Aussie shows Nowhere Boys and Get Ace nominated for International Emmys

TWO Australian kids’ television shows are stepping into the spotlight on the global stage, after being nominated for International Emmys.

Nowhere Boys Dougie Baldwin as Felix ABC

TAKE a geeky youth and four lost boys and you have a recipe for international recognition and success.

Two Australian TV shows about the youngsters have been nominated for International Emmys in the Kids Awards category.

The nominations were announced in conjunction with the MipJunior entertainment fair in Cannes. Melbourne and Los Angeles-based Galaxy Pop has been nominated in the animation category for Get Ace.

Good news, geeks ... Get Ace follows Ace McDougal who is thrown into the world of espionage after being fitted with hi-tech super-spy barces. Picture: Supplied

The series follows the adventures of hapless geek Ace McDougal who, after being accidentally fitted with a pair of hi-tech super-spy braces, finds himself thrown into a world of espionage and adventure.

Galaxy Pop’s co-founder Gian Christian said he and his partner Dina McPherson were delighted with the recognition. It came on the back of strong local and international sales, including a deal with US streaming service Hulu.

Lost Boys ... The Aussie show Nowhere Boys centres on four friends who get lost in a forest. When they return home to an alternate world, they discover they were never born. Picture: ABC

Melbourne and Sydney-based Matchbox Pictures is in the Series category with Nowhere Boys.

The first series of the show followed four boys who get lost in the forest and discover, when they return home, that they are in an alternate world identical to theirs except for one startling difference — they were never born.

In the second series, they have found their way home, but they discover they are not the only ones who crossed back to this universe.

Global hit ... The team behind Get Ace, Galaxy Pop’s Gian Christian and Dina McPherson, said they were ‘delighted’ by the show’s Emmy recognition.

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is moving the awards ceremony from New York to Cannes. It will take place as part of MIPTV in April next year.

There are four finalists in each category.

Originally published as Aussie shows Nowhere Boys and Get Ace nominated for International Emmys