For fans of global TV, the International Emmys are the Burning Man of awards season. For years, the event, held in New York each November, was the only place where the sort of series loved by international TV binge watchers — Scandinavian noir, Asian horror or Israeli spy dramas — got celebrated.
The world, of course, has changed. Such international shows as Dark (Gothic German sci-fi), Borgen (Danish political drama) and Kingdom (Korean period horror) have become global hits.
But for the true hipsters of foreign television on the hunt for the next big thing, the International Emmys is still the first port of call.
What else but the International Emmys would nominate cutting- edge French miniseries The Collapse — an apocalyptic horror tale.
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