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 AwardEmerald Fennell Humanitarian AwardMark WahlbergMary Pickford AwardTilda SwintonNikola Tesla AwardDick PopeBest First FeatureChanning Godfrey Peoples Stunt Performance AwardGaëlle CohenEnsemble: Motion PictureThe Trial of the Chicago 7Ensemble: Television'The Good Lord Bird'''''

Motion picture winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
Best Motion Picture – DramaBest Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Nomadland
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 FilmBest 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 ZhaoNomadland
  • * Lee Isaac ChungMinari
  • * David FincherMank
  • * Darius MarderSound of Metal
  • * Aaron SorkinThe Trial of the Chicago 7
  • * Florian ZellerThe Father
  • Best Actor in a Motion Picture – DramaBest Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
    Riz AhmedSound of Metal as Ruben Stone
  • * Chadwick BosemanMa Rainey's Black Bottom as Levee Green
  • * Anthony HopkinsThe Father as Anthony
  • * Delroy LindoDa 5 Bloods as Paul
  • * Gary OldmanMank as Herman J. Mankiewicz
  • * Steven YeunMinari as Jacob Yi
  • Frances McDormandNomadland as Fern
  • * Viola DavisMa Rainey's Black Bottom as Ma Rainey
  • * Vanessa KirbyPieces of a Woman as Martha Weiss
  • * Sophia LorenThe Life Ahead as Madame Rosa
  • * Carey MulliganPromising Young Woman as Cassandra "Cassie" Thomas
  • * Kate WinsletAmmonite as Mary Anning
  • Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or MusicalBest Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
    Sacha Baron CohenBorat Subsequent Moviefilm as Borat Sagdiyev
  • * Lin-Manuel MirandaHamilton as Alexander Hamilton
  • * Leslie Odom Jr.Hamilton as Aaron Burr
  • * Dev PatelThe Personal History of David Copperfield as David Copperfield
  • * Andy SambergPalm Springs as Nyles
  • Maria BakalovaBorat Subsequent Moviefilm as Tutar Sagdiyev
  • * Rashida JonesOn the Rocks as Laura Keane
  • * Michelle PfeifferFrench Exit as Frances Price
  • * Margot RobbieBirds of Prey as Harley Quinn
  • * Meryl StreepThe Prom as Dee Dee Allen
  • * Anya Taylor-JoyEmma as Emma Woodhouse
  • Best Supporting ActorBest Supporting Actress
    Chadwick BosemanDa 5 Bloods as "Stormin'" Norman Earl Holloway
  • * Sacha Baron CohenThe Trial of the Chicago 7 as Abbie Hoffman
  • * Kingsley Ben-AdirOne Night in Miami... as Malcolm X
  • * Brian DennehyDriveways as Del
  • * Bill MurrayOn the Rocks as Felix Keane
  • * David StrathairnNomadland as David
  • Amanda SeyfriedMank as Marion Davies
  • * Ellen BurstynPieces of a Woman as Elizabeth Weiss
  • * Olivia ColmanThe Father as Anne
  • * Nicole KidmanThe Prom as Angie Dickinson
  • * Youn Yuh-jungMinari as Soon-ja
  • * Helena ZengelNews of the World as Johanna Leonberger / Cicada
  • Best Original ScreenplayBest Adapted Screenplay
    Promising Young WomanEmerald Fennell
  • * MankJack Fincher
  • * MinariLee Isaac Chung
  • * Palm SpringsAndy Siara
  • * SoulPete Docter, Mike Jones, and Kemp Powers
  • * The Trial of the Chicago 7Aaron Sorkin
  • The FatherChristopher Hampton and Florian Zeller'
  • * The Life AheadEdoardo Ponti
  • * Ma Rainey's Black BottomRuben Santiago-Hudson
  • * News of the WorldLuke Davies and Paul Greengrass
  • * NomadlandJessica Bruder and Chloé Zhao
  • * One Night in Miami...Kemp Powers
  • Best Documentary FilmBest 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

    Television winners and nominees

    Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.