Though the Satellite Awards aren’t taken too seriously in Oscar season, they have produced some intriguing nominations as the big awards begin to emerge.

Leading the pack (a theme that is likely to continue all season) is Steve McQueen’s historical drama 12 Years a Slave which has received ten nominations including Best Motion Picture as well as acting nods for Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender and newcomer Lupita Nyong’o.

There is also a lot of love for the likes of Gravity and David O. Russell’s upcoming crime-flick American Hustle with eight nods each while Ron Howard’s F1 drama Rush has seven nominations (but no mention in Best Picture or Daniel Bruhl in Best Supporting Actor….).

All is Lost, Blue Jasmine, Captain Phillips, Inside Llewyn Davies, Philomena, Saving Mr Banks and The Wolf of Wall Street complete the strong lineup of films nominated in the Best Motion Picture category.

Best Director includes the likes of Woody Allen, the Coen Brothers and Martin Scorsese while the big name actors that are recognised include Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Sandra Bullock, Bradley Cooper, Judi Dench, Leonardo DiCaprio, Harrison Ford (42), Ryan Gosling (The Place Beyond the Pines), Tom Hanks (nodded twice for Captain Phillips and Saving Mr Banks), Jennifer Lawrence, Robert Redford, Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep, Emma Thompson and Oprah Winfrey (The Butler).

The winners will be announced on March 9th 2014.

The full list of nominees are below:

MOTION PICTURE

12 Years a Slave
All Is Lost
American Hustle
Blue Jasmine
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Inside Llewyn Davis
Philomena
Saving Mr. Banks
The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST DIRECTOR

Woody Allen – Blue Jasmine
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen – Inside Llewyn Davis
Alfonso Cuaron – Gravity
Paul Greengrass – Captain Phillips
Ron Howard – Rush
Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave
David O. Russell – American Hustle
Martin Scorsese – The Wolf of Wall Street

ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE

Amy Adams – American Hustle
Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock – Gravity
Judi Dench – Philomena
Adèle Exarchopoulos – Blue Is the Warmest Color
Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Enough Said
Meryl Streep – August: Osage County
Emma Thompson – Saving Mr. Banks

ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE

Christian Bale – American Hustle
Bruce Dern – Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street
Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave
Tom Hanks – Captain Phillips
Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club
Robert Redford – All Is Lost
Forest Whitaker – The Butler

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine
Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle
Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave
Julia Roberts – August: Osage County
Léa Seydoux – Blue Is the Warmest Color
June Squibb – Nebraska
Emily Watson – The Book Thief
Oprah Winfrey – The Butler

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Bradley Cooper – American Hustle
Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave
Harrison Ford – 42
Ryan Gosling – The Place Beyond the Pines
Jake Gyllenhaal – Prisoners
Tom Hanks – Saving Mr. Banks
Casey Affleck – Out of the Furnace
Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

David O. Russell, Eric Singer – American Hustle
Woody Allen – Blue Jasmine
Nicole Holofcener – Enough Said
Spike Jonze – Her
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen – Inside Llewyn Davis
Kelly Mareel, Sue Smith – Saving Mr. Banks

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

John Ridley – 12 Years a Slave
Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, Richard Linklater – Before Midnight
Billy Ray – Captain Phillips
Peter Berg – Lone Survivor
Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope – Philomena
Terence Winter – The Wolf of Wall Street

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Sean Bobbitt – 12 Years A Slave
Emmanuel Lubezki – Gravity
Bruno Delbonnel – Inside Llewyn Davis
Roger Deakins – Prisoners
Anthony Dod – Mantle Rush
Stuart Dryburgh – The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

FILM EDITING

Joe Walker – 12 Years a Slave
Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers – American Hustle
Alfonso Cuaron, Mark Sanger – Gravity
Joel Cox, Gary D. Roach – Prisoners
Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill – Rush
Thelma Schoonmaker – The Wolf of Wall Street

SOUND (EDITING AND MIXING)

All Is Lost
Captain Phillips
Elysium
Gravity
Inside Llewyn Davis
Rush

ART DIRECTION & PRODUCTION DESIGN

The Butler
The Great Gatsby
The Invisible Woman
Oz the Great and Powerful
Rush
Saving Mr. Banks

COSTUME DESIGN

Patricia Norris – 12 Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight)
Catherine Martin – The Great Gatsby (Warner Bros.)
Michael O’Connor – The Invisible Woman (Sony Pictures Classics)
Gary Jones – Oz the Great and Powerful (Disney)
Julian Day – Rush (Universal)
Daniel Orlandi – Saving Mr. Banks (Disney)

VISUAL EFFECTS

All Is Lost
The Croods
Gravity
Oz the Great and Powerful
Rush
World War Z

ORIGINAL SCORE

Hans Zimmer – 12 Years a Slave
John Williams – The Book Thief
Steven Price – Gravity
Arcade Fire – Her
Alexandre Desplat – Philomena
Theodore Shapiro – The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

ORIGINAL SONG

Despicable Me 2 – “Happy”
Frozen – “Let It Go”
The Great Gatsby – “Young and Beautiful”
The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug – “I See Fire”
Inside Llewyn Davis – “Please Mr. Kennedy”
Short Term 12 – “So You Know What It’s Like”

MOTION PICTURE (INTERNATIONAL)

Bethlehem – Israel
Blue Is the Warmest Color – France
The Broken Circle Breakdown – Belgium
Circles – Serbia
Four Corners – South Africa
The Great Beauty – Italy
The Hunt – Denmark
Metro Manila – United Kingdom
The Past – Iran
Wadjda – Saudia Arabia

MOTION PICTURE (ANIMATED OR MIXED MEDIA)

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
The Croods
Epic
Ernest & Celestine
Frozen
Monsters University
Turbo
The Wind Rises

MOTION PICTURE (DOCUMENTARY)

20 Feet from Stardom
The Act of Killing
After Tiller
American Promise
Blackfish
Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie
Sound City
The Square
Stories We Tell
Tim’s Vermeer