Special Jury Prize (Venice Film Festival)
| Special Jury Prize | |
|---|---|
2025 recipient: Gianfranco Rosi | |
| Location | Venice |
| Country | Italy |
| Presented by | Venice Film Festival |
| First award | 2013 |
| Currently held by | Gianfranco Rosi for Below the Clouds (2025) |
| Website | labiennale |
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.
Philip Gröning was the first winner for The Police Officer's Wife in 2013.
Winners
2010s
| Year | English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Year | English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Official Awards of the 78th Venice Film Festival". La Biennale di Venezia. 16 July 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
- ^ 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.