# 25th Satellite Awards

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. The winners were announced on February 15, 2021.

## 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

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 |
| 6 | The Trial of the Chicago 7 |
| 5 | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom |
| 5 | The Midnight Sky |
| 5 | Tenet |
| 4 | News of the World |
| 4 | The Personal History of David Copperfield |
| 4 | The Prom |
| 4 | Sound of Metal |
| 3 | Borat Subsequent Moviefilm |
| 3 | Hamilton |
| 3 | The Life Ahead |
| 3 | Mulan |
| 3 | On the Rocks |
| 3 | Palm Springs |
| 3 | Promising Young Woman |
| 2 | Birds of Prey |
| 2 | Da 5 Bloods |
| 2 | Emma |
| 2 | Over the Moon |
| 2 | Pieces of a Woman |
| 2 | Soul |

### Films with multiple wins

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

## Television winners and nominees

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 |
| 3 | Dead to Me |
| 3 | Fargo |
| 3 | The Good Lord Bird |
| 3 | Mrs. America |
| 3 | Schitt's Creek |
| 3 | Small Axe |
| 3 | Unorthodox |
| 2 | Bad Education |
| 2 | Better Call Saul |
| 2 | Bridgerton |
| 2 | The Great |
| 2 | Insecure |
| 2 | Killing Eve |
| 2 | The Queen's Gambit |
| 2 | Ramy |
| 2 | Your Honor |

### Series with multiple wins

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