GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics has just revealed the winners of its 14th Dorian Film Awards, with Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s breathtaking Everything Everywhere All at Once named both Film of the Year and LGBTQ Film of the Year. Distributed by A24, the genre-defying movie which features a touching storyline between a mother (Michelle Yeoh) and her queer daughter (Stephanie Hsu), went on to win seven of the nine Dorians it was nominated for.
The Daniels took Dorians for both directing and screenwriting, while Michelle Yeoh won Film Performance of the Year, with Supporting Film Performance of the Year going to Ke Huy Quan, edging out two of his Everything co-stars, Jamie Lee Curtis and Stephanie Hsu, who were nominated alongside him.
Hsu didn’t miss out entirely though, with the LGBTQ critics group naming the actress its Rising Star of the Year. Everything also took the Visually Striking Film of the Year trophy, while Michelle Yeoh notched up a second Dorian this year with the Wilde Artist Award that honours a “truly groundbreaking force” in entertainment.
Laura Poitras’ unflinchingly personal portrait of Nan Goldin the artist and activist, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed—described by The Queer Review’s James Kleinmann as “a poignant work of cumulative power”—won the Dorians for both Documentary of the Year and LGBTQ Documentary of the Year.
Fresh from her win at BAFTA on Sunday night, Charlotte Wells’ deeply moving reverie on a father-daughter relationship, Aftersun, took the Unsung Film of the Year Dorian, in recognition of “an exceptional movie worthy of greater attention.”
GALECA’s affectionately bestowed Campiest Flick of the Year Dorian was awarded to the compelling candy coloured horror prequel Pearl starring and written by Mia Goth, which was hailed by The Queer Review’s Glenn Gaylord as “one of the year’s best films”. The Dorian for Non-English Language Film of the Year went to S.S. Rajamouli’s spectacular historical adventure RRR.
Following her memorable role in last year’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, singer-songwriter, actress, producer, and fashion icon Janelle Monáe was named LGBTQIA+ Film Trailblazer. The Society will announce the recipient of its 2023 Timeless Star career achievement at a later date.
While voting for the winners, GALECA’s 400+ members were also asked to name an LGBTQ-themed theatrical release which they felt deserved more attention, resulting in a list of the 10 Best Unsung LGBTQ Films of 2022 (in alphabetical order): Anais in Love, Benediction, Close, Firebird, Girl Picture, Great Freedom, Peter von Kant, Please Baby Please, Spoiler Alert, and We’re All Going to the World’s Fair.
Here’s the full list of winners:
GALECA: THE SOCIETY OF LGBTQ ENTERTAINMENT CRITICS – 14TH DORIAN FILM AWARDS WINNERS
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*
GALECA LGBTQIA+ Film Trailblazer Award
*Janelle Monáe*
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 such as Carol, Moonlight and, last awards season, The Power of the Dog.
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