15th Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA) Dorian Awards: ‘All of Us Strangers’ Named Film of the Year
Todd Haynes and May December win three; Ayo Edebiri, Colman Domingo, Jodie Foster Among Special Honorees
Andrew Haigh’s beautifully observed ghostly drama All of Us Strangers has been named the Best Film of the Year by GALECA, the Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics. The 500-members strong GALECA, one of the largest entertainment journalists organizations in the world, also named Strangers LGBTQ Film of the Year, and also awarded Haigh LGBTQ Screenplay of the Year.
“Twelve years ago, Andrew Haigh’s fresh and observant queer romance Weekend ruled our Dorians as well,” said GALECA President Walt Hickey. “So the fact that Strangers obviously touched many of our members’ hearts as well counts as sort of a sweet homecoming to our organization.”
Film Director of the Year went to Greta Gerwig for her box office crowd-pleaser Barbie, which also won Film Music of the Year. The Best Screenplay honors went to newcomer Samy Burch for May December, and Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall earned the Non-English Language Film of the Year award.
Queer actor Lily Gladstone, who just won an historic Screen Actors Guild award for her work in Killers of the Flower Moon this weekend, won the GALECA Leading Film Performance of the Year prize and Charles Melton won Supporting Film Performance of the Year for his breakthrough work in May December.
Kokomo City, which follows four Black transgender sex workers who narrate their own specific journeys navigating Blackness, sexuality, and gender while charting their own path to achieving their dreams for the future, was a double winner for Documentary of the Year and LGBTQ Documentary of the Year.
As for the group’s trademark individual honors, Rustin actor Colman Domingo was named LGBTQIA+ Film Trailblazer “for creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity.” May December director Todd Haynes landed the Wilde Artist Award, going to “a truly groundbreaking force in entertainment” Ayo Edebiri, who had a banner year in 2023, received the “We’re Wilde About You!” Rising Star Award.
GALECA’s inaugural Genre Film of the Year winner went director Yorgos Lanthimos and screenwriter Tony McNamara’s Poor Things, an equity-empowering twist on Frankenstein that also took Visually Striking Film.
Jodie Foster, who earned raves for her HBO smash True Detective and her Oscar-nominated work in the feature film Nyad, was named Timeless Star. The career achievement honor, hailing “an exemplary career marked by character, wisdom and wit,” has in years past gone to the likes of Sir Ian McKellen, Angela Lansbury, Jane Fonda, George Takei, Nathan Lane and Meryl Streep.
Here is the complete list of winners of the 15th LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA) Dorian Awards.
Film of the Year
All of Us Strangers (Searchlight Pictures)
- Barbie (Warner Bros.)
- May December (Netflix)
- Past Lives (A24)
- Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)
LGBTQ Film of the Year
All of Us Strangers (Searchlight Pictures)
- Bottoms (Amazon MGM)
- Passages (MUBI)
- Rustin (Netflix)
- Saltburn (Amazon MGM)
Director of the Year
Greta Gerwig, Barbie (Warner Bros.)
- Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers (Searchlight Pictures)
- Todd Haynes, May December (Netflix)
- Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
- Celine Song, Past Lives (A24)
Screenplay of the Year – Original or Adapted
Samy Burch, May December (Netflix)
- Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig, Barbie (Warner Bros.)
- Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers (Searchlight Pictures)
- Arthur Harari, Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall (NEON)
- Celine Song, Past Lives (A24)
LGBTQ Screenplay of the Year (new)
Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers (Searchlight Pictures)
- 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 (Amazon MGM)
Non-English Language Film of the Year
Anatomy of a Fall (NEON)
- The Boy and the Heron (GKIDS)
- Godzilla Minus One (Toho)
- Past Lives (A24)
- The Zone of Interest (A24)
LGBTQ Non-English Language Film of the Year
Anatomy of a Fall (NEON)
- Afire (Janus Films/Sideshow)
- Cassandro (Amazon MGM)
- Monster (Well Go USA)
- 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)
- Monica (IFC Films)
- Origin (NEON)
- Theater Camp (Searchlight Pictures)
- A Thousand and One (Focus Features)
Leading Film Performance of the Year
Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple Original Films)
- Colman Domingo, Rustin (Netflix)
- Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers (Focus Features)
- Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall (NEON)
- Greta Lee, Past Lives (A24)
- Trace Lysette, Monica (IFC Films)
- Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
- Natalie Portman, May December (Netflix)
- Andrew Scott, All of Us Strangers (Searchlight Pictures)
- Emma Stone, Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)
Supporting Film Performance of the Year
Charles Melton, May December (Netflix)
- Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple (Warner Bros.)
- Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
- Jodie Foster, Nyad (Netflix)
- Claire Foy, All of Us Strangers (Searchlight Pictures)
- Ryan Gosling, Barbie (Warner Bros.)
- Rachel McAdams, Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret (Lionsgate)
- Paul Mescal, All of Us Strangers (Searchlight Pictures)
- Rosamund Pike, Saltburn (Amazon MGM)
- Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers (Focus Features)
Documentary of the Year
Kokomo City (Magnolia Pictures)
- American Symphony (Netflix)
- Beyond Utopia (Roadside Attractions)
- Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (Apple Original Films)
- 20 Days in Mariupol (PBS Distribution)
LGBTQ Documentary of the Year
Kokomo City (Magnolia Pictures)
- Every Body (Focus Features)
- Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project (HBO/Confluential Films)
- Little Richard: I Am Everything (Magnolia Pictures)
- Orlando, My Political Biography (Janus Film/Sideshow)
Animated Film of the Year
The Boy and the Heron (GKIDS)
- Elemental (Walt Disney/Pixar)
- Nimona (Netflix)
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (Paramount Pictures)
Genre Film of the Year (new) – for excellence in science fiction, fantasy and horror
Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)
- All of Us Strangers (Searchlight Pictures)
- Godzilla Minus One (Toho)
- M3GAN (Universal Pictures)
- Talk To Me (A24)
Film Music of the Year
Barbie — Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt, et al. (Warner Bros.)
- The Boy and the Heron — Joe Hisaishi (GKIDS)
- The Color Purple — Stephen Bray, Allee Willis, Brenda Russell, Kris Bowers, et al. (Warner Bros.)
- Oppenheimer — Ludwig Göransson (Universal Pictures)
- The Zone of Interest — Mica Levi (A24)
Visually Striking Film of the Year
Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)
- Asteroid City (Focus Features)
- Barbie (Warner Bros.)
- Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
- Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures)
Campiest Flick
M3GAN (Universal Pictures)
- Barbie (Warner Bros.)
- Bottoms (Amazon MGM)
- Dicks: The Musical (A24)
- Saltburn (Amazon MGM)
“We’re Wilde About You!” Rising Star Award
Ayo Edebiri
- Lily Gladstone
- Jacob Elordi
- Charles Melton
- Dominic Sessa
Wilde Artist Award (to a truly groundbreaking force in entertainment)
Todd Haynes
- Quinta Brunson
- Ayo Edebiri
- Greta Gerwig
- Lily Gladstone
GALECA LGBTQIA+ Film Trailblazer Award (for creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity)
Colman Domingo
- Jodie Foster
- Andrew Haigh
- Todd Haynes
- Andrew Scott
Timeless Star (Career achievement award) – honoring an exemplary career marked by character, wisdom and wit
Jodie Foster
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