Dorian Awards love 'Pain and Glory,' 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire' and 'Parasite'
Friday, January 3, 2020 at 7:17PM 
GALECA, The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics announced their nominations for film and TV today. The Dorian Awards - named in honor of noted queer writer Oscar Wilde - showed the most love to Bong Joon-ho's Parasite and Celine Sciamma's Portrait of a Lady on Fire, with six nominations each, followed closely by Pedro Almodovar’s Pain and Glory with five nominations. Three movies not in English, two of them from Queer filmmakers, and all three of them were nominated for best director!
Other notable nominations include Alfre Woodard in best actress for Clemency, she'll compete with Awkafina (The Farewell) Scarlett Johansson (Marriage Story), Lupita Nyong’o, (Us) and of course Renee Zellweger in Judy. Here’s the full list...
Film of the Year
Hustlers
Little Women
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Pain and Glory
Parasite
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Director of the Year
Pedro Almodovar, Pain and Glory
Greta Gerwig, Little Women
Bong Joon-ho, Parasite
Sam Mendes, 1917
Celine Sciamma, Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Film Performance of the Year - Actress
Awkwafina, The Farewell
Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
Lupita Nyong’o, Us
Alfre Woodard, Clemency
Renee Zellweger, Judy
Film Performance of the Year - Actor
Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory
Adam Driver, Marriage Story
Adam Sandler, Uncut Gems
Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
Taron Egerton, Rocketman
Supporting Film Performance of the Year — Actress
Laura Dern, Marriage Story
Florence Pugh, Little Women
Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers
Margot Robbie, Bombshell
Zhao Shuzhen, The Farewell
Supporting Film Performance of the Year — Actor
Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood
Al Pacino, The Irishman
Joe Pesci, The Irishman
Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Song Kang-ho, Parasite
LGBTQ Film of the Year
Booksmart
End of the Century
Pain and Glory
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Rocketman
Foreign Language Film of the Year
Atlantics
Pain and Glory
Parasite
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
The Farewell
Screenplay of the Year
Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story
Bong Joon-ho, Han Jin-won, Parasite
Greta Gerwig, Little Women
Céline Sciamma, Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Rian Johnson, Knives Out
Documentary of the Year (theatrical release, TV airing or DVD release)
American Factory
Apollo 11
For Sama
Honeyland
One Child Nation
LGBTQ Documentary of the Year
Circus of Books
Gay Chorus Deep South
The Gospel of Eureka
5B
Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street
GALECA’s unique categories made space for films that have not been recognized widely like Waves and Ma.
Visually Striking Film of the Year (honoring a production of stunning beauty, from art direction to cinematography)
Midsommar
1917
The Lighthouse
Parasite
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Unsung Film of the Year
Booksmart
Her Smell
Gloria Bell
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Waves
Campy Film of the Year
Cats
Greta
Knives Out
Ma
Serenity
On the TV side the leaders were Schitt’s Creek with 5 nominations and Pose with 4 nominations, also receiving multiple nominations were Russian Doll and Fleabag.
TV Drama of the Year
Chernobyl
Euphoria
Pose
Succession
Unbelievable
TV Comedy of the Year
Fleabag
The Other Two
Pen15
Russian Doll
Schitt’s Creek
TV Performance of the Year — Actress
Natasha Lyonne, Russian Doll
Catherine O’Hara, Schitt’s Creek
Mj Rodriguez, Pose
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag
Michelle Williams, Fosse/Verdon
TV Performance of the Year — Actor
Bill Hader, Barry
Dan Levy, Schitt’s Creek
Jharrel Jerome, When They See Us
Billy Porter, Pose
Jeremy Strong, Succession
TV Current Affairs Show of the Year
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
The Rachel Maddow Show
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Leaving Neverland
TV Musical Performance of the Year
Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, "Shallow," The 91st Academy Awards
Lizzo, "Truth Hurts," VMAs 2019
Megan Mullally, "The Man That Got Way," Will & Grace
Annie Murphy, "A Little Bit Alexis," Schitt’s Creek
Michelle Williams, "Who’s Got the Pain?," Fosse/Verdon
LGBTQ TV Show of the Year
Euphoria
The Other Two
Pose
Schitt’s Creek
Tales of the City
Unsung TV Show of the Year
Gentleman Jack
On Becoming a God in Central Florida
The Other Two
PEN15
Years and Years
Campy TV Show of the Year
American Horror Story 1984
Big Little Lies
RuPaul’s Drag Race
The Politician
Riverdale
We're Wilde About You! Rising Star of the Year
Roman Griffin Davis
Kaitlyn Dever
Beanie Feldstein
Florence Pugh
Hunter Schafer
Wilde Wit of the Year (Honoring a performer, writer or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse)
Dan Levy
Billy Porter
Randy Rainbow
Taika Waititi
Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Wilde Artist of the Decade (Special accolade)
Lady Gaga
Greta Gerwig
Ryan Murphy
Billy Porter
Phoebe Waller-Bridge
If you are curious who votes, here’s the members list which includes several writers from this publication. The winners will be revealed on Jan. 8.
Reader Comments (15)
I dont like every nomination of theirs (hey, hustlers, i am looking at you). Oh, but If only Oscar had this good taste...
Brilliant choices for best lead and supporting performers for movies. Well, replace Adam Sandler with Leonardo di Caprio. Those are the people I hope will end up getting nominated at the Oscars. Keeping my fingers crossed.
Cats must win Campy Film of the Year! Claim the sense of humor that Twitter has cleary lost.
the critically reviewed 'a little bit alexis' for the win!
Kirsten Dunst is better than that posh fleabag lady any day.
Schitt's Creek has 5 nominations, more than Pose.
Love to see Alfre’s deserved nomination!
Hate to see no Haenel despite the PORTRAIT love. :(
That best actress line-up is realistically the platonic best we can hope for, truly.
Always Yeyyyy !!! for Renee Zellweger !!
No nominations at all for Sauvage/Wild*
*boo hoo
"Kirsten Dunst is better than that posh fleabag lady any day."
I love Kirsten but her show is a misfire. Fleabag S2 is a masterpiece.
Will and Grace isn't Gay anymore?
Forever1267, Will and Grace isn't *good* anymore, most likely.
Ken S., as a member, I have personally suggested there should perhaps be a second LGBTIQ Film category. It feels somewhat unfair now that mainstream movies like Rocketman as well as major high profile titles like Pain and Glory get that category *and* the major categories to themselves while so many great smaller queer works don't have a home. We only get three slots per category so it's pretty hard to find spots for something like Sauvage, Knife + Heart (I voted that one for visually stunning film of the year at least) or Wild Nights With Emily, And Then We Danced, The Blonde One, This is Not Berlin or Synonums (the latter two are not my faves, but I know many who do like them) to have a chance. I'm going to keep suggesting it and maybe one day there will be one..? I don't know.
Glenn, fight the good fight! This group should be skewed more toward films that actually showcase LGBTQI talent, stories and themes. There's no point in a group of queer film critics rallying behind films by straight filmmakers telling heterosexual stories.
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