Winners of the Venice Film Festival Announced.

The film "The Next Room" by Pedro Almodovar won the main category at the 81st Venice Film Festival. This is already the second "Golden Lion" for the Spanish director, who received this award in 2019 for his contribution to cinema.

Other winners in the main categories:

• Grand Jury Prize ("Silver Lion") - "Mountain Bride" directed by Maura Delpero;
• Best Director - Brady Corbet ("The Brutalist");
• Best Actress - Nicole Kidman ("Bad Girl");
• Best Actor - Vincent Lindon ("Silent Son");
• Best Screenplay - Murilo Hauser, Eitor Lorega ("I Am Still Here");
• Special Jury Prize - Dea Kulumbegashvili ("April").

The festival's program included a propaganda film by Russian director Anastasia Trofimova about Russians at war with Ukraine. The Ukrainian State Film Agency condemned the inclusion of this film in the festival program and called on the organizers to exclude it, as it is propaganda justifying aggression. Director Anastasia Trofimova worked for the Russian propaganda media network Russia Today.

In addition, the festival featured Ukrainian films "Songs of the Land Slowly Burning" by Olga Zhurba and "Honeymoon" by Zhanna Ozirna. Both films tell about the war in Ukraine and the transformation of society against its backdrop.