Nicole and Dan are both members of GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, so we’re sharing their nominations for their Dorian Film Awards. We’ll be back on February 26 with their winners.

GALECA is comprised of over 500 entertainment critics and journalists who cover television, film, and theater and identify as LGBTQ+. The membership is located mostly in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and Australia. The awards are named in honor of Oscar Wilde’s titular character of The Picture of Dorian Gray.

The nominations for the awards honoring the films of 2023 were led by Andrew Haigh’s beautiful and haunting All of Us Strangers, with Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, Todd Haynes’s May December, and Celine Song’s Past Lives also garnering several nominations each.

FILM OF THE YEAR
All of Us Strangers
Barbie
May December
Past Lives 
Poor Things

LGBTQ FILM OF THE YEAR
All of Us Strangers
Bottoms
Passages
Rustin
Saltburn

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Greta Gerwig, Barbie
Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers
Todd Haynes, May December
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Celine Song, Past Lives

SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR, Original or Adapted
Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig, Barbie
Samy Burch, May December
Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers
Arthur Harari, Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall
Celine Song, Past Lives

LGBTQ Screenplay of the Year 
Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers
Arthur Harari, Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall
Dustin Lance Black, Julian Breece, Rustin
Arlette Langmann, Ira Sachs, Mauricio Zacharias, Passages
Emma Seligman, Rachel Sennott, Bottoms

NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
Anatomy of a Fall
The Boy and the Heron
Godzilla Minus One
Past Lives
The Zone of Interest

LGBTQ NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR 
Afire
Anatomy of a Fall
Cassandro
Monster
Rotting in the Sun

UNSUNG FILM OF THE YEAR
Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret
Monica
Origin
Theater Camp
A Thousand and One

FILM PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Colman Domingo, Rustin
Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall
Greta Lee, Past Lives
Trace Lysette, Monica
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Natalie Portman, May December
Andrew Scott, All of Us Strangers
Emma Stone, Poor Things

SUPPORTING FILM PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple
Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
Jodie Foster, NYAD
Claire Foy, All of Us Strangers
Ryan Gosling, Barbie
Rachel McAdams, Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret
Charles Melton, May December
Paul Mescal, All of Us Strangers
Rosamind Pike, Saltburn
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers

DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
American Symphony
Beyond Utopia
Kokomo City
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
20 Days in Mariupol

LGBTQ DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
Every Body
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
Kokomo City
Little Richard: I Am Everything
Orlando, My Political Biography

ANIMATED FILM OF THE YEAR
The Boy and the Heron
Elemental
Nimona
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

GENRE FILM OF THE YEAR
For excellence in science fiction, fantasy and horror
All of Us Strangers
Godzilla Minus One
M3GAN
Poor Things
Talk To Me

FILM MUSIC OF THE YEAR
Barbie
The Boy and the Heron
The Color Purple
Oppenheimer
The Zone of Interest

Visually Striking Film of the Year
Asteroid City
Barbie
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse

CAMPIEST FILM
Barbie
Bottoms
Dicks: The Musical
M3GAN  
Saltburn

“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

For more information about GALECA, you can visit their website.