Globo is nominated in two categories for the 2019 International Emmy awards
‘If I Close My Eyes Now’ and Marjorie Estiano, for ‘Under Pressure’, receive a nod in the categories Mini-Series and Best Actress respectively
19-09-2019
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced this Thursday, 19, the nominees for the 2019 International Emmy Awards. Globo has been nominated in two categories: “TV Movie/ Mini-Series” for ‘If I Close My Eyes Now’ and ‘Best Actress’ for Marjorie Estiano’s performance in season 2 of ‘Under Pressure’. The winners will be announced on November 25th at a ceremony in New York, USA.
‘If I Close My Eyes Now’ takes us to the beginning of the 1960s in the fictional town of São Miguel, located in the countryside of Rio de Janeiro State, through the memories of Paulo (João Gabriel D’Aleluia/Milton Gonçalves). There, next to his friend Eduardo (Xande Valois), young Paulo finds out that the relations in the “world of grown-ups” are much more complex than they seem to be. The plot deals with the difficulty of romantic relationships, family and social life, and the secrets that each one hides to be able to play their role in the community. With 11 episodes, the series is written by Ricardo Linhares, inspired by Edney Silvestre’s book, with art direction by Carlos Manga Jr. The mini-series will vie for the trophy with other productions from India, Australia and Hungary.
Marjorie Estiano has been nominated for “Best Actress” for her performance in season 2 of ‘Under Pressure’. In this phase of the show, Carolina, her character, faces false accusations from the new hospital director, Renata (Fernanda Torres), and sees her marriage with Evandro (Julio Andrade) in danger, at the same time she has to deal with her father, José Luis (Luis Melo), who returns to town. The wish to save lives is what motivates the professionals of ‘Under Pressure’, a genuinely Brazilian medical series. With art direction by Andrucha Waddington and directed by Andrucha and Mini Kerti, the series is a co-production of Globo TV and Conspiração Filmes. Season 2 had 11 episodes supervised by screenwriter Jorge Furtado and final screenplay by Lucas Paraizo, with the collaboration of Antonio Prata, Marcio Alemão and André Sirangelo. In the 2019 International Emmy Awards, Estiano competes with actresses from Hungary, India and United Kingdom. Season 3 of ‘Under Pressure’ is already available in the catalog that Globo will present at MIPCOM, in October.
Globo has already won 17 International Emmy awards so far, including the very first one in 1976, the ‘Directorate Award’, granted to Roberto Marinho, founder of Globo. The second award came in 1981 with the musical ‘A Arca de Noé’. In the following year, ‘Life and Death Severina’ also received an Emmy. Roberto Marinho won again the ‘Directorate Award’ in 1983. When the category ‘Best Telenovela’ started in 2009, the Emmy went to ‘India – A Love Story’, by Glória Perez. In 2011, the station won again for ‘Best Telenovela’ with ‘Blood Ties’, a co-production with SIC, aired in Portugal. In 2011, ‘Jornal Nacional’ won the International Emmy Current Affairs & News for the coverage of the retake of Alemão favela compound by Rio de Janeiro armed forces. In 2012, Globo got two Emmys for ‘Best Telenovela’ with ‘The Illusionist’ and ‘The Invisible Woman’ for ‘Comedy Series’. In the following year, besides the ‘Best Actress’ award to Fernanda Montenegro, Globo won the ‘Best Telenovela’ award with ‘Side by Side’. In 2014, Roberto Irineu Marinho, Chairman and CEO of Grupo Globo, was honored with the World Television Personality award for his leadership at Globo, both in Brazil and overseas. In the same year, ‘Precious Pearl’ won the ‘Best Telenovela’ award. In 2015, ‘Empire’ got the ‘Best Telenovela’ award and ‘Sweet Mother’ won in the ‘Best Comedy Series’ category. In 2016, ‘Hidden Truths’ won the Emmy for ‘Best Telenovela’. Globo also received for the first time the best series award at the Emmy Kids Awards 2018 for ‘Young Hearts – Embrace Diversity’, written by Cao Hamburger and directed by Paulo Silvestrini.