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February 26, 2024 - Los Angeles, Ca. - For its 15th Dorian Film Awards, GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics fully embraced All of Us Strangers, writer-director Andrew Haigh's fantastical and tear-inducing tale of two troubled souls falling for each other in lonely London. The 500-members strong GALECA, one of the largest entertainment journalists organizations in the world, named Strangers both Film of the Year and 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.” 

In a tight race for Film Director of the Year (so tight, even Martin Scorsese didn’t make GALECA’s Dorians short list), Greta Gerwig proved the ultimate champion for helming the spectacular crowd-pleaser Barbie. Spreading the appreciation judiciously, the group gave overall screenplay honors to newcomer Sami Burch for May December, a cunningly observed riff on a true-life American scandal of the 1990s. Another scintillating drama, the whydunnit Anatomy of a Fall, earned Non-English Language Film of the Year. 

GALECA’s inaugural Genre Film of the Year winner: Director Yorgos Lanthimos and screenwriter Tony McNamara’s Poor Things, an equity-empowering twist on Frankenstein that also took Visually Striking Film. And Dorian voters, obviously fans of powerful female humanoids, crowned the cheeky horror flick M3GAN as Campiest Flick. 

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.” Meanwhile, May December (and past Dorian winner Carol) director Todd Haynes landed the Wilde Artist Award, going to “a truly groundbreaking force in entertainment.” 

Jodie Foster, who at age 61 is earning raves for her work in the feature film Nyad and HBO smash True Detective, 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. 

GALECA’s Dorian Awards go to the best in film, TV and Broadway / Off-Broadway, mainstream to LGBTQ+, at separate times of the year. The group’s members work for a wide range of notable media outlets, and vote on their favorites in entertainment in purely democratic fashion. For more info, visit galeca.org and search for GALECA’s official Dorian Awards pages on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and more. 

GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics’ 15th Dorian Film Awards—Full List of Winners:

Film of the Year

• 🏆 All of Us Strangers (Searchlight)

• Barbie (Warner Bros.)

• May December (Netflix) 

• Past Lives (A24) 

• Poor Things (Searchlight)

LGBTQ Film of the Year

• 🏆 All of Us Strangers (Searchlight) 

• Bottoms (MGM)

• Passages (MUBI, SBS)

• Rustin (Netflix)

• Saltburn (Amazon MGM) 

Director of the Year

• 🏆 Greta Gerwig, Barbie (Warner Bros.)

• Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers (Searchlight)

• Todd Haynes, May December (Netflix)

• Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer (Universal)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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

• Afire (Janus Films, Sideshow)

• 🏆 Anatomy of a Fall (NEON)

• Cassandro (Amazon MGM)

• Monster (Well Go USA, Gaga, Toho)

• 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)

• Origin (NEON)

• Theater Camp (Searchlight)

• A Thousand and One (Focus Features)

Film Performance of the Year

• Colman Domingo, Rustin (Netflix)

• Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers (Focus Features)

• 🏆 Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple)

• Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall (NEON)

• Greta Lee, Past Lives (A24)

• Trace Lysette, Monica (IFC)

• Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer (Universal)

• Natalie Portman, May December (Netflix)

• Andrew Scott, All of Us Strangers (Searchlight)

• Emma Stone, Poor Things (Searchlight)

Supporting Film Performance of the Year

• Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple (Warner Bros.)

• Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer (Universal)

• Jodie Foster, Nyad (Netflix)

• Claire Foy, All of Us Strangers (Searchlight)

• 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)

• Rosamund Pike, Saltburn (Amazon MGM)

• Da'Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers (Focus Features)

Documentary of the Year

• American Symphony (Netflix)

• Beyond Utopia (Roadside Attractions, Fathom Events)

• 🏆 Kokomo City (Magnolia)

• Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (Apple) 

• 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)

• Little Richard: I Am Everything (Magnolia)

• Orlando, My Political Biography (Janus Film, Sideshow)

Animated Film of the Year

• 🏆 The Boy and the Heron (GKIDS)

• Elemental (Disney)

• Nimona (Netflix, Annapurna)

• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (SONY)

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (Paramount)

Genre Film of the Year (new)

For excellence in science fiction, fantasy and horror

• All of Us Strangers (Searchlight)

• Godzilla Minus One (Toho)

• M3GAN (Universal)

• 🏆 Poor Things (Searchlight)

• 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) 

• The Zone of Interest — Mica Levi (A24)

Visually Striking Film of the Year

• Asteroid City (Focus Features)

• Barbie (Warner Bros.)

• Oppenheimer (Universal)

• 🏆 Poor Things (Searchlight)

• Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (SONY)

Campiest Flick 

• Barbie (Warner Bros.)

• Bottoms (MGM)

• Dicks: The Musical (A24)

• 🏆 M3GAN (Universal) 

• 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

• 🏆 Jodie Foster

Winner counts per studio:

• Searchlight 5

• NEON 2

• Netflix 2

• Warner Bros. 2

• Magnolia 2

• Apple 1

• GKIDS 1

• Universal 1

About GALECA & Our Dorian Awards

Formed in 2009, GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics honors the best in film, television and Broadway/Off Broadway, mainstream to LGBTQIA+, via the Dorian Awards. A 501 c 6 nonprofit, GALECA serves to remind bigots, bullies and our own beleaguered communities that the world looks to the informed Q+ eye on entertainment. The organization also advocates for better pay, access and respect for its members, especially those in our most underrepresented and vulnerable segments. GALECA’s efforts also include the Crimson Honors, a college film/TV criticism contest for LGBTQ women or nonbinary students of color. 

See our members' latest reviews, commentary and interviews, along with looks at entertainment’s past, via @DorianAwards on X, Facebook and Instagram. GALECA's YouTube channel features the group's past Dorians film and TV Toast awards specials, video chats with filmmakers and performers, plus talks with members about their latest books and more. Find more info at GALECA.org.

GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment journalists is a core member of CGEM: Critics Groups for Equality in Media, an alliance of underrepresented entertainment journalists organizations. 

Contact

John Griffiths, Editorial Consultant

Executive Director & Founder, GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics & Dorian Awards

GALECA.org • @dorianawards / john.griffiths@galeca.org