Golden Lion
Highest prize awarded at the Venice Film Festival
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| 2025 | Scheduled to produce Holding Liat. |
| March 10 2025 | The film receives nominations at the Actors and Actresses Union Awards for Best Film Actor in a Minor Role (Juan Diego Botto) and Best Film Actress in a Minor Role (Victoria Luengo). |
| 2025 | Planned to direct 'Caught Stealing', highlighting his ongoing filmmaking career |
| 2025 | Potential Golden Raspberry Award nominations for 'Joker: Folie à Deux' in categories of Worst Picture, Worst Director, and Worst Screenplay |
| 2025 | Bugonia is planned as another film directed and produced by Lanthimos |
| February 8 2025 | Pedro Almodóvar is nominated for Best Director at the AARP Movies for Grownups Awards. |
| February 8 2025 | At the Goya Awards, Pedro Almodóvar wins Best Adapted Screenplay, Edu Grau wins Best Cinematography, Alberto Iglesias wins Best Original Score. The film receives multiple additional nominations including Best Director, Best Actress (for both Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton), and several technical categories. |
| February 3 2025 | Alberto Iglesias is nominated for Best Music at the CEC Medals. |
| January 26 2025 | At the Satellite Awards, Tilda Swinton is nominated for Best Actress, Pedro Almodóvar is nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay, and Alberto Iglesias is nominated for Best Original Score. |
| January 25 2025 | At the Feroz Awards, the film is nominated for Best Drama Film, Pedro Almodóvar wins Best Director, and Alberto Iglesias wins Best Original Soundtrack. |
| January 2025 | Wide US release planned. |
| January 8 2025 | Released in French theatres by Pathé. |
| January 5 2025 | Tilda Swinton is nominated for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama at the Golden Globe Awards. |
| 2024 | Published his first photography monograph 'Dear God, the Parthenon is still broken', documenting behind-the-scenes moments from Poor Things. |
| 2024 | Joker's record for highest-grossing R-rated film was surpassed by Deadpool & Wolverine. |
| 2024 | The film won three Goya Awards: Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and Best Original Score at the 39th Goya Awards. |
| 2024 | Brendan Gleeson joins the film's sequel Joker: Folie à Deux, inspired by Joaquin Phoenix's 'indelible' and 'magnificent' performance in the original Joker film. |
| 2024 | Leigh reported struggling to secure funding for his next film project. |
| 2024 | Mike Leigh is set to write and direct the film 'Hard Truths', which will be distributed by StudioCanal |
| 2024 | Received Japan's Praemium Imperiale. |
| 2024 | Aronofsky is set to produce two films: 'Little Death' and 'Viktor'. |
| 2024 | Aronofsky and his sister Patti became Polish citizens, fulfilling his parents' wish through the assistance of a Polish lawyer. |
| 2024 | Announced as director for the crime thriller Caught Stealing for Sony Pictures, with Charlie Huston adapting his own novel and Austin Butler set to star. |
| 2024 | Emma Stone won an award for her role as Bella Baxter in 'Poor Things' |
| 2024 | Mark Ruffalo was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Duncan Wedderburn in 'Poor Things' |
| 2024 | Phillips directed, co-wrote, and co-produced Joker: Folie a Deux, the sequel to Joker, which added Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn. |
| 2024 | Todd Phillips was nominated for the Golden Lion at the Venice International Film Festival for 'Joker: Folie à Deux'. |
| 2024 | Sofia Coppola released a line of lip balms in collaboration with the skin care brand Augustinus Bader. |
| December 25 2024 | Limited release in select US cities on Christmas Day. |
| December 20 2024 | Opened in New York City and Los Angeles by Sony Pictures Classics. |
| December 7 2024 | The film is nominated for multiple European Film Awards, including Best European Film, Best European Director for Pedro Almodóvar, Best European Screenwriter, and Best European Actress for Tilda Swinton. |
| November 20 2024 | Alberto Iglesias wins Best Original Score for 'The Room Next Door' at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards. |
| October 19 2024 | Made its South Asian premiere at the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival in the 'World Cinema' strand. |
| October 18 2024 | The film was theatrically released in Spain by Warner Bros. Pictures. |
| October 4 2024 | Screened as the Centerpiece selection at the 62nd New York Film Festival at Alice Tully Hall for its U.S. premiere. |
| October 4 2024 | Sequel Joker: Folie à Deux is released, receiving negative reviews and experiencing an underwhelming box office performance. |
| September 2024 | Expressed strong skepticism about AI in filmmaking during an interview with the British Film Institute, criticizing AI's limitations in creating meaningful art and emotional depth. |
| September 7 2024 | The film also won the Brian Award at the Venice International Film Festival. |
| September 7 2024 | The film 'The Room Next Door' wins the Golden Lion at the Venice International Film Festival. |
| September 2 2024 | The film 'The Room Next Door' premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, winning the prestigious Golden Lion - the first time for a Spanish film. |
| July 2024 | Film reportedly likely to premiere at the 81st Venice International Film Festival. |
| June 12 2024 | Additional cast members Juan Diego Botto, Raúl Arévalo, Melina Matthews, and Victoria Luengo were announced, with Edu Grau confirmed as the film's cinematographer. |
| May 2024 | Announced Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons as cast for the remake, now titled 'Bugonia', set for a November 2025 release. |
| May 17 2024 | Premiered the anthology film 'Kinds of Kindness' at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, featuring frequent collaborators Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, and new actors. |
| March 3 2024 | Filming of 'The Room Next Door' began in Madrid, with Alessandro Nivola joining the cast during the same month. |
| January 2024 | El Deseo production company announced the casting of Julianne Moore, Tilda Swinton, and John Turturro in lead roles. |
| January 2024 | Announced as director for an English-language remake of the Korean film 'Save the Green Planet!', with Ari Aster as co-producer. |
| 2023 | Pedro Almodóvar discussed plans to shoot an English-language film set in New York City on the eve of his trip to the Cannes Film Festival. |
| 2023 | Filmmaker Ridley Scott was so impressed by Joaquin Phoenix's performance in Joker that he cast him in his film Napoleon, considering Phoenix an 'amazing asset' creatively and commercially. |
| 2023 | Peter Mullan appeared in multiple television series including 'Liaison' as Richard Banks and 'Payback' as Cal Morris, acting in 6 episodes of each show. |
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