GALECA’s 2026 Dorian Film Award Winners

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GALECA’S 2026 DORIAN FILM AWARD WINNERS

FILM OF THE YEAR 
Hamnet (Focus Features)
Marty Supreme (A24)
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Sinners (Warner Bros.) – WINNER
Sorry, Baby (A24)

LGBTQ FILM OF THE YEAR
Blue Moon (Sony Pictures Classics)
Hedda (Amazon MGM Studios)
Pillion (A24) – WINNER
Sorry, Baby (A24)
Twinless (Lionsgate, Roadside Attractions)

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Ryan Coogler, Sinners (Warner Bros.) – WINNER
Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident (Neon)
Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme (A24)
Chloé Zhao, Hamnet (Focus Features)

SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR
Original or adapted
Hamnet, Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell (Focus Features)
Marty Supreme, Josh Safdie, Ronald Bronstein (A24)
One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson (Warner Bros.)
Sinners, Ryan Coogler (Warner Bros.) – WINNER
Sorry, Baby, Eva Victor (A24)

LGBTQ SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR
Blue Moon, Robert Kaplow (Sony Pictures Classics)
Hedda, Nia DaCosta (Amazon MGM Studios)
Pillion, Harry Lighton (A24)
Sorry, Baby, Eva Victor (A24) – WINNER
Twinless, James Sweeney (Lionsgate, Roadside Attractions)

NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
It Was Just an Accident (Neon)
No Other Choice (Neon)
Sentimental Value (Neon) – WINNER
Sirāt (Neon)
The Secret Agent (Neon)

LGBTQ NON-ENGLISH FILM OF THE YEAR
Cactus Pears (Strand Releasing)
Misericordia (Janus Films, Sideshow) – WINNER
Sauna (Breaking Glass)
The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo (Altered Innocence)
Viet and Nam (Strand Releasing)

UNSUNG FILM OF THE YEAR
To an exceptional movie worthy of greater attention
Black Bag (Focus Features)
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (A24)
Lurker (Mubi)
The Testament of Ann Lee (Searchlight Pictures)
Twinless (Lionsgate, Roadside Attractions) – WINNER

UNSUNG LGBTQ FILM OF THE YEAR
To an exceptional LGBTQ-themed movie worthy of greater attention
A Nice Indian Boy (Blue Harbor Entertainment)
Kiss of the Spider Woman (Lionsgate, Roadside Attractions, LD Entertainment)
Peter Hujar’s Day (Janus) – WINNER
Plainclothes (Magnolia)
The Wedding Banquet (Bleecker Street)

FILM PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (A24) – WINNER
Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme (A24)
Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Jessie Buckley, Hamnet (Focus Features)
Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon (Sony Pictures Classics)
Michael B. Jordan, Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Dylan O’Brien, Twinless (Lionsgate, Roadside Attractions)
Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value (Neon)
Amanda Seyfried, The Testament of Ann Lee (Searchlight Pictures)
Tessa Thompson, Hedda (Amazon MGM Studios)

SUPPORTING FILM PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein (Netflix)
Ariana Grande-Butera, Wicked: For Good (Universal)
Nina Hoss, Hedda (Amazon MGM Studios)
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value (Neon)
Amy Madigan, Weapons (Warner Bros.) – WINNER
Sean Penn, One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value (Neon)
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)

DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
Come See Me in the Good Light (Apple)
Cover-Up (Netflix)
My Mom Jayne (HBO)
The Perfect Neighbor (Netflix) – WINNER
Predators (MTV Documentary Films)

LGBTQ DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
Come See Me in the Good Light (Apple) – WINNER
Heightened Scrutiny (Fourth Act Film)
I Was Born This Way (JungeFilms / Goodform)
The Librarians (8 Above)
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story (Zeitgeist Films)

ANIMATED FILM OF THE YEAR
Arco (Neon)
Elio (Disney)
KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix, Sony) – WINNER
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (GKIDS)
Zootopia 2 (Disney)

GENRE FILM OF THE YEAR
For excellence in science fiction, fantasy and horror
28 Years Later (Sony)
Bring Her Back (A24)
Frankenstein (Netflix)
Sinners (Warner Bros.) – WINNER
Weapons (Warner Bros.)

VISUALLY STRIKING FILM OF THE YEAR
Avatar: Fire and Ash (Disney)
Frankenstein (Netflix)
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Sinners (Warner Bros.) – WINNER
Train Dreams (Netflix)

FILM MUSIC OF THE YEAR
KPop Demon Hunters – Marcelo Zarvos, EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Danny Chung, Vince, Kush, Lindgren, Daniel Rojas, et al. (Netflix, Sony)
Marty Supreme – Daniel Lopatin (A24)
One Battle After Another – Jonny Greenwood (Warner Bros.)
Sinners – Ludwig Göransson (Warner Bros.) – WINNER
The Testament of Ann Lee – Daniel Blumberg (Searchlight Pictures)

CAMPIEST FLICK 
Final Destination: Bloodlines (Warner Bros.)
Kiss of the Spider Woman (Lionsgate, Roadside Attractions, LD Entertainment)
The Housemaid (Lionsgate)
Weapons (Warner Bros.) – WINNER
Wicked: For Good (Universal)

“WE’RE WILDE ABOUT YOU!” RISING STAR AWARD
Odessa A’zion
Miles Caton
Chase Infiniti
Tonatiuh
Eva Victor – WINNER

WILDE ARTIST AWARD
To a truly groundbreaking force in entertainment
Ryan Coogler – WINNER
Cynthia Erivo
Jinkx Monsoon
Jafar Panahi
Pedro Pascal

GALECA LGBTQIA+ FILM TRAILBLAZER
For creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity
Gregg Araki – WINNER
Jonathan Bailey
Kristen Stewart
Tessa Thompson
Eva Victor

TIMELESS STAR 
Honoring an exemplary career marked by character, wisdom and wit
Tim Curry

 
[Photo Credit: Netflix, A24, Focus Features, Warner Bros., (Amazon MGM Studios, Neon, Lionsgate]

• Awards
• GALECA
• GALECA Dorian Awards