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)
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