Pop Goes The News – Nomadland was named Best Film and Most Visually Striking Film at Sunday’s Dorian Awards, where it also earned Chloé Zhao a win for Best Director.
The Dorian Awards are chosen through voting by the nearly 300 members of GALECA, an organization of LGBTQ entertainment journalists. (By comparison, the Golden Globes winners are determined by a group of fewer than 90 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.)
Zhao said winning a Dorian was “deeply meaningful” because the award is named in honour of “one of my greatest heroes,” Oscar Wilde. She added: “Nomadland is about a woman who goes on a journey of grief and healing and ultimately of self-discovery and self-acceptance.”
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom was named Best LGBTQ Film and one of its stars, the late Chadwick Boseman, was recognized with the award for Best Film Performance – Actor.
Accepting on behalf of Bosman was co-star Colman Domingo, who remembered him as “such an incredible human, scholar, humanitarian, and a really wonderful actor.”
The South Korean film Minari also picked up a pair of Dorians – for Best Non-English Language Film and Best Film Performance – Supporting Actress (Yuh-Jung Youn).
Pretty Young Woman star Carey Mulligan won the Dorian for Best Film Performance – Actress. “I’m just so happy that [the film] has resonated, and I’m so grateful to [director Emerald Fennell] for inviting me along for the ride,” Mulligan said. Fennell was the Best Screenplay winner.
The documentaries Welcome to Chechnya and Disclosure tied in two categories – Best Documentary and Best LGBTQ Documentary.
The Wilde Artist Award, honouring “a truly groundbreaking force in entertainment,” was presented to Dolly Parton.
“Thank you to all the members of the Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics for this lovely Wilde Artist award,” the country music icon said, in statement. “I’m not sure I’m as edgy as past winners … but I am honoured and humbled. I appreciate all of you entertainment journalists who are so passionate and are working so hard.”
The Dorians also paid tribute to Leslie Jordan, who appears in the made-in-Montreal biopic The United States vs. Billie Holiday, with the Timeless Star award.
Canada’s Rachel McAdams accepted the Dorian for Campiest Flick, which went to Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga. She joked that her co-star Will Ferrell might be “a little pissed” with the honour because he considers the movie to be “a serious drama, a thespian’s opus.”
The editorial director of Pop Goes The News is a Dorian Awards voter.
Check out the full list of winners (in bold) below:
BEST FILM
FIRST COW
MINARI
NOMADLAND
PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN
SOUND OF METAL
BEST LGBTQ FILM
AMMONITE
THE BOYS IN THE BAND
I CARRY YOU WITH ME
MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM
SUPERNOVA
UNCLE FRANK
BEST NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE FILM
ANOTHER ROUND
BACURAU
I CARRY YOU WITH ME
LA LLORONA
MINARI
TWO OF US
BEST DIRECTOR
CHLOÉ ZHAO, NOMADLAND
EMERALD FENNELL, PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN
KELLY REICHARDT, FIRST COW
LEE ISAAC CHUNG, MINARI
REGINA KING, ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI
BEST SCREENPLAY
CHLOÉ ZHAO, NOMADLAND
ELIZA HITTMAN, NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS
EMERALD FENNELL, PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN
LEE ISAAC CHUNG, MINARI
RADHA BLANK, THE FORTY-YEAR-OLD VERSION
BEST UNSUNG FILM
DRIVEWAYS
FIRST COW
THE FORTY-YEAR-OLD VERSION
MISS JUNETEENTH
NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS
SHIRLEY
THE ASSISTANT
BEST DOCUMENTARY
COLLECTIVE
CRIP CAMP
DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD
DISCLOSURE (tie)
TIME
WELCOME TO CHECHNYA (tie)
BEST LGBTQ DOCUMENTARY
A SECRET LOVE
BORN TO BE
DISCLOSURE (tie)
MUCHO MUCHO AMOR: THE LEGEND OF WALTER MERCADO
WELCOME TO CHECHNYA (tie)
BEST FILM PERFORMANCE – ACTRESS
CAREY MULLIGAN, PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN
FRANCES MCDORMAND, NOMADLAND
NICOLE BEHARIE, MISS JUNETEENTH
SIDNEY FLANIGAN, NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS
VIOLA DAVIS, MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM
BEST FILM PERFORMANCE – ACTOR
ANTHONY HOPKINS, THE FATHER
CHADWICK BOSEMAN, MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM
DELROY LINDO, DA 5 BLOODS
RIZ AHMED, SOUND OF METAL
STEVEN YEUN, MINARI
BEST FILM PERFORMANCE — SUPPORTING ACTRESS
AMANDA SEYFRIED, MANK
CANDICE BERGEN, LET THEM ALL TALK
MARIA BAKALOVA, BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM
OLIVIA COLMAN, THE FATHER
YUH-JUNG YOUN, MINARI
BEST FILM PERFORMANCE — SUPPORTING ACTOR
CHADWICK BOSEMAN, DA 5 BLOODS
DANIEL KALUUYA, JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH
LESLIE ODOM JR., ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI
PAUL RACI, SOUND OF METAL
SACHA BARON COHEN, THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
MOST VISUALLY STRIKING FILM
BIRDS OF PREY (AND THE FANTABULOUS EMANCIPATION OF ONE HARLEY QUINN)
MANK
NOMADLAND
SOUL
WOLFWALKERS
CAMPIEST FLICK
BAD HAIR
BIRDS OF PREY (AND THE FANTABULOUS EMANCIPATION OF ONE HARLEY QUINN)
EUROVISION SONG CONTEST: THE STORY OF FIRE SAGA
THE PROM
WONDER WOMAN 1984
“WE’RE WILDE ABOUT YOU” RISING STAR AWARD
ALAN S. KIM
KINGSLEY BEN-ADIR
MARIA BAKALOVA
RADHA BLANK
SIDNEY FLANIGAN
WILDE ARTIST AWARD
CHADWICK BOSEMAN
CHLOÉ ZHAO
DOLLY PARTON
ELLIOT PAGE
REGINA KING
GALECA TRAILBLAZER AWARD
ISABEL SANDOVAL
TIMELESS STAR
LESLIE JORDAN
