“The suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.”—Oscar Wilde

Congratulations to Our Most Recent
Film, TV & Broadway/Off-Broadway 
Nominees & Winners!

2025 Dorian Film Awards

FILM OF THE YEAR
Anora (Neon)
Challengers  (Amazon MGM Studios)
I Saw the TV Glow (A24)
Nickel Boys (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)
⭐️ The Substance (Mubi)

 LGBTQ FILM OF THE YEAR
Challengers (Amazon MGM Studios)
Emilia Pérez (Netflix)
⭐️ I Saw the TV Glow (A24)
Love Lies Bleeding (A24)
Queer (A24)

 DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist (A24)
⭐️ Coralie Fargeat, The Substance (Mubi)
Luca Guadagnino, Challengers (Amazon MGM Studios)
RaMell Ross, Nickel Boys (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)
Jane Schoenbrun, I Saw the TV Glow (A24)

 SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR 
Original or adapted
Sean Baker,  Anora (Neon)
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance (Mubi) 
⭐️ Justin Kuritzkes, Challengers (Amazon MGM Studios)
Jane Schoenbrun, I Saw the TV Glow (A24) 
Peter Straughan, Conclave (Focus Features) 

 LGBTQ SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR
Rose Glass and Weronika Tofilska, Love Lies Bleeding (A24)
Justin Kuritzkes, Challengers (Amazon MGM Studios)
Justin Kuritzkes, Queer (A24)
⭐️ Jane Schoenbrun, I Saw the TV Glow (A24)
Julio Torres, Problemista (A24) 

NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
All We Imagine as Light (Sideshow / Janus Films)
Emilia Pérez (Netflix)
Flow (Sideshow / Janus Films)
⭐️ I’m Still Here (Sony Pictures Classics)
The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Neon)

 LGBTQ NON-ENGLISH FILM OF THE YEAR
Crossing (Mubi)
⭐️ Emilia Pérez (Netflix)
Queendom (Greenwich Entertainment)
Vermiglio (Sideshow / Janus Films)
All Shall Be Well (Strand Releasing) 

 UNSUNG FILM OF THE YEAR
To an exceptional movie worthy of greater attention
Didi (Focus Features)
Hundreds of Beavers (Cineverse, Vinegar Syndrome)
My Old Ass (Amazon MGM Studios)
⭐️ Problemista (A24)
Thelma (Magnolia)

 UNSUNG LGBTQ FILM OF THE YEAR
Femme (Utopia)
My Old Ass (Amazon MGM Studios)
National Anthem (Variance, LD Entertainment)
⭐️ The People’s Joker (Altered Innocence)
Problemista (A24)

 FILM PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Adrien Brody, The Brutalist (A24)
Daniel Craig, Queer (A24)
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing (A24)
Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez (Netflix) 
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked (Universal)
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths (Bleecker Street)
Nicole Kidman, Babygirl (A24)
Mikey Madison, Anora (Neon)
⭐️ Demi Moore, The Substance (Mubi)
Justice Smith, I Saw the TV Glow (A24)

 SUPPORTING FILM PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Michele Austin, Hard Truths (Bleecker Street)
Yura Borisov, Anora (Neon)
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain (Searchlight Pictures)
⭐️ Ariana Grande, Wicked (Universal)
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Nickel Boys (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)
Jack Haven, I Saw the TV Glow (A24)
Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing (A24)
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist (A24)
Margaret Qualley, The Substance (Mubi)
Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez (Netflix)

 DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
Dahomey (Mubi)
Daughters (Netflix)
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin (Netflix)
Sugarcane (National Geographic)
⭐️ Will & Harper (Netflix)

 LGBTQ DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
Chasing Chasing Amy (Level 33)
Frida (Amazon MGM Studios)
Merchant Ivory (Cohen Media Group)
Queendom (Greenwich Entertainment)
⭐️ Will & Harper (Netflix)

 ANIMATED FILM OF THE YEAR
⭐️ Flow (Sideshow / Janus Films)
Inside Out 2 (Disney)
Memoir of a Snail (IFC Films)
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (Netflix)
The Wild Robot (Universal, DreamWorks)

 GENRE FILM OF THE YEAR
For excellence in science fiction, fantasy and horror
Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros.)
I Saw the TV Glow (A24)
Nosferatu (Focus Features)
⭐️ The Substance (Mubi)
Wicked (Universal)

 FILM MUSIC OF THE YEAR
The Brutalist (A24) – Daniel Blumberg
⭐️ Challengers (Amazon MGM Studios) – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Emilia Pérez (Netflix) – Clément Ducol and Camille
I Saw the TV Glow (A24) – Alex G
Wicked (Universal) – John Powell and Stephen Schwartz, et al.

 VISUALLY STRIKING FILM OF THE YEAR
The Brutalist (A24)
Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros.)
Nosferatu (Focus Features)
⭐️ Nickel Boys (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)
The Substance (Mubi)

 CAMPIEST FLICK 
Hundreds of Beavers (Cineverse, Vinegar Syndrome)
Madame Web (Sony)
Megalopolis (Lionsgate)
⭐️ The Substance (Mubi)
Trap (Warner Bros.)

 “WE’RE WILDE ABOUT YOU!” RISING STAR AWARD
⭐️ Jonathan Bailey
Vera Drew
Karla Sofía Gascón 
Jack Haven
Mikey Madison
Katy O’Brian
Drew Starkey

 WILDE ARTIST AWARD
To a truly groundbreaking force in entertainment
⭐️ Colman Domingo
Luca Guadagnino
Coralie Fargeat
Jane Schoenbrun
Tilda Swinton

 GALECA LGBTQIA+ FILM TRAILBLAZER
For creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity
Vera Drew
⭐️ Cynthia Erivo
Luca Guadagnino
Jane Schoenbrun
Julio Torres

 TIMELESS STAR AWARD
Honoring an exemplary career marked by character, wisdom and wit
⭐️ Demi Moore

2024 Dorian TV Awards

BEST TV DRAMA
⭐️ Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire (AMC)
The Curse (Showtime/Paramount+)
Fallout (Amazon Prime)
The Gilded Age (HBO)
Heartstopper (Netflix)
Shōgun (FX/Hulu)

BEST TV COMEDY

Abbott Elementary (ABC)
The Bear (FX/Hulu)
⭐️ Hacks (Max)
Reservation Dogs (FX/Hulu)
What We Do in the Shadows (FX)

BEST WRITTEN TV SHOW (new category)
Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
The Bear (FX/Hulu)
Fellow Travelers (Showtime/Paramount+)
⭐️ Hacks (Max)

BEST LGBTQ TV SHOW

⭐️ Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire (AMC)
Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
Fellow Travelers (Showtime/Paramount+)
Hacks (Max)
Heartstopper (Netflix)

BEST TV MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES
⭐️ Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
Fellow Travelers (Showtime/Paramount+)
Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans (FX/Hulu)
Ripley (Netflix)
True Detective: Night Country (HBO)

BEST UNSUNG TV SHOW

Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire (AMC)
Chucky (Syfy/USA)
Our Flag Means Death (Max)
⭐️ Reservation Dogs (FX/Hulu)
We Are Lady Parts (Peacock)

BEST NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE TV SHOW
Elite (Netflix)
Lupin (Netflix) 
⭐️ Shōgun (FX/Hulu)
Tore (Netflix)
Young Royals (Netflix)

BEST LGBTQ NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE TV SHOW (new category)
Drag Latina (Revry/LATV+)
Elite (Netflix)
Past Lies (Hulu)
Tore (Netflix)
⭐️ Young Royals (Netflix)

BEST TV PERFORMANCE—DRAMA
Jacob Anderson, Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire (AMC)
⭐️ Matt Bomer, Fellow Travelers (Showtime/Paramount+) 
Jodie Foster, True Detective: Night Country (HBO)
Richard Gadd, Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
Ncuti Gatwa, Doctor Who (Disney+)
Lily Gladstone, Under the Bridge (Hulu)
Tom Hollander, Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans (FX/Hulu)
Anna Sawai, Shōgun (FX/Hulu)
Andrew Scott, Ripley (Netflix)
Emma Stone, The Curse (Showtime/Paramount+)

BEST SUPPORTING TV PERFORMANCE—DRAMA
⭐️ Jonathan Bailey, Fellow Travelers (Showtime/Paramount+)
Christine Baranski, The Gilded Age (HBO)
Elizabeth Debicki, The Crown (Netflix)
Jessica Gunning, Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
Moeka Hoshi, Shōgun (FX/Hulu)
Jennifer Jason Leigh, Fargo (FX)
Nava Mau, Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
Jinkx Monsoon, Doctor Who (Disney+)
Kali Reis, True Detective: Night Country (HBO)
Benny Safdie, The Curse (Showtime/Paramount+)

BEST TV PERFORMANCE—COMEDY
Matt Berry, What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Ayo Edebiri, The Bear (FX/Hulu) 
Renée Elise Goldsberry, Girls5Eva (Netflix)
Devery Jacobs, Reservation Dogs (FX/Hulu)
Maya Rudolph, Loot (Apple TV+)
Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
⭐️ Jean Smart, Hacks (Max)
Jeremy Allen White, The Bear (FX/Hulu)
Kristen Wiig, Palm Royale (Apple TV+)

BEST SUPPORTING TV PERFORMANCE—COMEDY
Joel Kim Booster, Loot (Apple TV+)
Carol Burnett, Palm Royale (Apple TV+)
⭐️ Hannah Einbinder, Hacks (Max)
Harvey Guillén, What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
Janelle James, Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Jamie Lee-Curtis, The Bear (FX/Hulu)
Sheryl Lee Ralph, Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Ebon Moss-Bachrach, The Bear (FX/Hulu)
Megan Stalter, Hacks (Max)
Meryl Streep, Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

BEST TV MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
Miley Cyrus, “Flowers,” 66th Annual Grammy Awards (CBS / Paramount+)
Billie Eilish & Finneas O’Connell, What Was I Made For?,” 96th Academy Awards (ABC)
⭐️ Ryan Gosling, “I’m Just Ken,” 96th Academy Awards (ABC)
Steve Martin, “Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?,” Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
Maya Rudolph, “Mother,” Saturday Night Live (NBC)

BEST TV DOCUMENTARY OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES

Black Twitter: A People’s History (Hulu)
Girls State (Apple TV+)
The Greatest Night in Pop (Netflix)
Jim Henson Idea Man (Disney+)
⭐️ Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV (Investigation Discovery)

BEST LGBTQ TV DOCUMENTARY OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES
Beyond the Aggressives: 25 Years Later (Showtime)
Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show (HBO)
⭐️ Last Call: When A Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York (HBO)
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed (HBO)
The Stroll (HBO)

BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS SHOW
The Daily Show (Comedy Central)
Hot Ones (YouTube)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS)
⭐️ Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

BEST REALITY SHOW

Rupaul’s Drag Race (MTV)
Queer Eye (Netflix)
Top Chef (Bravo)
⭐️ The Traitors (Peacock)
We’re Here (HBO)

BEST GENRE TV SHOW (new category)
⭐️ Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire (AMC)
The Fall of the House of Usher (Netflix)
Fallout (Amazon Prime)
What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
Chucky (SyFy/USA)

BEST ANIMATED SHOW
Blue Eye Samurai (Netflix)
Bobs Burgers (Fox)
Harley Quinn (Max) 
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (Netflix)
⭐️ X-Men ’97 (Disney+)

MOST VISUALLY STRIKING TV SHOW

Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire (AMC)
Fallout (Amazon Prime)
Palm Royale (Apple TV+)
⭐️ Ripley (Netflix) 
Shōgun (FX/Hulu)
True Detective: Night Country (HBO)

CAMPIEST TV SHOW
Bridgerton (Netflix)
⭐️ Chucky (SyFy / USA)
Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans (FX/Hulu)
Palm Royale (Apple TV+)
The Traitors (Peacock)

WILDE WIT AWARD
To a performer, writer or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse
Joel Kim Booster
Quinta Brunson
Ayo Edebiri
Hannah Einbinder
⭐️ Julio Torres

GALECA TV ICON AWARD
To a uniquely talented star we adore
Gillian Anderson
Angela Bassett
⭐️ Carol Burnett
LeVar Burton
Julia Louis-Dreyfus

GALECA LGBTQIA+ TV TRAILBLAZER AWARD
For creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity
RuPaul Charles
Margaret Cho
⭐️ Alan Cumming
Emma D’Arcy
Ncuti Gatwa

2024 Dorian Theater Awards

OUTSTANDING BROADWAY MUSICAL
Here Lies Love 
Hell’s Kitchen
🏆 Illinoise
Lempicka 
The Outsiders 
Suffs

OUTSTANDING BROADWAY PLAY
Jaja’s African Hair Braiding
Just for Us
Mary Jane
Mother Play
Prayer for the French Republic
🏆 Stereophonic

OUTSTANDING BROADWAY MUSICAL REVIVAL
Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
🏆 Merrily We Roll Along
The Who’s Tommy

OUTSTANDING BROADWAY PLAY REVIVAL
🏆 Appropriate
An Enemy of the People
Purlie Victorious

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A BROADWAY MUSICAL
Ali Louis Bourzgui, The Who’s Tommy
Eden Espinosa, Lempicka
Brody Grant, The Outsiders
🏆 Jonathan Groff, Merrily We Roll Along
Brian d’Arcy James, Days of Wine and Roses
Maleah Joi Moon, Hell’s Kitchen
Kelli O’Hara, Days of Wine and Roses
Maryann Plunkett, The Notebook
Eddie Redmayne, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
Shaina Taub, Suffs

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A BROADWAY PLAY
Betsy Aidem, Prayer for the French Republic
Alex Edelman, Just For Us
William Jackson Harper, Uncle Vanya
Jessica Lange, Mother Play
Leslie Odom Jr., Purlie Victorious
Rachel McAdams, Mary Jane
Laurie Metcalf, Grey House
🏆 Sarah Paulson, Appropriate

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A BROADWAY MUSICAL
Hannah Cruz, Suffs
Amber Iman, Lempicka
Kecia Lewis, Hell’s Kitchen
Nikki M. James, Suffs
Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer, Monty Python’s Spamalot
Lindsay Mendez, Merrily We Roll Along
Bebe Neuwirth, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
Conrad Ricamora, Here Lies Love
🏆 Daniel Radcliffe, Merrily We Roll Along
Ricky Ubeda, Illinoise

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A BROADWAY PLAY
— TIE
Brittany Adebumola, Jaja’s African Hair Braiding
Francis Benhamou, Prayer for the French Republic
Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Doubt
Alex Brightman, The Shark is Broken
Will Brill, Stereophonic
Elle Fanning, Appropriate
Eli Gelb, Stereophonic
Celia Keenan-Bolger, Mother Play
Jay O. Sanders, Purlie Victorious
Tom Pecinka, Stereophonic
🏆 Sarah Pidgeon, Stereophonic
🏆 Kara Young, Purlie Victorious

OUTSTANDING LGBTQ BROADWAY PRODUCTION
Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
🏆 Illinoise
Lempicka
Mother Play

OUTSTANDING BROADWAY ENSEMBLE
Here Lies Love
Illinoise
Jaja’s African Hair Braiding
Merrily We Roll Along
Suffs
🏆 Stereophonic

THE BROADWAY SHOWSTOPPER AWARD
To a standout production number or scene 
Appropriate, “Epilogue: The Plantation Decays”
Illinoise, “Chicago”
Lempicka, “Woman Is”
🏆 Merrily We Roll Along, “Franklin Shepard, Inc.”
The Outsiders, “The Rumble”

OUTSTANDING OFF-BROADWAY PRODUCTION
All the Devils Are Here
The Ally
The Connector
🏆 Oh, Mary!
Primary Trust
Teeth

OUTSTANDING LGBTQ OFF-BROADWAY PRODUCTION
Bark of Millions
Eddie Izzard’s Hamlet
Make Me Gorgeous
🏆 Oh, Mary!
Teeth

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN AN OFF-BROADWAY PRODUCTION
Charles Busch, Ibsen’s Ghost: An Irresponsible Biographical Fantasy
Nicholas Christopher, Jelly’s Last Jam
🏆 Cole Escola, Oh, Mary!
William Jackson Harper, Primary Trust
Moses Ingram, Sunset Baby
Rachel Bay Jones, Here We Are
Alyse Alan Louis, Teeth
Taylor Mac, Bark of Millions
Ruthie Ann Miles, The Light in the Piazza
Cynthia Nixon, The Seven Year Disappear
Patrick Page, All the Devils Are Here

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN AN OFF-BROADWAY PRODUCTION
Susan Blommaert, Grief Hotel
Marylouise Burke, Infinite Life
Bobby Cannavale, Here We Are
Micaela Diamond, Here We Are
Joaquina Kalukango, Jelly’s Last Jam
Julia Lester, I Can Get it For You Wholesale
Steven Pasquale, Teeth
David Hyde Pierce, Here We Are
🏆 Conrad Ricamora, Oh, Mary!
James Scully, Oh, Mary!
Jennifer Van Dyck, Ibsen’s Ghost: An Irresponsible Biographical Fantasy
Anna Zavelson, The Light in the Piazza

LGBTQ THEATER ARTIST OF THE SEASON
🏆 Cole Escola
Michael Greif
Jonathan Groff
Michael R. Jackson
Sarah Paulson
Conrad Ricamora

LGBTQ THEATER TRAILBLAZER AWARD
For a lifelong commitment to creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity
Charles Busch
André De Shields
Christopher Durang (nominated posthumously)
Taylor Mac
🏆 Paula Vogel

 

The Substance photo courtesy of MUBI
Illinoise production photo by Matthew Murphy