‘All of Us Strangers’ Tops Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA) Dorian Awards Nominations
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, consisting of over 500 entertainment critics, journalists and media icons, today announced their nominations for their 15th Dorian Film Awards where Andrew Haigh’s All of Us Strangers led the way with nine mentions, including Film of the Year, Lead Performance of the Year for Andrew Scott and two Supporting Performance of the Year nods in Paul Mescal and Claire Foy. Haigh and Scott are also both up for the org’s GALECA LGBTQIA+ Film Trailblazer Award.
Also up for Film of the Year are Greta Gerwig’s Barbie (7 nominations), Todd Haynes’s May December (6), Celine Song’s Past Lives (5), and Yorgos Lanthimos’s Poor Things (4). All are nominated for Director of the Year save Lanthimos, replaced by Christopher Nolan for Oppenheimer, which earned five nominations. The LGBTQ Film of the Year nominees were: All of Us Strangers, Bottoms, Passages, Rustin and Saltburn.
Nominees for Unsung Film include Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret (with costar Rachel McAdams also in the running for Supporting Performance), Italian director Andrea Pallaoro’s adult family drama Monica (and star Trace Lysette scored a lead acting nod), Ava DuVernay’s essential Black historical tale Origin, the cheeky comedy Theater Camp, and A Thousand and One, the riveting drama of a struggling New York City mother (Teyana Taylor) out to keep her little boy out of foster care.
The winner of the group’s Timeless Star career achievement honor, which in the past has gone to the likes of Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno and John Waters, will be named along with the other final victors on Monday February 26.
Here is the complete list of nominations.
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 (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)
- Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig, Barbie (Warner Bros.)
- Samy Burch, May December (Netflix)
- 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 (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 (new)
- Afire (Janus Films, Sideshow)
- Anatomy of a Fall (NEON)
- 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)
Lead Film Performance of the Year
- Colman Domingo, Rustin (Netflix)
- Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers (Focus Features)
- Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple Original Films)
- 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
- 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)
- Charles Melton, May December (Netflix)
- Paul Mescal, All of Us Strangers (Searchlight Pictures)
- Rosamind Pike, Saltburn (Amazon MGM)
- Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers (Focus Features)
Documentary of the Year
- American Symphony (Netflix)
- Beyond Utopia (Roadside Attractions)
- Kokomo City (Magnolia Pictures)
- Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (Apple Original Films)
- 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 Pictures)
- 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 (Disney)
- 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
- All of Us Strangers (Searchlight Pictures)
- Godzilla Minus One (Toho)
- M3GAN (Universal Pictures)
- Poor Things (Searchlight 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
- Asteroid City (Focus Features)
- Barbie (Warner Bros.)
- Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
- Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures
- Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures)
Campiest Flick
- Barbie (Warner Bros.)
- Bottoms (MGM)
- Dicks: The Musical (A24)
- M3GAN (Universal Pictures)
- 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
- Quinta Brunson
- Ayo Edebiri
- Greta Gerwig
- Lily Gladstone
- Todd Haynes
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
To be announced February 26 with winners.
He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.
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