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Jodie Foster, Lisa Cholodenko and more nominated for GALECA’s Dorian Awards

As a member of the Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association, I can vouch that we do things a little differently when it comes to award-giving. First, we are going to give nominations to films, TV shows and people that are not only LGBT inclusive, but who excel at representation and visibility while also creating some of the best work in their respective genres all year. Sometimes that crosses over with the Golden Globes, Emmys or Oscars, but there are a few significant differences.

First, the GALECA’s Dorian Awards always have more women. In this year’s TV Director of the Year category, three of the five nominees are women: Jodie Foster, Lisa Cholodenko and Jill Soloway. Directing is rarely a place where women receive their due. (Worth nothing Ava DuVernay is nominated for Selma in Best Film Director, too!) How cool to have two out women and a huge ally up for the honor.

Lisa Cholodenko

Some other notable lesbian and bi showings include Regarding Susan Sontag (Documentary of the Year), Orange is the New Black and Transparent for TV Comedy of the Year and LGBTQ Show of the Year, Tatiana Maslany for TV Performance of the Year – Actress and Orphan Black for Unsung TV Show. The Rachel Maddow Program is recognized in TV Current Affairs Show of the Year, while its host is up for the Wilde Wit honor. The lesbian-inclusive Pride received three nominations: Film of the Year, LGBTQ Film of the Year and Unsung Film of the Year.

Check out the list of all nominees. Winners will be announced next Tuesday, January 20 and celebrated at a Winners Toast on Sunday, March 1 in Los Angeles.

Film of the Year

Birdman – Fox Searchlight

Boyhood – Sundance Selects/IFC

The Grand Budapest Hotel – Fox Searchlightorp

The Imitation Game – The Weinstein Company

Pride – CBS Films

Film Performance of the Year – Actor

Steve Carell, Foxcatcher – Sony Pictures Classics

Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game – The Weinstein Company

Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler – Open Road

Michael Keaton, Birdman – Fox Searchlight

Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything – Universal

Film Performance of the Year – Actress

Essie Davis, The Babadook – Sundance Selects/IFC

Anne Dorval, Mommy – Lionsgate

Julianne Moore, Still Alice – Sony Pictures Classics

Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl – 20th Century Fox

Reese Witherspoon, Wild – Fox Searchlight

Film Director of the Year

Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel – Fox Searchlight

Ava DuVernay, Selma – Paramount

David Fincher, Gone Girl – 20th Century Fox

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Birdman – Fox Searchight

Richard Linklater, Boyhood – Sundance Selects/IFC

LGBTQ Film of the Year

The Imitation Game – The Weinstein Company

Love is Strange – Sony Pictures Classics

Pride – CBS Films

Stranger by the Lake – Strand Releasing

The Way He Looks – Strand Releasing

Foreign Language Film of the Year

Force Majeure – Magnolia Pictures

Ida – Music Box Films

Mommy – Lionsgate

Stranger by the Lake – Strand Releasing

Two Days, One Night – Sundance Selects/IFC

Unsung Film of the Year

Obvious Child – A24

Love is Strange – Sony Pictures Classics

Pride – CBS Films

The Skeleton Twins – Roadside Attractions

Snowpiercer – Radius/TWC

Documentary of the Year

(theatrical release, TV airing or DVD release)

The Case Against 8 – HBO

CitizenFour – Radius/TWC

Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me – Sundance Selects

Life Itself – Magnolia Pictures

Regarding Susan Sontag – HBO

Visually Striking Film of the Year

(honoring a production of stunning beauty, from art direction to cinematography)

Birdman – Fox Searchlight

The Grand Budapest Hotel – Fox Searchlight

Interstellar – Paramount

Snowpiercer – Radius/TWC

Under the Skin – A24

Campy Flick of the Year

Annie

Gone Girl

Into the Woods

Maleficent

Tammy

TV Drama of the Year

Fargo – FX

The Good Wife – CBS

How To Get Away with Murder – ABC

Mad Men – AMC

The Normal Heart – HBO

TV Comedy of the Year

The Comeback – HBO

Modern Family – ABC

Orange is the New Black – Netflix

Transparent – Amazon

Veep – HBO

TV Director of the Year

Lisa Cholodenko, Olive Kitteridge – HBO

Jodie Foster, Orange is the New Black -Netflix

Andrew Haigh, Looking – HBO

Ryan Murphy, The Normal Heart – HBO

Jill Soloway, Transparent – Amazon

TV Performance of the Year – Actor

Matthew Bomer, The Normal Heart – HBO

Matthew McConaughey, True Detective – HBO

Mark Ruffalo, The Normal Heart – HBO

Kevin Spacey, House of Cards – Netflix

Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent – Amazon

TV Performance of the Year – Actress

Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder – ABC

Lisa Kudrow, The Comeback – HBO

Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife – CBS

Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black – BBC America

Frances McDormand, Olive Kitteridge – HBO

TV Musical Performance of the Year

Beyonce, MTV Video Music Awards – MTV

Neil Patrick Harris, “Sugar Daddy,” The Tony Awards – CBS

Jessica Lange, “Life on Mars,” American Horror Story: Freak Show – FX

Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, Madonna, et al., “Same Love,” The Grammys – CBS

Prince, Saturday Night Live – NBC

LGBTQ TV Show of the Year

Looking – HBO

Modern Family – ABC

Orange is the New Black – Netflix

Please Like Me – Pivot

Transparent – Amazon

Unsung TV Show of the Year

Getting On – HBO

Looking – HBO

Orphan Black – BBC America

Please Like Me – Pivot

Transparent – Amazon

TV Current Affairs Show of the Year

Anderson Cooper 360 – CNN

The Colbert Report – Comedy Central

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart – Comedy Central

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver – HBO

The Rachel Maddow Show – MSNBC

Campy TV Show of the Year

American Horror Story: Freak Show

How to Get Away with Murder

Jane the Virgin

Peter Pan Live!

Penny Dreadful

Music Video of the Year

Nicki Minaj, “Anaconda”

Perfume Genius, “Queen”

Sia, “Chandelier”

Taylor Swift, “Blank Space”

Meghan Trainor, “All About That Bass”

The “We’re Wilde About You!” Rising Star Award

Ansel Elgort

Jack Falahee

Ellar Coltrane

Jack O’Connell

Gina Rodriguez

Finn Wittrock

Wilde Wit of the Year

(honoring a performer, writer or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse)

Stephen Colbert

Rachel Maddow

Bill Maher

John Oliver

Jon Stewart

Wilde Artist of the Year

(honoring a truly groundbreaking force in the fields of film, theater and/or television)

Xavier Dolan

Neil Patrick Harris

Richard Linklater

Jill Solloway

Tilda Swinton

Timeless Award

(to an actor or performer whose exemplary career is marked by character, wisdom and wit)

George Takei

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