The 30th Satellite Awards is an awards ceremony honoring the year's outstanding performers, films and television series, presented by the International Press Academy.
The nominations were announced on December 16, 2025. The winners were announced on March 10, 2026, with the awards presentation postponed for a later date "due to the current global situation and ongoing war with Iran".
Ryan Coogler's period supernatural horror film Sinners led the film nominations with fourteen, followed by One Battle After Another with twelve; Frankenstein and Hamnet received ten nominations apiece. For the television categories, The White Lotus received the most nominations with five.
Additionally, the Norwegian drama film Sentimental Value became part of an exclusive club, earning a Best Motion Picture nomination for both domestic and international categories.
Special achievement awards Auteur Award (for singular vision and unique artistic control over the elements of production) – Michelle Danner Honorary Satellite Award – Billy Bob Thornton Humanitarian Award (for making a difference in the lives of those in the artistic community and beyond) – Gary Sinise Mary Pickford Award (for outstanding artistic contribution to the entertainment industry) – Antonio Banderas Nikola Tesla Award (for visionary achievement in filmmaking technology) – Dan Laustsen Breakthrough Performance Award – Chase Infiniti Stunt Performance Award – Wade Eastwood Ensemble: Motion Picture – Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery Ensemble: Television – Landman
Motion picture winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
Best Motion Picture – Drama Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical Hamnet Avatar: Fire and Ash Frankenstein One Battle After Another Sentimental Value Sinners Train Dreams Marty Supreme Bugonia Father Mother Sister Brother Nouvelle Vague Novocaine Sorry, Baby Best Motion Picture – Animated or Mixed Media Best Director Elio Arco KPop Demon Hunters Little Amélie or the Character of Rain Zootopia 2 Chloé Zhao – Hamnet Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another James Cameron – Avatar: Fire and Ash Ryan Coogler – Sinners Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein Jafar Panahi – It Was Just an Accident Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent as Marcelo Alves / Armando Solimões / Fernando Solimões Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another as Bob Ferguson Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams as Robert Grainier Oscar Isaac – Frankenstein as Victor Frankenstein Michael B. Jordan – Sinners as Elijah "Smoke" Moore / Elias "Stack" Moore Jessie Buckley – Hamnet as Agnes Shakespeare Leonie Benesch – Late Shift as Floria Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another as Willa Ferguson Diane Lane – Anniversary as Ellen Taylor Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value as Nora Borg Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme as Marty Mauser George Clooney – Jay Kelly as Jay Kelly Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon as Lorenz Hart Liam Neeson – The Naked Gun as Lt. Frank Drebin Jr. Jesse Plemons – Bugonia as Teddy Gatz Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I'd Kick You as Linda Cynthia Erivo – Wicked: For Good as Elphaba Thropp Emma Stone – Bugonia as Michelle Fuller Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby as Agnes Ward Best Actor in a Supporting Role Best Actress in a Supporting Role Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value as Gustav Borg Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another as Sensei Sergio St. Carlos Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein as The Creature Paul Mescal – Hamnet as William Shakespeare Sean Penn – One Battle After Another as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another as Perfidia Beverly Hills Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value as Rachel Kemp Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good as Galinda "Glinda" Upland Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value as Agnes Borg Pettersen Amy Madigan – Weapons as Gladys Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners as Annie Best Original Screenplay Best Adapted Screenplay Sinners – Ryan Coogler It Was Just an Accident – Jafar Panahi Jay Kelly – Noah Baumbach and Emily Mortimer Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie Sentimental Value – Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier | valign="top" | One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson; based on the novel Vineland by Thomas Pynchon Bugonia – Will Tracy; based on the film Save the Green Planet! written by Jang Joon-hwan Hamnet – Chloé Zhao; based on the novel by Maggie O'Farrell No Other Choice – Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar, and Lee Ja-hye; based on the novel The Ax by Donald E. Westlake Train Dreams – Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar; based on the novella by Denis Johnson |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"| Best Motion Picture – Documentary ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"| Best Motion Picture – International |- | valign="top" | Becoming Led Zeppelin 2000 Meters to Andriivka The Alabama Solution Come See Me in the Good Light Cover-Up Deaf President Now! The Librarians Ocean with David Attenborough Orwell: 2+2=5 The Perfect Neighbor The Secret Agent () It Was Just an Accident () Late Shift () Little Trouble Girls () No Other Choice () Sentimental Value () Sirāt () The Voice of Hind Rajab () Best Cinematography Best Film Editing Train Dreams – Adolpho Veloso F1 – Claudio Miranda Frankenstein – Dan Laustsen Hamnet – Łukasz Żal One Battle After Another – Michael Bauman Sinners – Autumn Durald Arkapaw | valign="top" | One Battle After Another – Andy Jurgensen F1 – Stephen Mirrione Hamnet – Affonso Gonçalves and Chloé Zhao A House of Dynamite – Kirk Baxter Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie Sinners – Michael P. Shawver |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"| Best Costume Design ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"| Best Production Design |- | valign="top" | Frankenstein – Kate Hawley Hamnet – Malgosia Turzanska Marty Supreme – Miyako Bellizzi Sinners – Ruth E. Carter Wicked: For Good – Paul Tazewell | valign="top" | Frankenstein – Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau Avatar: Fire and Ash – Dylan Cole and Ben Procter Hamnet – Fiona Crombie and Alice Felton Marty Supreme – Jack Fisk and Adam Willis Sinners – Hannah Beachler and Monique Champagne Wicked: For Good – Nathan Crowley and Lee Sandales |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"| Best Original Score ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"| Best Original Song |- | valign="top" | Sinners – Ludwig Göransson F1 – Hans Zimmer Frankenstein – Alexandre Desplat Hamnet – Max Richter A House of Dynamite – Volker Bertelmann One Battle After Another – Jonny Greenwood | valign="top" | "Dream as One" from Avatar: Fire and Ash – Miley Cyrus, Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson, and Simon Franglen "The Girl in the Bubble" from Wicked: For Good – Stephen Schwartz "Golden" from KPop Demon Hunters – Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Park Hong Jun, Kim Eun-jae (EJAE), and Mark Sonnenblick "I Lied to You" from Sinners – Ludwig Göransson and Raphael Saadiq "No Place Like Home" from Wicked: For Good – Stephen Schwartz "Train Dreams" from Train Dreams – Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"| Best Makeup & Hair ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"| Best Sound (Editing and Mixing) |- | valign="top" | Tron: Ares – Donald Mowat Bugonia – Torsten Witte, Liz Phillips, and Albert Elizondo Frankenstein – Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, and Cliona Furey Sinners – Siân Richards, Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine, and Shunika Terry The Smashing Machine – Kazu Hiro, Felix Fox, and Mia Neal Wicked: For Good – Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier, and Laura Blount | valign="top" | F1 – Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta, and Gareth John Avatar: Fire and Ash – Brent Burge, Alexis Feodoroff, Michael Hedges, Julian Howarth, Gary Summers, and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning – Chris Burdon, Lloyd Dudley, James H. Mather, Mark Taylor, and Cécile Tournesac One Battle After Another – José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio, and Tony Villaflor Sinners – Chris Welcker, Benny Burtt, Brandon Proctor, Steve Boeddeker, Felipe Pacheco, and David V. Butler Wicked: For Good – Jack Dolman, Simon Hayes, John Marquis, Andy Nelson, and Nancy Nugent Title |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" colspan="2"| Best Visual Effects |- | valign="top" colspan="2" | Avatar: Fire and Ash'' – Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett F1 – Ryan Tudhope, Nikeah Forde, Robert Harrington, Nicolas Chevallier, Eric Leven, Edward Price, and Keith Dawson Frankenstein – Dennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess, Ivan Busquets, and José Granell Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning – Alex Wuttke, Ian Lowe, Jeff Sutherland, and Kirstin Hall Sinners – Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter, and Donnie Dean Superman'' – Stéphane Ceretti, Enrico Damm, Stéphane Nazé, and Guy Williams
Films with multiple nominations Nominations Films 14 Sinners 12 One Battle After Another 10 Frankenstein Hamnet 8 Sentimental Value Wicked: For Good 6 Avatar: Fire and Ash Marty Supreme 5 Bugonia F1 Train Dreams 3 It Was Just an Accident 2 A House of Dynamite Jay Kelly KPop Demon Hunters Late Shift Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning No Other Choice The Secret Agent Sorry, Baby
Films with multiple wins Wins Films 3 Hamnet One Battle After Another 2 Avatar: Fire and Ash Frankenstein Marty Supreme The Secret Agent Sinners
Television winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
Best Drama Series Best Comedy or Musical Series Pluribus (Apple TV) The Diplomat (Netflix) Matlock (CBS) The Pitt (HBO Max) Severance (Apple TV) Slow Horses (Apple TV) Platonic (Apple TV) Abbott Elementary (ABC) The Bear (FX on Hulu) English Teacher (FX on Hulu) Hacks (HBO Max) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) Best Genre Series Best Miniseries & Limited Seriesor Motion Picture Made for Television Andor (Disney+) The Last of Us (HBO Max) Stranger Things (Netflix) The White Lotus (HBO) Adolescence (Netflix) Cassandra (Netflix) Dying for Sex (FX on Hulu) Mr. Scorsese (Apple TV) The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Prime Video) Toxic Town (Netflix) Best Actor in a Drama or Genre Series Best Actress in a Drama or Genre Series Diego Luna – Andor as Cassian Andor (Disney+) Sterling K. Brown – Paradise as Xavier Collins (Hulu) Gary Oldman – Slow Horses as Jackson Lamb (Apple TV) Mark Ruffalo – Task as Tom Brandis (HBO Max) Adam Scott – Severance as Mark Scout / Mark S. (Apple TV) Noah Wyle – The Pitt as Dr. Michael "Robby" Robinavitch (HBO Max) Rhea Seehorn – Pluribus as Carol Sturka (Apple TV) Kathy Bates – Matlock as Madeline "Matty" Matlock / Madeline Kingston (CBS) Britt Lower – Severance as Helena Eagan / Helly R. (Apple TV) Helen Mirren – MobLand as Maeve Harrigan (Paramount+) Genevieve O'Reilly – Andor as Mon Mothma (Disney+) Keri Russell – The Diplomat as Kate Wyler (Netflix) Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical Series Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical Series Seth Rogen – The Studio as Matt Remick (Apple TV) Adam Brody – Nobody Wants This as Noah Roklov (Netflix) Steve Martin – Only Murders in the Building as Charles-Haden Savage (Hulu) Glen Powell – Chad Powers as Russ Holliday / Chad Powers (Hulu) Martin Short – Only Murders in the Building as Oliver Putnam (Hulu) Jeremy Allen White – The Bear as Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto (FX on Hulu) Kristen Bell – Nobody Wants This as Joanne Williams (Netflix) Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary as Janine Teagues (ABC) Ayo Edebiri – The Bear as Sydney Adamu (FX on Hulu) Selena Gomez – Only Murders in the Building as Mabel Mora (Hulu) Natasha Lyonne – Poker Face as Charlie Cale (Peacock)