Says director Pedro Almodovar: "Michael Barker and Tom Bernard aren't just two great friends, but also my best ambassadors to American audiences. Their work is praiseworthy with respect to foreign directors, who find in Sony one of the few companies that takes care of these kinds of films as well as of the American audience."
Jose Haro/© El Deseo/Courtesy Sony Pictures ClassicsIn addition to such mainstream contenders as Midnight in Paris, The Artist, The Descendants and The Tree of Life, the Gay & Lesbian Entertainment Critics Assn. has nominated Pedro Almodovar’s The Skin I Live In, the tale of an obsessive plastic surgeon, and Andrew Haigh’s Weekend, a look at the emotional side of a gay hook-up, for best film of the year.
The group, which consists of 50 critics, entertainment journalists and pop culture writers, announced its nominations for the 2012 Dorian Awards on Tuesday.
In the category of LBGT-themed film of the year, the organization nominated Weekend along with Albert Nobbs, Beginners, Pariah and Tomboy.
Injecting some humor into awards season, it also singled out five films as nominees for “Campy (International or Not) Film of the Year: They are Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, Kaboom, The Muppets, Thor and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1.
GALECA also nominated five films in the category of “Unsung Film of the Year”: They are 50/50, Insidious, Jane Eyre, Warrior and Win Win.
For film performance of the year, its nominees are Christopher Plummer for Beginners; Leonardo DiCaprio, J. Edgar; Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs; Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady; Michael Fassbender, Shame; and Rooney Mara, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
Turning to television, the critics nominated American Horror Story, Downton Abbey, Homeland, Mildred Pierce and The Good Wife in TV drama, and Modern Family, Louie, 30 Rock, The Big Bang Theory and Happy Endings for TV comedy.
For “Wilde Wit of the Year,” the group nominated Kathy Griffin, Kristen Wiig, Louis C.K., Rachel Maddow and the staff writers of Happy Endings.
Winners of the Dorian Awards will be announced Jan. 16, and a celebratory toast will be held Feb. 19 in Los Angeles.
The nominees in other categories are:
DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR (Film, DVD or TV)
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life / Entertainment One
Cave of Forgotten Dreams / Sundance
Page One: Inside the New York Times / Magnolia Pictures
Pina / IFC Films
We Were Here / Red Flag Releasing
LGBT-THEMED DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
Becoming Chaz / World of Wonder
Bill Cunningham New York / First Thought Films
Making the Boys / 4th Row Films
Vito / Automat Pictures
We Were Here / Red Flag Releasing
TV MUSICAL PROGRAM OF THE YEAR
A Very Gaga Thanksgiving / ABC
Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On / HBO
Glee / Fox
Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour / HBO
The Voice / NBC
TV PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Bryan Cranston / Breaking Bad / AMC
Claire Danes / Homeland / Showtime
Jessica Lange / American Story / FX
Kate Winslet / Mildred Pierce / HBO
Madeline Stowe / Revenge / ABC
LGBT-THEMED TV SHOW OF THE YEAR
American Horror Story / FX
Happy Endings / ABC
Modern Family / ABC
RuPaul’s Drag Race / Logo
True Blood / HBO
CAMPY (INTENTIONAL OR NOT) TV SHOW OF THE YEAR
American Horror Story / FX
Hot In Cleveland / TV Land
Revenge / ABC
The A List New York / Logo
True Blood / HBO
UNSUNG TV SHOW OF THE YEAR
Enlightened / HBO
Happy Endings / ABC
Louie / FX
Pan Am / ABC
Parenthood / NBC
Suburgatory ABC
THE WE’RE WILDE ABOUT YOU RISING STAR AWARD
Elizabeth Olsen
Jessica Chastain
Melissa McCarthy
Michael Fassbender
Tom Hardy
