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Grand Jury Prize (Venice Film Festival)

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The Grand Jury Prize is an award given at the Venice Film Festival to one of the feature films in competition slate since 1951. It is considered the second place award next to the main award, the Golden Lion.

Special Jury Prize
2025 recipient: Kaouther Ben Hania
LocationVenice
CountryItaly
Presented byVenice Film Festival
First award1951
Currently held byKaouther Ben Hania for The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025)
Websitelabiennale.org/en/cinema

Since 2016, the official name of the award has been simply the Grand Jury Prize. It has had several other names since its creation in 1951: Special Jury Prize, awarded from 1951 to 1982, and from 2006 to 2012, and Grand Special Jury Prize, awarded from 1983 to 2005, and from 2013 to 2015.

Elia Kazan was the first winner for A Streetcar Named Desire in 1951. Kaouther Ben Hania is the most recent winner for The Voice of Hind Rajab in 2025.

Winners

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Elia Kazan won for A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Louis Malle won twice for The Lovers (1958) and The Fire Within (1963)
Luchino Visconti won for Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
Jean-Luc Godard won for La Chinoise (1967)
Jane Campion receiving the award from Anjelica Huston for An Angel at My Table (1990)
Otar Iosseliani won three times for Favorites of the Moon (1984), And Then There Was Light (1989) and Brigands (1996)
Abbas Kiarostami won for The Wind Will Carry Us (1999)
Todd Haynes won for I'm Not There (2007)
Tsai Ming-liang won for Stray Dogs (2013)
Roman Polanski won for An Officer and a Spy (2019)
Ryusuke Hamaguchi won for Evil Does Not Exist (2023)

1950s

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Year English title Original title Director Production country
1951 A Streetcar Named Desire Elia Kazan United States
1952 The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird La Bergère et le Ramoneur[1] Paul Grimault France
Mandy[2] Alexander Mackendrick United Kingdom
1954 Executive Suite * Robert Wise United States
1958 The Lovers Les amants Louis Malle France
La sfida Francesco Rosi Italy, Spain
1959 The Magician Ansiktet Ingmar Bergman Sweden

1960s

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Year English title Original title Director Production country
1960 Rocco and His Brothers Rocco e i suoi fratelli Luchino Visconti France, Italy
1961 Peace to Him Who Enters Мир входящему Aleksandr Alov & Vladimir Naumov Soviet Union
1962 My Life to Live Vivre sa vie Jean-Luc Godard France
1963 The Fire Within Le feu follet Louis Malle France, Italy
Introduction to Life Вступление Igor Talankin Soviet Union
1964 The Gospel According to St. Matthew Il vangelo secondo Matteo Pier Paolo Pasolini Italy, Mexico
Hamlet Гамлет Grigori Kozintsev Soviet Union
1965 I Am Twenty Мне двадцать лет Marlen Khutsiev
Modiga mindre män Leif Krantz Sweden
Simon of the Desert Simón del desierto Luis Buñuel Mexico
1966 Chappaqua Conrad Rooks United States
Yesterday Girl Abschied von gestern Alexander Kluge Germany
1967 China is Near La Cina è vicina Marco Bellocchio Italy
La Chinoise Jean-Luc Godard France
1968 Our Lady of the Turks Nostra Signora dei Turchi Carmelo Bene Italy
Le Socrate Robert Lapoujade France, Germany

1980s

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Year English title Original title Director Production country
1981 Sweet Dreams Sogni d'oro Nanni Moretti Italy
They Don't Wear Black-tie Eles Não Usam Black-Tie Leon Hirszman Brazil
1982 Imperative Imperativ Krzysztof Zanussi France, Germany, Poland
1983 Biquefarre Georges Rouquier France
1984 Favorites of the Moon Le favoris de la lune Otar Iosseliani
1985 Tangos, the Exile of Gardel Tangos, el exilio de Gardel Fernando E. Solanas Argentina, France
1986 A Tale of Love Storia d'amore Francesco Maselli Italy
Wild Pigeon Чужая белая и рябой Sergei Solovyov Soviet Union
1987 Hip Hip Hurrah! Hip hip hurra! Kjell Grede Denmark, Norway, Sweden
1988 Camp de Thiaroye Sembène Ousmane and Thierno Faty Sow Algeria, Tunisia
1989 And Then There Was Light Et la lumière fut Otar Iosseliani France

1990s

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Year English title Original title Director Production country
1990 An Angel at My Table Jane Campion New Zealand
1991 The Divine Comedy A Divina Comédia Manoel de Oliveira France, Portugal
1992 Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician Morte di un matematico napoletano Mario Martone Italy
1993 Bad Boy Bubby Rolf De Heer Australia, Italy
1994 Natural Born Killers Oliver Stone United States
1995 God's Comedy A Comédia de Deus João César Monteiro Denmark, France, Italy, Portugal
The Star Maker L'uomo delle Stelle Giuseppe Tornatore Italy
1996 Brigands Brigands, chapitre VII Otar Iosseliani France, Italy, Russia, Switzerland
1997 Ovosodo Paolo Virzì Italy
1998 Next Stop Paradise Terminus Paradis Lucian Pintilie France, Romania
1999 The Wind Will Carry Us باد ما را خواهد برد Abbas Kiarostami Iran, France

2000s

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Year English title Original title Director Production country
2000 Before Night Falls Julian Schnabel United States
2001 Dog Days Hundstage Ulrich Seidl Austria
2002 House of Fools Дом дураков Andrei Konchalovsky Russia
2003 The Kite طيّارة من ورق Randa Chahal France, Lebanon
2004 The Sea Inside Mar adentro Alejandro Amenábar Spain
2005 Mary Abel Ferrara France, Italy, United States
2006 Dry Season دارات Mahamat-Saleh Haroun Austria, Belgium, France
2007 I'm Not There Todd Haynes United States
The Secret of the Grain La graine et le mulet Abdellatif Kechiche France
2008 Teza ጤዛ Haile Gerima Ethiopia, France, Germany
2009 Soul Kitchen Fatih Akın Germany

2010s

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Year English title Original title Director Production country
2010 Essential Killing[3] Jerzy Skolimowski Poland, Hungary, Norway, Ireland
2011 Terraferma[4] Emanuele Crialese Italy
2012 Paradise: Faith[5] Paradies: Glaube Ulrich Seidl Austria, France, Germany
2013 Stray Dogs[6] 郊遊 Tsai Ming-liang Taiwan, France
2014 The Look of Silence[7] Senyap Joshua Oppenheimer Denmark, Indonesia
2015 Anomalisa[8] Charlie Kaufman United States
2016 Nocturnal Animals[9] Tom Ford
2017 Foxtrot[10] פוֹקְסטְרוֹט Samuel Maoz France, Germany, Israel, Switzerland
2018 The Favourite[11] Yorgos Lanthimos United Kingdom, United States
2019 An Officer and a Spy[12] J'accuse Roman Polanski France, Italy

2020s

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Year English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
2020 New Order[13] Nuevo Orden Michel Franco Mexico, France
2021 The Hand of God[14] È stata la mano di Dio Paolo Sorrentino Italy
2022 Saint Omer Alice Diop France
2023 Evil Does Not Exist[15] 悪は存在しない Ryusuke Hamaguchi Japan
2024 Vermiglio[16] Maura Delpero Italy, France, Belgium
2025 The Voice of Hind Rajab[17] صوت هند رجب Kaouther Ben Hania Tunisia, France
Notes
* Special Award given for the ensemble acting of the film.

Multiple winners

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The following individuals received two or more Grand Jury Prize awards:

Number of Wins Directors Nationality
3 Otar Iosseliani Georgia
2 Jean-Luc Godard France
Louis Malle
Ulrich Seidl Austria

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ Animation in Europe - Google Books (pg.70)
  2. ↑ Parkinson, David (13 June 2017). "5 reasons to watch pioneering Ealing drama Mandy". BFI. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  3. ↑ "PISF - Two awards for "Essential Killing"". Polish Film Institute. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  4. ↑ Lyman, Eric J. (10 September 2011). "Venice 2011: 'Faust,' Michael Fassbender Win Top Festival Prizes". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  5. ↑ "US release of Ulrich Seidl's PARADISE trilogy". Austrian Films. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  6. ↑ Holden, Stephen (2014-09-11). "Mired in an Abyss of Despair in Taipei". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  7. ↑ "The Look of Silence Wins in Venice". Danish Film Institute. 6 September 2014. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  8. ↑ Venice: Charlie Kaufman’s ‘Anomalisa’ Wins Grand Jury Prize - The Hollywood Reporter
  9. ↑ Shoard, Catherine (2016-09-10). "The Woman Who Left wins Venice film festival as Nocturnal Animals runnerup". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  10. ↑ "Official Awards of the 74th Venice Film Festival". La Biennale di Venezia. 2017-09-09. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  11. ↑ "Official Awards of the 75th Venice Film Festival". La Biennale di Venezia. 2018-09-08. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  12. ↑ Is Roman Polanski’s New Film ‘The Palace’ Going to Cannes or Venice? - Variety
  13. ↑ "Official Awards of the 77th Venice Film Festival". La Biennale di Venezia. 2020-09-12. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  14. ↑ 'The Hand of God' Trailer Reveals Italy's Oscar Submission|Collider
  15. ↑ Dalton, Ben (6 December 2023). "Venice Silver Lion winner 'Evil Does Not Exist' inks key deals including China (exclusive)". ScreenDaily. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  16. ↑ Tartaglione, Andreas Wiseman,Nancy (2024-09-07). "Venice Winners: Pedro Almodóvar's 'The Room Next Door' Wins The Golden Lion; Also Wins For Nicole Kidman, Brady Corbet, 'I'm Still Here' & More". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-09-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  17. ↑ Tartaglione, Nancy (2025-09-06). "Venice Film Festival – Jim Jarmusch's 'Father Mother Sister Brother' Is Golden Lion Winner; 'Voice Of Hind Rajab' Takes Grand Jury Prize; Benny Safdie Best Director For 'The Smashing Machine'". Deadline. Retrieved 2025-09-06.
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