Haunting Gay Romance, Candy-Colored Feminist Flick, More Lead GALECA's 15th Dorian Awards Noms

The following is a press release from GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics:

GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, consisting of over 500 entertainment critics, journalists and media icons, has announced the group's democratically chosen nominees for its 15th Dorian Film Awards.

"All of Us Strangers," writer-director Andrew Haigh's eerie, devastating – yet ultimately spirited – probing of connection and self-love, led the journalists' picks for the best of 2023 movies, receiving nine nods including Film of the Year. Joining "Strangers" in the top race: Director Greta Gerwig's rainbow-hued feminist fable "Barbie" (seven nominations), Todd Haynes' sly, fact-inspired melodrama "May December" (six), "Past Lives" (five), and "Poor Things" (four).

The Dorian Awards, mixing categories mainstream and LGBTQ, go to film, TV and Broadway and Off-Broadway at separate times of the year. GALECA is one of the largest entertainment journalists organizations in the world, with an impressive roster of members who contribute to a litany of revered and distinct media outlets in the U.S. and beyond.

Along with the standard film and acting categories, GALECA's trademark races continue to intrigue. Nominees for Unsung Film, for one, 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.

In the fun Campy Flick category, contenders range from the robot-gone-wild lark "M3GAN" to the humans-gone-wild larks "Dicks: The Musical" and "Bottoms."

Also adding some frisson to the 21 Dorian film categories are three new awards: LGBTQ Screenplay of the Year, LGBTQ Non-English Language Film, and Genre Film of the Year, which allows members to focus their informed Q+ eye on science fiction, fantasy and horror titles.

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 Feb. 26.

GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics 15th Dorian Film Awards List of Nominees

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, Toho)
"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, 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, Paramount)
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)