"Columbia 100: Jean Arthur: Sweetness with a Spine" at The Brattle Theatre

"Chronicles of Changing Times: The Cinema of Edward Yang" at The Harvard Film Archive

"Fragments of a Faith Forgotten: The Art of Harry Smith" at The Harvard Film Archive

"Hello, I'm Shelley Duvall" at The Brattle Theatre

"Six Films by Jan Egleson" at The Brattle Theatre

"Melville et cie./Melville and Company" at The Harvard Film Archive and The Brattle Theatre

To Grrl Haus Cinema for more than 10 years of rigorously curated local and international programming, including quarterly screenings at the Brattle Theatre that have provided a platform for noncommercial works made by women, non-binary, trans and genderqueer artists.

To Leland Stein, co-owner and program director for 20 years of the Regent Theater in Arlington, for curating unique film programs on extreme sports and music, featuring traveling festivals, lesser-seen documentaries and a regular weeknight series of music films.

To Boston's Wicked Queer Film Festival for 40 years of giving visibility and a voice to the long-marginalized queer community by bringing nearly-year-round LGBTQ+ film programming to the area's screens.

To the Coolidge Corner Theatre for the ambition of its series Schlock & Awe: The William Castle Experience, which lovingly replicated the maestro's off-screen gimmicks designed to intensify the on-screen horror.