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SAM ELLIOT VS "THE POWER OF THE DOG" COWBOY SHOWDOWN
The Critics Group that I am a part of has announced our film winners for 2021.
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics announced the winners of its 13th Dorian Film Awards, again honoring movie content from mainstream to LGBTQIA+. To perhaps Sam Elliott’s chagrin, Netlix’s noirish western The Power of the Dog lassoed three major prizes, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay, the latter two Dorians going to auteur Jane Campion.
Flee, the documentary utilizing graphic novel-style visuals to tell the harrowing story of a gay Afghan refugee, actually ran past Dog with four wins. The Neon/Participant film, produced in part by actors Riz Ahmed and Nikolaj Coster- Waldau, won Best LGBTQ Film, two documentary awards and GALECA’s first- ever Best Animated Film honor.
Passing, director Rebecca Hall’s adaptation of the Nella Larsen novel about two female friends confronting racial and sexual identity issues in 1920s Harlem, was named Best Unsung Film. The poignant Japanese relationship drama Drive My
Car drove off with Best Non-English Language Film.
In individual categories, GALECA chose Kristen Stewart for Best Film Performance over 9 other contenders for her moody turn as Princess Diana in Spencer. Broadway’s Ariana DeBose, one of several breakouts in Steven Spielberg’s reimagining of West Side Story, grabbed both Best Supporting Performance and Rising Star honors.
DORIAN FILM AWARD WINNERS—FULL LIST
BEST FILM
Drive My Car
⭐ The Power of the Dog
The Worst Person in the World
Tick, Tick... Boom!
West Side Story
BEST LGBTQ FILM
Benedetta
⭐ Flee
Parallel Mothers
Shiva Baby
The Power of the Dog
BEST NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE FILM
⭐ Drive My Car
Flee
Parallel Mothers
The Worst Person in the World
Titane
BEST UNSUNG FILM
Mass
⭐ Passing
Shiva Baby
The Green Knight
Zola
BEST DIRECTOR
⭐ Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Julia Ducournau, Titane
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car
Steven Spielberg, West Side Story
Denis Villeneuve, Dune
BEST SCREENPLAY
Drive My Car
Passing
The Lost Daughter
⭐ The Power of the Dog
The Worst Person in the World
Spencer (c) Ellie Hardiman
BEST FILM PERFORMANCE
Nicolas Cage, Pig
Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Penelope Cruz, Parallel Mothers
Andrew Garfield, Tick, Tick... Boom!
Renate Reinsve, The Worst Person in the World
Simon Rex, Red Rocket
⭐ Kristen Stewart, Spencer
Tessa Thompson, Passing
BEST SUPPORTING FILM PERFORMANCE
⭐ Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Robin de Jesús, Tick, Tick... Boom!
Colman Domingo, Zola
Ann Dowd, Mass
Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog
Mike Faist, West Side Story
Troy Kotsur, CODA
Ruth Negga, Passing
Martha Plimpton, Mass
Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
BEST DOCUMENTARY
⭐ Flee
Procession
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Summer of Soul
The Rescue
The Velvet Underground
Flee (c) Final Cut for Real
BEST LGBTQ DOCUMENTARY
Ailey
⭐ Flee
My Name is Pauli Murray
Pray Away
Wojnarowicz: F**k You F*ggot F***er
MOST VISUALLY STRIKING FILM
⭐ Dune
Nightmare Alley
Passing
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story
Titane
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Belle
Encanto
⭐ Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
BEST FILM MUSIC
Dune
Encanto
Spencer
The Power of the Dog
⭐ Tick, Tick... Boom!
“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
CAMPIEST FLICK
Annette
Cruella
⭐ House of Gucci
Malignant
Old
TIMELESS STAR
(to an actor or performer whose exemplary career is marked by character, wisdom and wit)
⭐ Rita Moreno
Parallel Mothers (c) Sony Pictures Classics
GALECA LGBTQIA+ FILM TRAILBLAZER
(for creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity)
⭐ Pedro Almodóvar
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