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Grand Jury Prize (Venice Film Festival)
Italian film award
Italian film award
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Special Jury Prize |
| image | Kaouther ben hania at 82nd Venice International Film Festival Silver Lion-1.jpg |
| caption | 2025 recipient: Kaouther Ben Hania |
| location | Venice |
| country | Italy |
| presenter | Venice Film Festival |
| holder | Kaouther Ben Hania for *The Voice of Hind Rajab* ([2025](82nd-venice-international-film-festival)) |
| year | [1951](12th-venice-international-film-festival) |
| website |
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.
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.
was the first winner for in 1951. Kaouther Ben Hania is the most recent winner for The Voice of Hind Rajab in 2025.
Winners
1950s
| Year | English title | Original title | Director | Production country | [1951](12th-venice-international-film-festival) | [1952](13th-venice-international-film-festival) | [1954](15th-venice-international-film-festival) | [1958](19th-venice-international-film-festival) | [1959](20th-venice-international-film-festival) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | |||||||||
| {{sort | *La Bergère et le Ramoneur*}} | France | |||||||
| United Kingdom | |||||||||
| * | United States | ||||||||
| France | |||||||||
| Italy, Spain | |||||||||
| Sweden |
1960s
| Year | English title | Original title | Director | Production country | [1960](21st-venice-international-film-festival) | [1961](22nd-venice-international-film-festival) | [1962](23rd-venice-international-film-festival) | [1963](24th-venice-international-film-festival) | [1964](25th-venice-international-film-festival) | [1965](26th-venice-international-film-festival) | [1966](27th-venice-international-film-festival) | [1967](28th-venice-international-film-festival) | [1968](29th-venice-international-film-festival) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| France, Italy | |||||||||||||
| {{sort | *Peace to Him Who Enters*}} | Мир входящему | & | Soviet Union | |||||||||
| France | |||||||||||||
| France, Italy | |||||||||||||
| {{sort | *Introduction to Life*}} | Вступление | Soviet Union | ||||||||||
| Italy, Mexico | |||||||||||||
| Гамлет | Soviet Union | ||||||||||||
| Мне двадцать лет | |||||||||||||
| Sweden | |||||||||||||
| Mexico | |||||||||||||
| United States | |||||||||||||
| Germany | |||||||||||||
| Italy | |||||||||||||
| France | |||||||||||||
| Italy | |||||||||||||
| France, Germany |
1980s
| Year | English title | Original title | Director | Production country | [1981](38th-venice-international-film-festival) | [1982](39th-venice-international-film-festival) | [1983](40th-venice-international-film-festival) | [1984](41st-venice-international-film-festival) | [1985](42nd-venice-international-film-festival) | [1986](43rd-venice-international-film-festival) | [1987](44th-venice-international-film-festival) | [1988](45th-venice-international-film-festival) | [1989](46th-venice-international-film-festival) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | |||||||||||||
| Brazil | |||||||||||||
| France, Germany, Poland | |||||||||||||
| France | |||||||||||||
| Argentina, France | |||||||||||||
| Italy | |||||||||||||
| Чужая белая и рябой | Soviet Union | ||||||||||||
| Denmark, Norway, Sweden | |||||||||||||
| and | Algeria, Tunisia | ||||||||||||
| France |
1990s
| Year | English title | Original title | Director | Production country | [1990](47th-venice-international-film-festival) | [1991](48th-venice-international-film-festival) | [1992](49th-venice-international-film-festival) | [1993](50th-venice-international-film-festival) | [1994](51st-venice-international-film-festival) | [1995](52nd-venice-international-film-festival) | [1996](53rd-venice-international-film-festival) | [1997](54th-venice-international-film-festival) | [1998](55th-venice-international-film-festival) | [1999](56th-venice-international-film-festival) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| France, Portugal | ||||||||||||||
| Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Australia, Italy | ||||||||||||||
| United States | ||||||||||||||
| Denmark, France, Italy, Portugal | ||||||||||||||
| Italy | ||||||||||||||
| France, Italy, Russia, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||
| Italy | ||||||||||||||
| France, Romania | ||||||||||||||
| باد ما را خواهد برد | Iran, France |
2000s
| Year | English title | Original title | Director | Production country | [2000](57th-venice-international-film-festival) | [2001](58th-venice-international-film-festival) | [2002](59th-venice-international-film-festival) | [2003](60th-venice-international-film-festival) | [2004](61st-venice-international-film-festival) | [2005](62nd-venice-international-film-festival) | [2006](63rd-venice-international-film-festival) | [2007](64th-venice-international-film-festival) | [2008](65th-venice-international-film-festival) | [2009](66th-venice-international-film-festival) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | ||||||||||||||
| Austria | ||||||||||||||
| Дом дураков | Russia | |||||||||||||
| *The Kite* | طيّارة من ورق | France, Lebanon | ||||||||||||
| Spain | ||||||||||||||
| France, Italy, United States | ||||||||||||||
| *Dry Season* | دارات | Austria, Belgium, France | ||||||||||||
| United States | ||||||||||||||
| France | ||||||||||||||
| ጤዛ | Ethiopia, France, Germany | |||||||||||||
| Germany |
2010s
| Year | English title | Original title | Director | Production country | [2010](67th-venice-international-film-festival) | [2011](68th-venice-international-film-festival) | [2012](69th-venice-international-film-festival) | [2013](70th-venice-international-film-festival) | [2014](71st-venice-international-film-festival) | [2015](72nd-venice-international-film-festival) | [2016](73rd-venice-international-film-festival) | [2017](74th-venice-international-film-festival) | [2018](75th-venice-international-film-festival) | [2019](76th-venice-international-film-festival) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poland, Hungary, Norway, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | ||||||||||||||||
| Austria, France, Germany | ||||||||||||||||
| 郊遊 | {{sortname | Tsai | Ming-liang | Tsai, Ming-liang}} | Taiwan, France | |||||||||||
| Denmark, Indonesia | ||||||||||||||||
| United States | ||||||||||||||||
| פוֹקְסטְרוֹט | France, Germany, Israel, Switzerland | |||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom, United States | ||||||||||||||||
| France, Italy |
2020s
| Year | English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country | [2020](77th-venice-international-film-festival) | [2021](78th-venice-international-film-festival) | [2022](79th-venice-international-film-festival) | [2023](80th-venice-international-film-festival) | [2024](81st-venice-international-film-festival) | [2025](82nd-venice-international-film-festival) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico, France | |||||||||||||||||
| Italy | |||||||||||||||||
| France | |||||||||||||||||
| 悪は存在しない | Japan | ||||||||||||||||
| *Vermiglio* | Maura Delpero | Italy, France, Belgium | |||||||||||||||
| last=Tartaglione | first=Nancy | date=2025-09-06 | title=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’ | url=https://deadline.com/2025/09/venice-film-festival-2025-awards-winners-full-list-1236510204/ | access-date=2025-09-06 | website=Deadline | language=en-US}}'' | صوت هند رجب | Kaouther Ben Hania | Tunisia, France |
; Notes : * Special Award given for the ensemble acting of the film.
Multiple winners
The following individuals received two or more Grand Jury Prize awards:
| Number of Wins | Directors | Nationality | 3 | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otar Iosseliani | Georgia | |||
| Jean-Luc Godard | France | |||
| Louis Malle | ||||
| Ulrich Seidl | Austria |
References
References
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