Almodóvar’s ‘The Room Next Door’ Wins Venice 2024’s Golden Lion
by Alex Billington September 7, 2024Source: Biennale
On the finish of all of it, we lastly have our winners. The 81st Venice Movie Competition wrapped up this weekend on the sunny Lido island in Venice, and awards have been handed out at a flowery awards present within the Sala Grande. The highest prize at Venice is a Golden Lion (in honor of the long-lasting lion that’s the image of the town) and it is one of many high prizes in cinema together with the Palme d’Or from Cannes (which went to Anora). This 12 months’s winner is beloved Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar’s newest movie titled The Room Next Door, which additionally occurs to be his very first English language function movie (after two different quick movies not too long ago additionally in English). Regardless of this being his twenty third function movie thus far (!!), that is Almodovar’s first ever Golden Lion win – glad he lastly bought one. It is one in every of my favorites of the pageant (my full assessment) although I actually imagine Brady Corbet’s masterpiece The Brutalist ought to’ve gained as a substitute. Final 12 months, Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Issues gained the highest prize earlier than occurring to win 4 Oscars. Awards have been additionally given out to Finest Actor / Actress and Finest Director (for Corbet), together with quite a lot of fest highlights. View the total record of #Venezia81 winners under.
Predominant Venice Awards
The jury chaired by Isabelle Huppert + James Grey, Andrew Haigh, Agnieszka Holland, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Abderrahmane Sissako, Giuseppe Tornatore, Julia von Heinz, Zhang Ziyi, in any case 21 movies, awards:
Golden Lion for Finest Movie:The Room Next Door by Pedro Almodóvar
Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize:Vermiglio by Maura Delpero
Silver Lion Award for Finest Director:Brady Corbet for the movie The Brutalist
Coppa Volpi for Finest Actress:Nicole Kidman within the movie Babygirl by Halina Reijn
Coppa Volpi for Finest Actor:Vincent Lindon within the movie The Quiet Son (Jouer avec le feu) by Delphine Coulin & Muriel Coulin
Award for Finest Screenplay:Murilo Hauser & Heitor Lorega for I am Nonetheless Right here (Ainda Estou Aqui) directed by Walter Salles
Particular Jury Prize:April by Dea Kulumbegashvili
Marcello Mastroianni Award for Finest Younger Actor or Actress:Paul Kircher within the movie And Their Youngsters After Them (Leurs Enfants Après Eux) by Ludovic Boukherma & Zoran Boukherma
“Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Movie:Acquainted Contact by Sarah Friedland
Orizzonti Part Awards
The Orizzonti part Jury, chaired by Debra Granik, additionally with Ali Asgari, Soudade Kaadan, Christos Nikou, Tuva Novotny, Gábor Reisz and Valia Santella, after screening the 19 function movies in competitors, awards:
Orizzonti Award for Finest Movie:The New 12 months That By no means Got here (Anul Nou care n-a fost) by Bogdan Mureșanu
Orizzonti Award for Finest Director:Sarah Friedland for the movie Acquainted Contact
Particular Orizzonti Jury Prize:One among These Days When Hemme Dies (Hemme’nin öldüğü günlerden biri) by Murat Fıratoğlu
Orizzonti Award for Finest Actress:Kathleen Chalfant within the movie Acquainted Contact by Sarah Friedland
Orizzonti Award for Finest Actor:Francesco Gheghi within the movie Familia by Francesco Costabile
Orizzonti Award for Finest Screenplay:Scandar Copti for Completely happy Holidays additionally directed by Scandar Copti
That is all for now. For the total record of awards (together with a number of extra), head to labiennale.org. Congratulations to the entire winners this 12 months. I’m largely happy with these picks in 2024! Although I completely imagine it ought to’ve been The Brutalist successful the Golden Lion – nearly everybody is looking it a (near-)masterpiece, the very best of the pageant, an all-timer work of cinema, and many others. The least they may’ve carried out is give it the highest prize and provides Almodovar one thing else within the combine! However it’s what it’s… I am simply blissful April did not win – hated this one. Babygirl and I am Nonetheless Right here and good movies, however not my favorites from the line-up this 12 months. As for the opposite huge winner, the stunning Acquainted Contact took dwelling three prizes in whole. It is a fantastic little movie about an aged lady settling into her retirement dwelling and discovering her groove there. And regardless of Joker successful the Golden Lion 5 years in the past, Joker 2 was simply not adequate this time – removed from the highly effective sequel most of us needed to see. As all the time, all of the winners are nice movies to catch within the theater. Hopefully they’re going to be enjoying at one other fest close to you or in theaters quickly. For extra of our Venice 2024 posts, click on right here.
