GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics has revealed the winners for its 15th annual Dorian Film Awards. Andrew Haigh’s beautifully haunting drama All of Us Strangers was voted both Film of the Year and LGBTQ Film of Year by the 500-member organization of professional journalists, while Haigh also won the Dorian for LGBTQ Screenplay of the Year for his adaptation of the 1987 Japanese novel Strangers by Taichi Yamada.
“Twelve years ago, Haigh’s fresh and observant queer romance Weekend ruled our Dorians, so the fact that All of Us Strangers touched many of our members’ hearts counts as sort of a sweet homecoming to our organization”, commented GALECA president Walt Hickey.
Greta Gerwig was voted Film Director of the Year for her critical and box office triumph Barbie.
Dorian Awards for Non-English Language Film of the Year and LGBTQ Non-English Language Film of the Year went to Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall (Anatomie d’une chute) starring Sandra Hüller as a bisexual author under suspicion for the death of her husband.
Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things starring Emma Stone, won Dorians for Visually Striking Film and GALECA’s new Genre Film of the Year Award, while the organizations’ lovingly-bestowed Campiest Flick tribute went to Gerard Johnstone’s M3GAN.
Following their SAG Award win this weekend, Lily Gladstone was recognized by the Society of LGBTQ Critics with the Dorian Award for Film Performance of the Year for their work in Martin Scorsese’s historical drama Killers of the Flower Moon, while Charles Melton was voted the Dorian Award winner for Supporting Film Performance of the Year for his turn opposite Juliane Moore and Natalie Portman in Todd Haynes’ May December.
Samy Burch won Screenplay of the Year for May December, while Haynes was honoured with the group’s Wilde Artist Award as “a truly groundbreaking force in entertainment”.
Star of Rustin and The Color Purple, Colman Domingo was voted LGBTQIA+ Film Trailblazer “for creating art that inspires empathy, truth, and equity.”
Oscar-winning Nyad star Jodie Foster was honoured for her decades-spanning screen career with GALECA’s Timeless Star Award for “an exemplary career marked by character, wisdom, and wit.” Previous recipients of the honour include Ian McKellen, Angela Lansbury, Jane Fonda, George Takei, Nathan Lane, and Meryl Streep.
GALECA: The Society Of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics 15th Dorian Film Awards – Full List Of Winners
Film of the Year
*All of Us Strangers (Searchlight)* – WINNER
Barbie (Warner Bros.)
May December (Netflix)
Past Lives (A24)
Poor Things (Searchlight)
LGBTQ Film of the Year
*All of Us Strangers (Searchlight)* – WINNER
Bottoms (MGM)
Passages (MUBI, SBS)
Rustin (Netflix)
Saltburn (Amazon MGM)
Director of the Year
*Greta Gerwig, Barbie (Warner Bros.)* – WINNER
Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers (Searchlight)
Todd Haynes, May December (Netflix)
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer (Universal)
Celine Song, Past Lives (A24)
Screenplay of the Year – original or adapted
Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig, Barbie (Warner Bros.)
*Samy Burch, May December (Netflix)* – WINNER
Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers (Searchlight)
Arthur Harari, Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall (NEON)
Celine Song, Past Lives (A24)
LGBTQ Screenplay of the Year
*Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers (Searchlight)* – WINNER
Arthur Harari, Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall (NEON)
Dustin Lance Black, Julian Breece, Rustin (Netflix)
Arlette Langmann, Ira Sachs, Mauricio Zacharias, Passages (MUBI)
Emma Seligman, Rachel Sennott, Bottoms (MGM)
Non-English Language Film of the Year
*Anatomy of a Fall (NEON)* – WINNER
The Boy and the Heron (GKIDS, Toho)
Godzilla Minus One (Toho)
Past Lives (A24)
The Zone of Interest (A24)
LGBTQ Non-English Language Film of the Year
Afire (Janus Films, Sideshow)
*Anatomy of a Fall (NEON)* – WINNER
Cassandro (Amazon MGM)
Monster (Well Go USA, Gaga, Toho)
Rotting in the Sun (MUBI)
Unsung Film of the Year – to an exceptional movie worthy of greater attention
*Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret (Lionsgate)* – WINNER
Monica (IFC)
Origin (NEON)
Theater Camp (Searchlight)
A Thousand and One (Focus Features)
Film Performance of the Year
Colman Domingo, Rustin (Netflix)
Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers (Focus Features)
*Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple, Paramount)* – WINNER
Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall (NEON)
Greta Lee, Past Lives (A24)
Trace Lysette, Monica (IFC)
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer (Universal)
Natalie Portman, May December (Netflix)
Andrew Scott, All of Us Strangers (Searchlight)
Emma Stone, Poor Things (Searchlight)
Supporting Film Performance of the Year
Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple (Warner Bros.)
Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer (Universal)
Jodie Foster, NYAD (Netflix)
Claire Foy, All of Us Strangers (Searchlight)
Ryan Gosling, Barbie (Warner Bros.)
Rachel McAdams, Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret (Lionsgate)
*Charles Melton, May December (Netflix)* – WINNER
Paul Mescal, All of Us Strangers (Searchlight)
Rosamind Pike, Saltburn (Amazon MGM)
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers (Focus Features)
Documentary of the Year
American Symphony (Netflix)
Beyond Utopia (Roadside Attractions, Fathom Events)
*Kokomo City (Magnolia)* – WINNER
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
20 Days in Mariupol (PBS Distribution)
LGBTQ Documentary of the Year
Every Body (Focus Features)
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project (HBO, Confluential Films)
*Kokomo City (Magnolia)* – WINNER
Little Richard: I Am Everything (Magnolia)
Orlando, My Political Biography (Janus Film, Sideshow)
Animated Film of the Year
*The Boy and the Heron (GKIDS, Toho)* – WINNER
Elemental (Disney)
Nimona (Netflix, Annapurna)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (SONY)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (Paramount)
Genre Film of the Year – for excellence in science fiction, fantasy, and horror
All of Us Strangers (Searchlight)
Godzilla Minus One (Toho)
M3GAN (Universal)
*Poor Things (Searchlight)* – WINNER
Talk To Me (A24)
Film Music of the Year
*Barbie — Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt, et al. (Warner Bros.)* – WINNER
The Boy and the Heron — Joe Hisaishi (GKIDS, Toho)
The Color Purple — Stephen Bray, Allee Willis, Brenda Russell, Kris Bowers, et al. (Warner Bros.)
Oppenheimer — Ludwig Göransson (Universal)
The Zone of Interest — Mica Levi (A24)
Visually Striking Film of the Year
Asteroid City (Focus Features)
Barbie (Warner Bros.)
Oppenheimer (Universal)
*Poor Things (Searchlight)* – WINNER
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (SONY)
Campiest Flick
Barbie (Warner Bros.)
Bottoms (MGM)
Dicks: The Musical (A24)
*M3GAN (Universal)* – WINNER
Saltburn (Amazon MGM)
“We’re Wilde About You!” Rising Star Award
*Ayo Edebiri* – WINNER
Lily Gladstone
Jacob Elordi
Charles Melton
Dominic Sessa
Wilde Artist Award – to a truly groundbreaking force in entertainment
Quinta Brunson
Ayo Edebiri
Greta Gerwig
Lily Gladstone
*Todd Haynes* – WINNER
GALECA LGBTQIA+ Film Trailblazer Award – for creating art that inspires empathy, truth, and equity
*Colman Domingo* – WINNER
Jodie Foster
Andrew Haigh
Todd Haynes
Andrew Scott
Timeless Star
Honouring an exemplary career marked by character, wisdom, and wit
*Jodie Foster* – WINNER
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics is a core member of CGEM: Critics Groups for Equality in Media, an alliance of underrepresented entertainment journalists organizations.
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