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
LGBTQ Film of the Year
Director of the Year
Screenplay of the Year
Non-English Language Film of the Year
Unsung Film of the Year
To an exceptional movie worthy of greater attention
Film Performance of the Year
Supporting Film Performance of the Year
Documentary of the Year
LGBTQ Documentary of the Year
Animated Film of the Year
Film Music of the Year
Visually Striking Film of the Year
Campiest Flick of the Year
Rising Star Award
Wilde Artist Award
To a truly groundbreaking force in film, theater and/or television
GALECA LGBTQIA+ Film Trailblazer Award
Janelle Monáe
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