Spain has secured five official nominations for the 2026 International Emmy Awards, reinforcing its creative footprint across global television and documentary storytelling, according to reports from Spanish media outlets. The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the 64 nominees spanning 16 categories, representing 22 countries worldwide. Spanish productions and talent earned recognition across performance, comedy, documentary, telenovela, and miniseries divisions, setting up a competitive showdown ahead of the gala ceremony scheduled for November 23 in New York City.
Javier Cámara Lands Best Actor Nomination for ‘Yakarta’
Cámara competes against a formidable international field that includes Argentine actor Ricardo Darín for The Eternaut (El eternauta, K&S Films/Netflix), South African actor Ian Roberts for A Kind of Madness (Wolfight), and British actor Bobby Schofield for Unforgivable (LA Productions).
Comedy and Telenovela Contenders
In the Best Comedy category, the Netflix series Animal, produced by Alea Media and starring Luis Zahera and Lucía Caraballo, earned a nomination.
Meanwhile, RTVE’s daily serial Valle Salvaje, produced by Bambú Producciones, secured a nomination in the Best Telenovela category.
Documentary and Miniseries Recognition
The sports documentary Temps Mort, produced by El Terrat for Catalan broadcaster 3Cat and focusing on basketball star Charles Thomas, represents Spain in the Best Sports Documentary category. Audiovisual451 notes that it contends alongside Brazil’s Baila, Vini (Netflix), South Africa’s The Philipstown WireCar Grand Prix, and the United Kingdom’s Tom Daley: 1,6 segundos (HBO Max).
Rounding out the Spanish shortlist is Movistar Plus+ and DLO Producciones’ miniseries Anatomía de un instante, centering on the 1981 Spanish coup d’état attempt (known as the 23-F). It competes for the Best Miniseries prize alongside South Korea’s Hyper Knife (Disney+), Brazil’s Las máscaras de oxígeno no caerán automáticamente (HBO Max), and the United Kingdom’s Prisionero 951 (BBC).
A Growing Legacy at the International Emmys
Spain’s five nominations for 2026 build upon a steady string of recent successes at the International Emmy Awards. Previous Spanish winners and nominees include Oriol Pla for his performance in Disney+’s Yo, adicto, the Netflix documentary #SeAcabó covering the Rubiales case, and daily series La Promesa (Bambú Producciones for La 1), alongside earlier milestones like Vancouver Media’s La casa de papel in 2018 and 3Cat’s Punt de no retorn.
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences will host a series of networking panels, presentations, and industry events from November 20 to 22, leading directly into the awards gala on November 23 in New York.
