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Grand Jury Prize (Venice Film Festival)

Italian film award


Italian film award

FieldValue
nameSpecial Jury Prize
imageKaouther ben hania at 82nd Venice International Film Festival Silver Lion-1.jpg
caption2025 recipient: Kaouther Ben Hania
locationVenice
countryItaly
presenterVenice Film Festival
holderKaouther 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

YearEnglish titleOriginal titleDirectorProduction 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

YearEnglish titleOriginal titleDirectorProduction 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*}}ВступлениеSoviet Union
Italy, Mexico
ГамлетSoviet Union
Мне двадцать лет
Sweden
Mexico
United States
Germany
Italy
France
Italy
France, Germany

1980s

YearEnglish titleOriginal titleDirectorProduction 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 рябойSoviet Union
Denmark, Norway, Sweden
andAlgeria, Tunisia
France

1990s

YearEnglish titleOriginal titleDirectorProduction 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 بردIran, France

2000s

YearEnglish titleOriginal titleDirectorProduction 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 дураковRussia
*The Kite*طيّارة من ورقFrance, Lebanon
Spain
France, Italy, United States
*Dry Season*داراتAustria, Belgium, France
United States
France
ጤዛEthiopia, France, Germany
Germany

2010s

YearEnglish titleOriginal titleDirectorProduction 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{{sortnameTsaiMing-liangTsai, Ming-liang}}Taiwan, France
Denmark, Indonesia
United States
פוֹקְסטְרוֹטFrance, Germany, Israel, Switzerland
United Kingdom, United States
France, Italy

2020s

YearEnglish TitleOriginal TitleDirector(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 DelperoItaly, France, Belgium
last=Tartaglionefirst=Nancydate=2025-09-06title=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=2025-09-06website=Deadlinelanguage=en-US}}''صوت هند رجبKaouther Ben HaniaTunisia, 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 WinsDirectorsNationality32
Otar IosselianiGeorgia
Jean-Luc GodardFrance
Louis Malle
Ulrich SeidlAustria

References

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