Belfast Leads Satellite Awards Nominations

Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast leads the way at the nominations for the International Press Academy’s 26th Satellite Awards with 13 nods including Best Motion Picture – Drama. Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog earned 12 nominations while Denis Villeneuve’s Dune scored ten.

The IPA has also announced the recipients of their special achievement awards including Lin-Manuel Miranda (Auteur Award), Halle Berry (Best First Feature), Val Kilmer (Humanitarian Award), and the cast of The Power of the Dog (Ensemble: Motion Picture).

The Satellite Awards will be announced on January 5, 2022, in Los Angeles. Full list of nominations below.

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)
  • The French Dispatch (Searchlight Pictures)
  • In The Heights (Warner Bros / HBO Max)
  • Licorice Pizza (MGM)
  • Respect (MGM / UA)
  • 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)

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RECIPIENTS
Tesla Award – Joan Collins Carey
Auteur Award – Lin-Manuel Miranda
Best First Feature – Halle Berry – Bruised
Stunt Performance Award – The Suicide Squad
Humanitarian Award – Val Kilmer
Ensemble: Motion Picture – The Power of the Dog

Author: Doug Jamieson

From musicals to horror and everything in between, Doug has an eclectic taste in films. Both a champion of independent cinema and a defender of more mainstream fare, he prefers to find an equal balance between two worlds often at odds with each other. A film critic by trade but a film fan at heart, Doug also writes for his own website The Jam Report, and Australia’s the AU review.