“The suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.”—Oscar Wilde
Our reigning film winners are . . .
Hello, 2021! This marks the first year that the Dorian Film Awards were presented separately from our TV awards.
Our next TV awards occur in fall (timeline TBA). Programs that aired the majority of their episodes June 1, 2020 through May 31, 2021 are eligible.
Dorian Film Awards 2021
BEST FILM
Nomadland (WINNER)
First Cow
Minari
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
BEST LGBTQ FILM
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (WINNER)
Ammonite
I Carry You With Me
Supernova
Uncle Frank
The Boys in the Band
BEST NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE FILM
Minari (WINNER)
Another Round
Bacurau
I Carry You With Me
La Llorona
Two of Us
BEST DIRECTOR
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland (WINNER)
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
Kelly Reichardt, First Cow
Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
Regina King, One Night in Miami
BEST SCREENPLAY (original or adapted)
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman (WINNER)
Chloe Zhao, Nomadland
Eliza Hittman, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
Radha Blank, The Forty-Year-Old Version
BEST UNSUNG FILM
The Forty Year Old Version (WINNER)
Driveways
First Cow
Miss Juneteenth
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Shirley
The Assistant
BEST DOCUMENTARY (tie)
Welcome to Chechnya (WINNER)
Disclosure (WINNER)
Collective
Crip camp
Dick Johnson is Dead
Time
BEST LGBTQ DOCUMENTARY (also a tie)
Disclosure (WINNER) Enjoy a look at the film here by Tom & Lorenzo
Welcome to Chechnya (WINNER)
A Secret Love
Born to Be
Mucho Mucho amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado
BEST FILM PERFORMANCE—ACTRESS
Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman (WINNER)
Frances McDormand, Nomadland
Nicole Beharie, Miss Juneteenth
Sidney Flanigan, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
BEST FILM PERFORMANCE—ACTOR
Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (WINNER)
Anthony Hopkins, The Father
Delroy Lindo, Da 5 Bloods
Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
Steven Yeun, Minari
BEST FILM PERFORMANCE—SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari (WINNER)
Amanda Seyfried, Mank
Candice Bergen, Let Them All Talk
Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Olivia Colman, The Father
BEST FILM PERFORMANCE—SUPPORTING ACTOR
Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah (WINNER)
Chadwick Boseman, Da 5 Bloods
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
Nomadland (WINNER)
Birds of Prey: and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn
Mank
Soul
Wolfwalkers
CAMPIEST FLICK
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (WINNER)
Bad Hair
Birds of Prey: and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn
The Prom
Wonder Woman 1984
“WE’RE WILDE ABOUT YOU!” RISING STAR AWARD
Radha Blank (WINNER)
Alan s. Kim
Kingsley Ben-adir
Maria Bakalova
Sidney Flanigan
WILDE ARTIST AWARD
To a truly groundbreaking force in entertainment
Dolly Parton (WINNER)
Chadwick Boseman
Chloe Zhao
Elliot Page
Regina King
GALECA Trailblazer Award (New! A special Board-picked accolade)
For creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity
Isabel Sandoval
TIMELESS STAR
Honoring an actor or performer whose exemplary career has been marked by character, wisdom and wit
Leslie Jordan
