Special Jury Prize (Locarno International Film Festival)

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Special Jury Prize
Awarded forSecond Best film
Country Switzerland
Presented by Locarno International Film Festival
First awarded1949
Last awarded2023
Currently held by Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World by Radu Jude

The Special Jury Prize is an award given at the Locarno International Film Festival. It is awarded to the second best film in the international competition section.

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Winners

YearFilmOriginal titleDirectorCountry of production
1949 Bicycle Thieves Ladri di biciclette Vittorio De Sica Italy
1968How Long Does a Man Live?Meddig él az ember? I-II Judit Elek Hungary [1]
2000 Gostanza da Libbiano Paolo Benvenuti Italy
2001Delbaran Abolfazl Jalili Japan, Iran [2]
2002 I'm Taraneh, 15 من ترانه، ۱۵ سال دارم Rasul Sadr Ameli Iran
2003 Maria Călin Peter Netzer Romania
2004 Tony Takitani Jun Ichikawa Japan
2005A Perfect CoupleUn couple parfait Nobuhiro Suwa France, Japan
2006 Half Nelson Ryan Fleck United States
2007Memories Pedro Costa, Harun Farocki, Eugène Green South Korea, France [3]
2008 33 Scenes from Life 33 sceny z zycia Malgorzata Szumowska Germany, Poland
2009 Tambourine, Drum Бубен, барабанAleksei MizgiryovRussia [4]
2010 Morgen Marian CrișanRomania
2011 Policeman השוטר Nadav Lapid Israel
2012 Somebody Up There Likes Me Bob Byington United States
2013 What Now? Remind Me E Agora? Lembra-me Joaquim Pinto Portugal
2014 Listen Up Philip Alex Ross Perry United States
2015 Tikkun Avishai SivanIsrael [5]
2016 Scarred Hearts Inimi cicatrizate Radu Jude Romania, Germany [6]
2017 Good Manners As Boas Maneiras Juliana Rojas, Marco DutraBrazil, France [7]
2018 M Yolande Zauberman Israel, France [8]
2019 Height of the Wave 파고 Park Jung-bum South Korea
2021 A New Old PlayJiao Ma Tang Hui Qiu Jiongjiong Hong Kong, France
2022 The Adventures of Gigi the LawGigi la leggeAlessandro ComodinItaly, France, Belgium [9]
2023 Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World Nu astepta prea mult de la sfârsitul lumii Radu Jude Romania

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References

  1. How Long Does a Man Live? at IMDb
  2. Delbaran at IMDb
  3. Memories at IMDb
  4. Tambourine, Drum at IMDb
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  6. "Palmarès 2016". Locarno.
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