Satellite Nominations Announced

Nominations for the 20th Satellite Awards were announced earlier this week. Hosted by the International Press Academy, the Satellite Awards honor the best in film yet have a decidedly low (and somewhat spotty reputation) in the awards race. The International Press Academy is comprised of both domestic and foreign journalists- think a lower scale Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

In years past, the Satellites have come under fire with incomplete and confusing nomination list as well as allegations that member hadn’t seen all the nominated movies. Two years ago specifically, Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street earned five nominations (including Best Motion Picture) only for claims after the fact by made that Paramount Pictures (that films’ distributor) hadn’t extended screening invitations to Satellite members.

This year a ten-wide Best Picture slate includes many films likely to go far on the awards circuit including Bridge of Spies, Carol and Spotlight. Ridley Scott’s The Martian leads the field with nine nominations. The ceremony will take place on February 21, 2016. Check out the full list of nominees below.

BEST MOTION PICTURE

• The Big Short
• Black Mass
• Bridge of Spies
• Brooklyn
• Carol
• The Martian
• The Revenant
• Room
• Sicario
• Spotlight

BEST DIRECTOR

• Lenny Abrahamson, Room
• Tom Hooper, The Danish Girl
• Alejandro González Iñárritu, The Revenant
• Thomas McCarthy, Spotlight
• Ridley Scott, The Martian
• Steven Spielberg, Bridge of Spies

BEST ACTOR

• Matt Damon, The Martian
• Johnny Depp, Black Mass
• Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
• Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
• Tom Hardy, Legend
• Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
• Will Smith, Concussion

BEST ACTRESS

• Cate Blanchett, Carol
• Blythe Danner, I’ll See You in My Dreams
• Brie Larson, Room
• Carey Mulligan, Suffragette
• Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
• Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Christian Bale, The Big Short
• Paul Dano, Love & Mercy
• Benicio Del Toro, Sicario
• Michael Keaton, Spotlight
• Sylvester Stallone, Creed

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Elizabeth Banks, Love & Mercy
• Jane Fonda, Youth
• Rooney Mara, Carol
• Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
• Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
• Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Bridge of Spies– Matt Charman, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
• Inside Out– Josh Cooley, Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve
• Love & Mercy– Michael A. Lerner, Oren Moverman
• Spotlight– Thomas McCarthy, Josh Singer
• Straight Outta Compton– Andrea Berloff, Jonathan Herman
• Suffragette– Abi Morgan

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• Black Mass– Jez Butterworth, Mark Mallouk
• The Danish Girl– Lucinda Coxon
• The Martian– Drew Goddard
• The Revenant– Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mark L. Smith
• Steve Jobs– Aaron Sorkin

BEST ANIMATED OR MIXED MEDIA FILM

• Anomalisa
• The Good Dinosaur
• Inside Out
• The Peanuts Movie
• The Prophet
• Shaun the Sheep Movie

BEST DOCUMENTARY

• Amy
• Becoming Bulletproof
• Best of Enemies
• Cartel Land
• Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
• Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
• He Named Me Malala
• The Hunting Ground
• The Look of Silence
• Where to Invade Next

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

• The Assassin (Taiwan)
• The Brand New Testament (Belgium)
• Goodnight Mommy (Austria)
• The High Sun (Croatia)
• Labyrinth of Lies (Germany)
• Mustang (France)
• A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (Sweden)
• The Second Mother (Brazil)
• Son of Saul (Hungary)
• The Throne (South Korea)

BEST ART DIRECTION

• Bridge of Spies– Adam Stockhausen
• Cinderella– Dante Ferretti
• The Danish Girl– Eve Stewart
• Macbeth– Fioina Crombie
• Mad Max: Fury Road– Colin Gibson
• Spectre– Dennis Gassner

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Mad Max: Fury Road– John Seale
• The Martian– Dariuz Wolski
• The Revenant– Emmanuel Lubezki
• Sicario– Roger Deakins
• Spectre– Hoyte Van Hoytema

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

• The Assassin– Wen-Ying Huang
• Cinderella– Sandy Powell
• The Danish Girl– Paco Delgado
• Far From the Madding Crowd– Janet Patterson
• Macbeth– Jacqueline Durran
• The Throne– Shim Hyun-seob

BEST FILM EDITING

• Bridge of Spies– Michael Kahn
• Carol– Affonso Goncalves
• The Martian– Pietro Scaila
• Sicario– Joe Walker
• Spectre– Lee Smith
• Steve Jobs– Elliot Graham

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

• Carol– Carter Burwell
• The Danish Girl– Alexandre Desplat
• Inside Out– Michael Giacchino
• The Martian– Harry Gregson-Williams
• Spectre– Thomas Newman
• Spotlight– Howard Shore

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

• Fifty Shades of Grey– “Love Me Like You Do”
• Furious 7– “See You Again”
• The Hunting Ground– “Till It Happens to You”
• Love & Mercy– “One Kind of Love”
• Ricki and the Flash– “Cold One”
• Spectre– “Writings on the Wall”

BEST SOUND

• Inside Out
• Jurassic World
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Martian
• Sicario
• Spectre

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

• Everest
• Jurassic World
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Martian
• Spectre
• The Walk

ENSEMBLE CAST: Spotlight