CANNES: International Emmy Kids Awards in Cannes’ famed TV market and festival MIPTV on the evening of 5 April 2016.

Amongst the big winners was  Australian studio Matchbox Pictures Nowhere Boys Series 2  which took home the best series award.  Dutch producer NL Film & TV/KRO-NCRV pocketed the Best TV movie/miniseries award for Rabarber (Rhubarb).  Bing from British producers Acamar Films,/Brown Bag Films, UK was victorious in the pre-school category while the best animation award was given to Ronja, The Robber’s Daughter (NHK/NHK Enterprises/Dwango/Polygon Pictures, Japan) . My Life: I Am Leo (Nine Lives Media, U.K.) and Best i Mest (All-Round Champion) (NRK, Norway) won in the factual and non-scripted entertainment categories, respectively.

The awards were held at a glittering ceremony attended by 200 plus industry execs at Cannes Carlton hotel. Several TV and digital personalities and animation characters presented the awards. Among them figured: YouTuber Cyrina Fiallo, Quebec comedian Cathleen Rouleau, Miss SupraNational Stephania Stegman, co-presenting with Majid Entertainment’s animation character Amoona, German preschool character Die Maus from WDR’s The Program with The Mouse and actor Gil Ofarim from WDR’s kids’ series Arman’s Secret and Jeemtv soccer mascot Saham.

“Producers of children’s programming have a great responsibility towards their viewers and the broader audience and we are honored to be recognizing and showcasing the world’s best at MIPTV,” said International Academy President Bruce L. Paisner. “We congratulate all the winners for their outstanding achievements and for setting the high-quality standard we all expect for kids.”