Queer eyes for the cinephiles! Or rather of the cinephiles, as the Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association has announced the nominations for its 2019 Dorian awards. Across all movie categories, the three top performers are all non-English language titles, and also all award winners from the Cannes Film Festival back in May. Celine Sciamma's Portrait of a Lady on Fire receives six mentions, ditto Bong Joon Ho's Palme d'Or winner Parasite, while Pedro Almodovar's Pain & Glory receives five.
It makes sense for a queer organization to recognize queer cinema as GALECA does here, not least when it has a category dedicated to it, but it's nonetheless extremely heartening to see two of the group's favourite features of 2019 (Pain & Glory and Portrait of a Lady on Fire) fit that bill so explicitly. It's also good to see two of the five Best Director nominees be women, as female-directed film has played a major role throughout awards season, even as group after group has ignored female directors altogether.
Only five days to go until GALECA announces its Dorian award winners on the 8th of January.
Film of the Year
Hustlers
Little Women
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Pain & Glory
Parasite
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Director of the Year
Pedro Almodovar (Pain & Glory)
Bong Joon Ho (Parasite)
Greta Gerwig (Little Women)
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 & Glory)
Adam Driver (Marriage Story)
Taron Egerton (Rocketman)
Joaquin Phoenix (Joker)
Adam Sandler (Uncut Gems)
Supporting Film Performance of the Year - Actress
Laura Dern (Marriage Story)
Jennifer Lopez (Hustlers)
Florence Pugh (Little Women)
Margot Robbie (Bombshell)
Zhao Shu Zhen (The Farewell)
Supporting Film Performance of the Year - Actor
Tom Hanks (A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood)
Al Pacino (The Irishman)
Joe Pesci (The Irishman)
Brad Pitt (Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood)
Song Kang Ho (Parasite)
Screenplay of the Year
Noah Baumbach (Marriage Story)
Bong Joon Ho and Han Jin Won (Parasite)
Greta Gerwig (Little Women)
Rian Johnson (Knives Out)
Celine Sciamma (Portrait of a Lady on Fire)
Documentary of the Year
American Factory
Apollo 11
For Sama
Honeyland
One Child Nation
Foreign Language Film of the Year
Atlantics
The Farewell
Pain & Glory
Parasite
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
LGBTQ Film of the Year
Booksmart
End of the Century
Pain & Glory
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Rocketman
LGBTQ Documentary of the Year
5B
Circus of Books
Gay Chorus Deep South
The Gospel of Eureka
Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street
Campy Film of the Year
Cats
Greta
Knives Out
Ma Serenity
Unsung Film of the Year
Booksmart
Gloria Bell
Her Smell
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Waves
Visually Striking Film of the Year (honouring a production of stunning beauty, from art direction to cinematography)
1917
The Lighthouse
Midsommar
Parasite
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
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 (honouring 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
Greta Gerwig
Lady Gaga
Ryan Murphy
Billy Porter
Phoebe Waller-Bridge
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