‘Everything Everywhere’ & ‘Tár’ Lead GALECA’s 14th Annual Dorian Film Awards Nominations

Time to jump universes!

The Daniels’ beloved Everything Everywhere All At Once nabbed 9 nominations at GALECA’s 14th Annual Dorian Awards on Thursday. Members were not required to eat a tube of chapstick or profess their love to their enemies in order to vote. The film earned nominations for Picture, Direction, LGBTQ Film of the Year and mentions for Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ke Huy Quan, and Stephanie Hsu (who was also nominated for the Rising Star Award).

Is it a surprise that Todd Field’s Tár, starring Cate Blanchett was mentioned for 7 awards? If you see a funny Tár meme or gif online…chances are that your closest queer friend shared it. The film is a phenomenon, and one of the most lauded films of the national critics awards so far this season. Field was nominated for Direction and Screenplay. Other notable nominations include Jeremy Pope for The Inspection, Paul Mescal for Aftersun, and Keke Palmer for Nope. Babylon, Bodies Bodies Bodies, Elvis, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Pearl, and RRR will compete for the coveted Campiest Flick of the Year.

See below for GALECA’s press release and full list of nominees!

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Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023 – GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics today announced its 14th Dorian Film Awards nominations. The mind-bending comedy Everything Everywhere All at Once, starring Michelle Yeoh as a beleaguered, alternate reality-bouncing laundromat owner, leads with 9 nominations. Tár, the dizzyingly heady drama with Cate Blanchett as an orchestra conductor experiencing her own issues with reality, follows with 7. The cutting end-of-a-bromance tale The Banshees of Inisherin notched 5 nominations, as did the heartbreaking father-daughter drama Aftersun—including two for writer-director Charlotte Wells.

Winners will be named February 23.

Formed in 2009, GALECA now 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. Members predominantly based in the U.S., with some in Canada, Australia and the U.K. They work or freelance for an impressive array of online, print and broadcast outlets.

The membership honors the best in film and television, mainstream to LGBTQIA+-focused. 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. In addition to Film of the Year, the current 17 Dorian Awards film categories include trademark accolades Unsung Film, Campiest Flick and Visually Striking Film of the Year. The group also bestows its Timeless Star career achievement honor and the “We’re Wilde About You!” Rising Star award.

GALECA’s members are well-regarded and regularly vetted critics, reporters, producers, hosts and/or editors working in print, online, podcasting and/or broadcasting across a vast array of noteworthy outlets in the United States, Canada, Australia, the U.K. and beyond. Members vote on the best in all of film in early spring, TV in autumn.

A 501 c 6 nonprofit membership association, GALECA presses for increased access, respect and pay for its members, many of whom remain undervalued by the very media business they champion • GALECA, mindful of the power of screen stories and imagery, encourages thoughtful and constructive film and television criticism for a more enlightened society  • Via panels, screenings and its Dorian Awards, the organization also strives to remind bigots, bullies and our own at-risk youth that the world loves the distinct Q+ eye on entertainment. 

Fans can follow @DorianAwards on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. On GALECA’s YouTube channel, they can watch the group’s past celebrity-filled Dorians film and TV Toast awards specials and more. For more information, visit GALECA.organd contact info@galeca.org.

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 Fabelmans (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(s) 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

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)
• Jaime 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)
• 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
• Jenna 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; alternates yearly between male and female / non-binary honorees)

• RuPaul Andre Charles
• Nathan Lane
• Tom Hanks
• Anthony Hopkins
• Bill Nighy

STUDIO & DISTRIBUTOR COUNTS

• A24 – 25 nominations
• Focus: 7
• Searchlight – 7
• Neon – 6
• Netflix – 5
• Universal – 5
• DVV Entertainment / Variance Films – 4
• United Artists – 4
• Warner Bros. – 4
• Paramount – 3
• Roadside Attractions – 3
• Disney – 2
• Sony – 1
• Amazon Studios – 1
• Auto Pictures – 1
• DreamWorks – 1
• Frameline – 1
• Janus/Sideshow – 1
• Kino Lorber – 1
• Marvel – 1
• National Geographic – 1
• Pixar – 1
• Vertical – 1

GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment journalists is a core member of CGEM: Critics Groups for Equality in Media, an alliance of underrepresented entertainment journalists organizations.