Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door has won the Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion main prize. The film was shot by Edu Grau ASC AEC.
Jury president Isabelle Huppert and her jury of James Gray, Andrew Haigh, Agnieszka Holland, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Abderrahmane Sissako, Giuseppe Tornatore, Julia von Heinz and Zhang Ziyi were on hand to bestow the Golden Lion along with the other main prizes.
Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore star in Almodóvar’s euthanasia drama, which marked the acclaimed filmmaker’s English-language debut.
The movie follows Ingrid (Moore) and Martha (Swinton) who were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme and bittersweet situation.
The Venezia 81 Jury decided on the following films as this year’s winners:
Golden Lion
The Room Next Door
Pedro Almodóvar
Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize
Vermiglio
Maura Delpero
Silver Lion Best Director
The Brutalist
Brady Corbet
Special Jury Prize
April, Dea Kulumbegashvili
Best Screenplay
I’m Still Here
Murilo Hauser and Heitor Lorega
Best Actress
Nicole Kidman
Babygirl
Best Actor
Vincent Lindon
The Quiet Son
Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best New Young Actor or Actress
Paul Kircher
And Their Children After Them
HORIZONS
Best Film
The New Year That Never Came
Bogdan Muresanu
Best Director
Sarah Friedland
Familiar Touch
Special Jury Prize
One of Those Days When Hemme Dies
Murat Firatoglu
Best Actress
Kathleen Chalfant
Familiar Touch
Best Actor
Francesco Ghegi
Family
Best Screenplay
Happy Holidays
Scandar Copti
Lion of the Future – Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Film
Familiar Touch
Sarah Friedland
Best Short Film
ho Loves The Sun
Arshia Shakiba
HORIZONS EXTRA
Audience Award
The Witness (Shahed)
VENICE CLASSICS WINNERS
Best Restored Film
Ecce Bombo
Nanni Moretti
Best Documentary On Cinema
Chain Reactions
VENICE IMMERSIVE WINNERS
Venice Immersive Achievement Award
Impulse: Playing With Reality
Venice Immersive Special Jury Prize
Oto’s Planet
Venice Immersive Grand Prize
Ito Meikyū
