Amid today’s mad rush of awards activity, we almost forgot to mention the Satellite Award nominations. I confess I’ve never been sure entirely sure what these awards represent — they’re voted for by a group called the International Press Academy, but my knowledge ends there — but they’ve been cheerfully going their own way for 17 years now, annually coming up with one of the season’s more entertaining, eclectic nomination lists.
This year is no exception. Amid the predictable spread of mentions for the likes of “Lincoln” and “Silver Linings Playbook” — “Les Mis” leads with 10 nods, though director Tom Hooper was left out — are wildcard Best Picture nods for “Skyfall” and “The Sessions.” More interesting still are crossover nominations for some pretty out-there foreign fare.
I think it’s safe to say this is the only Best Director nomination Korean auteur Kim Ki-duk will be getting all season, while I’m pleased to see perhaps my favorite female performance of the year — Emilie Dequenne’s searing turn in Belgian Oscar hopeful “Our Children” — somehow cracking the Best Actress list. Keep doing your thing, Satellites, whatever that thing is.
The winners will be announced on December 16; full list of nominations below.
“Argo”
“Beasts Of The Southern Wild”
“Life Of Pi”
“Lincoln”
“Les Misérables”
“Moonrise Kingdom”
“The Sessions”
“Silver Linings Playbook”
“Skyfall”
“Zero Dark Thirty”
Ben Affleck, “Argo”
Steven Spielberg, “Lincoln”
Kim Ki-duk, “Pieta”
Ben Lewin, “The Sessions”
David O. Russell, “Silver Linings Playbook”
Kathryn Bigelow, “Zero Dark Thirty”
Laura Birn, “Purge”
Jessica Chastain, “Zero Dark Thirty”
Emilie Dequenne, “Our Children”
Keira Knightley, “Anna Karenina”
Jennifer Lawrence, “Silver Linings Playbook”
Laura Linney, “Hyde Park On Hudson”
Emmanuelle Riva, “Amour”
Best Actor
Bradley Cooper, “Silver Linings Playbook”
Daniel Day-Lewis, “Lincoln”
John Hawkes, “The Sessions”
Hugh Jackman, “Les Misérables”
Joaquin Phoenix, “The Master”
Omar Sy, “The Intouchables”
Denzel Washington, “Flight”
Amy Adams, “The Master”
Judi Dench, “Skyfall”
Helene Florent, “Café De Flore”
Anne Hathaway, “Les Misérables”
Helen Hunt, “The Sessions”
Javier Bardem, “Skyfall”
Robert De Niro, “Silver Linings Playbook”
John Goodman, “Flight”
Philip Seymour Hoffman, “The Master”
Tommy Lee Jones, “Lincoln”
Eddie Redmayne, “Les Misérables”
Best Original Screenplay
John Gatins, “Flight”
Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache, “The Intouchables”
Paul Thomas Anderson, “The Master”
Roman Coppola and Wes Anderson, “Moonrise Kingdom”
Kim Ki-duk, “Pieta”
Mark Boal, “Zero Dark Thirty”
Tom Stoppard, “Anna Karenina”
Chris Terrio, “Argo”
Tony Kushner, “Lincoln”
Ben Lewin, “The Sessions”
David O. Russell, “Silver Linings Playbook”
Best Foreign Language Film
“Amour”
“Beyond The Hills”
“Caesar Must Die”
“The Intouchables”
“Kon-Tiki”
“Our Children”
“Pieta”
“A Royal Affair”
“War Witch”
“Brave”
“Frankenweenie”
“Ice Age 4: Continental Drift”
“Paranorman”
“Rise Of The Guardians”
“Wreck-It Ralph”
“Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry”
“The Central Park Five”
“Chasing Ice”
“The Gatekeepers”
“Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present”
“The Pruitt-Igoe Myth”
“West Of Memphis”
Ben Richardson, “Beasts Of The Southern Wild”
Mihai Malaimare, Jr., “The Master”
Nathan Crowley, Kevin Kavanaugh, James Hambidge and Naaman Marshall, “The Dark Knight Rises”
Rick Carter, Curt Beech, David Crank and Leslie McDonald, “Lincoln”
David Crank and Jack Fisk, “The Master”
Niels Sejer, “A Royal Affair”
Paco Delgado, “Les Misérables”
Manon Rasmussen, “A Royal Affair”
Best Film Editing
Best Original Score
Dario Marianelli, “Anna Karenina”
Alexandre Desplat, “Argo”
John Williams, “Lincoln”
Jonny Greenwood, “The Master”
Thomas Newman, “Skyfall”
“Learn Me Right,” “Brave”
“Fire In The Blood/Snake Song” “Lawless”
“Suddenly,” “Les Misérables”
“Still Alive,” “Paul Williams: Still Alive”
“Skyfall,” “Skyfall”
“Flight”
“Les Misérables”
“Snow White And The Huntsman”
“Kon-Tiki”
“Life Of Pi”
“Prometheus”
Best Visual Effects
“The Dark Knight Rises”
“Flight”
“Life Of Pi”
“Prometheus”
“Skyfall”