25th Satellite Awards

25th Satellite Awards
Date	February 15, 2021 (2021-2-15)
Highlights
Best drama film	Nomadland
Best comedy/musical film	The Forty-Year-Old Version
Best television drama	Better Call Saul
Best television musical/comedy	Schitt's Creek
Best director	Chloé Zhao for Nomadland
←  24th Satellite Awards 26th  →

The 25th Satellite Awards is an award ceremony honoring the year's outstanding performers, films and television shows, presented by the International Press Academy.

The nominations were announced on February 1, 2021. ^{[1] [2]} The winners were announced on February 15, 2021. ^{[3] [4]}

Special achievement awards

• Auteur Award (for singular vision and unique artistic control over the elements of production) – Emerald Fennell ( Promising Young Woman )
• Humanitarian Award (for making a difference in the lives of those in the artistic community and beyond) – Mark Wahlberg
• Mary Pickford Award (for outstanding contribution to the entertainment industry) – Tilda Swinton
• Nikola Tesla Award (for visionary achievement in filmmaking technology) – Dick Pope
• Best First Feature – Channing Godfrey Peoples ( Miss Juneteenth )
• Stunt Performance Award – Gaëlle Cohen
• Ensemble: Motion Picture – The Trial of the Chicago 7
• Ensemble: Television – The Good Lord Bird

Motion picture winners and nominees

Chloé Zhao, Best Director winner

Riz Ahmed, Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama winner

Frances McDormand, Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama winner

Sacha Baron Cohen, Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical winner

Maria Bakalova, Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical winner

Chadwick Boseman, Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture winner

Amanda Seyfried, Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture winner

Christopher Hampton, Best Adapted Screenplay co-winner

Florian Zeller, Best Adapted Screenplay co-winner

Emerald Fennell, Best Original Screenplay winner

Alexandre Desplat, Best Original Score winner

Laura Pausini, Best Original Song co-winner

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

Best Motion Picture – Drama	Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Nomadland The Father Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Minari Miss Juneteenth One Night in Miami... Promising Young Woman Sound of Metal Tenet The Trial of the Chicago 7	The Forty-Year-Old Version Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Hamilton On the Rocks Palm Springs The Personal History of David Copperfield
Best Animated or Mixed Media Film	Best Director
Wolfwalkers Accidental Luxuriance of the Translucent Watery Rebus Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train No.7 Cherry Lane Over the Moon Soul	Chloé Zhao – Nomadland Lee Isaac Chung – Minari David Fincher – Mank Darius Marder – Sound of Metal Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7 Florian Zeller – The Father
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama	Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal as Ruben Stone Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom as Levee Green Anthony Hopkins – The Father as Anthony Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods as Paul Gary Oldman – Mank as Herman J. Mankiewicz Steven Yeun – Minari as Jacob Yi	Frances McDormand – Nomadland as Fern Viola Davis – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom as Ma Rainey Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman as Martha Weiss Sophia Loren – The Life Ahead as Madame Rosa Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman as Cassandra "Cassie" Thomas Kate Winslet – Ammonite as Mary Anning
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical	Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm as Borat Sagdiyev Lin-Manuel Miranda – Hamilton as Alexander Hamilton Leslie Odom Jr. – Hamilton as Aaron Burr Dev Patel – The Personal History of David Copperfield as David Copperfield Andy Samberg – Palm Springs as Nyles	Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm as Tutar Sagdiyev Rashida Jones – On the Rocks as Laura Keane Michelle Pfeiffer – French Exit as Frances Price Margot Robbie – Birds of Prey as Harley Quinn Meryl Streep – The Prom as Dee Dee Allen Anya Taylor-Joy – Emma as Emma Woodhouse
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods as "Stormin'" Norman Earl Holloway Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7 as Abbie Hoffman Kingsley Ben-Adir – One Night in Miami... as Malcolm X Brian Dennehy – Driveways as Del Bill Murray – On the Rocks as Felix Keane David Strathairn – Nomadland as David	Amanda Seyfried – Mank as Marion Davies Ellen Burstyn – Pieces of a Woman as Elizabeth Weiss Olivia Colman – The Father as Anne Nicole Kidman – The Prom as Angie Dickinson Youn Yuh-jung – Minari as Soon-ja Helena Zengel – News of the World as Johanna Leonberger / Cicada
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay
Promising Young Woman – Emerald Fennell Mank – Jack Fincher Minari – Lee Isaac Chung Palm Springs – Andy Siara Soul – Pete Docter, Mike Jones, and Kemp Powers The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Aaron Sorkin	The Father – Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller The Life Ahead – Edoardo Ponti Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – Ruben Santiago-Hudson News of the World – Luke Davies and Paul Greengrass Nomadland – Jessica Bruder and Chloé Zhao One Night in Miami... – Kemp Powers
Best Documentary Film	Best Foreign Language Film
Collective Acasă, My Home Circus of Books Coup 53 Crip Camp The Dissident Gunda MLK/FBI A Most Beautiful Thing The Truffle Hunters	La Llorona (  Guatemala) Another Round (  Denmark) Atlantis (  Ukraine) I'm No Longer Here (  Mexico) Jallikattu (  India) My Little Sister (   Switzerland) A Sun (  Taiwan) Tove (  Finland) Two of Us (  France)
Best Cinematography	Best Film Editing
Mank – Erik Messerschmidt The Midnight Sky – Martin Ruhe News of the World – Dariusz Wolski Nomadland – Joshua James Richards One Night in Miami... – Tami Reiker Tenet – Hoyte van Hoytema	The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Alan Baumgarten The Father – Yorgos Lamprinos Mank – Kirk Baxter Minari – Harry Yoon Nomadland – Chloé Zhao One Night in Miami... – Tariq Anwar
Best Art Direction and Production Design	Best Costume Design
Mank – Donald Graham Burt, Chris Craine, Jan Pascale, and Dan Webster The Midnight Sky – Jim Bissell and John Bush Mulan – Anne Kuljian and Grant Major One Night in Miami... – Page Buckner, Barry Robinson, and Mark Zuelzke The Personal History of David Copperfield – Cristina Casali and Charlotte Dirickx The Prom – Jamie Walker McCall and Gene Serdena	The Personal History of David Copperfield – Suzie Harman and Robert Worley Emma – Alexandra Byrne Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – Ann Roth Mank – Trish Summerville Mulan – Bina Daigeler One Night in Miami... – Francine Jamison-Tanchuck
Best Original Score	Best Original Song
The Midnight Sky – Alexandre Desplat Mank – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross Minari – Emile Mosseri News of the World – James Newton Howard One Night in Miami... – Terence Blanchard Tenet – Ludwig Göransson	"Io sì (Seen)" – The Life Ahead (Niccolò Agliardi, Laura Pausini, and Diane Warren) "Everybody Cries" – The Outpost (Larry Groupé, Rod Lurie, and Rita Wilson) "Hear My Voice" – The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Daniel Pemberton and Celeste Waite) "The Other Side" – Trolls World Tour (Justin Timberlake) "Rocket to the Moon" – Over the Moon (Christopher Curtis, Marjorie Duffield, and Helen Park) "Speak Now" – One Night in Miami... (Sam Ashworth and Leslie Odom Jr.)
Best Sound (Editing and Mixing)	Best Visual Effects
Sound of Metal – Jaime Baksht, Nicolas Becker, Phillip Bladh, Michelle Couttolenc, Carlos Cortés Navarrete, and Carolina Santana Mank – Ren Klyce, Drew Kunin, Jeremy Molod, Nathan Nance, and David Parker The Midnight Sky – Todd Beckett, Danny Hambrook, Dan Hiland, Bjorn Ole Schroeder, and Randy Thom Nomadland – Sergio Díaz, Zach Seivers, and M. Wolf Snyder The Prom – David Giammarco, Gary Megregian, Steven A. Morrow, and Mark Paterson Tenet – Willie D. Burton, Richard King, Kevin O'Connell, and Gary Rizzo	Tenet – Scott R. Fisher and Andrew Jackson Birds of Prey – Thrain Shadbolt and Kevin Souls Greyhound – Peter Bebb and Nathan McGuinness Mank – Simon Carr, Pablo Helman, James Pastorius, and Wei Zheng The Midnight Sky – Matt Kasmir and Chris Lawrence Mulan – Sean Andrew Faden

Films with multiple nominations

Nominations	Films
11	Mank
9	One Night in Miami...
8	Nomadland
7	Minari
6	The Father
	The Trial of the Chicago 7
5	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
	The Midnight Sky
	Tenet
4	News of the World
	The Personal History of David Copperfield
	The Prom
	Sound of Metal
3	Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
	Hamilton
	The Life Ahead
	Mulan
	On the Rocks
	Palm Springs
	Promising Young Woman
2	Birds of Prey
	Da 5 Bloods
	Emma
	Over the Moon
	Pieces of a Woman
	Soul

Films with multiple wins

Wins	Films
3	Mank
	Nomadland
2	Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
	Sound of Metal
	The Trial of the Chicago 7

Television winners and nominees

Bob Odenkirk, Best Actor in a Drama / Genre Series winner

Olivia Colman, Best Actress in a Drama / Genre Series winner

Eugene Levy, Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy Series winner

Elle Fanning, Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy Series winner

Ethan Hawke, Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film winner

Cate Blanchett, Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film winner

Jeff Wilbusch, Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries, or Television Film winner

Tracey Ullman, Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or Television Film winner

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

Best Drama Series	Best Musical or Comedy Series
Better Call Saul – AMC Billions – Showtime The Crown – Netflix Killing Eve – BBC America Ozark – Netflix P-Valley – Starz	Schitt's Creek – Pop TV The Boys – Amazon Prime Video Dead to Me – Netflix Insecure – HBO Ramy – Hulu What We Do in the Shadows – FX
Best Genre Series	Best Miniseries
The Haunting of Bly Manor – Netflix Evil – CBS His Dark Materials – HBO The Mandalorian – Disney+ The Outsider – HBO Pennyworth – Epix	The Good Lord Bird – Showtime Mrs. America – FX on Hulu Normal People – Hulu The Queen's Gambit – Netflix Small Axe – BBC One / Prime Video The Undoing – HBO Unorthodox – Netflix
Best Actor in a Drama / Genre Series	Best Actress in a Drama / Genre Series
Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul as Jimmy McGill / Saul Goodman / Gene Takavic Jason Bateman – Ozark as Martin "Marty" Byrde Damian Lewis – Billions as Robert "Bobby" Axelrod Tobias Menzies – The Crown as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Regé-Jean Page – Bridgerton as Simon Basset Matthew Rhys – Perry Mason as Perry Mason	Olivia Colman – The Crown as Queen Elizabeth II Caitriona Balfe – Outlander as Claire Fraser Phoebe Dynevor – Bridgerton as Daphne Bridgerton Laura Linney – Ozark as Wendy Byrde Sandra Oh – Killing Eve as Eve Polastri Maggie Siff – Billions as Wendy Rhoades
Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy Series	Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy Series
Eugene Levy – Schitt's Creek as Johnny Rose Dave Burd – Dave as himself Ricky Gervais – After Life as Tony Johnson Nicholas Hoult – The Great as Peter III of Russia Jason Sudeikis – Ted Lasso as Ted Lasso Ramy Youssef – Ramy as Ramy Hassan	Elle Fanning – The Great as Catherine the Great Christina Applegate – Dead to Me as Jen Harding Linda Cardellini – Dead to Me as Judy Hale Zoë Kravitz – High Fidelity as Robyn "Rob" Brooks Catherine O'Hara – Schitt's Creek as Moira Rose Issa Rae – Insecure as Issa Dee
Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film	Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film
Ethan Hawke – The Good Lord Bird as John Brown John Boyega – Small Axe as Leroy Logan Bryan Cranston – Your Honor as Michael Desiato Hugh Grant – The Undoing as Jonathan Fraser Hugh Jackman – Bad Education as Frank Tassone Chris Rock – Fargo as Loy Cannon Mark Ruffalo – I Know This Much Is True as Dominick and Thomas Birdsey	Cate Blanchett – Mrs. America as Phyllis Schlafly Shira Haas – Unorthodox as Esther "Esty" Shapiro Nicole Kidman – The Undoing as Grace Fraser Anya Taylor-Joy – The Queen's Gambit as Beth Harmon Letitia Wright – Small Axe as Altheia Jones-LeCointe Zendaya – Euphoria as Rue Bennett
Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries, or Television Film	Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or Television Film
Jeff Wilbusch – Unorthodox as Moishe Lefkovitch Joshua Caleb Johnson – The Good Lord Bird as Henry "Onion" Shackleford Josh O'Connor – The Crown as Charles, Prince of Wales Tom Pelphrey – Ozark as Ben Davis Donald Sutherland – The Undoing as Franklin Reinhardt Ben Whishaw – Fargo as Rabbi Milligan	Tracey Ullman – Mrs. America as Betty Friedan Gillian Anderson – The Crown as Margaret Thatcher Jessie Buckley – Fargo as Oraetta Mayflower Emma Corrin – The Crown as Diana, Princess of Wales Hope Davis – Your Honor as Gina Baxter Noma Dumezweni – The Undoing as Haley Fitzgerald
Best Television Film
The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel – Lifetime Bad Education – HBO Sylvie's Love – Prime Video Uncle Frank – Prime Video

Series with multiple nominations

Nominations	Series
6	The Crown
5	The Undoing
4	Ozark
3	Billions
	Dead to Me
	Fargo
	The Good Lord Bird
	Mrs. America
	Schitt's Creek
	Small Axe
	Unorthodox
2	Bad Education
	Better Call Saul
	Bridgerton
	The Great
	Insecure
	Killing Eve
	The Queen's Gambit
	Ramy
	Your Honor

Series with multiple wins

Wins	Series
3	The Good Lord Bird
2	Better Call Saul
	Mrs. America
	Schitt's Creek

References

1. Van Blaricom, Mirjana (February 1, 2021). "25th Satellite Awards Nominees for Motion Pictures and Television Announced". International Press Academy . Retrieved February 1, 2021.
2. Anderson, Erik (February 1, 2021). "Satellite Awards: 'Mank' leads film nominations; 'The Crown' leads television". AwardsWatch. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
3. "2020 Winners". International Press Academy . Retrieved February 15, 2021.
4. Anderson, Erik (February 15, 2021). "Satellite Awards winners: 'Nomadland', 'Forty-Year Old Version' top film prizes; 'Schitt's Creek', 'Better Call Saul' take TV". AwardsWatch. Retrieved February 15, 2021.

External links

• International Press Academy website