#MIPCOM Announces 2023 Diversify TV Award Nominations

International television market Mipcom Cannes on Thursday unveiled this year’s nominees for the Diversify TV Awards, which honor international programming promoting diversity and inclusion. 

The nominees were picked from some 165 submissions from more than 27 countries. To be eligible, programs were required to provide a fair and balanced representation of race and ethnicity, the LGBTQIA+ and disabled communities; to show a positive impact; to stand out in originality and excellence in terms of storytelling, casting and production values; to challenge stereotypes and to have aired tin the past year. The awards honor both fiction and non-fiction shows. 

Among the nominees for scripted representation of race and ethnicity are the British Amazon/ITV series Riches, the German Disney+ show Sam – A Saxon and Canadian drama Little Bird, which aired on Crave and APTN lumi. In the representation of disability category, nominees include Canadian drama About Antoine from Club illico and TVA; OCS’ French series Aspergirl and the Moviestar Plus+ Spanish drama Simple. For representation of LGBTQIA+ subject matter, scripted nominees include ATRESplayer’s Nights in Tefía from Spain, france tv slash and France 5’s About Sasha and NHK show She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat from Japan. 

The winners of the 2023 Diversify TV Awards will be announced at Mipcom in Cannes on Oct. 17 at a gala awards show hosted by Femi Oke. This year the awards will also include a Behind the Scenes Impact award honoring “a person or team whose influence, actions and vision from behind the scenes stands as an inspiration in the field of diversity and inclusion” which will go to Deborah Williams, CEO of the U.K.’s Creative Diversity Network, which has been a pioneer in driving change in the fields of disability and increased inclusion across the film and television industries. 

The full list of the 2023 Diversify TV nominations are below.

Representation of Disability – Non-Scripted

Inside our Autistic Minds (U.K.)

Original Broadcaster: BBC Two

Distributor: BBC Studios

Production Company: BBC Studios

The Roads of Ae-rin and Woo-ryeong (South Korea)

Original Broadcaster: KBS (Korean Broadcasting System)

Distributor: KBS Media

Production Company: KBS

Disability & Abortion: The Hardest Choice (U.K.)

Original Broadcaster: Channel 4

Distributor: Banijay Rights

Production Companies: RFD Television and Hey Sonny 

Representation of Disability – Scripted

About Antoine (Canada)

Original Broadcaster: Club illico, TVA

Distributor: Amuz Distribution

Production Company: ComediHa!

Aspergirl (France)

Original Broadcaster: OCS

Distributor: France tv distribution

Production Company: Patafilm

Simple (Spain)

Original Broadcaster: Movistar Plus+

Distributor: Beta Film

Production Companies: Movistar Plus+ in collaboration with Destrucción y Salvación

Representation of Diversity in Kids Programming – Older Children

Phoenix Rise (U.K.)

Original Broadcaster: BBC iPlayer

Distributor: Sinking Ship

Production Company: BBC Studios Kids & Family

Supa Team 4 (South Africa)

Original Broadcaster: Netflix

Distributor: Netflix

Production Companies: Triggerfish Animation Studios and Cake Entertainment

Ghostwriter (Canada)

Original Broadcaster: Apple TV+

Distributor: Apple TV+

Production Companies: Sinking Ship Entertainment, Sesame Workshop

Representation of Diversity in Kids Programming – Pre-School

Dog Squad (U.K.)

Original Broadcaster: BBC

Distributor: BBC

Production Company: Hello Halo Kids for BBC

Reu and Harper’s Wonder World (U.K.)

Original Broadcaster: Channel 5

Distributor: Channel 5 and Doc Hearts Ltd

Production Company: Doc Hearts Ltd

Kiya & the Kimoja Heroes (U.S.)

Original Broadcaster: Disney Jr and Disney+

Distributor: eOne

Production Company(ies): Frog Box, Disney EMEA, France Televisions, Triggerfish Animation Studio

Representation of LGBTQIA+ – Non-Scripted

Queerstralia (Australia)

Original Broadcaster: Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Distributor: ABC Commercial

Production Company: Guesswork Television

Lotus Sports Club (Cambodia)

Original Broadcaster: TVK National Television of Cambodia

Distributor: Dutch CORE

Production Company: Document Our History NOW and RoCK

Naked Education (U.K.)

Original Broadcaster: Channel 4

Distributor: All3Media International

Production Company: Betty TV

Representation of LGBTQIA+ – Scripted

Nights in Tefía (Spain)

Original Broadcaster: ATRESplayer

Distributor: Buendia Estudios Canarias

Production Companies: Buendia Estudios Canarias with the participation of Atresmedia TV

About Sasha (France)

Original Broadcaster: france tv slash and France 5

Distributor: France tv distribution

Production Companies: Jerico TV & Big Band Story

She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat (Japan)

Original Broadcaster: NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)

Distributor: NHK Enterprises

Production Companies: NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)/MMJ

Representation of Race and Ethnicity – Non-Scripted

The Swap (Australia)

Original Broadcaster: SBS Australia

Distributor: No Distributor

Production Company: Southern Pictures

Folau (Australia)

Original Broadcaster: The Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Distributor: ABC Commercial

Production Company: In Films

Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World (U.K.)

Original Broadcaster: BBC 2

Distributor: BBC Studios

Production Company: BBC Studios

Representation of Race and Ethnicity – Scripted

Riches (U.K.)

Original Broadcasters: Amazon Prime Video and ITV

Distributor: Banijay Rights

Production Company: Greenacre Films

Little Bird (Canada)

Original Broadcaster: Crave and APTN lumi

Distributor: Fremantle

Production Companies: Rezolution Pictures, OP Little Bird

Sam – A Saxon (Germany)

Original Broadcaster: Disney+

Distributor: Disney

Production Company: Big Window Productions (An UFA Fiction Productions GmbH Label)