'Ford v Ferrari,' 'Joker,' '1917,' 'Marriage Story' top International Press Academy (IPA) Satellite Award nominations
The 24th International Press Academy Satellite Award nominations were announced late last night and Ford v Ferrari and Joker lead the pack with 10 mentions apiece; Marriage Story and 1917 came in with 8 each. All four were also nominated in Best Director and Best Actor for their leading men.
Those four are joined by Bombshell, Burning Cane, The Lighthouse and The Two Popes as Best Motion Picture, Drama nominees. A surprising snub from the drama list, and the director list, was The Irishman, which still earned six nominations. And it seems that Little Women and Cats were unseen by the group as they are both nowhere to be found. The Motion Picture, Comedy nominees are The Farewell, Hustlers, Knives Out, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Rocketman and Uncut Gems. Booksmart was also curiously snubbed, even in the Best Actress category, which only had four nominations.
IPA President Mirjana Van Blaricom noted that “for the first time, Alita: Battle Angel,” which is nominated in several categories, “bridged the uncanny valley for viewers with total involvement. This cinematic shift in VFX was made possible by real human wizards.” Van Blaricom added: “It reminded me of Dorothy in 1939, when she opens the door to color. In other words, eighty years later movies like Alita and The Lion King have opened a new ‘door’ to a virtual world for us.”
Four special achievement awards were also announced: the Auteur Award went to Edward Norton for directing, producing, writing and starring in Motherless Brooklyn; the Ensemble Award went to the cast of Knives Out and Best First Feature went to Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre for The Mustang, who also won this award at the Gothams last night. The org’s Mary Pickford Award and the Tesla Award recipients will be announced at a later date with the winners list for 2019.
The winners of the 24th International Press Academy Satellite Awards will be announced on December 18th. Here is the full list of motion picture nominees.
MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
1917 (Universal Pictures)
Bombshell (Lionsgate)
Burning Cane (Array Releasing)
Ford v Ferrari (Twentieth Century Fox)
Joker (Warner Bros.)
The Lighthouse (A24)
Marriage Story (Netflix)
The Two Popes (Netflix)
MOTION PICTURE, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
The Farewell (A24)
Hustlers (STX Entertainment)
Knives Out (Lionsgate)
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Columbia Pictures)
Rocketman (Paramount)
Uncut Gems (A24)
MOTION PICTURE, INTERNATIONAL
Atlantics (Senegal)
Beanpole (Russia)
Les Misérables (France)
Pain and Glory (Spain)
Parasite (South Korea)
Truth and Justice (Estonia)
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (France)
The Painted Bird (Czech Republic)
MOTION PICTURE, ANIMATED OR MIXED MEDIA
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (Netflix)
Alita: Battle Angel (Twentieth Century Fox)
Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles (GKIDS)
How to Train Your Dragon 2: The Hidden World (Dreamworks Pictures)
The Lion King (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
Toy Story 4 (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
Weathering With You (GKIDS)
MOTION PICTURE, DOCUMENTARY
63 Up (BritBox)
Apollo 11 (Neon)
Citizen K (Greenwich Entertainment)
Honeyland (KJ Films)
One Child Nation (Amazon Studios)
The Apollo (HBO Documentary)
The Cave (National Geographic Documentary Films)
For Sama (PBS)
DIRECTOR
Bong Joon-ho, Parasite
James Mangold, Ford v Ferrari
Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story
Pedro Almodóvar, Pain and Glory
Sam Mendes, 1917
Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE DRAMA
Alfre Woodard, Clemency
Charlize Theron, Bombshell
Cynthia Erivo, Harriet
Helen Mirren, The Good Liar
Renee Zellweger, Judy
Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE DRAMA
Adam Driver, Marriage Story
Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory
Christian Bale, Ford v Ferrari
George MacKay, 1917
Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
Mark Ruffalo, Dark Waters
ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Awkwafina, The Farewell
Ana De Armas, Knives Out
Constance Wu, Hustlers
Julianne Moore, Gloria Bell
ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Adam Sandler, Uncut Gems
Daniel Craig, Knives Out
Eddie Murphy, Dolemite Is My Name
Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Taron Egerton, Rocketman
Taika Waititi, Jojo Rabbit
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers
Laura Dern, Marriage Story
Margot Robbie, Bombshell
Penélope Cruz, Pain and Glory
Nicole Kidman, Bombshell
Zhao Shuzhen, The Farewell
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Anthony Hopkins, The Two Popes
Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Joe Pesci, The Irishman
Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in The Neighborhood
Willem Dafoe, The Lighthouse
Wendell Pierce, Burning Cane
SCREENPLAY, ORIGINAL
The Farewell
Ford v Ferrari
Marriage Story
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Pain and Glory
Parasite
SCREENPLAY, ADAPTED
Dark Waters
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Joker
Motherless Brooklyn
The Two Popes
ORIGINAL SCORE
1917
Ford v Ferrari
Marriage Story
The Irishman
Harriet
Joker
ORIGINAL SONG
“Don’t Call Me (Angel),” Charlie’s Angels
“Into the Unknown,” Frozen II
“(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again,” Rocketman
“Spirit,” Lion King
“The Ballad of the Lonesome Cowboy,” Toy Story 4
“Swan Song,” Alita: Battle Angel
CINEMATOGRAPHY
1917
Ford v Ferrari
The Irishman
Joker
Motherless Brooklyn
Rocketman
FILM EDITING
1917
Ford v Ferrari
Joker
Marriage Story
Rocketman
The Irishman
SOUND (EDITING AND MIXING)
1917
Avengers: Endgame
Ford v Ferrari
Joker
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Rocketman
VISUAL EFFECTS
Alita: Battle Angel
Avengers: Endgame
Ford v Ferrari
The Irishman
Joker
The Lion King
ART DIRECTION & PRODUCTION DESIGN
1917
Ford v Ferrari
Joker
Motherless Brooklyn
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
The Two Popes
COSTUME DESIGN
Dolemite Is My Name
Downton Abbey
Joker
Judy
Rocketman
The Two Popes
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