2015 Awards -- Golden Satellites (International Press Academy)

The International Press Academy is also a fun bunch to watch, whereas not usually quite as corresponding to the Academy in their choices. They also like to throw tons of nominees out there in almost every category featured at the Oscars. Again, makes it fun to browse through. The IPA is a global media associate, with members both domestic and foreign, who work in print, broadcast, TV, radio, and online outlets, composing of reviewers, bloggers, photographers, critics, and interviewers. The nominees for this year's Golden Satellite Awards are...

BEST PICTURE
The Big Short
Black Mass
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Carol
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Sicario
Spotlight

BEST DIRECTOR
Lenny Abrahamson - "Room"
Tom Hooper - "The Danish Girl"
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - "The Revenant"
Thomas McCarthy - "Spotlight"
Ridley Scott - "The Martian"
Steven Spielberg - "Bridge of Spies"

BEST ACTOR
Matt Damon - "The Martian"
Johnny Depp - "Black Mass"
Leonardo DiCaprio - "The Revenant"
Michael Fassbender - "Steve Jobs"
Tom Hardy - "Legend"
Eddie Redmayne - "The Danish Girl"
Will Smith - "Concussion"

BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett - "Carol"
Blythe Danner - "I'll See You in My Dreams"
Brie Larson - "Room"
Carey Mulligan - "Suffragette"
Charlotte Rampling - "45 Years"
Saoirse Ronan - "Brooklyn"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christian Bale - "The Big Short"
Paul Dano - "Love & Mercy"
Benicio Del Toro - "Sicario"
Michael Keaton - "Spotlight"
Mark Ruffalo - "Spotlight"
Sylvester Stallone - "Creed"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Elizabeth Banks - "Love & Mercy"
Jane Fonda - "Youth"
Rooney Mara - "Carol"
Rachel McAdams - "Spotlight"
Alicia Vikander - "The Danish Girl"
Kate Winslet - "Steve Jobs"

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Spotlight

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Bridge of Spies
Inside Out
Love & Mercy
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton
Suffragette

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Black Mass
The Danish Girl
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Steve Jobs

BEST ANIMATED OR MIXED MEDIA FILM
Anomalisa
The Good Dinosaur
Inside Out
The Peanuts Movie
The Prophet
Shaun the Sheep The Movie

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Sicario
Spectre

BEST FILM EDITING
Bridge of Spies
Carol
The Martian
Sicario
Spectre
Steve Jobs

BEST ART DIRECTION & PRODUCTION DESIGN
Bridge of Spies
Cinderella
The Danish Girl
Macbeth
Mad Max: Fury Road
Spectre

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
The Assassin
Cinderella
The Danish Girl
Far From the Madding Crowd
Macbeth
The Throne

BEST SOUND (EDITING & MIXING)
Inside Out
Jurassic World
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
Sicario
Spectre

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Everest
Jurassic World
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
Spectre
The Walk

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Carol
The Danish Girl
Inside Out
The Martian
Spectre
Spotlight

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Cold One" - Ricki and the Flash
"Love Me Like You Do" - Fifty Shades of Grey
"One Kind of Love" - Love & Mercy
"See You Again" - Furious 7
"Till It Happens To You" - The Hunting Ground
"Writing's On The Wall" - Spectre

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
The Assassin - Taiwan
The Brand New Testament - Belgium
Goodnight Mommy - Austria
The High Sun - Croatia
Labyrinth of Lies - Germany
Mustang - France
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence - Sweden
The Second Mother - Brazil
Son of Saul - Hungary
The Throne - South Korea

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Amy
Becoming Bulletproof
Best of Enemies
Cartel Land
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
He Named Me Malala
The Hunting Ground
The Look of Silence
Where to Invade Next