan |
| 2016 | Interrupt this Program (Resilient Cities) | Interrupt this Program (Resilient Cities) | Noble Television / Story Park Inc. | Canada |
| 2016 | Gabo, The Magic of Reality | Gabo, la creación de Gabriel García Márquez | Discovery / Caracol Televisión | Colombia |
| 2016 | Gérard Depardieu: Out of Frame | Gérard Depardieu: Grandeur Nature | Kaliste Prod. / R. M. Production / France 5 | France |
| 2017 | Hip-Hop Evolution | Hip-Hop Evolution | Banger Films | Canada |
| 2017 | Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki | Owaranai Hito Miyazaki Hayao | NHK | Japan |
| 2017 | Portátil | Portátil | Porta dos Fundos / Comedy Central | Brazil |
| 2017 | Robin's Road Trip | Robin de Puy - Ik ben het allemaal zelf | Talent United/AVROTROS/CoBO | Netherlands |
| 2018 | Etgar Keret: Based on a True Story | Etgar Keret, gebaseerd op een waar verhaal | Baldr Film / NTR Television | Netherlands |
| 2018 | Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas | Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas | Riddle Films | Canada |
| 2018 | Palavras em Série | Palavras em Série | GNT / Hungry Man | Brazil |
| 2018 | David Stratton's Story of Australian Cinema | David Stratton's Story of Australian Cinema | Stranger Than Fiction Films | Australia |
| 2019 | Dance or Die | Dance or Die | A Witfilm / NTR | Netherlands |
| 2019 | John and Yoko: Above Us Only Sky | John and Yoko: Above Us Only Sky | Eagle Rock Films | United Kingdom |
| 2019 | Michel Legrand, Let The Music Play | Michael Legrand: Sans demi-mesure | Cinétévé / Arte | France |
| 2019 | Ópera Alberta: Os Pescadores de Pérolas | Ópera Alberta: Os Pescadores de Pérolas | HBO Brazil / O2 Filmes | Brazil |

### 2020s

| Year | English title | Original title | Production company/Network | Country |
| 2020 | Vertige de la chute | Vertige de la chute | Babel Doc / France Televisions | France |
| 2020 | Jake and Charice | Jake and Charice | NHK | Japan |
| 2020 | Refavela 40 | Refavela 40 | HBO Brasil / Conspiração Filmes | Brazil |
| 2020 | Why do we Dance? | Why do we Dance? | Sky Arts | United Kingdom |
| 2021 | Kubrick by Kubrick | Kubrick by Kubrick | Temps Noir / Telemark / ARTE | France |
| 2021 | Romeo and Juliet: Beyond Words | Romeo and Juliet: Beyond Words | Footwork Films | United Kingdom |
| 2021 | Kabuki Actors’ Anguish – Is Entertainment Nonessential? | Nakamura-ya family 2020 Mattemashita! Kankuro Shichinosuke Shiren to Kassai no Makuake SP | Fuji TV / Kyodo Television | Japan |
| 2021 | Emicida – Amarelo: It's All For Yesterday | Emicida – Amarelo: E Tudo Para Ontem | Netflix | Brazil |
| 2022 | Freddie Mercury: The Final Act | Freddie Mercury: The Final Act | Rogan Productions | United Kingdom |
| 2022 | Bios: Calamaro | Bios: Calamaro | Buena Vista / Nat Geo | Argentina |
| 2022 | Wonderful World: A New York Jazz Story | Wonderful World: A New York Jazz Story | NHK | Japan |
| 2022 | Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty | Charlie Chaplin, Le Génie de la Liberté | France Télévisions / Kuiv Productions | France |
| 2023 | Buffy Sainte-Marie | Buffy Sainte-Marie | Eagle Vision / White Pine Pictures | Canada |
| 2023 | Art Is Our Voice | Art Is Our Voice | NHK | Japan |
| 2023 | Los Tigres Del Norte: Historias Que Contar | Los Tigres Del Norte: Historias Que Contar | Prime Video / Filmadora | Mexico |
| 2023 | Music Under the Swastika‚ The Maestro and the Cellist of Auschwitz | Music Under the Swastika‚ The Maestro and the Cellist of Auschwitz | 3B-Produktion / Deutsche Welle | Germany |
| 2024 | Pianoforte | Pianoforte | Telemark | Poland |
| 2024 | Robbie Williams | Robbie Williams | RSA Films / Netflix | United Kingdom |
| 2024 | Virgilio | Virgilio | House of Chef / Astromax | Argentina |
| 2024 | Who I Am Life | Who I Am Life | WOWOW Inc. / Wood's Office | Japan |