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IPA set to Celebrate the 30th Annual Satellite™ Awards

Los Angeles, CA – December 16, 2025 – The International Press Academy (IPA) announces its nominations for the 30th Annual Satellite™ Awards in Motion Pictures and Television.

IPA’s Pearl Anniversary marking 30 years of awards is filled with gems, including Ryan Coogler’s Sinners which nabbed the most nominations with 14, including Best Picture, Drama, along with Avatar: Fire and Ash, Frankenstein, Hamnet, One Battle After Another, Sentimental Value and Train Dreams.

The A24 film, Marty Supreme, collected 7 nominations including Best Picture, Musical or Comedy, and will compete against Bugonia, Father Mother Sister Brother, Nouvelle Vague, Novocaine and Sorry, Baby. Sentimental Value is part of an exclusive club, earning a nomination for both domestic and international Best Picture.

Wicked landed 8 nominations with two in the acting categories. Other notable acting nods feature outstanding performances from many past Academy and Emmy Award winners and nominees across both film and television for female and male actors. Chloé Zhao is the lone female nominee for both the Directing and Adapted Screenplay categories for Film.

The White Lotus and Adolescence lead the nominations for Television and will compete with other memorable masterpieces of storytelling on the small screen.

The International Press Academy selects SATELLITE™ AWARDS nominees from domestic and international submissions for 35 categories: 23 Motion Picture and 12 Television. Nominations are derived from advance screenings at film festivals worldwide (i.e. BAFTA, Cannes, Sundance, Telluride, Venice, Berlin, Tribeca, TIFF), as well as consideration screeners sent to individual journalists and/or sanctioned links as available by the deadline.

All nominations for the 30th Satellite™ Awards can be found via the link below on the International Press Academy’s website.

INTERNATIONAL PRESS ACADEMY

THE 30TH SATELLITEAWARDS

 2025 Nominations  (FILM & TV)

MOTION PICTURE

 

ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE DRAMA

Chase Infiniti                           One Battle After Another        Warner Bros.

Diane Lane                             Anniversary                             Lionsgate

Jessie Buckley                        Hamnet                                   Focus Features

Leonie Benesch                      Late Shift                                 Music Box Films                    

Renate Reinsve                      Sentimental Value                  Neon

 

ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE DRAMA

Joel Edgerton                         Train Dreams                          Netflix

Leonardo DiCaprio                 One Battle After Another        Warner Bros.

Michael B. Jordan                   Sinners                                    Warner Bros.

Stellan Skarsgård                   Sentimental Value                  Neon

Wagner Moura                        The Secret Agent                    Neon

ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE, COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Cynthia Erivo                          Wicked: For Good                  Universal Pictures

Emma Stone                           Bugonia                                   Focus Features

Eva Victor                               Sorry, Baby                             A24

Rose Byrne                             If I Had Legs I’d Kick You      A24

ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE, COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Ethan Hawke                          Blue Moon                              Sony Pictures Classics

George Clooney                     Jay Kelly                                 Netflix

Jesse Plemons                       Bugonia                                   Focus Features

Liam Neeson                          The Naked Gun                      Paramount Pictures

Timothée Chalamet                Marty Supreme                       A24

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Amy Madigan                          Weapons                                 Warner Bros.

Ariana Grande                        Wicked: For Good                  Universal Pictures

Elle Fanning                            Sentimental Value                  Neon

Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas            Sentimental Value                  Neon

Teyana Taylor                         One Battle After Another        Warner Bros.

Wunmi Mosaku                       Sinners                                    Warner Bros.

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Benicio del Toro                      One Battle After Another        Warner Bros.

Jacob Elordi                            Frankenstein                           Netflix

Paul Mescal                            Hamnet                                   Focus Features

Sean Penn                              One Battle After Another        Warner Bros.

Stellan Skarsgård                   Sentimental Value                  Neon

MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA

Avatar: Fire and Ash               20th Century Studios

Frankenstein                           Netflix

Hamnet                                   Focus Features

One Battle After Another        Warner Bros.

Sinners                                    Warner Bros.

Sentimental Value                  Neon

Train Dreams                          Netflix

 

MOTION PICTURE, COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Bugonia                                                                       Focus Features

Father Mother Sister Brother                                      MUBI

Marty Supreme                                                           A24

Nouvelle Vague                                                          Netflix

Novocaine                                                                   Paramount Pictures

Sorry, Baby                                                                 A24

MOTION PICTURE, INTERNATIONAL

It Was Just an Accident          Neon                           France

Late Shift                                Music Box Films         Switzerland

Little Trouble Girls                  Kino Lorber                 Slovenia

No Other Choice                     Neon                           South Korea   

Sentimental Value                  Neon                           Norway

Sirāt                                        Neon                           Spain

The Secret Agent                    Neon                           Brazil

The Voice of Hind Rajab        WILLA                         Tunisia

 

MOTION PICTURE, ANIMATED OR MIXED MEDIA

Arco                                                                            Neon

Elio                                                                              Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

KPop Demon Hunters                                                Netflix

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain                        GKIDS

Zootopia 2                                                                   Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

 

MOTION PICTURE, DOCUMENTARY

2000 Meters to Andriivka                    PBS

Becoming Led Zeppelin                      Sony Pictures Classics

Come See Me in the Good Light        Apple Original Films

Cover-Up                                            Netflix

Deaf President Now!                          Apple Original Films

Ocean with David Attenborough        Disney+

Orwell: 2+2=5                                     Neon

The Alabama Solution                        HBO Documentary Films

The Librarians                                     Independent Lens

The Perfect Neighbor                         Netflix

DIRECTOR

Chloé Zhao                             Hamnet                                   Focus Features

Guillermo del Toro                  Frankenstein                           Netflix

Jafar Panahi                           It Was Just an Accident          Neon

James Cameron                     Avatar: Fire and Ash               20th Century Studios

Joachim Trier                          Sentimental Value                  Neon

Paul Thomas Anderson          One Battle After Another        Warner Bros.

Ryan Coogler                          Sinners                                    Warner Bros.

SCREENPLAY, ORIGINAL

Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier                               Sentimental Value                  Neon

Jafar Panahi                                                   It Was Just an Accident          Neon

Noah Baumbach, Emily Mortimer                  Jay Kelly                                 Netflix

Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie                       Marty Supreme                       A24

Ryan Coogler                                                  Sinners                                    Warner Bros.

 

SCREENPLAY, ADAPTED

Clint Bentley (screenplay by), Greg Kwedar (screenplay by), Denis Johnson (based on the novella by)                                                   Train Dreams                                   Netflix

 

Chloé Zhao (screenplay by), based on the novel Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell                                                                                                       Hamnet                                   Focus Features

 

Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar & Lee Ja-hye (screenplay by), based on the novel The Ax by Donald E. Westlake                  No Other Choice              Neon

Paul Thomas Anderson (written by), based on the novel Vineland by Thomas Pynchon                                                                                        One Battle After Another    Warner Bros.

Will Tracy (screenplay by), based on the film Save the Green Planet! written by Jang Joon-hwan                                                                        Bugonia                                   Focus Features

ORIGINAL SCORE

Alexandre Desplat                  Frankenstein                           Netflix

Ludwig Göransson                 Sinners                                    Warner Bros.

Hans Zimmer                          F1: The Movie                         Apple Original Films

Jonny Greenwood                  One Battle After Another        Warner Bros.

Max Richter                            Hamnet                                   Focus Features

Volker Bertelmann                  A House of Dynamite             Netflix

 

ORIGINAL SONG      

“Dreams as One”                    Miley Cyrus, Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson, Simon Franglen

Avatar: Fire and Ash               20th Century Studios / Disney

“Golden”                                  Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Park Hong Jun, Kim Eun-jae (EJAE), Mark Sonnenblick

KPop Demon Hunters            Netflix

“I Lied to You”                         Ludwig Göransson, Raphael Saadiq

Sinners                                    Warner Bros.

“No Place Like Home”            Stephen Schwartz

Wicked: For Good                  Universal Pictures

“The Girl in the Bubble”          Stephen Schwartz

Wicked: For Good                  Universal Pictures

“Train Dreams”                       Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner

Train Dreams                          Netflix

 

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Adolpho Veloso                                  Train Dreams                          Netflix

Autumn Durald Arkapaw                    Sinners                                    Warner Bros.

Claudio Miranda                                 F1: The Movie                         Apple Original Films

Dan Laustsen                                     Frankenstein                           Netflix

Łukasz Żal                                          Hamnet                                   Focus Features

Michael Bauman                                 One Battle After Another        Warner Bros.

FILM EDITING

Affonso Gonçalves, Chloé Zhao        Hamnet                                   Focus Features

Andy Jurgensen                                  One Battle After Another        Warner Bros.

Kirk Baxter                                          A House of Dynamite             Netflix

Michael P. Shawver                            Sinners                                    Warner Bros.

Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie           Marty Supreme                       A24

Stephen Mirrione                                F1: The Movie                         Apple Original Films

 

SOUND (EDITING AND MIXING)

Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta, Gareth John

F1: The Movie                                                 Apple Original Films

 

Brent Burge, Alexis Feodoroff, Michael Hedges, Julian Howarth, Gary Summers, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle                    Avatar: Fire and Ash                                       20th Century Studios

Chris Welcker, Benny Burtt, Brandon Proctor, Steve Boeddeker, Felipe Pacheco, David V. Butler                                   Sinners                                                            Warner Bros.

Chris Burdon, Lloyd Dudley, James H. Mather, Mark Taylor, Cécile Tournesac

                                    Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning   Paramount Pictures

 

Jack Dolman, Simon Hayes, John Marquis, Andy Nelson, Nancy Nugent Title

Wicked: For Good                                          Universal Pictures

 

José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio, Tony Villaflor

One Battle After Another                                Warner Bros.

 

VISUAL EFFECTS

Alex Wuttke, Ian Lowe, Jeff Sutherland, Kirstin Hall

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning  Paramount Pictures

Dennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess, Ivan Busquets, José Granell                        

Frankenstein                                                   Netflix

Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barrett                       

Avatar: Fire and Ash                                       20th Century Studios

 

Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter, Donnie Dean                        

Sinners                                                            Warner Bros.

 

Stéphane Ceretti, Enrico Damm, Stéphane Nazé, Guy Williams                 

Superman                                                       Warner Bros. / DC Studios

 

Ryan Tudhope, Nikeah Forde, Robert Harrington, Nicolas Chevallier, Eric Leven, Edward Price, Keith Dawson              F1: The Movie                                                 Apple Original Films

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Dylan Cole, Ben Procter                     Avatar: Fire and Ash               20th Century Studios

Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton               Hamnet                                   Focus Features

Jack Fisk, Adam Willis                        Marty Supreme                       A24

Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau          Frankenstein                           Netflix

Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales          Wicked: For Good                  Universal Pictures

Hannah Beachler, Monique Champagne       Sinners                        Warner Bros.

 

COSTUME DESIGN

Kate Hawley                                       Frankenstein                           Netflix

Malgosia Turzanska                           Hamnet                                   Focus Features

Miyako Bellizzi                                    Marty Supreme                       A24

Paul Tazewell                                     Wicked: For Good                  Universal Pictures

Ruth E. Carter                                     Sinners                                    Warner Bros.

 

MAKEUP & HAIR

Donald Mowat                         Tron: Ares                               Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier, Laura Blount

Wicked: For Good                  Universal Pictures

Kazu Hiro, Felix Fox, Mia Neal

The Smashing Machine          A24

Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey                    

Frankenstein                           Netflix

Siân Richards, Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine, Shunika Terry                 

Sinners                                    Warner Bros.

 

Torsten Witte, Liz Phillips, Albert Elizondo               

Bugonia                                   Focus Features

 

ENSEMBLE MOTION PICTURE

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery                                Netflix

 

TELEVISION

 

MINISERIES & LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Adolescence                                           Netflix

Cassandra                                               Netflix

Dying for Sex                                          FX on Hulu

Mr. Scorsese                                           Apple TV+

The Narrow Road to the Deep North      Amazon Prime Video

Toxic Town                                              Netflix

ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES, LIMITED SERIES, OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR

TELEVISION

Amanda Seyfried                    Long Bright River                                            Peacock

Claire Danes                           The Beast in Me                                             Netflix

Michelle Williams                    Dying for Sex                                                  FX on Hulu

Rashida Jones                        Black Mirror                                                     Netflix

Robin Wright                           The Girlfriend                                                  Amazon Prime Video

Sarah Snook                           All Her Fault                                                    Peacock

ACTOR IN A MINISERIES, LIMITED SERIES, OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Charlie Hunnam                      Monster: The Ed Gein Story                           Netflix

Jacob Elordi                            The Narrow Road to the Deep North             Amazon Prime Video

Jude Law                                 Black Rabbit                                                   Netflix

Matthew Rhys                         The Beast in Me                                             Netflix

Paul Giamatti                          Black Mirror                                                     Netflix

Stephen Graham                    Adolescence                                                   Netflix

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES & LIMITED SERIES, OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Carrie Coon                             The White Lotus                                             HBO

Catherine O’Hara                    The Studio                                                      Apple TV+

Erin Doherty                            Adolescence                                                   Netflix

Hannah Einbinder                   Hacks                                                              HBO Max

Parker Posey                          The White Lotus                                             HBO

Saskia Reeves                        Slow Horses                                                   Apple TV+

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES & LIMITED SERIES, OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Billy Crudup                             The Morning Show                                         Apple TV+

Chris Perfetti                           Abbott Elementary                                          ABC

Ebon Moss-Bachrach             The Bear                                                         FX on Hulu

Jason Isaacs                           The White Lotus                                             HBO

Owen Cooper                          Adolescence                                                   Netflix

Tramell Tillman                       Severance                                                       Apple TV+

Walton Goggins                      The White Lotus                                             HBO

 

TELEVISION SERIES, DRAMA

Matlock                                   CBS

Pluribus                                   Apple TV+

Severance                              Apple TV+

Slow Horses                           Apple TV+

The Diplomat                          Netflix

The Pitt                                    HBO Max

 

TELEVISION SERIES, GENRE

Andor                                       Disney+

Stranger Things                      Netflix

The Last of Us                         HBO Max

The White Lotus                      HBO

ACTRESS IN A SERIES, DRAMA OR GENRE

Britt Lower                               Severance                                                       Apple TV+

Genevieve O’Reilly                 Andor                                                             Disney+

Helen Mirren                           MobLand                                                         Paramount+

Kathy Bates                            Matlock                                                           CBS

Keri Russell                             The Diplomat                                                  Netflix

Rhea Seehorn                         Pluribus                                                           Apple TV+

ACTOR IN A SERIES, DRAMA OR GENRE

Adam Scott                             Severance                                                       Apple TV+

Diego Luna                              Andor                                                             Disney+

Gary Oldman                          Slow Horses                                                   Apple TV+

Mark Ruffalo                            Task                                                                HBO Max

Noah Wyle                              The Pitt                                                           HBO Max

Sterling K. Brown                    Paradise                                                          Hulu

 

TELEVISION SERIES, COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Abbott Elementary                                         ABC

English Teacher                                             FX on Hulu

Hacks                                                             HBO Max

Only Murders in the Building                          Hulu

Platonic                                                           Apple TV+

The Bear                                                         FX on Hulu

ACTRESS IN A SERIES, COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Ayo Edebiri                             The Bear                                                         FX on Hulu

Jean Smart                              Hacks                                                              HBO Max

Kristen Bell                              Nobody Wants This                                        Netflix

Natasha Lyonne                      Poker Face                                                     Peacock

Quinta Brunson                       Abbott Elementary                                          ABC

Selena Gomez                         Only Murders in the Building                          Hulu

ACTOR IN A SERIES, COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Adam Brody                            Nobody Wants This                                        Netflix

Glen Powell                            Chad Powers                                                  Hulu

Jeremy Allen White                The Bear                                                         FX on Hulu

Martin Short                            Only Murders in the Building                          Hulu

Seth Rogen                             The Studio                                                      Apple TV+

Steve Martin                           Only Murders in the Building                          Hulu

 

ENSEMBLE TELEVISION

Landman                                 Paramount+