With awards season now in full swing, GALECA: the Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics has just announced the list of nominees for its 14th annual Dorian Film Awards. Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s breathtaking Everything Everywhere All at Once, featuring a touching storyline between a mother (Michelle Yeoh) and her queer daughter (Stephanie Hsu), leads with nine nominations including Film of the Year and LGBTQ Film of the Year, alongside Terence Davies’ Benediction, Nicholas Stoller’s Bros (co-written by and starring Billy Eichner), Elegance Bratton’s The Inspection, and Todd Field’s Tár, which racked up seven Dorian nods. As Andrew Ahn’s Fire Island and John Logan’s They/Them didn’t receive a theatrical, or a digital theatrical release, those titles weren’t eligible for Dorian Awards nomination.
The LGBTQ Documentary of the Year category saw nominations for Laura Poitras’ All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, Chase Joynt’s Framing Agnes, Brett Morgen’s Moonage Daydream, Magnus Gertten’s Gimme Some Truth: Nelly & Nadine (Auto Images), and Rita Baghdadi’s Sirens (Frameline). All The Beauty and the Bloodshed and Moonage Daydream are also contenders for the Documentary of the Year
prize alongside Sara Dosa’s Fire of Love (Neon, National Geographic), Ryan White’s Good Night Oppy (Amazon Studios), and Daniel Roher’s Navalny (Warner Bros.).
The gender-neutral performance categories sees recognition for Cate Blanchett and Nina Hoss in Tár, Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Ke Huy Quan in Everything Everywhere All at Once, Brendan Fraser and Hong Chau in The Whale, Viola Davis in The Woman King, Mia Goth in Pearl, Paul Mescal in Aftersun, Jeremy Pope in The Inspection, Angela Bassett in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Janelle Monáe in Glass Onion: Knives Out, and Keke Palmer in Nope.
Cate Blanchett, Janelle Monáe, Michelle Yeoh, and Keke Palmer are all also up for the society’s Wilde Artist Award honouring “a truly groundbreaking force in film”, alongside Bros’ Billy Eichner. In the running for this year’s Timeless Award—recognising an “actor or performer whose exemplary career is marked by character, wisdom and wit”—are RuPaul, Nathan Lane, Tom Hanks, Sir Anthony Hopkins, and Bill Nighy. The films nominated for Campiest Flick of the Year are Babylon, Bodies Bodies Bodies, Elvis, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, and Pearl. The winners of this year’s Dorian Film Awards will be announced on February 23rd, 2023.
Here’s the full list of nominees:
GALECA: THE SOCIETY OF LGBTQ ENTERTAINMENT CRITICS – 14TH DORIAN FILM AWARDS NOMINATIONS
Film of the Year
Aftersun (A24)
The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight)
Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24)
The Fablemans (Universal)
Tár (Focus Features)
LGBTQ Film of the Year
Benediction (Roadside Attractions)
Bros (Universal)
Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24)
The Inspection (A24)
Tár (Focus Features)
Director of the Year
Todd Field, Tár (Focus Features)
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24)
Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight)
Sarah Polley, Women Talking (United Artists)
Charlotte Wells, Aftersun (A24)
Screenplay of the Year
Todd Field, Tár (Focus Features)
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24)
Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight)
Sarah Polley, Women Talking (United Artists)
Charlotte Wells, Aftersun (A24)
Non-English Language Film of the Year
All Quiet on the Western Front (Netflix, Amusement Park)
Close (A24)
Decision to Leave (Mubi, CJ Entertainment)
EO (Sideshow, Janus Films)
RRR (DVV Entertainment, Variance Films)
Unsung Film of the Year – to an exceptional movie worthy of greater attention
Aftersun (A24)
After Yang (A24)
Benediction (Roadside Attractions)
The Eternal Daughter (A24)
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (Searchlight)
The Menu (Searchlight)
Emily the Criminal (Roadside Attractions)
Film Performance of the Year
Cate Blanchett, Tár (Focus Features)
Austin Butler, Elvis (Warner Bros.)
Viola Davis, The Woman King (Sony)
Danielle Deadwyler, Till (United Artists)
Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight)
Brendan Fraser, The Whale (A24)
Mia Goth, Pearl (A24)
Paul Mescal, Aftersun (A24)
Jeremy Pope, The Inspection (A24)
Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24)
Supporting Film Performance of the Year
Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Disney, Marvel)
Hong Chau, The Whale (A24)
Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24)
Dolly De Leon, Triangle of Sadness (Neon)
Nina Hoss, Tár (Focus Features)
Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24)
Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight)
Janelle Monáe, Glass Onion: Knives Out (Netflix)
Keke Palmer, Nope (Universal)
Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24)
Documentary of the Year
All The Beauty and the Bloodshed (Neon)
Fire of Love (Neon, National Geographic)
Good Night Oppy (Amazon Studios)
Moonage Daydream (Neon)
Navalny (Warner Bros.)
LGBTQ Documentary of the Year
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (Neon)
Framing Agnes (Kino Lorber)
Moonage Daydream (Neon)
Gimme Some Truth: Nelly & Nadine (Auto Images)
Sirens (Frameline)
Animated Film of the Year
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (Netflix)
Marcel The Shell with Shoes On (A24)
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (DreamWorks, Universal)
Turning Red (Disney, Pixar)
Wendell & Wild (Netflix)
Film Music of the Year
Babylon – score by Justin Hurvitz (Paramount)
Elvis – score and music production by Elliott Wheeler; the music of Elvis Presley; various artists (Warner Bros.)
RRR – score by M.M. Keeravani (DVV Entertainment, Variance Films)
Tár – score and curation by Hildur Guðnadóttir (Focus Features)
Women Talking – score by Hildur Guðnadóttir (United Artists)
Visually Striking Film of the Year
Avatar: The Way of Water (20th Century) Babylon (Paramount)
Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24)
Nope (Universal)
RRR (DVV Entertainment, Variance Films)
Campiest Flick of the Year
Babylon (Paramount)
Bodies Bodies Bodies (A24)
Elvis (Warner Bros.)
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Netflix)
Pearl (A24)
RRR (DVV Entertainment, Variance Films)
Rising Star Award
Austin Butler
Frankie Corio
Stephanie Hsu
Gabriel LaBelle
Jenny Ortega
Jeremy Pope
Wilde Artist Award – to a truly groundbreaking force in film, theater and/or television
Cate Blanchett
Billy Eichner
Janelle Monáe
Keke Palmer
Michelle Yeoh
Timeless Award – to an actor or performer whose exemplary career is marked by character, wisdom and wit
RuPaul Andre Charles
Nathan Lane
Tom Hanks
Anthony Hopkins
Bill Nighy
Formed in 2009, GALECA consists of over 400 professional critics and entertainment journalists, making it one of the largest and most influential organizations of its type in the world with members in the United States, Canada, Australia, and the UK. Over the years, the group’s top film prize has gone to such titles as Parasite, Nomadland and 12 Years a Slave, as well as queer-driven tales Carol, Moonlight and, last awards season, The Power of the Dog.
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