LGBTQ Critics Announce 16th Annual Dorian Film Award Nominees

GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, consisting of over 500 entertainment critics, journalists and media icons, today announced the group’s nominees for its 16th Dorian Film Awards. The Dorians are awarded to both mainstream and LGBTQ-centered content, celebrating what the group calls “the expert Q+ eye on entertainment.” Full disclosure – I’m a proud voting member of GALECA.

I Saw the TV Glow and The Substance lead this year’s Dorian Film Award nominations. Winners will be announced on Feb 13. #GALECA #DorianFilmAwards

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Via press release by GALECA’s Executive Director John Griffith:

Leading with an impressive nine nominations is writer-director Jane Schoenbrun’s thought-provoking horror tale I Saw the TV Glow, a film overlooked by many other kudos groups considering 2024’s theatrical and digital releases.

Demi Moore’s thriller of a comeback The Substance is a close second, with 8 Dorian nods.

From there, the genre-defying trans mobster musical Emilia Pérez and tense ménage-à-trois drama Challengers each hold six nominations, and Dorian-nominated director Brady Corbet’s artful epic The Brutalist makes more than good with five.

Other movies GALECA anointed with multi-nominations: Anora, Nickel Boys and Wicked all with four nods each, and Problemista and Queer with three apiece.

Some notable titles in the group’s trademark races include the inventive slapstick comedy Hundreds of Beavers vying for Unsung Film of the Year, Madame Web and Trap looking at Campiest Flick honors, and The Brutalist, Nosferatu and Dune: Part Two among the cinematic dazzlers aiming for Visually Striking Film.

The group’s Timeless Star career achievement honoree will be named when the winners are announced Thursday Feb. 13.

GALECA’s members are tentatively scheduled to toast winners and nominees in a brunch the following Sunday.

Along with its film nominations, GALECA announced it is donating $1000 to The Los Angeles Press Club’s emergency relief fund, the amount earmarked for entertainment journalists directly affected by the historically devastating wildfires that have destroyed vast swaths LA, leaving thousands of residents homeless.

“Entertainment journalists are an obviously integral part of the Hollywood ecosystem, and we want to make sure they aren’t forgotten in what’s already a very tough environment for those in our profession,” said GALECA Executive Director John Griffiths.

Added Vice President Diane Anderson-Minshall: “We applaud our friends at the Press Club and its sister organization the National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards for coming to our brethren’s need.”

Professional journalists whose main livelihood involves entertainment criticism, editing and/or reportage can apply for help at lapressclub.org. Additional donations may be made there as well.