The Substance won Film of the Year and four other awards including Film Performer of the Year for Demi Moore and Director for Coarlie Fargeat at the 16th annual Dorian Awards, which were bestowed Thursday night by GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics.
The Best Picture Oscar nominee also picked up prizes for Genre Film of the Year and Campiest Flick.
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I Saw the TV Glow — which had a leading nine nominations — Challengers and Will & Harper scored a pair of wins each; Emilia Pérez won LGBTQ Non-English Language Film of the Year; and Wicked‘s Ariana Grande took Supporting Film Performance of the Year. Her co-star Cynthia Erivo received the 2025 GALECA LGBTQIA+ Film Trailblazer prize. See the full winners list below.
The Nine Inch Nails duo of Trent Reznor and Atticus Finch bagged the Film Music prize for Challengers, and Nickel Boys took Visually Striking Film of the Year.
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The Dorians go to both mainstream and LGBTQ-themed content, celebrating what the group calls “the expert Q+ eye on entertainment.” All of Us Strangers won Best Film last year.
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“In our 16th year, GALECA’s members still have wicked fun toasting their favorites in film both mainstream and LGBTQ-themed,” said group president Walt Hickey. Added VP Diane Anderson-Minshall: “I’m certain even some ultra-conservatives who are out to erase all sorts of ‘woke’ words and letters — not to mention history — are secretly taking note of our winners. Everyone appreciates the expert Q+ eye on entertainment.”
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GALECA’s members tentatively are scheduled to toast winners and nominees in a Sunday brunch on February 16.
Here are the winners of the 2025 Dorian Awards:
FILM OF THE YEAR
The Substance (Mubi)
LGBTQ FILM OF THE YEAR
I Saw the TV Glow (A24)
DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance (Mubi)
SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR (original or adapted)
Challengers (Amazon MGM Studios)
LGBTQ SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR
I Saw the TV Glow (A24)
NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
I’m Still Here (Sony Pictures Classics)
LGBTQ NON-ENGLISH FILM OF THE YEAR
Emilia Pérez (Netflix)
UNSUNG FILM OF THE YEAR
Problemista (A24)
UNSUNG LGBTQ FILM OF THE YEAR
The People’s Joker (Altered Innocence)
FILM PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Demi Moore, The Substance (Mubi)
SUPPORTING FILM PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Ariana Grande, Wicked (Universal)
DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
Will & Harper (Netflix)
LGBTQ DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
Will & Harper (Netflix)
ANIMATED FILM OF THE YEAR
Flow (Sideshow / Janus Films)
GENRE FILM OF THE YEAR
The Substance (Mubi)
FILM MUSIC OF THE YEAR
Challengers (Amazon MGM Studios)
VISUALLY STRIKING FILM OF THE YEAR
Nickel Boys (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)
CAMPIEST FLICK
The Substance (Mubi)
“WE’RE WILDE ABOUT YOU!” RISING STAR AWARD
Jonathan Bailey
WILDE ARTIST AWARD (To a truly groundbreaking force in entertainment)
Colman Domingo
GALECA LGBTQIA+ FILM TRAILBLAZER (For creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity)
Cynthia Erivo