NOMINEES & WINNER SHORT-FORM SERIES

2021 SHORT-FORM SERIES NOMINEES

BEIRUT 6:07

LEBANON - Shahid VIP / MBC Group / IMAGIC

A series of 15 short films that looks at the tragic 2020 Beirut explosion highlighting stories of victims as well as survivors.

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BRAZIL - Globo

A series especially designed and produced for quarantine. It shows chronicles of the day-to-day life of a citizen who is suddenly forced to go on with life at home. His personal and professional appointments are all remote.

GENTE HABLANDO / PEOPLE TALKING - SEASON 2

SPAIN - Set Màgic Audiovisual / Atresmedia

Gente Hablando is an anthology series that explores human contradictions in a naturalistic style through seemingly mundane conversation and situations.

INSiDE

NEW ZEALAND - Luminous Beast

Reclusive tech expert, Rose, is in lockdown and hacking stranger’s video calls - her only hit of human interaction. But when she reconnects with an old bully, Rose finds herself sharing a bubble with a ghost from her past. Rose must work out what is real and what is part of the pandemic.

WINNER

Short-Form Series

INSiDE

Luminous Beast New Zealand

Producers: Peter Salmon, Liz DiFiore Director: Peter Salmon Writers: Dan Musgrove, Shoshana McCallum, Thomas Sainsbury, Kura Forrester, Nic Sampson Principal Cast: Morgana O’Reilly, Josh Thomson, Sam Snedden Reclusive tech expert, Rose, is in lockdown and hacking stranger’s video calls - her only hit of human interaction. But when she reconnects with an old bully, Rose finds herself sharing a bubble with a ghost from her past. Rose must work out what is real and what is part of the pandemic.

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With INSiDE Producer Peter Salmon

Where are you going to keep your Emmy®?Q I have an office at home. It’s actually the same room we filmed INSiDE in, Rose’s bedroom - so it feels very fitting that it’s going to end up there.

Q Tell us about the importance of winning an Emmy®?

We made this show for the most micro of budgets, in a country all the way at the bottom of the world. It didn’t occur to us, in our wildest dreams, that we’ d win an Emmy®, but we hope that other creators will see that money and access and all that doesn’t really matter. If you make something you love, others might love it too.

Q What upcoming projects are you or would you like to be working on next?

Our team at Luminous Beast is working on a dark comedy television series that explores mental health and the increasing disconnection of our world. It has a sci-fi premise, but we’re excavating the human heart within it. We’re also developing new seasons of INSiDE, which follow similar themes of season one - loneliness, loss, fear and isolation. Each series will be set against a completely new backdrop with all new characters attempting to navigate their physiological and supernatural journeys.