DEVELOPING: We’re getting studies from these inside Lincoln Heart that the New York Film Festival post-screening Q&A for Sony Footage Classics’ The Room Next Door was interrupted tonight by a small group of protesters within the theater who have been chanting in help of Palestine and Lebanon, whose capital Beirut has been the goal of Israeli airstrikes.
A Movie at Lincoln Heart spokesperson tells Deadline tonight, “Two people held a banner and shouted slogans within the theater through the Q&A following the NYFF screening of Pedro Almodóvar’s movie The Room Subsequent Door. They have been peacefully escorted out.”
We’ve reached out to Sony Footage Classics for any additional feedback.
From these on the bottom, we’re informed that the protesters, carrying masks, interrupted the dialog between the pic’s director Pedro Almodóvar, and stars Julianne Moore, Tilda Swinton, John Turturro and Alessandro Nivola.
The protest drew some applause, we additionally hear. Almodóvar gave the group an opportunity to be heard as he together with Swinton helped diffuse the scenario.
We’ll have extra developments as they occur.
The Room Subsequent Door is Spanish filmmaker Almodóvar’s first English-language transfer. The pic gained the Golden Lion at its Venice Movie Pageant world premiere in addition to the Brian Award for Almodóvar.
The film follows Ingrid (Moore) and Martha (Swinton), who have been shut mates of their youth once they labored collectively on the identical journal. After years of being out of contact, they meet once more in an excessive however surprisingly candy scenario. The Room Subsequent Door opens Dec. 20 in New York and Los Angeles.
