Awards - International Press Academy (Golden Satellites)

Always one of the most fun groups to watch, since their choices usually include more than a share of bizarre ones. They do a lot of categories, and a lot of total nominees, giving out a lot of widespread love. Here are this year's nominees.

BEST PICTURE
The Artist

The Descendants

Drive
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
Shame
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
War Horse

BEST DIRECTOR
Tomas Alfredson - "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy"
Woody Allen - "Midnight in Paris"
Michel Hazanavicius - "The Artist"
John Michael McDonagh - "The Guard"
Steve McQueen - "Shame"
Alexander Payne - "The Descendants"

Nicolas Winding Refn - "Drive"

Martin Scorsese - "Hugo"
Steven Spielberg - "War Horse"
Tate Taylor - "The Help"

BEST ACTOR
George Clooney - "The Descendants"
Leonardo DiCaprio - "J. Edgar"
Michael Fassbender - "Shame"
Brendan Gleeson - "The Guard"

Ryan Gosling - "Drive"

Tom Hardy - "Warrior"
Woody Harrelson - "Rampart"
Gary Oldman - "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy"
Brad Pitt - "Moneyball"
Michael Shannon - "Take Shelter"

BEST ACTRESS
Olivia Colman - "Tyrannosaur"
Glenn Close - "Albert Nobbs"

Viola Davis - "The Help"

Vera Farmiga - "Higher Ground"
Elizabeth Olsen - "Martha Marcy May Marlene"
Meryl Streep - "The Iron Lady"
Charlize Theron - "Young Adult"
Emily Watson - "Oranges and Sunshine"
Michelle Williams - "My Week with Marilyn"
Michelle Yeoh - "The Lady"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Kenneth Branagh - "My Week with Marilyn"

Albert Brooks - "Drive"

Colin Farrell - "Horrible Bosses"
Jonah Hill - "Moneyball"
Viggo Mortensen - "A Dangerous Method"
Nick Nolte - "Warrior"
Christopher Plummer - "Beginners"
Andy Serkis - "Rise of the Planet of the Apes"
Christoph Waltz - "Carnage"
Hugo Weaving - "Oranges and Sunshine"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Jessica Chastain - "The Tree of Life"

Elle Fanning - "Super 8"
Lisa Feret - "Mozart's Sister"
Judy Greer - "The Descendants"
Rachel McAdams - "Midnight in Paris"
Janet McTeer - "Albert Nobbs"
Carey Mulligan - "Shame"
Octavia Spencer - "The Help"
Vanessa Redgrave - "Coriolanus"
Kate Winslet - "Carnage"

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Artist
The Guard
Mozart's Sister
Shame

The Tree of Life

Tyrannosaur

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Adventures of Tintin
Albert Nobbs

The Descendants

The Help
Moneyball
War Horse

BEST ANIMATED OR MIXED MEDIA FILM

The Adventures of Tintin

Kung Fu Panda 2
The Muppets
Puss in Boots
Rango
Rio

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Artist
Drive
Faust
Hugo
The Tree of Life

War Horse

BEST FILM EDITING
The Descendants
Drive

The Guard

Shame
War Horse
Warrior

BEST ART DIRECTION
Anonymous

The Artist

Faust
Hugo
Mysteries of Lisbon
Water for Elephants

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Anonymous
The Artist
Faust
Jane Eyre
Mysteries of Lisbon

Water for Elephants

BEST SOUND (Edition & Mixing)

Drive

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
Super 8
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
The Tree of Life
War Horse

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2

Hugo

Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Super 8
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Drive
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2

Soul Surfer

Super 8
War Horse
Water for Elephants

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Bridge of Light" - Happy Feet 2
"Gathering Stories" - We Bought a Zoo
"Hello Hello" - Gnomeo & Juliet

"Lay Your Head Down" - Albert Nobbs

"Life is a Happy Song" - The Muppets
"Man or Muppet" - The Muppets

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
13 Assassins
Faust
Kid with a Bike
Las Acacias
Le Havre
Miss Bala
Mozart's Sister

Mysteries of Lisbon

A Separation
The Turin Horse

BEST DOCUMENTARY
American: The Bill Hicks Story
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
The Interrupters
My Perestroika
One Lucky Elephant
Pina
Project Nim

Senna

Tabloid
Under Fire: Journalists in Combat

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST

The Help

BEST FIRST FEATURE

Paddy Considine - "Tyrannosaur"