Dorian Awards
The Dorian Awards are film and television accolades given by GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, founded in 2009 as the Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association. GALECA is an association of professional journalists and critics who regularly report on movies and/or TV for print, online, and broadcast outlets in the United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom. As of February 2020, GALECA lists approximately 260 members. The awards recognize the best in film, television, and performance for the prior calendar year.
The Dorian Award is named in honor of the writer Oscar Wilde, in reference to his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, and the award certificate includes an image of the noted author and playwright, along with a graphic of hands holding a black bow tie.
Format
The Dorian Awards are given to the group's choices for the finest in film and television, across a variety of categories, from general to LGBTQ-centric. In addition to more traditional categories such as Film of the Year and TV Comedy of the Year, Dorians are given to more unusual categories, including Unsung TV Show of the Year, Visually Striking Film of the Year, and Campy Flick of the Year, an honor that has generated amusement from The New York Times.Rather than present an official awards ceremony, GALECA hosts its annual "Dorian Awards Winners Toast," an informal day party in Los Angeles for members, winners, nominees, and associates. For the 2020 Toast, Antonio Banderas, the group's choice for 2019 Film Performance of the Year—Actor, and actress-director Olivia Wilde, named "Wilde" Artist of the Year, were among the honored guests.
In 2018, the Society's Executive Director, John Griffiths, announced that the group was planning to separate the Dorian film and TV awards' timelines, with movie award winners revealed each January and TV honors in June.
Membership
Honorary GALECA members and advisors include esteemed former film critics David Ansen and Kevin Thomas, ground-breaking lesbian journalist Judy Wieder, columnist Michael Musto, former Jezebel editor-in-chief and Teen Vogue online executive editor Koa Beck, Princeton University Dean of the College and feminist writer Jill Dolan, and professor of literature Joseph Bristow, one of the world's leading authorities on Oscar Wilde."Ten Best" lists
To commemorate the 2015 film and TV awards season, GALECA revealed its first "Ten Best" list, The Ten Best Movies About the Academy Awards. Included were such films as The Oscar, California Suite, For Your Consideration, and The Bodyguard. More recently, the group's lists include the Ten Best LGBTQ Movies Every Straight Person Should See, Ten Best Actresses of All Time, and Ten Best Films You Didn't Know Were LGBTQ.History
GALECA and its annual Dorian Awards were created in 2008 in Hollywood, California, by Griffiths, former long-time television critic for Us Weekly magazine and contributor to Emmy Magazine of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.The first Dorian Awards, for 2009 productions, were announced in January 2010. GALECA's Dorian Award nominees and winners for 2010 productions were announced in January 2011. Following suit, 2011's Dorian Award nominees and ultimate honorees were revealed in January 2012. The Dorian nominees and winners for 2012 productions were announced in January 2013, and so on.
In 2019, GALECA joined forces with the African-American Film Critics Association, Latino Entertainment Journalists Association, the entertainment and features arm of the Asian American Journalists Association, the Online Association of Female Film Critics, and Time's Up Entertainment's CRITICAL initiative to form Critics Groups for Equality in Media, to promote diversity in journalism.
2019
The Dorian 2019 nominees were announced on January 8, 2020.| Category | Winner |
| Film of the Year | Parasite |
| Director of the Year | Bong Joon-ho – Parasite |
| Film Performance of the Year – Actor | Antonio Banderas – Pain and Glory |
| Film Performance of the Year – Actress | Renée Zellweger – Judy |
| Film Performance of the Year – Supporting Actor | Song Kang-ho – Parasite |
| Film Performance of the Year – Supporting Actress | Jennifer Lopez – Hustlers |
| LGBTQ Film of the Year | Portrait of a Lady on Fire |
| Foreign Language Film of the Year | Parasite |
| Screenplay of the Year | Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won – Parasite |
| Documentary of the Year | Honeyland |
| LGBTQ Documentary of the Year | Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street |
| Visually Striking Film of the Year | Portrait of a Lady on Fire 1917 |
| Unsung Film of the Year | Booksmart |
| Campy Film of the Year | Cats |
| TV Drama of the Year | Pose |
| TV Comedy of the Year | Fleabag |
| TV Performance of the Year – Actor | Billy Porter – Pose |
| TV Performance of the Year – Actress | Phoebe Waller-Bridge – Fleabag |
| TV Current Affairs Show of the Year | Leaving Neverland |
| TV Musical Performance of the Year | Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga "Shallow" – The 91st Academy Awards ' |
| LGBTQ Show of the Year | Pose |
| Unsung TV Show of the Year | The Other Two |
| Campy TV Show of the Year | The Politician |
| We're Wilde About You / Rising Star of the Year | Florence Pugh |
| Wilde Wit of the Year | Phoebe Waller-Bridge |
| Wilde Artist of the Decade | Lady Gaga |
| Timeless Star | Catherine O'Hara' |
2018
The 2018 Dorian winners were announced in January 2019.| Category | Winner |
| Film of the Year | The Favourite |
| Director of the Year | Alfonso Cuarón – Roma |
| Film Performance of the Year – Actor | Ethan Hawke – First Reformed |
| Film Performance of the Year – Actress | Olivia Colman – The Favourite |
| Film Performance of the Year – Supporting Actor | Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me? |
| Film Performance of the Year – Supporting Actress | Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk |
| LGBTQ Film of the Year | Can You Ever Forgive Me? |
| Foreign Language Film of the Year | Roma |
| Screenplay of the Year | Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara – The Favourite |
| Documentary of the Year | Won't You Be My Neighbor? |
| LGBTQ Documentary of the Year | McQueen |
| Visually Striking Film of the Year | Annihilation |
| Unsung Film of the Year | Widows |
| Campy Film of the Year | A Simple Favor |
| TV Drama of the Year | Pose |
| TV Comedy of the Year | Schitt's Creek |
| TV Performance of the Year – Actor | Billy Porter – Pose |
| TV Performance of the Year – Actress | Sandra Oh – Killing Eve |
| TV Current Affairs Show of the Year | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee |
| TV Musical Performance of the Year | Billy Porter, Mj Rodriguez & Our Lady J "Home" – Pose |
| LGBTQ Show of the Year | Pose |
| Unsung TV Show of the Year | Schitt's Creek |
| Campy TV Show of the Year | RuPaul's Drag Race |
| We're Wilde About You / Rising Star of the Year | Awkwafina |
| Wilde Wit of the Year | Hannah Gadsby |
| Wilde Artist of the Year | Ryan Murphy |
| Timeless Star | Harvey Fierstein |
2017
2016
2015
| Category | Winner |
| Film of the Year | Carol |
| Film Director of the Year | Todd Haynes – Carol |
| Film Performance of the Year – Actor | Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant |
| Film Performance of the Year – Actress | Cate Blanchett – Carol |
| LGBTQ Film of the Year | Carol |
| Foreign Language Film of the Year | Son of Saul |
| Screenplay of the Year | Phyllis Nagy – Carol |
| Documentary of the Year | Amy |
| Visually Striking Film of the Year | |
| Unsung Film of the Year | Tangerine |
| Campy Flick of the Year | Magic Mike XXL |
| TV Drama of the Year ' | Fargo Orange Is the New Black |
| TV Comedy of the Year | Transparent |
| TV Performance of the Year – Actor | Jeffrey Tambor – Transparent |
| TV Performance of the Year – Actress | Taraji P. Henson – Empire |
| TV Current Affairs Show of the Year | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver |
| LGBTQ Show of the Year | Transparent |
| Unsung TV Show of the Year | Looking |
| TV Musical Moment of the Year | Aretha Franklin, " A Natural Woman" – 38th Annual Kennedy Center Honors |
| Campy TV Show of the Year | Empire |
| We're Wilde About You / Rising Star Award | Alicia Vikander |
| Wilde Wit of the Year | Amy Schumer |
| Wilde Artist of the Year | Todd Haynes |
| Timeless Star | Jane Fonda' |
2014
| Category | Winner |
| Film of the Year | Boyhood |
| Film Director of the Year | Ava DuVernay – Selma |
| Film Performance of the Year – Actor | Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything |
| Film Performance of the Year – Actress | Julianne Moore – Still Alice |
| LGBTQ Film of the Year | Pride |
| Foreign Language Film of the Year | Mommy |
| Documentary of the Year | The Case Against 8 |
| Visually Striking Film of the Year | The Grand Budapest Hotel |
| Unsung Film of the Year | Pride |
| Campy Flick of the Year | Into the Woods |
| TV Drama of the Year | The Normal Heart |
| TV Comedy of the Year | Transparent |
| TV Performance of the Year – Actress | Lisa Kudrow – The Comeback |
| TV Performance of the Year – Actor | Jeffrey Tambor – Transparent |
| TV Director of the Year | Jill Soloway – Transparent |
| LGBTQ TV Show of the Year | Transparent |
| TV Currents Events Show of the Year | The Daily Show with Jon Stewart |
| Unsung TV Show of the Year | Getting On |
| Campy TV Show of the Year | Jane the Virgin |
| TV Musical Performance of the Year | Neil Patrick Harris, "Sugar Daddy" – 68th Annual Tony Awards |
| Video of the Year | "Chandelier" – Sia |
| We're Wilde About You / Rising Star Award | Gina Rodriguez |
| Wilde Wit of the Year | John Oliver |
| Wilde Artist of the Year | Jill Soloway |
| Timeless Award | George Takei |
George Takei, LGBTQ rights activist and co-star of Star Trek, thanked GALECA in a YouTube video for naming him their 2014 choice for Timeless Star.
2013
| Category | Winner |
| Film of the Year | 12 Years a Slave |
| Film Performance of the Year – Actor | Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club |
| Film Performance of the Year – Actress | Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine |
| LGBT Film of the Year | Blue Is the Warmest Colour |
| Foreign Language Film of the Year | Blue Is the Warmest Colour |
| Documentary of the Year | Bridegroom |
| Visually Striking Film of the Year | Gravity |
| Campy Flick of the Year | I'm So Excited |
| Unsung Film of the Year ' | Kill Your Darlings Short Term 12 |
| TV Drama of the Year ' | Behind the Candelabra Orange Is the New Black |
| TV Comedy of the Year | Girls |
| TV Performance of the Year – Actor | Michael Douglas – Behind the Candelabra |
| TV Performance of the Year – Actress | Jessica Lange – ' |
| TV Musical Performance of the Year | Shirley Bassey, "Goldfinger" – 85th Academy Awards |
| LGBT TV Show of the Year | Orange Is the New Black |
| Campy TV Show of the Year | |
| Unsung TV Show of the Year | Getting On |
| We're Wilde About You / Rising Star Award | Laverne Cox |
| Wilde Wit of the Year | Rachel Maddow |
| Wilde Artist of the Year | James Franco |
| Timeless Award | Lily Tomlin''' |
In 2013, Sir Ian McKellen expressed gratitude to members for honoring him with their 2012 Timeless Star career achievement honor, writing in a note to the group, "I shall try to live up to Galeca's approval." James Franco, recipient of GALECA's special Wilde Artist of the Year award in 2013, thanked the group by posting a mini art piece noting his honor on Instagram.
2012
The Dorian nominees and winners for 2012 productions were announced in January 2013, and so on.| Category | Winner |
| Film of the Year | Argo |
| Film Performance of the Year – Actor | Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln |
| Film Performance of the Year – Actress | Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables |
| LGBT Film of the Year | Keep the Lights On |
| Documentary of the Year | How to Survive a Plague |
| Visually Striking Film of the Year | Life of Pi |
| Campy Flick of the Year ' | Magic Mike The Paperboy |
| Unsung Film of the Year | Bernie |
| TV Drama of the Year ' | Homeland |
| TV Comedy of the Year | Girls |
| TV Performance of the Year – Actor | Damian Lewis – Homeland |
| TV Performance of the Year – Actress | Jessica Lange – ' |
| TV Musical Performance of the Year | Jennifer Hudson, "Tribute to Whitney Houston" – 54th Annual Grammy Awards |
| LGBT TV Show of the Year ' | Modern Family The New Normal |
| Campy TV Show of the Year | Liz & Dick |
| Unsung TV Show of the Year | Happy Endings |
| TV or Movie Title of the Year | Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23'' |
| We're Wilde About You / Rising Star Award | Ezra Miller |
| Wilde Wit of the Year | Jon Stewart |
| Wilde Artist of the Year | Ryan Murphy |
| Timeless Award | Sir Ian McKellen |
2011
2011's Dorian Award nominees and ultimate honorees were revealed in January 2012.| Category | Winner |
| Film of the Year | Weekend |
| Film Performance of the Year | Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady |
| LGBT-Themed Film of the Year | Weekend |
| Documentary of the Year | We Were Here |
| LGBT-Themed Documentary of the Year | We Were Here |
| Unsung Film of the Year | 50/50 |
| Campy Flick of the Year | The Muppets |
| TV Drama of the Year | American Horror Story |
| TV Comedy of the Year | Modern Family |
| TV Musical Program of the Year ' | Glee |
| TV Performance of the Year | Jessica Lange – American Horror Story |
| LGBT-Themed TV Show of the Year | Modern Family |
| Campy TV Show of the Year | Revenge |
| Unsung TV Show of the Year | Suburgatory |
| The We're Wilde About You Rising Star Award | Michael Fassbender |
| Wilde Wit of the Year Award | Kathy Griffin |
| Timeless Award | Betty White' |
2010
Dorian Award nominees and winners for 2010 productions were announced in January 2011.| Category | Winner |
| Film of the Year | I Am Love |
| Film Performance of the Year | Annette Bening – The Kids Are All Right |
| LGBT-Themed Film of the Year | I Love You Phillip Morris |
| Documentary of the Year | |
| LGBT-Themed Documentary of the Year | |
| Unsung Film of the Year | Easy A |
| Campy Flick of the Year | Burlesque |
| TV Drama of the Year | The Good Wife |
| TV Musical or Comedy of the Year | Glee |
| TV Drama Performance of the Year | Michael C. Hall – Dexter |
| TV Comedy Performance of the Year ' | Chris Colfer – Glee Jane Lynch – Glee |
| LGBT-Themed TV Show of the Year | Glee |
| Unsung TV Show of the Year | Hung |
| Campy TV Show of the Year | Hot in Cleveland |
| We're Wilde About You / Rising Star Award | Darren Criss |
| Wilde Wit of the Year | Rachel Maddow |
| Timeless Award | Angela Lansbury' |
2009
The first Dorian Awards, for 2009 productions, were announced in January 2010.| Category | Winner |
| Film of the Year | A Single Man |
| Film Performance of the Year | Colin Firth – A Single Man |
| LGBT-Themed Film of the Year | A Single Man |
| Campy Flick of the Year | Obsessed |
| TV Drama of the Year | Grey Gardens |
| TV Musical or Comedy of the Year | Glee |
| TV Performance of the Year: Drama | Drew Barrymore – Grey Gardens |
| TV Comedy Performance of the Year: Musical or Comedy | Jane Lynch – Glee |
| LGBT-Themed TV Show of the Year | Prayers for Bobby |
| Campy TV Show of the Year | Glee |
| We're Wilde About You / Rising Star Award | Gabourey Sidibe |
| Wilde Wit of the Year | Rachel Maddow |
| Timeless Award | Cloris Leachman |