Other winners included best actress Nicole Kidman for “Baby Girl,” “The Brutalist” director Brady Corbet and the screenplay for Walter Salles’ “I’m Still Here”
Pedro Almodóvar’s “The Room Next Door” won the Golden Lion at the 81st Venice Film Festival. The film, the Spanish auteur’s first feature in English, took the top prize at the awards ceremony for the 2024 celebration of international cinema on Saturday. It stars Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore as friends who reunite after several years.
“Vermiglio,” from director Maura Delepero, took the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize, while Brady Corbet won the Silver Lion for Best Director for “The Brutalist,” Dea Kulumbegashvili won the Special Jury Prize for “April” and Murilo Hauser and Heitor Lorega won Best Screenplay for the Walter Salles film “I’m Still Here.” The Volpi Cups for best actor and actress went to Vincent Lindon for “The Quiet Son” and Nicole Kidman for “Babygirl,” respectively. (Kidman was not able to attend due to her mother’s death, so director Halina Reijn read a statement.)
Winners in the competition category were chosen by the jury headed by Isabelle Huppert.
In the Horizons category, chosen by a jury headed by Debra Granik, winners included “The New Year That Never Came” (Best Film), Sarah Friedland (Best Director, “Familiar Touch”), Francesco Gheghi, (Best Actor, “Familia”), Kathleen Chalfant (Best Actress, “Familiar Touch”) and Scandar Copti’s “Happy Holidays” screenplay.
