Moonlight unsurprisingly swept the board at this years Dorian Awards winning 6 of the categories including Best Picture. These prestigious awards given out annually by the Gay & Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association (GALECA) which is comprised of 170 film and tv critics and entertainment journalists in the UK, Canada and UK (of which queerguru is one).
Moonlight also won Best Director for Barry Jenkins, who also picked up the Award for Screenplay of the Year. The movie’s star Mahershala Ali won for Film Performance of the Year – Actor, Trevante Rhodes won the We’re Wilde About You! Rising Star of the Year, and then the movie itself won Best LGBTQ Movie of the Year.
Other notable and popular winners were Viola Davis who won Film Performance of the Year – Actress for Fences; La La Land won Visually Striking Movie of The Year; The Dressmaker picked up Campy Flick of the Year. In the TV categories, Transparent won Comedy of the Year for the third time running, plus Best LBGTQ Comedy and Best Actor for Jeffrey Tambor.
The late Carrie Fisher was posthumously awarded Wilde Wit of the Year, and queer filmmaker John Waters was given the Association’s highest honor The Timeless Star Award.
Here is the full list of the 2017 Dorian Award Winners:
Film of the Year
Moonlight (A24)
Director of the Year (Film or Television)
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight (A24)
Film Performance of the Year – Actress
Viola Davis, Fences (Paramount)
Film Performance of the Year – Actor
Mahershala Ali, Moonlight (A24)
LGBTQ Film of the Year:
Moonlight (A24)
Foreign-Language Film of the Year
The Handmaiden (Amazon Studios)
Screenplay of the Year
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight (A24)
Documentary of the Year (theatrical release, TV airing or DVD release)
O.J.: Made in America (ESPN Films)
Visually Striking Film of the Year
La La Land (Lionsgate)
Unsung Film of the Year
Christine (The Orchard)
Campy Film of the Year
The Dressmaker (Broad Green/Amazon Studios)
TV Drama of the Year
The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX)
TV Comedy of the Year
Transparent (Amazon)
TV Performance of the Year – Actor
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent (Amazon)
TV Performance of the Year – Actress
Sarah Paulson, American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson (FX)
TV Current Affairs Show of the Year
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee (TBS)
TV Musical Performance of the Year
Kate McKinnon, “Hallelujah,” Saturday Night Live (NBC)
LGBTQ TV Show of the Year
Transparent (Amazon)
Unsung TV Show of the Year
The Real O’Neals (ABC)
Campy TV Show of the Year
RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars (Logo)
We’re Wilde About You! Rising Star of the Year
Trevante Rhodes
Wilde Wit of the Year (honoring a performer, writer or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse):
Carrie Fisher
Wilde Artist of the Year (honoring a truly groundbreaking force in the fields of film, theater and/or television) (tie)
Kate McKinnon
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Timeless Star (honoring an actor or performer whose exemplary career is marked by character, wisdom and wit)
John Waters
