Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Subsequent Door gained the Golden Lion for finest movie on the 2024 Venice Movie Pageant.
Almodóvar’s first English-language function marks the primary time he has gained the highest award at one of many three main movie festivals (Cannes, Venice and Berlin). Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore star within the story of a lady who makes the choice to finish her life, and the pal who re-enters her world round this time.
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Sony Photos Classics will launch the movie within the US on December 20, with Warner Bros dealing with a number of worldwide territories together with UK-Eire. Its prime Venice prize can be a big increase to the movie’s prospects heading into the awards season.
Brady Corbet took finest director for The Brutalist, giving a passionate speech wherein he thanked his accomplice and co-writer Mona Fastvold. Protagonist Photos offered all worldwide rights on the movie to Focus Options, with CAA representing US rights.
Nicole Kidman gained finest actress for Babygirl; however having returned to Venice for the ceremony, she was referred to as away through the day as a result of loss of life of her mom Janelle Ann Kidman. Her Babygirl director Halina Reijn accepted the award on Kidman’s behalf, studying a message from the actress wherein she mentioned “my coronary heart is damaged.” Later on the post-ceremony press convention, Competitors jury president Isabelle Huppert despatched her condolences to Kidman, saying, “We love her. We miss her.”
‘Babygirl’ director Halina Reijn declares that #Venezia81 finest actress winner Nicole Kidman left Venice as we speak as her mom Janelle Ann Kidman has simply died.
Reijn reads a message on behalf of Kidman, saying “my coronary heart is damaged”. pic.twitter.com/Vh5cwS86qw
— Display screen Worldwide (@Screendaily) September 7, 2024
Huppert’s jury gave the particular jury prize to Dea Kulumbegashvili’s Georgian drama April; and the Silver Lion grand jury prize to Maura Delpero’s Italian title Vermiglio.
The ceremony was hosted by Italian actress Sveva Alviti, who additionally hosted the opening ceremony on August 28. A number of awardees talked about the Israeli offensive in Gaza of their speeches, together with Sarah Friedland, winner of the debut movie award and Horizons finest director for Acquainted Contact, who described Israel’s actions as genocide.
In his speech at his first movie competition as president of the Biennale, Pietrangelo Buttafuoco mentioned that ticket gross sales and attendance figures have been up 12% on final yr.
Yesterday, winners have been introduced for the Critics’ Week sidebar – with UK title Paul & Paulette Take A Bathtub taking the viewers award – and Giornate degli Autori, with the principle prize going to Portuguese function Manas.
Lifetime achievement awards have already been offered to Australian filmmaker Peter Weir, and US actress Sigourney Weaver.
Final yr’s Golden Lion for finest movie went to Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Issues, with the grand prize for Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Evil Does Not Exist.
Venice 2024 winners
Competitors
Golden Lion – The Room Subsequent Door, dir. Pedro Almodóvar
Particular jury prize – April, dir. Dea Kulumbegashvili
Silver Lion grand jury prize – Vermigilio, dir. Maura Delpero
Silver Lion for finest director – Brady Corbet for The Brutalist
Volpi Cup for finest actress – Nicole Kidman for Babygirl
Volpi Cup for finest actor – Vincent Lindon for The Quiet Son
Golden Osella for finest screenplay – Murilo Hauser, Heitor Lorega for I’m Nonetheless Right here
Marcello Mastroianni award – Paul Kircher for And Their Kids After Them
Horizons
Finest movie – The New Yr That By no means Got here, dir. Bogan Muresanu
Finest director – Sarah Friedland for Acquainted Contact
Particular jury prize – One Of These Days When Hemme Dies, dir. Murat Firatoglu
Finest actress – Kathleen Chalfant for Acquainted Contact
Finest actor – Francesco Gheghi for Familia
Finest screenplay – Scandar Copti for Completely satisfied Holidays
Finest brief movie – Who Loves The Solar, dir. Arshia Shakiba
Horizons Further
Armani Magnificence prize – The Witness, dir. Nader Saeivar
Lion of the Future Luigi de Laurentis Award for a debut movie – Acquainted Contact, dir. Sarah Friedland
Venice Classics
Finest documentary on cinema – Chain Reactions, dir. Alexandre O. Philippe
Finest restored movie – Ecce Bombo, dir. Nanni Moretti
Venice Immersive
Grand prize – Ito Meikyu, dir. Boris Labbe
Particular jury prize – Oto’s Planet, dir. Gwenael Francois
Achievement prize – Impulse: Taking part in With Actuality, dirs. Might Abdalla, Barry Gene Murphy