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Dorian Award For Film Of The Year
Film of the Year is one of the main categories of Dorian Awards, given annually by GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics since 2010 (the group was initially named the Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association). The Dorians go to both mainstream and LGBTQ-centric content. List of winners * 2009 – ''A Single Man'', directed by Tom Ford * 2010 – '' I Am Love'', directed by Luca Guadagnino * 2011 – '' Weekend'', directed by Andrew Haigh * 2012 – '' Argo'', directed by Ben Affleck * 2013 – ''12 Years a Slave'', directed by Steve McQueen * 2014 – '' Boyhood'', directed by Richard Linklater * 2015 – '' Carol'', directed by Todd Haynes * 2016 – '' Moonlight'', directed by Barry Jenkins * 2017 – ''Call Me by Your Name'', directed by Luca Guadagnino * 2018 – ''The Favourite'', directed by Yorgos Lanthimos * 2019 – ''Parasite'', directed by Bong Joon-ho * 2020 – ''Nomadland'', directed by Chloé Zhao * 2021 – '' The Power of the Dog'', di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carol (film)
''Carol'' is a 2015 romantic drama period film directed by Todd Haynes. The screenplay by Phyllis Nagy is based on the 1952 romance novel ''The Price of Salt'' by Patricia Highsmith (republished as ''Carol'' in 1990). The film stars Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson, Jake Lacy, and Kyle Chandler. Set in New York City during the early 1950s, ''Carol'' tells the story of a forbidden affair between an aspiring female photographer and an older woman going through a difficult divorce. ''Carol'' had been in development since 1997, when Nagy wrote the first draft of the screenplay. British company Film4 Productions and its then-chief executive Tessa Ross financed development. The film had a troubled development period, facing problems with financing, rights, scheduling conflicts, and accessibility. Number 9 Films came on board as a producer in 2011, when Elizabeth Karlsen secured the rights to the novel. The film is co-produced by New York-based Killer Films, which j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Campion
Dame Elizabeth Jane Campion (born 30 April 1954) is a New Zealand filmmaker. She is best known for writing and directing the critically acclaimed films ''The Piano'' (1993) and '' The Power of the Dog'' (2021), for which she has received a total of two Academy Awards (including Best Director for the latter), two BAFTA Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards. Campion was appointed a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (DNZM) in the 2016 New Year Honours, for services to film. Campion is known as a groundbreaking female director and is currently the only woman to be nominated twice for Academy Award for Best Director (winning once), and is the first female filmmaker to receive the Palme d'Or (for ''The Piano'', which also won her the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay). She also made history at the 94th Academy Awards when she won Best Director for ''The Power of the Dog'' (2021), making her the oldest female director to win, the first woman to win Academy Awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chloé Zhao
Chloé Zhao, born Zhao Ting (, born 31 March 1982), is a Chinese filmmaker, known primarily for her work on independent films. Zhao's debut feature film, ''Songs My Brothers Taught Me'' (2015), premiered at Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim and earned a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature. Her second feature film, ''The Rider (film), The Rider'' (2017), was critically acclaimed and received nominations for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Film and Independent Spirit Award for Best Director, Best Director. Zhao garnered international recognition with the western film ''Nomadland (film), Nomadland'' (2020), which won numerous accolades, including the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice Award, People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival. Earning four Academy Award nominations for the film, Zhao won both Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Picture and Acade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nomadland (film)
''Nomadland'' is a 2020 American drama film written, produced, edited and directed by Chloé Zhao. Based on the 2017 nonfiction book '' Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century'' by Jessica Bruder, it stars Frances McDormand as a widow who leaves to travel around the United States in her van as a nomad. David Strathairn also stars in a supporting role. A number of real-life nomads appear as fictionalized versions of themselves, including Linda May, Swankie and Bob Wells. ''Nomadland'' premiered on September 11, 2020, at the Venice Film Festival, where it won the Golden Lion. It also won the People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival. It had a one-week streaming limited release on December 4, 2020, and was distributed by Searchlight Pictures in selected IMAX theaters in the United States on January 29, 2021, and simultaneously in theaters, and streaming digitally on Hulu, on February 19, 2021. The film was a box office success, grossi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bong Joon-ho
Bong Joon-ho (, ; Hanja: 奉俊昊; born September 14, 1969) is a South Korean film director, producer and screenwriter. The recipient of four Academy Awards, his filmography is characterised by emphasis on social themes, genre-mixing, black humor, and sudden tone shifts. He first became known to audiences and achieved a cult following with his directorial debut film, the black comedy ''Barking Dogs Never Bite'' (2000), before achieving both critical and commercial success with his subsequent films: the crime thriller ''Memories of Murder'' (2003), the monster film '' The Host'' (2006), the science fiction action film ''Snowpiercer'' (2013), and the black comedy thriller ''Parasite'' (2019), all of which are among the highest-grossing films in South Korea, with ''Parasite'' also being the highest-grossing South Korean film in history. All of Bong's films have been South Korean productions, although both ''Snowpiercer'' and ''Okja'' (2017) are mostly in the English language. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parasite (2019 Film)
''Parasite'' () is a 2019 South Korean black comedy thriller film directed by Bong Joon-ho, who co-wrote the screenplay with Han Jin-won and co-produced the film. The film, starring Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam, Jang Hye-jin, Park Myung-hoon, and Lee Jung-eun, follows a poor family who scheme to become employed by a wealthy family and infiltrate their household by posing as unrelated, highly qualified individuals. The script is based on Bong's source material from a play written in 2013. He later adapted it into a fifteen-page film draft, and it was split into three different drafts by Jin-won. Bong stated that he took inspiration from the 1960 Korean film '' The Housemaid'', and also from the Christine and Léa Papin incident in the 1930s to write the film's screenplay. Filming began in May 2018 and completed that September. The technical crew comprised cinematographer Hong Kyung-pyo, film editor Yang Jin-mo, and composer Jung ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yorgos Lanthimos
Georgios "Yorgos" Lanthimos ( el, Γιώργος Λάνθιμος, Giórgos Lánthimos, ; born 23 September 1973) is a Greek film director, film producer, screenwriter, photographer, theatre director and former professional basketball player. Since 2015, Lanthimos has transitioned from making films in Greek to making higher-budget English-language films produced in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the United States. In his English-language career, he has received three Academy Award nominations for his work: Best Original Screenplay for ''The Lobster'' (2015) and Best Director and Best Picture for ''The Favourite'' (2018). Early life Lanthimos was born in Pangrati, Athens. He was raised mainly by his mother. His father, Antonis Lanthimos, was a professional basketball player who played for Pagrati B.C. and the Greece national basketball team, and was also a basketball instructor at the Moraitis School. Having graduated from the Moraitis School, Lanthimos went on to study Bus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Favourite
''The Favourite'' is a 2018 Historical drama, period black comedy film co-produced and directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, from a screenplay by Deborah Davis (screenwriter), Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara (writer), Tony McNamara. Set in early 18th century Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain, the film's plot examines the relationship between cousins Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (Rachel Weisz), and Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham, Abigail Masham (Emma Stone) as they vie to be court favourite of Anne, Queen of Great Britain, Queen Anne (Olivia Colman). Principal photography for the British-Irish-American production lasted from March to May 2017 and took place at Hatfield House in Hertfordshire and at Hampton Court Palace. The film premiered on 30 August 2018 at the 75th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Grand Jury Prize (Venice Film Festival), Grand Jury Prize and the Volpi Cup for Best Actress for Colman. It was theatrically released in the United St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Call Me By Your Name (film)
''Call Me by Your Name'' ( it, Chiamami col tuo nome, link=no) is a 2017 coming-of-age romantic drama film directed by Luca Guadagnino. Its screenplay, by James Ivory, who also co-produced, is based on the 2007 novel of the same title by André Aciman. The film is the final instalment in Guadagnino's thematic "Desire" trilogy, after '' I Am Love'' (2009), and '' A Bigger Splash'' (2015). Set in 1983 in northern Italy, ''Call Me by Your Name'' chronicles the romantic relationship between a 17-year-old, Elio Perlman (Timothée Chalamet), and Oliver (Armie Hammer), a 24-year-old graduate-student assistant to Elio's father Samuel ( Michael Stuhlbarg), an archaeology professor. The film also stars actresses Amira Casar, Esther Garrel, and Victoire Du Bois. Development began in 2007 when producers Peter Spears and Howard Rosenman optioned the rights to Aciman's novel. Ivory had been chosen to co-direct with Guadagnino, but stepped down in 2016. Guadagnino had joined the projec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Jenkins
Barry Jenkins (born November 19, 1979) is an American filmmaker. After making his filmmaking debut with the short film ''My Josephine'' (2003), he directed his first feature film '' Medicine for Melancholy'' (2008) for which he received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best First Feature. He is also a member of The Chopstars collective as a creative collaborator. Following an eight-year hiatus from feature filmmaking, Jenkins directed and co-wrote the LGBT-themed independent drama '' Moonlight'' (2016), which won numerous accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Picture. Jenkins received an Oscar nomination for Best Director and jointly won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay with Tarell Alvin McCraney. He became the fourth black person to be nominated for Best Director and the second black person to direct a Best Picture winner. He released his third directorial feature '' If Beale Street Could Talk'' in 2018 to critical praise, and earned nomin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moonlight (2016 Film)
''Moonlight'' is a 2016 American coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Barry Jenkins, based on Tarell Alvin McCraney's unpublished semi-autobiographical play '' In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue''. The film stars Trevante Rhodes, André Holland, Janelle Monáe, Ashton Sanders, Jharrel Jerome, Naomie Harris, and Mahershala Ali. The film presents three stages in the life of the main character: his childhood, adolescence, and early adult life. It explores the difficulties he faces with his sexuality and identity, including the physical and emotional abuse he endures growing up. Filmed in Miami, Florida, beginning in 2015, ''Moonlight'' premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on September 2, 2016. It was released in the United States on October 21, 2016, by A24, receiving universal acclaim and grossing over $65 million worldwide. ''Moonlight'' has been cited as one of the best films of the 21st century. The film won the Academy Award for Best Picture, along with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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