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Further to their work together in Todd Field’s Tár, Costume Designer Bina Daigeler and Make-Up Artist Morag Ross have joined forces again in Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door.
The screening of The Room Next Door will be accompanied by a Q&A with Bina Daigeler and Morag Ross led by Prof. Maria Delgado (Royal Central School of Speech and Drama).
THE ROOM NEXT DOOR
dir: Pedro Almodóvar
with Tilda Swinton, Julianne Moore, John Turturro
Spain/US | 2024 | 107 min
Ingrid (Julianne Moore) and Martha (Tilda Swinton) were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. Ingrid went on to become a writer while Martha became a war reporter for the New York Times.
After years apart, they meet again when Ingrid learns that Martha is in the hospital fighting with cancer. As the two characters tackle the idea of death with an unblinking honesty, the film itself offers a catharsis of sorts, in part through the vibrant performances of the actors.
An adaptation of Sigrid Nunez’ What Are You Going Through, The Room Next Door is Pedro Almodóvar’s first English-language full feature drama and was awarded the Golden Lion at the 2024 Venice Film Festival.
ABOUT BINA DAIGELER
Bina started her career as a costume designer in German cinema in the mid-eighties. Attracted by the vibrant Madrid scene and its creative explosion in that decade, she soon moved to Spain and has stayed there ever since, although her varied projects take her all around the world.
Her first work in Spain was for the iconic Airbag (Juanma Bajo Ulloa, 1997), a huge box office hit that broke commercial moulds in its day. She later worked with Pedro Almodóvar in All About My Mother (1999) and in Volver (2006), which together with Unconscious (Joaquín Oristrell, 2004) and Princesas (Fernando León de Aranoa, 2005), won her a total of four Goya Awards nominations for Best Costume Design.
Alongside her enormously fruitful and gratifying career in Spanish cinema, she has also worked on international projects, among which Disney’s Mulan (Niki Caro, 2020), film that won her her first Oscar nomination and as well as the Costume Designers Guild Award for Sci-Fi/Fantasy Excellence.
Other recent works include the TV shows Mrs. America (Dahvi Waller, 2020) and 1899 (Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese, 2022).
Todd Field’s TÁR is, after Manifesto (Julian Rosefeldt, 2015) and Mrs. America, her third collaboration with actress Cate Blanchett.
ABOUT MORAG ROSS
Morag was born in Glasgow, where she graduated from the Glasgow School of Art, before moving to London to train at the BBC Make-Up department.
She worked there for several years before embarking on a career as a freelance makeup designer in the film industry.
Over the past 25 years she has worked with many wonderful directors and actors including Martin Scorsese, Sofia Coppola, Julie Christie, Tilda Swindon, Jude Law, Amy Adams, Cate Blanchett & Julianne Moore.
Her aesthetic eye and skill brought her many diverse projects, from Art-House to Blockbuster movies, many with beauty looks as an integral part of the film.
She has won 2 international Make-Up awards and 3 BAFTA awards for best Make-Up , as well as having been a brand ambassador for SUQQU and a close working relationship with Armani Beauty.
ABOUT PROF. MARIA DELGADO
Professor and Vice Principal (Research and Knowledge Exchange) at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (University of London), Maria is also a curator and critic, and Programme Advisor to the London Film Festival.
She has published widely on Spanish- and Catalan- language film and theatre, with her work translated into numerous languages. She writes on film for Sight & Sound and comments on film for a range of film outlets including BBC’s Front Row and Free Thinking.
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