Grand Jury Prize (Venice Film Festival)

Special Jury Prize
Special Jury Prize
	2025 recipient: Kaouther Ben Hania
Location	Venice
Country	Italy
Presented by	Venice Film Festival
First award	1951
Currently held by	Kaouther Ben Hania for The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025)
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.

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.

Elia Kazan was the first winner for A Streetcar Named Desire in 1951. Kaouther Ben Hania is the most recent winner for The Voice of Hind Rajab in 2025.

Winners

1950s

Year	English title	Original title	Director	Production country
1951	A Streetcar Named Desire		Elia Kazan	United States
1952	The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird	La Bergère et le Ramoneur^[1]	Paul Grimault	France
1952	Mandy^[2]		Alexander Mackendrick	United Kingdom
1954	Executive Suite ^*		Robert Wise	United States
1958	The Lovers	Les amants	Louis Malle	France
1958	La sfida		Francesco Rosi	Italy, Spain
1959	The Magician	Ansiktet	Ingmar Bergman	Sweden

1960s

Year	English title	Original title	Director	Production country
1960	Rocco and His Brothers	Rocco e i suoi fratelli	Luchino Visconti	France, Italy
1961	Peace to Him Who Enters	Мир входящему	Aleksandr Alov & Vladimir Naumov	Soviet Union
1962	My Life to Live	Vivre sa vie	Jean-Luc Godard	France
1963	The Fire Within	Le feu follet	Louis Malle	France, Italy
1963	Introduction to Life	Вступление	Igor Talankin	Soviet Union
1964	The Gospel According to St. Matthew	Il vangelo secondo Matteo	Pier Paolo Pasolini	Italy, Mexico
1964	Hamlet	Гамлет	Grigori Kozintsev	Soviet Union
1965	I Am Twenty	Мне двадцать лет	Marlen Khutsiev	Soviet Union
	Modiga mindre män		Leif Krantz	Sweden
	Simon of the Desert	Simón del desierto	Luis Buñuel	Mexico
1966	Chappaqua		Conrad Rooks	United States
1966	Yesterday Girl	Abschied von gestern	Alexander Kluge	Germany
1967	China is Near	La Cina è vicina	Marco Bellocchio	Italy
1967	La Chinoise		Jean-Luc Godard	France
1968	Our Lady of the Turks	Nostra Signora dei Turchi	Carmelo Bene	Italy
1968	Le Socrate		Robert Lapoujade	France, Germany

1980s

Year	English title	Original title	Director	Production country
1981	Sweet Dreams	Sogni d'oro	Nanni Moretti	Italy
1981	They Don't Wear Black-tie	Eles Não Usam Black-Tie	Leon Hirszman	Brazil
1982	Imperative	Imperativ	Krzysztof Zanussi	France, Germany, Poland
1983	Biquefarre		Georges Rouquier	France
1984	Favorites of the Moon	Le favoris de la lune	Otar Iosseliani	France
1985	Tangos, the Exile of Gardel	Tangos, el exilio de Gardel	Fernando E. Solanas	Argentina, France
1986	A Tale of Love	Storia d'amore	Francesco Maselli	Italy
1986	Wild Pigeon	Чужая белая и рябой	Sergei Solovyov	Soviet Union
1987	Hip Hip Hurrah!	Hip hip hurra!	Kjell Grede	Denmark, Norway, Sweden
1988	Camp de Thiaroye		Sembène Ousmane and Thierno Faty Sow	Algeria, Tunisia
1989	And Then There Was Light	Et la lumière fut	Otar Iosseliani	France

1990s

Year	English title	Original title	Director	Production country
1990	An Angel at My Table		Jane Campion	New Zealand
1991	The Divine Comedy	A Divina Comédia	Manoel de Oliveira	France, Portugal
1992	Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician	Morte di un matematico napoletano	Mario Martone	Italy
1993	Bad Boy Bubby		Rolf De Heer	Australia, Italy
1994	Natural Born Killers		Oliver Stone	United States
1995	God's Comedy	A Comédia de Deus	João César Monteiro	Denmark, France, Italy, Portugal
1995	The Star Maker	L'uomo delle Stelle	Giuseppe Tornatore	Italy
1996	Brigands	Brigands, chapitre VII	Otar Iosseliani	France, Italy, Russia, Switzerland
1997	Ovosodo		Paolo Virzì	Italy
1998	Next Stop Paradise	Terminus Paradis	Lucian Pintilie	France, Romania
1999	The Wind Will Carry Us	باد ما را خواهد برد	Abbas Kiarostami	Iran, France

2000s

Year	English title	Original title	Director	Production country
2000	Before Night Falls		Julian Schnabel	United States
2001	Dog Days	Hundstage	Ulrich Seidl	Austria
2002	House of Fools	Дом дураков	Andrei Konchalovsky	Russia
2003	The Kite	طيّارة من ورق	Randa Chahal	France, Lebanon
2004	The Sea Inside	Mar adentro	Alejandro Amenábar	Spain
2005	Mary		Abel Ferrara	France, Italy, United States
2006	Dry Season	دارات	Mahamat-Saleh Haroun	Austria, Belgium, France
2007	I'm Not There		Todd Haynes	United States
2007	The Secret of the Grain	La graine et le mulet	Abdellatif Kechiche	France
2008	Teza	ጤዛ	Haile Gerima	Ethiopia, France, Germany
2009	Soul Kitchen		Fatih Akın	Germany

2010s

Year	English title	Original title	Director	Production country
2010	Essential Killing^[3]		Jerzy Skolimowski	Poland, Hungary, Norway, Ireland
2011	Terraferma^[4]		Emanuele Crialese	Italy
2012	Paradise: Faith^[5]	Paradies: Glaube	Ulrich Seidl	Austria, France, Germany
2013	Stray Dogs^[6]	郊遊	Tsai Ming-liang	Taiwan, France
2014	The Look of Silence^[7]	Senyap	Joshua Oppenheimer	Denmark, Indonesia
2015	Anomalisa^[8]		Charlie Kaufman	United States
2016	Nocturnal Animals^[9]		Tom Ford	United States
2017	Foxtrot^[10]	פוֹקְסטְרוֹט	Samuel Maoz	France, Germany, Israel, Switzerland
2018	The Favourite^[11]		Yorgos Lanthimos	United Kingdom, United States
2019	An Officer and a Spy^[12]	J'accuse	Roman Polanski	France, Italy

2020s

Year	English Title	Original Title	Director(s)	Production Country
2020	New Order^[13]	Nuevo Orden	Michel Franco	Mexico, France
2021	The Hand of God^[14]	È stata la mano di Dio	Paolo Sorrentino	Italy
2022	Saint Omer		Alice Diop	France
2023	Evil Does Not Exist^[15]	悪は存在しない	Ryusuke Hamaguchi	Japan
2024	Vermiglio^[16]		Maura Delpero	Italy, France, Belgium
2025	The Voice of Hind Rajab^[17]	صوت هند رجب	Kaouther Ben Hania	Tunisia, 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 Wins	Directors	Nationality
3	Otar Iosseliani	Georgia
2	Jean-Luc Godard	France
	Louis Malle	France
	Ulrich Seidl	Austria

References

^ Animation in Europe - Google Books (pg.70)
^ Parkinson, David (13 June 2017). "5 reasons to watch pioneering Ealing drama Mandy". BFI. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
^ "PISF - Two awards for "Essential Killing"". Polish Film Institute. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
^ Lyman, Eric J. (10 September 2011). "Venice 2011: 'Faust,' Michael Fassbender Win Top Festival Prizes". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
^ "US release of Ulrich Seidl's PARADISE trilogy". Austrian Films. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
^ Holden, Stephen (2014-09-11). "Mired in an Abyss of Despair in Taipei". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
^ "The Look of Silence Wins in Venice". Danish Film Institute. 6 September 2014. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
^ Venice: Charlie Kaufman’s ‘Anomalisa’ Wins Grand Jury Prize - The Hollywood Reporter
^ Shoard, Catherine (2016-09-10). "The Woman Who Left wins Venice film festival as Nocturnal Animals runnerup". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
^ "Official Awards of the 74th Venice Film Festival". La Biennale di Venezia. 2017-09-09. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
^ "Official Awards of the 75th Venice Film Festival". La Biennale di Venezia. 2018-09-08. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
^ Is Roman Polanski’s New Film ‘The Palace’ Going to Cannes or Venice? - Variety
^ "Official Awards of the 77th Venice Film Festival". La Biennale di Venezia. 2020-09-12. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
^ 'The Hand of God' Trailer Reveals Italy's Oscar Submission|Collider
^ Dalton, Ben (6 December 2023). "Venice Silver Lion winner 'Evil Does Not Exist' inks key deals including China (exclusive)". ScreenDaily. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
^ 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)
^ 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.

External links

The Venice Film Festival at the IMDb

[1] Animation in Europe - Google Books (pg.70)

[2] Parkinson, David (13 June 2017). "5 reasons to watch pioneering Ealing drama Mandy". BFI. Retrieved 2024-03-02.

[3] "PISF - Two awards for "Essential Killing"". Polish Film Institute. Retrieved 2024-03-02.

[4] Lyman, Eric J. (10 September 2011). "Venice 2011: 'Faust,' Michael Fassbender Win Top Festival Prizes". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2024-03-02.

[5] "US release of Ulrich Seidl's PARADISE trilogy". Austrian Films. Retrieved 2024-03-02.

[6] Holden, Stephen (2014-09-11). "Mired in an Abyss of Despair in Taipei". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-03-02.

[7] "The Look of Silence Wins in Venice". Danish Film Institute. 6 September 2014. Retrieved 2024-03-02.

[8] Venice: Charlie Kaufman’s ‘Anomalisa’ Wins Grand Jury Prize - The Hollywood Reporter

[9] Shoard, Catherine (2016-09-10). "The Woman Who Left wins Venice film festival as Nocturnal Animals runnerup". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-03-02.

[10] "Official Awards of the 74th Venice Film Festival". La Biennale di Venezia. 2017-09-09. Retrieved 2024-03-02.

[11] "Official Awards of the 75th Venice Film Festival". La Biennale di Venezia. 2018-09-08. Retrieved 2024-03-02.

[12] Is Roman Polanski’s New Film ‘The Palace’ Going to Cannes or Venice? - Variety

[13] "Official Awards of the 77th Venice Film Festival". La Biennale di Venezia. 2020-09-12. Retrieved 2024-03-02.

[14] 'The Hand of God' Trailer Reveals Italy's Oscar Submission|Collider

[15] Dalton, Ben (6 December 2023). "Venice Silver Lion winner 'Evil Does Not Exist' inks key deals including China (exclusive)". ScreenDaily. Retrieved 2024-03-02.

[16] 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)

[:5-17] 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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Venice Film Festival
Official awards	Golden Lion Grand Jury Prize Special Jury Prize Silver Lion Volpi Cup for Best Actor Volpi Cup for Best Actress Best Screenplay Marcello Mastroianni Award Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement Glory to the Filmmaker Lion of the Future
Retired awards	Golden Osella
Parallel sections	Orizzonti Giornate degli Autori
Independent awards	Brian Award Queer Lion Young Cinema Award
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List of Venice Film Festival jury presidents

Venice Film Festival Grand Jury Prize
1951–1968	A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird / Mandy (1952) Executive Suite (1954) The Lovers / La sfida (1958) The Magician (1959) Rocco and His Brothers (1960) Peace to Him Who Enters (1961) Vivre sa vie (1962) The Fire Within / Introduction to Life (1963) The Gospel According to St. Matthew / Hamlet (1964) I Am Twenty / Modiga mindre män / Simon of the Desert (1965) Chappaqua / Yesterday Girl (1966) China Is Near / La Chinoise (1967) Our Lady of the Turks / Le Socrate (1968)
1981–2000	Sweet Dreams / They Don't Wear Black Tie (1981) Imperative (1982) Biquefarre (1983) Favorites of the Moon (1984) Tangos, the Exile of Gardel (1985) A Tale of Love / Wild Pigeon (1986) Hip Hip Hurrah! (1987) Camp de Thiaroye (1988) And Then There Was Light (1989) An Angel at My Table (1990) The Divine Comedy (1991) Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician (1992) Bad Boy Bubby (1993) Natural Born Killers (1994) God's Comedy / The Star Maker (1995) Brigands (1996) Ovosodo (1997) Terminus Paradis (1998) The Wind Will Carry Us (1999) Before Night Falls (2000)
2001–present	Dog Days (2001) House of Fools (2002) The Kite (2003) The Sea Inside (2004) Mary (2005) Daratt (2006) I'm Not There / The Secret of the Grain (2007) Teza (2008) Soul Kitchen (2009) Essential Killing (2010) Terraferma (2011) Paradise: Faith (2012) Stray Dogs (2013) The Look of Silence (2014) Anomalisa (2015) Nocturnal Animals (2016) Foxtrot (2017) The Favourite (2018) An Officer and a Spy (2019) New Order (2020) The Hand of God (2021) Saint Omer (2022) Evil Does Not Exist (2023) Vermiglio (2024) The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025)