TORONTO — Quebec filmmaker Xavier Dolan and actress Anne Dorval and Regina-born Tatiana Maslany are among the nominees announced Monday for this year’s Dorian Awards.
Dolan’s drama Mommy, which earned raves at the Cannes film festival last year, got a nod in the Foreign Language Film of the Year category. Dolan is nominated for Wilde Artist of the Year, which honours “a truly groundbreaking force” in entertainment.
Mommy star Dorval is nominated for Film Performance of the Year – Actress.
Maslany is up for TV Performance of the Year – Actress. Her Toronto-shot series Orphan Black is nominated for Unsung TV Show of the Year.
Last year, Dolan had four nominations for Dorian Awards and Maslany had two. Neither won.
The Dorian Awards are voted on by roughly 100 members of the Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association (GALECA).
By comparison, the Golden Globe Awards are chosen by fewer than 90 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). GALECA, unlike the HFPA, makes the affiliations of its members public. They include journalists at Us Weekly, InStyle, Hollywood Reporter, New York Times, The Associated Press and Global News.
Film of the Year nominees are Birdman, Boyhood, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game and Pride.
Steve Carell, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jake Gyllenhall, Michael Keaton and Eddie Redmayne are up for Film Performance of the Year – Actor.
In the Film Performance of the Year – Actress category, Dorval will be challenged by Essie Davis, Julianne Moore, Rosamund Pike and Reese Witherspoon.
Film Director of the Year contenders are Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Ava DuVernay (Selma), David Fincher (Gone Girl), Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Birdman) and Richard Linklater (Boyhood).
The Imitation Game, Love is Strange, Pride, Stranger by the Lake and The Way He Looks are nominated for LGBTQ Film of the Year.
Dolan’s Mommy will compete for the Foreign Language Film of the Year honour with Force Majeure, Ida, Stranger by the Lake and Two Days, One Night.
Unsung Film of the Year nominees are Obvious Child, Love is Strange, Pride, The Skeleton Twins and Snowpiercer.
Alberta-shot Interstellar has a nod for Visually Striking Film of the Year, along with Birdman (with visual effects by Montreal’s Rodeo FX), The Grand Budapest Hotel, Snowpiercer and Under the Skin.
Campy Flick of the Year nominees are Annie, Gone Girl, Into the Woods, Maleficent and Tammy.
In TV categories, the made-in-Calgary series Fargo will challenge The Good Wife, How to Get Away with Murder, Mad Men and The Normal Heart for Drama of the Year and The Comeback, Modern Family, Orange is the New Black, Transparent and Veep are in the running for Comedy of the Year.
Small screen acting nominations went to Matt Bomer, Matthew McConaughey, Mark Ruffalo, Kevin Spacey, Jeffrey Tambor, Viola Davis, Lisa Kudrow, Julianna Margulies and Frances McDormand.
Wilde About You Rising Star Award nominees are Ansel Elgort, Jack Falahee, Ellar Coltrane, Jack O’Connell, Gina Rodriguez and Finn Wittrock.
This year’s recipient of the Timeless Award, presented to a performer for a career of “character, wisdom and wit,” is George Takei.
For a full list of nominations, click here.
Winners of the Dorian Awards will be announced Jan. 20.
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As a member of GALECA, John R. Kennedy submitted nominations for the Dorian Awards and will vote on the final ballot.
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