| Special Jury Prize | |
|---|---|
 2025 recipients: Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter | |
| Awarded for | Second Best film |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Presented by | Locarno International Film Festival |
| First award | 1949 |
| Currently held by | White Snail by Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter |
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.
| Year | English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Bicycle Thieves | Ladri di biciclette | Vittorio De Sica | Italy |
| Year | English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | How Long Does a Man Live? | Meddig él az ember? I-II | Judit Elek | Hungary |
| Year | English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Gostanza da Libbiano | Paolo Benvenuti | Italy | |
| 2001 | Delbaran | Abolfazl Jalili | Japan, Iran | |
| 2002 | I'm Taraneh, 15 | من ترانه، ۱۵ سال دارم | Rasul Sadr Ameli | Iran |
| 2003 | Maria | Călin Peter Netzer | Romania | |
| 2004 | Tony Takitani | トニー滝谷 | Jun Ichikawa | Japan |
| 2005 | A Perfect Couple | Un couple parfait | Nobuhiro Suwa | France, Japan |
| 2006 | Half Nelson | Ryan Fleck | United States | |
| 2007 | Memories | Pedro Costa, Harun Farocki and Eugène Green | South Korea, France | |
| 2008 | 33 Scenes from Life | 33 sceny z zycia | Malgorzata Szumowska | Germany, Poland |
| 2009 | Tambourine, Drum | Бубен, барабан | Aleksei Mizgiryov | Russia |
| Year | English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Morgen | Marian Crișan | Romania | |
| 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 Sivan | Israel [1] | |
| 2016 | Scarred Hearts | Inimi cicatrizate | Radu Jude | Romania, Germany [2] |
| 2017 | Good Manners | As Boas Maneiras | Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra | Brazil, France [3] |
| 2018 | M | Yolande Zauberman | France [4] | |
| 2019 | Height of the Wave | 파고 | Park Jung-bum | South Korea |
| Year | English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | A New Old Play | 椒麻堂會 | Qiu Jiongjiong | Hong Kong, France |
| 2022 | The Adventures of Gigi the Law | Gigi la legge | Alessandro Comodin | Italy, France, Belgium [5] |
| 2023 | Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World | Nu astepta prea mult de la sfârsitul lumii | Radu Jude | Romania |
| 2024 | Moon | Mond | Kurdwin Ayub | Austria [6] |
| 2025 | White Snail | Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter | Austria, Germany | |