‘Belfast,’ ‘The Power of the Dog’ lead 26th Satellite Awards nominations
Mare of Easttown, Help and The Kominsky Method lead TV noms
Belfast (13),The Power of the Dog (12) and Dune (10) are the top nominees for the 26th Satellite Awards, as announced by the International Press Academy today. King Richard and tick, tick…Boom! were next with seven nods apiece.
The IPA’s other notable recognitions include critically acclaimed creator Lin-Manuel Miranda for the Auteur Award, Val Kilmer for the Humanitarian Award, Halle Berry for Best First Feature as director for Bruised, and innovative visual effects supervisor Joan Collins Carey as the first female recipient of the association’s Tesla Award.
The Best Actress – Drama category this year is marked by outstanding competition. Kristen Stewart in Spencer, Penélope Cruz in Parallel Mothers, Nicole Kidman in Being the Ricardos, and Lady Gaga in House of Gucci. In the Best Actress – Comedy or Musical category, Melissa Barrera for In the Heights and Renate Reinsve in The Worst Person in the World are among the nominees.
Best Actor – Drama nominees include Will Smith King Richard, Joaquin Phoenix C’mon, C’mon, and Benedict Cumberbatch The Power of the Dog. Nominees for Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical are Peter Dinklage Cyrano, Andrew Garfield tick, tick … Boom!, and Anthony Ramos In The Heights.
Several December films, including West Side Story, Nightmare Alley and Don’t Look Up were not screened in time and are not represented in today’s nominations.
One film that definitely stands out among the nominees today is the indie film East of Mountains from Quiver Distribution. The film earned a surprising Motion Picture, Drama nod as well as its star, Tom Skerritt, for Actor in a Motion Picture Drama.
In the TV categories, Big Sky, Nine Perfect Strangers, and Succession are among the multiple category drama nominees, while The Kominsky Method, Only Murders in the Building, and Ted Lasso are among the multiple category comedy nominees.
The International Press Academy selects Satellite Awards nominees from domestic and international submissions for 36 categories: 23 Motion Picture and 13 Television. Nominations are derived from advance screenings at film festivals worldwide (i.e. BAFTA, Cannes, Sundance, Telluride, TIFF), as well as consideration screeners sent to individual journalists and/or sanctioned links as available by the deadline.
The Satellite Awards winners will be announced on January 5, 2022 in Los Angeles, along with the Mary Pickford Special Achievement Award recipient.
Here is the complete list of motion picture and television nominations for the 26th Satellite Awards.
MOTION PICTURES
MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
- Belfast(Focus Features)
- CODA (Apple Original Films)
- Dune (Warner Bros / HBO Max)
- East of Mountains (Quiver Distribution)
- King Richard (Warner Bros / HBO Max)
- Spencer (Neon)
- The Lost Daughter (Netflix)
- The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
MOTION PICTURE, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
- Cyrano (MGM / UA)
- In The Heights (Warner Bros / HBO Max)
- Licorice Pizza (MGM)
- Respect (MGM / UA)
- The French Dispatch (Searchlight Pictures)
- tick, tick… Boom! (Netflix)
DIRECTOR
- Denis Villeneuve – Dune (Warner Bros / HBO Max)
- Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog Netflix)
- Kenneth Branagh – Belfast (Focus Features)
- Lin-Manuel Miranda – tick, tick… Boom!(Netflix)
- Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza (MGM / UA)
- Reinaldo Marcus Green– King Richard (Warner Bros / HBO Max)
ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE DRAMA
- Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye (Searchlight Pictures)
- Kristen Stewart – Spencer (Neon)
- Lady Gaga – House of Gucci (MGM / UA)
- Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos (Amazon Studios)
- Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter (Netflix)
- Penélope Cruz – Parallel Mothers (Sony Picture Classics)
ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE DRAMA
- Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
- Clifton Collins Jr. – Jockey (Sony Picture Classics)
- Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth (A24/Apple Original Films)
- Joaquin Phoenix – C’mon C’mon (A24)
- Tom Skerritt – East of Mountains (Quiver Distribution)
- Will Smith – King Richard (Warner Bros / HBO Max)
ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
- Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza (MGM / UA)
- Jennifer Hudson – Respect (MGM / UA)
- Melissa Barrera – In the Heights (Warner Bros / HBO Max)
- Renate Reinsve – The Worst Person in the World (Neon)
ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
- Andrew Garfield – tick, tick… Boom! (Netflix)
- Anthony Ramos – In the Heights (Warner Bros / HBO Max)
- Peter Dinklage – Cyrano (MGM / UA)
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
- Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard (Warner Bros / HBO Max)
- Caitriona Balfe – Belfast (Focus Features)
- Judi Dench – Belfast (Focus Features)
- Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
- Marlee Matlin – CODA (Apple Original Films)
- Ruth Negga – Passing (Netflix)
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
- Ciarán Hinds – Belfast (Focus Features)
- J.K. Simmons – Being the Ricardos (Amazon Studios)
- Jamie Dornan – Belfast (Focus Features)
- Jared Leto – House of Gucci (United Artists Releasing)
- Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
- Robin de Jesús – tick, tick… Boom! (Netflix)
SCREENPLAY, ORIGINAL
- Asghar Farhadi – A Hero (Amazon Studios)
- Kenneth Branagh – Belfast (Focus Features)
- Mike Mills – C’mon C’mon (A24)
- Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza (MGM / UA)
- Pedro Almodóvar – Parallel Mothers (Sony Pictures Classics)
- Zach Baylin – King Richard (Warner Bros / HBO Max)
SCREENPLAY, ADAPTED
- Denis Villeneuve, Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts – Dune (Warner Bros / HBO Max)
- Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
- Joel Coen – The Tragedy of Macbeth (A24 / Apple Original Films)
- Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost Daughter (Netflix)
- Rebecca Hall, Nella Larsen – Passing (Netflix)
- Siân Heder – CODA (Apple Original Films)
ORIGINAL SCORE
- Alberto Iglesias – Parallel Mothers (Sony Pictures Classics)
- Alexandre Desplat – The French Dispatch (Searchlight Pictures)
- Hans Zimmer – Dune (Warner Bros / HBO Max)
- Harry Gregson-Williams – The Last Duel (20th Century Studios)
- Jeymes Samuel – The Harder They Fall (Netflix)
- Jonny Greenwood – Spencer (Neon)
- Jonny Greenwood – The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
ORIGINAL SONG
- “Be Alive” – Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Dixson – King Richard (Warner Bros / HBO Max)
- “Beyond the Shore” – Nicholai Baxter, Matt Dahan, Siân Heder, Marius de Vries – CODA (Apple Original Films)
- “Colombia, Mi Encanto” – Lin-Manuel Miranda – Encanto (Walt Disney)
- “Down to Joy”- Van Morrison – Belfast(Focus Features)
- “Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)” – Jamie Alexander Hartman, Jennifer Hudson, Carole King – Respect (MGM)
- “No Time to Die” – Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell – No Time to Die (MGM / UA)
CINEMATOGRAPHY
- Alice Brooks – tick, tick… Boom! (Netflix)
- Ari Wegner – The Power of the Dog Netflix)
- Bruno Delbonnel – The Tragedy of Macbeth (A24 / Apple Original Films)
- Greig Fraser – Dune (Warner Bros / HBO Max)
- Haris Zambarloukos – Belfast (Focus Features)
- Robbie Ryan – C’mon C’mon (A24)
FILM EDITING
- Andy Jurgensen – Licorice Pizza (MGM / UA)
- Joe Walker – Dune (Warner Bros / HBO Max)
- Myron Kerstein, Andrew Weisblum – tick, tick… Boom! (Netflix)
- Pamela Martin – King Richard (Warner Bros / HBO Max)
- Peter Sciberras – The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
- Úna Ní Dhonghaíle – Belfast (Focus Features)
SOUND (EDITING AND MIXING)
- Belfast – Simon Chase, James Mather, Denise Yarde, Niv Adiri (Focus Features)
- Dune – Mac Ruth, Mark A. Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill, Ron Bartlett (Warner Bros / HBO Max)
- The Harder They Fall – Doug Hemphill, Ron Bartlett, Clint Bennett, Anthony Ortiz, Richard King (Netflix)
- The Last Duel – Oliver Tarney, Paul Massey, David Giammarco, William Miller, Daniel Birch, Stéphane Bucher (20th Century Studios)
- The Power of the Dog – Robert Mackenzie, Richard Flynn, Leah Katz, Tara Webb, Dave Whitehead (Netflix)
- tick, tick… Boom! – Paul Hsu, Todd A. Maitland (Netflix)
VISUAL EFFECTS
- Dune – Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor, Gerd Nefzer (Warner Bros / HBO Max)
- Eternals (Walt Disney Studios / Marvel)
- Godzilla vs. Kong – Adam Wingard, Kevin Smith, Dave Clayton, Kevin Sherwood (Warner Bros / HBO Max)
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings – Christopher Townsend, Joe Farrell, Sean Walker, Dan Oliver (Walt Disney Studios / Marvel)
- The Suicide Squad – Kelvin McIlwain, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner, Dan Sudick (Warner Bros / HBO Max)
- The Tomorrow War – James E. Price (Amazon Studios)
ART DIRECTION & PRODUCTION DESIGN
- Belfast – Jim Clay, Claire Nia Richards (Focus Features)
- Dune – Patrice Vermette, Richard Roberts, Zsuzsanna Sipos (Warner Bros / HBO Max)
- Spencer – Guy Hendrix Dyas, Yesim Zolan (Neon)
- The French Dispatch – Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo(Searchlight Pictures)
- The Power of the Dog – Grant Major, Amber Richards (Netflix)
- The Tragedy of Macbeth – Stefan Dechant (A24 / Apple Original Fims)
COSTUME DESIGN
- Charlotte Walter – Belfast (Focus Features)
- Jacqueline Durran – Spencer (Neon)
- Jacqueline West – Dune (Warner Bros / HBO Max)
- Kirsty Cameron – The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
- Massimo Cantini Parrini – Cyrano (MGM / UA)
- Ruth E. Carter – Coming 2 America (Amazon Studios)
MOTION PICTURE, INTERNATIONAL
- A Hero (Iran)
- Compartment No. 6 (Finland)
- Drive My Car (Japan)
- Flee (Denmark)
- Prayers for the Stolen (Mexico)
- The Good Boss (Spain)
- The Hand of God (Italy)
- The Worst Person in the World (Norway)
- Titane (France)
MOTION PICTURE, ANIMATED OR MIXED MEDIA
- Encanto (Walt Disney)
- Flee (Neon)
- Luca (Pixar)
- The Mitchells vs the Machines (Netflix)
- Vivo (Netflix)
MOTION PICTURE, DOCUMENTARY
- Ascension (MTV Documentary Films)
- Brian Willson: Long Promised Road (Screen Media Films)
- Flee (Neon)
- Introducing Selma Blair (Strand Releasing)
- Julia (Sony Pictures Classics)
- Procession (Netflix)
- Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (Searchlight Pictures)
- The Rescue (National Geographic)
- The Velvet Underground (Apple Original Films)
- Val (Amazon Studios)
TELEVISION
Television Series, Drama
- American Rust (Showtime)
- Bosch (Amazon)
- In Treatment (HBO)
- Line of Duty (BBC)
- Lupin (Netflix)
- Squid Game (Netflix)
- Succession (HBO)
- The Boys (Amazon)
Television Series, Comedy or Musical
- A Black Lady Sketch Show (HBO)
- Hacks (HBO)
- Help (Channel 4)
- Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
- Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)
- The Chair (Netflix)
- The Kominsky Method (Netflix)
- What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
Television Series, Genre
- Evil (CBS)
- Sweet Tooth (Netflix)
- Them (Amazon)
- WandaVision (Disney+)
Actress in a Series, Drama or Genre
- Beanie Feldstein – Impeachment: American Crime Story (FX Networks)
- Elisabeth Moss – The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu)
- Kelly Macdonald – Line of Duty (BBC)
- Nicole Kidman – Nine Perfect Strangers (Hulu)
- Sarah Snook – Succession (HBO)
Actor in a Series, Drama or Genre
- Aldis Hodge – City on a Hill (Showtime)
- Brian Cox – Succession (HBO)
- James Nesbitt – Bloodlands (Acorn)
- Jeremy Strong – Succession (HBO)
- Omar Sy – Lupin (Netflix)
- Titus Welliver – Bosch (Amazon)
Actress in a Series, Comedy or Musical
- Hannah Waddingham – Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)
- Jean Smart – Hacks (HBO)
- Jennifer Jason Leigh – Atypica (Netflix)
- Lena Waithe – Master of None (Netflix)
- Sandra Oh – The Chair (Netflix)
- Selena Gomez – Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical
- Alan Tudyk – Resident Alien (Syfy)
- Jason Sudeikis –Ted Lasso(Apple TV+)
- Jay Duplass – The Chair (Netflix)
- Michael Douglas – The Kominsky Method (Netflix)
- Paul Bettany – WandaVision (Disney+)
- Steve Martin – Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
Miniseries & Limited Series
- It’s a Sin (HBO Max)
- Maid Netflix)
- Mare of Easttown(HBO)
- The North Water (AMC+)
- The Underground Railroad (Amazon)
- Time (BBC Studios)
Motion Picture Made for Television
- Help (Channel 4)
- Oslo (HBO)
- Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia (Lifetime)
Actress in a Miniseries, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
- Cynthia Erivo – Genius: Aretha (National Geographic)
- Danielle Brooks – Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia (Lifetime)
- Jodie Comer – Help (Channel 4)
- Julianne Moore – Lisey’s Story (Apple TV+)
- Kate Winslet – Mare of Easttown(HBO)
- Ruth Wilson – Oslo (HBO)
Actor in a Miniseries, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
- Andrew Scott – Oslo (HBO)
- Clive Owen – Impeachment: American Crime Story (FX)
- Colin Farrell – The North Water (AMC+)
- Ewan McGregor – Halston (Netflix)
- Michael Keaton – Dopesick (Hulu)
- Stephen Graham – Help (Channel 4)
Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries & Limited Series, or Motion Picture made for Television
- Anja Savcic – Big Sky (ABC)
- Jean Smart – Mare of Easttown(HBO)
- Jenifer Lewis – Black-ish (Disney / ABC Domestic Television)
- Julianne Nicholson – Mare of Easttown (HBO)
- Lisa Edelstein – The Kominsky Method (Netflix)
- Sarah Paulson – Impeachment: American Crime Story (FX)
Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries & Limited Series, or Motion Picture made for Television
- Bobby Cannavale – Nine Perfect Strangers (Hulu)
- Evan Peters – Mare of Easttown (HBO)
- John Carroll Lynch – Big Sky (ABC)
- Michael Shannon – Nine Perfect Strangers (Hulu)
- Paul Reiser – The Kominsky Method (Netflix)
Photo credits: Rob Youngson / Focus Features; Netflix
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