GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics -Dorian Awards 2021 Film Toast streams LIVE on Revry TV
I’m so excited to announce that this year’s Dorian Awards Film Toast will be streamed LIVE on Revry TV, Sunday April 18th. 5PM PT, 8PM ET.
I’ve been an Advisory Board member of GALECA for 3 years now, and I am thrilled to serve on one of the upcoming televised panels where we discuss many of our nominees. Interestingly enough, I didn’t jump into the Promising Young Woman discussion. Instead I champion Regina King’s direction of One Night in Miami as well as the amazing documentary Disclosure and how it made me think more deeply about my long standing love of The Crying Game.
It’s going to be a great show. The full press release is below.
GALECA: THE SOCIETY OF LGBTQ ENTERTAINMENT CRITICS’ ‘DORIANS FILM TOAST 2021’ AWARDS SHOW STREAMS LIVE SUNDAY, APRIL 18 AT 8 P.M. ET/7 P.M. CT ON LGBTQ+ PLATFORM REVRY
ANNUAL EVENT HONORS THE BEST IN FILMS AND INCLUSIVITY; 2021 THEME: ‘MOVIES: HOLLYWOOD’S LIFEBOAT - WHY MOVIES MATTER’
Ceremony Hosted by Karel; Partial Presenter List Includes Director Lee Daniels, Cheyenne Jackson, Gabourey Sidibe, Harry Hamlin, Raphael Silva, Margaret Cho, Charo
LOS ANGELES, CA – April 1, 2021 – GALECA, The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics Association, along with Karel Media, will present the 2021 Dorian Film Awards on Sunday, April 18 at 8 P.M. ET/7 p.m. CT on digital cable TV network Revry. The Society will honor the finest in movies in 17 categories, ranging from Best Film, Best LGBTQ Film to Campiest Flick. The awards are voted upon by the 290 members of GALECA, one of the most diverse critics groups in the world.
Hosting the two-hour, magazine-style virtual awards show is groundbreaking gay broadcast personality and LGBTQ rights icon Karel. Presenters set for the show include director Lee Daniels (The United States vs. Billie Holiday), actor Cheyenne Jackson (Call Me Kat), actress Gabourey Sidibe (Precious, Antebellum), actor Harry Hamlin (Making Love, Clash of the Titans), actor Rafael Silva (Fluidity, 9-1-1 Lonestar), actor Brad Rowe (Billy’s Hollywood Screen Kiss) famed comedian Margaret Cho and iconic entertainer Charo. Other presenters and participants to be announced.
The awards will be available on Revry’s FAST (free) and OTT channels and on-demand on April 19.
The nominees can be viewed here. Award categories are:
• Best Film
• Best Director
• Best LGBTQ Film
• Best Unsung Film
• Best Director
• Best Screenplay
• Best Non-English Language
• Best Film Performance—Actress
• Best Film Performance—Actor
• Best Supporting Film Performance—Actress
• Best Supporting Film Performance—Actor
• Best Documentary
• Best LGBTQ Documentary
• Most Visually Striking Film
• Campiest Flick
• “We’re Wilde About You!” Rising Star Award
• Wilde Artist Award
• Timeless Star Career Achievement Honor (no nominees; winner revealed in show)
In addition to the presenters, the virtual ceremony will feature musical performances by Morgan Mallory, performing “Look Into The Light," and Irish band The Black Donnellys performing the show opener “A Toast!” Shot virtually and in Las Vegas, the show is executive produced by Brandon Riley Miller (Vice, Free Speech TV’s Life in Segments, High) and John Griffiths for GALECA, and produced and co-written by Karel for Karel.Media.
ABOUT THE DORIAN AWARDS
The Dorian Awards for film and TV, chosen by the GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, go to the best in all of film and TV. In honoring both mainstream and LGBTQ-centric content, the Society helps remind bullies, bigots, and at-risk youth that the world looks to the Q eye for tips on great entertainment. The Dorians, founded in 2009, present their film awards in early spring, and their TV awards in late autumn. GALECA teamed with Karel.Media in 2020 to bring the shows to television and streaming platforms. Enjoy our recent Dorians TV Toast 2020 special on Revry.TV
ABOUT GALECA
GALECA currently consists of over 270 active critics and journalists who write, edit, report and/or broadcast for noteworthy media outlets in the United States, Canada, Australia and the U.K. Our members are staffers or freelance for websites, publications and syndicates considered mainstream (such as CNN, Associated Press, The Boston Globe, Buzzfeed, The Daily Beast, People, GQ, The Guardian, Los Angeles Times, TV Guide, Vanity Fair); trade staples (The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Deadline): radio and TV entities (BBC radio, KGO FM San Francisco, NBC affiliates): and LGBTQ outlets (The Advocate, Autostraddle, Out, Lesbian News, South Florida Gay News). In addition, GALECA counts about 20 esteemed cultural leaders on its Advisory Board.
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