'The Substance,' 'I Saw the TV Glow' Lead 16th Annual Dorian Award Nominations

GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics has announced its 16th annual nominations for the Dorian Awards.

The awards, which are given to mainstream and LGBTQ-themed content, celebrate "the expert Q+ eye on entertainment."

This year's nominations are dominated by the indie sci-fi film "I Saw the TV Glow," with nine, and the Demi Moore-Margaret Qualley body horror "The Substance," with eight.

The winners — as well as the group's choice for Timeless Star — will be announced Thursday, February 13.

Full list of nominations:

GALECA: THE SOCIETY OF LGBTQ ENTERTAINMENT CRITICS
16TH DORIAN FILM AWARDS LIST OF NOMINEES 

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

"Anora" (Neon)
"Challengers" (Amazon MGM Studios)
"Conclave" (Focus Features)
"I Saw the TV Glow" (A24)
"The Substance" (Mubi)

LGBTQ SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR

"Challengers" (Amazon MGM Studios)
"I Saw the TV Glow" (A24)
"Love Lies Bleeding" (A24)
"Problemista" (A24)
"Queer" (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)
Brigette Lundy-Paine, "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)
"Challengers" (Amazon MGM Studios)
"Emilia Pérez" (Netflix)
"I Saw the TV Glow" (A24)
"Wicked" (Universal)

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 
Brigette Lundy-Paine
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