Special Jury Prize (Venice Film Festival)

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Special Jury Prize
Gianfranco Rosi at 82nd Venice International Film Festival-1 (cropped).jpg
2025 recipient: Gianfranco Rosi
Location Venice
CountryItaly
Presented by Venice Film Festival
First award2013
Currently held by Gianfranco Rosi for Below the Clouds (2025)
Website labiennale.org/en/cinema

The Special Jury Prize is an official award given at the Venice Film Festival to one of the feature films in competition slate since 2013. It is considered the third most prestigious prize at the festival, the runner-up to both the main award Golden Lion and the second place award Grand Jury Prize.

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Philip Gröning was the first winner for The Police Officer's Wife in 2013.

Winners

Warwick Thornton won for Sweet Country (2017) Warwick Thornton Camerimage.jpg
Warwick Thornton won for Sweet Country (2017)
Jafar Panahi won for No Bears (2022) Jafar Panahi, Cines del Sur 2007-1 (cropped).jpg
Jafar Panahi won for No Bears (2022)
Agnieszka Holland won for Green Border (2023) MJK32681 Agnieszka Holland (Pokot, Berlinale 2017) (cropped).jpg
Agnieszka Holland won for Green Border (2023)

2010s

YearEnglish TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production CountryRef.
2013
(70th)		 The Police Officer's Wife Die Frau des Polizisten Philip Gröning Germany [1]
2014
(71st)		 Sivas Kaan Müjdeci Turkey, Germany [2]
2015
(72nd)		 Frenzy Abluka Emin Alper France, Qatar, Turkey [3]
2016
(73rd)		 The Bad Batch Ana Lily Amirpour United States [4]
2017
(74th)		 Sweet Country Warwick Thornton Australia [5]
2018
(75th)		 The Nightingale Jennifer Kent [6]
2019
(76th)		 The Mafia Is No Longer What It Used to Be La mafia non è più quella di una volta Franco Maresco Italy [7]

2020s

YearEnglish TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production CountryRef.
2020
(77th)		 Dear Comrades! Дорогие товарищи! Andrei Konchalovsky Russia [8]
2021
(78th)		 Il buco Michelangelo Frammartino Italy, France, Germany [9]
2022
(79th)		 No Bears خرس نیست Jafar Panahi Iran
2023
(80th)		 Green Border Zielona granica Agnieszka Holland Poland, Czech Republic, France, Belgium
2024
(81st)		 April აპრილი Déa Kulumbegashvili Georgia, Italy, France [10]
2025
(82nd)		 Below the Clouds Sotto le nuvole Gianfranco Rosi Italy [11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "70. Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica (2013) – Premi" [The 70th Venice International Film Festival (2013) – Awards] (in Italian). Venice Biennale: Historical Archive of Contemporary Arts (ASAC). Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  2. ↑ "71. Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica (2014) – Premi" [The 71st Venice International Film Festival (2014) – Awards] (in Italian). Venice Biennale: Historical Archive of Contemporary Arts (ASAC). Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  3. ↑ "72. Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica (2015) – Premi" [The 72nd Venice International Film Festival (2015) – Awards] (in Italian). Venice Biennale: Historical Archive of Contemporary Arts (ASAC). Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  4. ↑ "73. Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica (2016) – Premi" [The 73rd Venice International Film Festival (2016) – Awards] (in Italian). Venice Biennale: Historical Archive of Contemporary Arts (ASAC). Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  5. ↑ "74. Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica (2017) – Premi" [The 74th Venice International Film Festival (2017) – Awards] (in Italian). Venice Biennale: Historical Archive of Contemporary Arts (ASAC). Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  6. ↑ "75. Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica (2018) – Premi" [The 75th Venice International Film Festival (2018) – Awards] (in Italian). Venice Biennale: Historical Archive of Contemporary Arts (ASAC). Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  7. ↑ "76. Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica (2019) – Premi" [The 76th Venice International Film Festival (2019) – Awards] (in Italian). Venice Biennale: Historical Archive of Contemporary Arts (ASAC). Archived from the original on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  8. ↑ "77. Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica (2020) – Premi" [The 77th Venice International Film Festival (2020) – Awards] (in Italian). Venice Biennale: Historical Archive of Contemporary Arts (ASAC). Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  9. ↑ "Official Awards of the 78th Venice Film Festival". La Biennale di Venezia. 16 July 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  10. ↑ Tartaglione, Andreas Wiseman,Nancy (2024-09-07). "Venice Winners: Pedro Almodóvar's 'The Room Next Door' Wins The Golden Lion; Also Wins For Nicole Kidman, Brady Corbet, 'I'm Still Here' & More". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-09-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  11. ↑ Tartaglione, Nancy (2025-09-06). "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'". Deadline. Retrieved 2025-09-06.
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