Question: What film won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and is scheduled for an American release on December 8, 2017, directed by the director known for Spanish-language dark fantasy pieces like the 2001 gothic horror film ndependently produced by Pedro Almodóvar, and filmed in Madrid?

Context articles: Andrey Zvyagintsev
Silent Souls
Grand Jury Prize (Venice Film Festival)
Kim Ki-duk
Guillermo del Toro
Gianfranco Rosi (director)
The Shape of Water (film)
Lion of Saint Mark
Golden Lion
The Devil's Backbone

Andrey Petrovich Zvyagintsev (Russian: Андре́й Петро́вич Звя́гинцев ; born 6 February 1964) is a Russian film director and screenwriter.
 He is mostly known for his 2003 film "The Return", which won him a Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
 Following "The Return", Zvyagintsev directed "The Banishment" and "Elena".
 His film "Leviathan" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 2014.
 His most recent film "Loveless" won the Jury Prize at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.
Silent Souls (Russian: Овсянки, "The Buntings") is a 2010 Russian film that was nominated for the Golden Lion at the 67th Venice Film Festival.
 It is based on a 2008 novella by Denis Osokin.
 The film was awarded the Golden Osella for best cinematography and a FIPRESCI award.
 It was considered a frontrunner for the Golden Lion, but did not win.
The Grand Jury Prize (Venice Film Festival) is an award given at the Venice Film Festival.
 It is considered the second place award next to the main award, the Golden Lion.
Kim Ki-duk ( ] ; born December 20, 1960) is a South Korean filmmaker noted for his idiosyncratic art-house cinematic works.
 His films have received many distinctions in the festival circuit, making him one of the most important contemporary Asian film directors.
 Major festival awards include Golden Lion at 69th Venice International Film Festival for "Pietà", Silver Lion for Best Director at 61st Venice International Film Festival for "3-Iron", Silver bear for Best Director at 54th Berlin International Film Festival for "Samaria" and Un Certain Regard prize at 2011 Cannes Film Festival for Arirang.
 His most widely known feature is "Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring" (2003), included in film critic Roger Ebert's Great Movies.
 Two of his films served as official submissions for Academy award for best foreign language film as South Korean entries.
 He has given scripts to several of his former assistant directors including Juhn Jai-hong ("Beautiful" and "Poongsan") and Jang Hoon ("Rough Cut").
Guillermo del Toro Gómez (] ; born October 9, 1964) is a Mexican-American film director, screenwriter, producer and novelist.
 In his filmmaking career, del Toro has alternated between Spanish-language dark fantasy pieces, such as the gothic horror film "The Devil's Backbone" (2001), and "Pan's Labyrinth" (2006), and more mainstream American action movies, such as the vampire superhero action film "Blade II" (2002), the supernatural superhero film "Hellboy" (2004), its sequel "" (2008), and the science fiction monster film "Pacific Rim" (2013).
 His latest film, "The Shape of Water", won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and is scheduled for an American release on December 8, 2017.
Gianfranco Rosi is an Italian director, cinematographer, producer and screenwriter.
 His film "Sacro GRA" won Golden Lion at 70th Venice International Film Festival.
 "Sacro GRA" is the first documentary film to win Golden Lion in history of the Venice film festival and the first Italian film to win in fifteen years, after Gianni Amelio's "The Way We Laughed" won the award in 1998.
 His 2016 film "Fire at Sea", a documentary focused on European migrant crisis on the Sicilan island of Lampedusa, won the Golden Bear at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival.
 Rosi is the only documentary filmmaker to win two top prizes at major European film festivals (Cannes, Berlin and Venice) and is currently the only filmmaker besides Michael Haneke, Jafar Panahi, Ang Lee, and Ken Loach to win two top European festival prizes in the 21st century.
The Shape of Water is a 2017 American romantic fantasy film directed by Guillermo del Toro and written by del Toro and Vanessa Taylor.
 The film stars Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Doug Jones, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Octavia Spencer.
 It was screened in the main competition section of the 74th Venice International Film Festival and premiered on August 31, 2017, where it was awarded the Golden Lion for best film in the competition.
 It also screened at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.
 "The Shape of Water" has been met with high praise from critics, with many declaring it Del Toro's best film since "Pan's Labyrinth" and particularly praising Sally Hawkins' performance.
 It is scheduled for release in the United States on December 8, 2017.
The Lion of Saint Mark, representing the evangelist St Mark, pictured in the form of a winged lion holding a Bible, is the symbol of the city of Venice and formerly of the Republic of Venice, as well as of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria, See of Saint Mark.
 It appears also in both merchant and military naval flags of the Italian Republic.
 The Lion of Saint Mark is also the symbol of the award of the Venice Film Festival, the "Golden Lion", and of the insurance company Assicurazioni Generali.
The Golden Lion (Italian: "Leone d'Oro" ) is the highest prize given to a film at the Venice Film Festival.
 The prize was introduced in 1949 by the organizing committee and is now regarded as one of the film industry's most distinguished prizes.
 In 1970, a second Golden Lion was introduced; this is an honorary award for people who have made an important contribution to cinema.
The Devil's Backbone (Spanish: El espinazo del diablo ) is a 2001 gothic horror film directed by Guillermo del Toro, and written by del Toro, David Muñoz, and Antonio Trashorras.
 It was independently produced by Pedro Almodóvar, and filmed in Madrid.