I Saw the TV Glow (c) A24
Friday Jan. 17, 2025 - Los Angeles - GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, consisting of over 500 entertainment critics, journalists and media icons, today announced the group’s democratically chosen nominees for its 16th Dorian Film Awards. The Dorians go to both mainstream and LGBTQ-themed content, celebrating what the group calls “the expert Q+ eye on entertainment.”
Leading with an impressive nine nominations is writer-director Jane Schoenbrun’s thought-provoking horror tale I Saw the TV Glow, a film overlooked by many other kudos groups considering 2024’s theatrical and digital releases. Star Demi Moore’s thriller of a comeback The Substance is a close second, with 8 Dorian nods.
From there, the genre-defying trans mobster musical Emilia Pérez and tense ménage-à-trois drama Challengers each hold six nominations, and Dorian-nominated director Brady Corbet’s artful epic The Brutalist makes more than good with five. Other movies GALECA anointed with multi-nominations: Anora, Nickel Boys and Wicked all with four nods each, and Problemista and Queer with three apiece.
In the per-studio counts, A24 has a whopping 25 nominations. Other outfits posting impressive scores: Amazon MGM with 13 nominations, Netflix: (11) and Mubi (10).
Some notable titles in the group’s trademark races include the inventive slapstick comedy Hundreds of Beavers vying for Unsung Film of the Year, Madame Web and Trap looking at Campiest Flick honors, and The Brutalist, Nosferatu and Dune: Part Two among the cinematic dazzlers aiming for Visually Striking Film.
The group’s Timeless Star career achievement honoree will be named when the winners are announced Thursday Feb. 13. GALECA’s members are tentatively scheduled to toast winners and nominees in a brunch the following Sunday.
Along with its film nominations, GALECA announced it is donating $1000 to The Los Angeles Press Club’s emergency relief fund, the amount earmarked for entertainment journalists directly affected by the historically devastating wildfires that have destroyed vast swaths LA, leaving thousands of residents homeless.
“Entertainment journalists are an obviously integral part of the Hollywood ecosystem, and we want to make sure they aren’t forgotten in what’s already a very tough environment for those in our profession,” said GALECA Executive Director John Griffiths. Added Vice President Diane Anderson-Minshall: “We applaud our friends at the Press Club and its sister organization the National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards for coming to our brethren’s need.”
Professional journalists whose main livelihood involves entertainment criticism, editing and/or reportage can apply for help at lapressclub.org. Additional donations may be made there as well.
The Substance (c) MUBI
GALECA: THE SOCIETY OF LGBTQ ENTERTAINMENT CRITICS 16TH DORIAN FILM AWARDS
FILM OF THE YEAR
Anora
Challengers
I Saw the TV Glow
Nickel Boys
The Substance
LGBTQ FILM OF THE YEAR
Challengers
Emilia Peréz
I Saw the TV Glow
Love Lies Bleeding
Queer
DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
Luca Guadagnino, Challengers
RaMell Ross, Nickel Boys
Jane Schoenbrun, I Saw the TV Glow
SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR
Anora
Challengers
Conclave
I Saw the TV Glow
The Substance
Challengers (c) Amazon MGM Studios
LGBTQ SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR
Challengers
I Saw the TV Glow
Love Lies Bleeding
Problemista
Queer
NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
All We Imagine as Light
Emilia Pérez
Flow
I’m Still Here
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Crossing (c) MUBI
LGBTQ NON-ENGLISH FILM OF THE YEAR
Crossing
Emilia Pérez
Queendom
Vermiglio
All Shall Be Well
UNSUNG FILM OF THE YEAR
—To an exceptional movie worthy of greater attention
Dídi
Hundreds of Beavers
My Old Ass
Problemista
Thelma
UNSUNG LGBTQ FILM OF THE YEAR
Femme
My Old Ass
National Anthem
The People’s Joker
Problemista
Queer (c) A24
FILM PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Daniel Craig, Queer
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths
Nicole Kidman, Babygirl
Mikey Madison, Anora
Demi Moore, The Substance
Justice Smith, I Saw the TV Glow
SUPPORTING FILM PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Michele Austin, Hard Truths
Yura Borisov, Anora
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Ariana Grande, Wicked
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Nickel Boys
Brigette Lundy-Paine, I Saw the TV Glow
Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
Margaret Qualley, The Substance
Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez
DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
Dahomey
Daughters
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
Sugarcane
Will & Harper
Will & Harper (c) Netflix
LGBTQ DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
Chasing Chasing Amy
Frida
Merchant Ivory
Queendom
Will & Harper
ANIMATED FILM OF THE YEAR
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot
Nosferatu (c) Focus Features
GENRE FILM OF THE YEAR
For excellence in science fiction, fantasy and horror
Dune: Part Two
I Saw the TV Glow
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked
FILM MUSIC OF THE YEAR
The Brutalist
Challengers
Emilia Pérez
I Saw the TV Glow
Wicked
VISUALLY STRIKING FILM OF THE YEAR
The Brutalist
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
Nickel Boys
The Substance
Hundreds of Beavers (c) Cineverse, Vinegar Syndrome
CAMPIEST FLICK
Hundreds of Beavers
Madame Web
Megalopolis
The Substance
Trap
“WE’RE WILDE ABOUT YOU!” RISING STAR AWARD
Jonathan Bailey
Vera Drew
Karla Sofía Gascón
Brigette Lundy-Paine
Mikey Madison
Katy O’Brian
Drew Starkey
WILDE ARTIST AWARD
To a truly groundbreaking force in entertainment
Colman Domingo
Luca Guadagnino
Coralie Fargeat
Jane Schoenbrun
Tilda Swinton
GALECA LGBTQIA+ FILM TRAILBLAZER
For creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity
Vera Drew
Cynthia Erivo
Luca Guadagnino
Jane Schoenbrun
Julio Torres
About GALECA & The 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, on Bluesky and elsewhere @DorianAwards. 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 out more 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.
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