The Screen Actors Guild entered the awards season fray with its nominations on Wednesday, which included a few surprises:

— “Captain Fantastic,” the tale, led by Viggo Mortensen, about a bohemian family home-schooled in a woodsy Northwestern paradise, nabbed a spot in the best ensemble category, the SAG equivalent of best picture.

— “Loving,” directed by Jeff Nichols and starring Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton as a real-life couple who changed anti-miscegenation laws, got no love.

— Emily Blunt landed a nomination, for lead actress, for “The Girl on the Train.”

— “Silence,” the Martin Scorsese drama, was shut out.

The guild nominations — still to come are those from producers and directors — are significant bellwethers in the awards season because they represent the industry’s favorite performances and films.

SAG has 160,000 members, about 1,100 of whom are also in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences actors’ branch, the largest in the academy. Last year’s SAG winner for best ensemble, “Spotlight,” went on to land the Oscar for best picture.

One of this year’s favorites, “La La Land,” isn’t led by an ensemble cast but by two main actors — ergo its exclusion from the Screen Actors best ensemble category. “Manchester by the Sea” landed four nominations, the most, followed by “Fences” and “Moonlight,” each with three.