Thursday, February 24, 2022

GALECA Goes Global with 2021 Dorian Award Nominations

From New York to Norway, Montana to Hiroshima, the nominations for the 13th Annual Dorian Awards span the globe, honoring the best films of 2021.

The Power of the Dog, Jane Campion's lyrical look at toxic masculinity in the wild west, roped in a grand total of nine nominations, including Best Film and Best Director. Animated Danish doc Flee, period piece Passing and Steven Spielberg's silver screen revival of the classic musical West Side Story follow with five nods apiece.

The epically intimate Japanese drama Drive My Car joins Dog and West Side in the Best Film race, along with another foreign fave, the Norwegian anti-romcom The Worst Person in the World, and a more contemporary Big Apple-based tuner, Tick, Tick... Boom!

Dog stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst and Kodi Smit-McPhee are joined in the performance categories by the actors behind Tammy Faye Baker (Jessica Chastain in The Eyes of Tammy Faye), Princess Diana (Kristen Stewart in Spencer) and Jonathan Larson (Andrew Garfield in Tick, Tick), along with West Side stand-outs Ariana DeBose and Mike Faist, Passing pair Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga, Parallel Mothers mamma Penélope Cruz and Pig poppa Nicolas Cage, among others.


And forget about Bruno, the Dorians are talking about Encanto. Disney's Colombia-based crowd-pleaser and meme machine is nominated in both of this year's brand new Dorian categories, Best Animated Film and Best Film Music. Other multi-nominated movies include Dune, Mass, Titane and Zola.

It behooves me to mention the disappointment we here at Movie Dearest feel about the egregious absence of any recognition for the bittersweet Swan Song and its iconic leading man Udo Kier, as well as the delightful coming of age musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie and its stars, Richard E. Grant and newcomer Max Harwood. If the Dorians don't shine a spotlight on these outstanding gay stories, who will?

The Dorian Awards are presented by GALECA, The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, of which I and Movie Dearest's own reviewing reverend Chris Carpenter are long-time members. See the comments section below for the full list of nominations. Winners will be announced March 17.


1 comment:

Kirby Holt said...

BEST FILM:
Drive My Car (Janus)
The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
The Worst Person in the World (Neon)
Tick, Tick … Boom! (Netflix)
West Side Story (20th Century Studios)

BEST LGBTQ FILM:
Benedetta (IFC Films)
Flee (Neon, Participant)
Parallel Mothers (Sony Pictures Classics)
Shiva Baby (Utopia)
The Power of the Dog (Netflix)

BEST NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE FILM:
Drive My Car (Janus)
Flee (Neon, Participant)
Parallel Mothers (Sony Pictures Classics)
The Worst Person in the World (Neon)
Titane (Neon)

BEST UNSUNG FILM:
Mass (Bleecker Street)
Passing (Netflix)
Shiva Baby (Utopia)
The Green Knight (A24)
Zola (A24)

BEST DIRECTOR:
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
Julia Ducournau, Titane (Neon)
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car (Janus Films) (Janus)
Steven Spielberg, West Side Story (20th Century Studios)
Denis Villeneuve, Dune (Warner Bros.)

BEST SCREENPLAY:
Drive My Car (Janus) – Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe (adapted)
Passing (Netflix) – Rebecca Hall (adapted)
The Lost Daughter (Netflix) – Maggie Gyllenhaal (adapted)
The Power of the Dog (Netflix) – Jane Campion (adapted)
The Worst Person in the World (Neon) – Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier (original)

BEST FILM PERFORMANCE:
Nicolas Cage, Pig (Neon)
Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye (Searchlight)
Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter (Netflix)
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
Penelope Cruz, Parallel Mothers (Sony Pictures Classics)
Andrew Garfield, Tick, Tick. . . Boom! (Netflix)
Renate Reinsve, The Worst Person in the World (Neon)
Simon Rex, Red Rocket (A24)
Kristen Stewart, Spencer (Neon)
Tessa Thompson, Passing (Netflix)

BEST SUPPORTING FILM PERFORMANCE:
Ariana DeBose, West Side Story (20th Century Studios)
Robin de Jesús, Tick, Tick. . . Boom! (Netflix)
Colman Domingo, Zola (A24)
Ann Dowd, Mass (Bleecker Street)
Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
Mike Faist, West Side Story (20th Century Studios)
Troy Kotsur, CODA (Apple)
Ruth Negga, Passing (Netflix)
Martha Plimpton, Mass (Bleecker Street)
Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog (Netflix)

BEST DOCUMENTARY:
Flee (Neon, Participant)
Procession (Netflix)
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It (Roadside Attractions)
Summer of Soul (Searchlight, Hulu)
The Rescue (Greenwich Entertainment, National Geographic)
The Velvet Underground (Apple)

BEST LGBTQ DOCUMENTARY:
Ailey (Neon)
Flee (Neon, Participant)
My Name is Pauli Murray (Amazon Studios)
Pray Away (Netflix)
Wojnarowicz: F**k You F*ggot F***er (Kino Lorber, World of Wonder)

MOST VISUALLY STRIKING FILM:
Dune (Warner Bros.)
Nightmare Alley (Searchlight)
Passing (Netflix)
The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
West Side Story (20th Century Studios)
Titane (Neon)

BEST ANIMATED FILM:
Belle (GKids)
Encanto (Disney)
Flee (Neon, Participant)
Luca (Disney)
The Mitchells vs. the Machines (Netflix, Sony)

BEST FILM MUSIC:
Dune (Warner Bros.)
Encanto (Disney)
Spencer (Neon)
The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
Tick, Tick. . .Boom! (Netflix)

CAMPIEST FLICK:
Annette (Amazon Studios)
Cruella (Disney)
House of Gucci (United Artists)
Malignant (Warner Bros.)
Old (Universal)

“WE’RE WILDE ABOUT YOU!” RISING STAR:
Ariana DeBose
Alana Haim
Patti Harrison
Jasmin Savoy Brown
Rachel Zegler

WILDE ARTIST:
(to a truly groundbreaking force in film, theatre and/or television)
Pedro Almodóvar
Jane Campion
Jennifer Coolidge
Lil Nas X
Lin-Manuel Miranda