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Though the 67th Emmy Awards take place this Sunday evening at 8 PM on Fox, the Television Academy of Arts and Sciences hosts an annual, preliminary ceremony honoring the nitty gritty creative and technical achievements of the past year in TV. Last night’s Creative Arts Emmy Awards — so if you majored in sound editing, this is the part of the show to be excited about — fueled the growing buzz surrounding Amazon and Netflix original programming, which, altogether took home a slew of awards in the name of streaming.

Amazon Studios’ Transparent, Jill Soloway’s poignant comedy following the transition of one family’s patriarch from man to woman, earned three notable awards, including Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy for Bradley Whitford, Outstanding Original Title Music, and Outstanding Costumes for a Contemporary Series. Netflix’s House of Cards, meanwhile, took home two statuettes for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama for Reg E. Carthey (Freddy, Frank Underwood’s go-to BBQ man and political confidante) along with Outstanding Music Composition — so all those dark, broody violin medleys paid off.

Though a strong contender in the race for Outstanding Comedy Series, Netflix’s critically adored Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt lost out on Guest Actor and Actress in a Comedy Series (Jon Hamm and creator Tina Fey lost to Whitford and Shameless‘ Joan Cusack) in addition to being snubbed for an ultimately forgettable award for Stunt Coordination. Is this reason to worry for Netflix and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt? Or is it possible the series will be awarded on Sunday during the main event? Also left out of the competition was Orange Is the New Black, whose top-spot contender in Pablo Schreiber (AKA “Pornstache”) lost out to his Netflix-backed comrade, Carthey.

Netflix rounded out the night, however, with a big win for Outstanding Cinematography for Oscar-nominated documentary Virunga, chronicling the war for natural resources within the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The film is up against HBO’s quadruple threat of the controversial Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, the emotionally jarring rock doc Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, the politically driven The Case Against 8, and Sinatra: All or Nothing At All. Being the odd man out might help Netflix stand apart from HBO’s dominance in the category, but if buzz controls fate, Alex Gibney’s Going Clear might have the best chance at bringing home the top doc prize.

Winners of the major categories will be determined this Sunday evening when the ongoing competition between broadcast, cable, and streaming outlets continues. See Variety’s full list of winners and nominees from last night’s ceremony and watch the 67th Emmy Awards Sunday, September 20 on Fox.

[h/t The Video Ink]

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