Grand Jury Prize (Venice Film Festival)

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Jane Campion receiving the award from Anjelica Huston for An Angel at My Table , 1990.
Location Venice
CountryItaly
Presented by Venice Film Festival
First awarded1951
Currently held by Maura Delpero for Vermiglio
Website labiennale.org/en/cinema

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.

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History

Since 2016, the official name of the award has been simply the Grand Jury Prize, but 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).

Winners

YearEnglish TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production Country
1950s
Awarded as "Special Jury Prize"
1951
(12th)
A Streetcar Named Desire Elia Kazan United States
1952
(13th)
The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird La Bergère et le Ramoneur [1] Paul Grimault France
Mandy [2] Alexander Mackendrick United Kingdom
1954
(15th)
Executive Suite * Robert Wise United States
1958
(19th)
The Lovers Les amants Louis Malle France
La sfida Francesco Rosi Italy, Spain
1959
(20th)
The Magician Ansiktet Ingmar Bergman Sweden
1960s
1960
(21st)
Rocco and His Brothers Rocco e i suoi fratelli Luchino Visconti France, Italy
1961
(22nd)
Peace to Him Who Enters Мир входящему Aleksandr Alov & Vladimir Naumov Soviet Union
1962
(23rd)
My Life to Live Vivre sa vie Jean-Luc Godard France
1963
(24th)
The Fire Within Le feu follet Louis Malle France, Italy
Introduction to Life Вступление Igor Talankin Soviet Union
1964
(25th)
The Gospel According to St. Matthew Il vangelo secondo Matteo Pier Paolo Pasolini Italy, France
Hamlet Гамлет Grigori Kozintsev Soviet Union
1965
(26th)
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
(27th)
Chappaqua Conrad Rooks United States
Yesterday Girl Abschied von gestern Alexander Kluge West Germany
1967
(28th)
China is Near La Cina è vicina Marco Bellocchio Italy
La Chinoise Jean-Luc Godard France
1968
(29th)
Our Lady of the Turks Nostra Signora dei Turchi Carmelo Bene Italy
Le SocrateRobert LapoujadeFrance, West Germany
1980s
1981
(38th)
Sweet Dreams Sogni d'oro Nanni Moretti Italy
They Don't Wear Black-tie Eles Não Usam Black-Tie Leon Hirszman Brazil
1982
(39th)
Imperative Imperativ Krzysztof Zanussi France, West Germany, Poland
Awarded as "Grand Special Jury Prize"
1983
(40th)
Biquefarre Georges Rouquier France
1984
(41st)
Favorites of the Moon Le favoris de la lune Otar Iosseliani
1985
(42nd)
Tangos, the Exile of Gardel Tangos, el exilio de Gardel Fernando E. Solanas Argentina, France
1986
(43rd)
A Tale of Love Storia d'amore Francesco Maselli Italy
Wild Pigeon Чужая белая и рябой Sergei Solovyov Soviet Union
1987
(44th)
Hip Hip Hurrah! Hip hip hurra! Kjell Grede Denmark, Norway, Sweden
1988
(45th)
Camp de Thiaroye Sembène Ousmane and Thierno Faty Sow Algeria, Tunisia
1989
(46th)
And Then There Was Light Et la lumière fut Otar Iosseliani France
1990s
1990
(47th)
An Angel at My Table Jane Campion New Zealand
1991
(48th)
The Divine Comedy A Divina Comédia Manoel de Oliveira France, Portugal
1992
(49th)
Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician Morte di un matematico napoletano Mario Martone Italy
1993
(50th)
Bad Boy Bubby Rolf De Heer Australia, Italy
1994
(51st)
Natural Born Killers Oliver Stone United States
1995
(52nd)
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
(53rd)
Brigands Brigands, chapitre VII Otar Iosseliani France, Italy, Russia, Switzerland
1997
(54th)
Ovosodo Paolo Virzì Italy
1998
(55th)
Next Stop Paradise Terminus Paradis Lucian Pintilie France, Romania
1999
(56th)
The Wind Will Carry Us باد ما را خواهد برد Abbas Kiarostami France, Iran
2000s
2000
(57th)
Before Night Falls Julian Schnabel United States
2001
(58th)
Dog Days Hundstage Ulrich Seidl Austria
2002
(59th)
House of Fools Дом дураков Andrei Konchalovsky Russia
2003
(60th)
The Kite طيّارة من ورق Randa Chahal France, Lebanon
2004
(61st)
The Sea Inside Mar adentro Alejandro Amenábar Spain
2005
(62nd)
Mary Abel Ferrara France, Italy, United States
Awarded as "Special Jury Prize"
2006
(63rd)
Daratt Mahamat-Saleh Haroun Austria, Belgium, Chad, France
2007
(64th)
I'm Not There Todd Haynes United States
The Secret of the Grain La graine et le mulet Abdellatif Kechiche France
2008
(65th)
Teza Haile Gerima Ethiopia, France, Germany
2009
(66th)
Soul Kitchen Fatih Akın Germany
2010s
2010
(67th)
Essential Killing [3] Jerzy Skolimowski Hungary, Ireland, Norway, Poland
2011
(68th)
Terraferma [4] Emanuele Crialese Italy
2012
(69th)
Paradise: Faith [5] Paradies: Glaube Ulrich Seidl Austria, France, Germany
Awarded as "Grand Special Jury Prize"
2013
(70th)
Stray Dogs [6] 郊遊 Tsai Ming-liang Taiwan, France
2014
(71st)
The Look of Silence [7] Senyap Joshua Oppenheimer Denmark, Indonesia
2015
(72nd)
Anomalisa [8] Charlie Kaufman United States
Awarded as "Grand Jury Prize"
2016
(73rd)
Nocturnal Animals [9] Tom Ford United States
2017
(74th)
Foxtrot [10] פוֹקְסטְרוֹט Samuel Maoz France, Germany, Israel, Switzerland
2018
(75th)
The Favourite [11] Yorgos Lanthimos Ireland, United Kingdom, United States
2019
(76th)
An Officer and a Spy [12] J'accuse Roman Polanski France, Italy
2020s
2020
(77th)
New Order [13] Nuevo Orden Michel Franco Mexico, France
2021
(78th)
The Hand of God [14] È stata la mano di Dio Paolo Sorrentino Italy
2022
(79th)
Saint Omer [15] Alice Diop France
2023
(80th)
Evil Does Not Exist [16] 悪は存在しない Ryusuke Hamaguchi Japan
2024
(81st)
Vermiglio [17] Maura Delpero Italy, France, Belgium
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 WinsDirectorsNationality
3 Otar Iosseliani Georgia
2 Jean-Luc Godard France
Louis Malle
Ulrich Seidl Austria

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