Satellite Awards winners: ‘Beale Street,’ ‘ROMA,’ ‘ A Star Is Born,’ ‘BlacKkKlansman’
If Beale Street Could Talk 
ROMA 
A Star Is Born 
BlacKkKlansman
The International Press Academy (IPA) today announced the winners for the 23rd Annual Satellite Awards. Motion Picture wins include If Beale Street Could Talk, BlacKkKlansman and The Favourite. Top Television series wins were entirely freshman shows: Homecoming, The Terror and Lodge 49, in separate categories..
Alfonso Cuarón’s ROMA from Netflix leads with four major wins. Set in 1971, the black-and-white look back at Cuarón’s childhood has won Best Director, Best International Film (Mexico), Best Original Screenplay, and Best Film Editing.
Bradley Cooper’s directorial debut A Star Is Born, headlined by Lady Gaga, picked up three major wins in the category of Best Picture, Musical or Comedy, as well as
Cinematography, and Best Song for “Shallow.”
“In 2018 we had a surge of talented filmmakers, which makes it difficult to narrow the field,” said IPA President Mirjana Van Blaricom. “Some of these films will become part of moviemaking history.”
Major acting wins include Glenn Close for The Wife from Warner Bros as Best Actress in Motion Picture, Drama; and Olivia Colman for The Favourite from FOX Searchlight as Best Actress for Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical.
Willem Dafoe’s near picture-perfect casting in Julian Schnabel’s At Eternity’s Gate
about the life of Vincent Van Gogh has been recognized with Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama; and Rami Malek, who soared as Freddie Mercury in Queen epic Bohemian Rhapsody, won Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical.
Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk) and Richard Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?) both won for supporting roles. Additionally, Can You Ever Forgive Me? topped
the Best Adapted Screenplay category.
Annapurna Pictures’ If Beale Street Could Talk won Best Motion Picture, Drama, and Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman from Focus Features is Best Motion Picture, Independent.
Notable television award winners are Amy Adams for Sharp Objects, Darren Criss for The Assassination of Gianni Versace, Julia Roberts for Homecoming, and Brendan Gleeson for Mr. Mercedes from showrunner David E. Kelley based on the novel by Stephen King. Winners in supporting roles are Sharon Stone in Mosaic, and Hugo Weaving in Patrick Melrose. Issa Rae in Insecure (HBO) and Bill Hader in Barry (HBO) both won in the category Series, Comedy or Musical.
The 23rd Satellite Awards presentation is scheduled for Friday, Feb. 22, 2019 in Los Angeles. Here is the full list of winners.
MOTION PICTURES
Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama (Major, Independent or International)
Glenn Close – The Wife
Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama (Major, Independent or International)
Willem Dafoe – At Eternity’s Gate
Actress in Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical (Major, Independent or International)
Olivia Colman – The Favourite
Actor in Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical (Major, Independent or International)
Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody
Actress in a Supporting Role (Major, Independent, Comedy & Musical or International)
Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk
Actor in a Supporting Role (Major, Independent, Comedy & Musical or International
Richard Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Motion Picture, Drama (Major)
If Beale Street Could Talk
Motion Picture, Independent
BlacKkKlansman
Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical (Major, Independent or International)
A Star is Born
Motion Picture, International Film
Roma – Mexico
Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media
Isle of Dogs
Motion Picture, Documentary
Minding the Gap
Director
Alfonso Cuarón – Roma
Screenplay, Original
Alfonso Cuarón – Roma
Screenplay, Adapted
Nicole Holofcener, Jeff Whitty – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Original Score
Justin Hurwitz – First Man
Original Song
“Shallow” – A Star is Born
Cinematography
Matthew Libatique – A Star is Born
Visual Effects
Black Panther
Film Editing
Alfonso Cuarón – Roma
Sound (Editing and Mixing)
A Quiet Place
Art Direction and Production Design
Mary Poppins Returns
Costume Design
Sandy Powell – The Favourite
TELEVISION
Miniseries & Limited Series
The Assassination of Gianni Versace
Motion Picture Made for Television
The Tale
Actress in a Miniseries & Limited Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Amy Adams – Sharp Objects
Actor in a Miniseries & Limited Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Darren Criss – The Assassination of Gianni Versace
Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries & Limited Series or Motion Picture made for Television
Sharon Stone – Mosaic
Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries & Limited Series or Motion Picture made for Television
Hugo Weaving – Patrick Melrose
Television Series, Drama
Homecoming
Television Series, Genre
The Terror
Actress in a Series, Drama or Genre
Julia Roberts – Homecoming
Actor in a Series, Drama or Genre
Brendan Gleeson – Mr. Mercedes
Television Series, Comedy or Musical
Lodge 49
Actress in a Series, Comedy or Musical
Issa Rae – Insecure
Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical
Bill Hader – Barry
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RECIPIENTS
Auteur Award: Ryan Coogler
Best First Feature: Rupert Everett, Happy Prince
Ensemble: Motion Picture The Favourite
Ensemble: Television The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
The Mary Pickford Award and the Tesla Award will be announced in February.
About the International Press Academy
The International Press Academy (IPA) is a global association of professional entertainment journalists and film critics representing print, broadcast and digital media outlets. The IPA membership includes Fedora, the Federation of European and Mediterranean Film Critics. Our winners and nominees are chosen from domestic and international film festivals, press screenings, and guild screenings.
He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.
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