Who will win the Dorian Award for Best Director? Could it be rising Hollywood firebrand Emerald Fennell for Promising Young Woman or actress Regina King for her feature film directorial debut in One Night in Miami? Will it be First Cow, Minari, Nomadland, Promising Young Woman, or Sound of Metal for Best Film? Viewers can tune in this Sunday evening, April 18 to find out when the 2021 Dorian Awards airs live on Revry TV.
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, founded in 2009 and now comprised of over 280 professional journalists covering film and television, presents its first-ever Dorians Film Toast 2021 awards special Sunday, April 18 at 8 P.M. ET/7 P.M. CT on streaming service Revry at revry.tv.
Movies with a theatrical or digital theatrical release from January 1, 2020, to February 28, 2021, were considered. GALECA hosts two separate Dorian Awards during the year, honoring the best in film and TV, from mainstream to LGBTQ fare. For more information on category requirements for the film awards and TV awards, along with how GALECA’s membership votes on nominees and winners, at DoriansToast.com and GALECA.org.
Gay entertainment and broadcasting veteran Karel will host the Dorians Toast, a twist on the standard awards show combining tributes, interview segments, music, and comedy. Also included: Lively roundtable chats with GALECA’s members about the nominees in several categories.
Presenters include Academy Award-nominated director Lee Daniels (The United States vs. Billie Holiday), Cheyenne Jackson (Call Me Kat), Rosanna Arquette (Pulp Fiction), Academy Award nominee Gabourey Sidibe (Precious, Antebellum), Emmy Award winner Jharrel Jerome (When They See Us, Moonlight, Concrete Cowboy), Rafael Silva (Fluidity, 9-1-1 Lone Star), Harmony Valle-Ramirez (Room To Grow), comedian Margaret Cho, Charo, and more. The virtual ceremony will also feature a musical performance by Morgan Mallory, “Look Into The Light,” written and composed by Karel and Mallory. Dorians Film Toast 2021 is hosted, co-written and executive produced by Karel and co-produced by Brandon Riley Miller (Life in Segments, High) and John Griffiths for GALECA.
Leslie Jordan will receive the Society’s Timeless Star career achievement honor, and transgender writer-director-actress Isabel Sandoval accepts the inaugural GALECA Trailblazer Award.
Complete list of Dorian Film Awards nominees:
Best Film
Best LGBTQ Film
Best Foreign Language Film
Best Director
Best Screenplay (original or adapted)
Best Unsung Film
Best Documentary
Best LGBTQ Documentary
Best Film Performance — Actress
Best Film Performance — Actor
Best Film Performance — SUPPORTING Actress
Best Film Performance — SUPPORTING Actor
Most Visually Striking Film
Campiest Flick
“We’re Wilde About You!” Rising Star Award
Wilde Artist Award (to a truly groundbreaking force in entertainment)
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