14th Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA) Dorian Film Awards laud ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’

A24’s Everything Everywhere All At Once dominated the 14 Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA) winners announced today, taking seven awards including Film of the Year, Director and Screenplay of the Year for Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert and both lead and supporting acting wins (Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan, respectively. Yeoh was also named the Wilde Artist of the Year while her co-star Stephanie Hsu earned the group’s Rising Star award.

The A24 love continued with wins for Charlotte Wells’ Aftersun in Unsung Film of the Year and Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, named Animated Film of the Year, and Campiest Film of the Year winner Pearl.

“Pushing through a pandemic, plus frightening attacks on not just America’s democracy but its citizens of color and anyone who isn’t straight—we’ve all had to deal with a lot lately,” said GALECA Executive Director John Griffiths. “But how great is that the movies are back, from big, exciting blockbuster to personal and quirky stories that hit home for all types of cinema fans? No matter what’s going on in the mind of a certain Florida governor and his ilk, the best movies, and TV too, will only continue to reflect what’s going on in the real world—and parallel ones too. Looking at our nominees and winners, you can let out a nice, deep breath.”

Two Dorians went to All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, director Laura Poitras’s nonfiction film from NEON centered on famed photographer – and recovering OxyContin addict – Nan Goldin. The film, taking both best documentary and LGBTQ documentary, follows the bisexual Goldin in her mission to shame members of the Sackler family pharma dynasty for willfully helping fuel America’s opioid crisis. 

S.S. Rajamouli’s massive blockbuster RRR, the rollicking, spectacular – and song-filled – historical adventure about two passionate South Indian rebels determined to push British colonials from their homeland in the 1920s, snagged Non-English Language Film of the Year.

Non-binary actor-singer Janelle Monáe, co-star of last year’s popular hit Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (for which they received a supporting performance Dorian nomination), was named LGBTQIA+ Film Trailblazer. Past Trailblazers (either film or TV) include director Isabel Sandoval, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez and Pedro Almodóvar.

In a special vote in their film ballots, GALECA’s members were asked to name an LGBTQ-themed theatrical release of 2022 that they felt deserved more attention (streaming platform releases such as Hulu’s Fire Island and Netflix’s Do Revenge were not considered but will be eligible for the next Dorian TV Awards). The group’s 10 Best Unsung LGBTQ Film Films of 2022, in alphabetical order: Anais in Love, Benediction, Close, Firebird, Girl Picture, Great Freedom, Peter von Kant, Please Baby Please, Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies and We’re All Going to the World’s Fair.

Here is the complete list of winners (in bold).

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 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)
• Close (A24)
• Decision to Leave (MUBI)
• EO (Sideshow, Janus Films)
• RRR (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 (Vertical/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)
• 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 (Wolfe Releasing)
• Sirens (Oscilloscope)

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 (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 (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

GALECA LGBTQIA+ Film Trailblazer Award 

Janelle Monáe