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.
South Korean filmmaker Lee Chang-dong was the most recent winner for Possible Love (2026), at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival.
History 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.
was the first winner for in 1951. While Soviet-Georgian filmmaker Otar Iosseliani won three times, Favorites of the Moon (1984), And Then There Was Light (1989) and Brigands (1996).
Winners
1950s Year English title Original title DirectorProduction country 1951 United States 1952 Animation in Europe - Google Books (pg.70) France United Kingdom 1954 * United States 1958 France Italy, Spain 1959 Sweden
1960s Year English title Original title DirectorProduction country 1960 France, Italy 1961 Мир входящему & Soviet Union 1962 France 1963 France, Italy Вступление Soviet Union 1964 Italy, Mexico Гамлет Soviet Union 1965 Мне двадцать лет Sweden Mexico 1966 United States Germany 1967 Italy France 1968 Italy France, Germany
1980s Year English title Original title DirectorProduction country 1981 Italy Brazil 1982 France, Germany, Poland 1983 France 1984 1985 Argentina, France 1986 Italy Чужая белая и рябой Soviet Union 1987 Denmark, Norway, Sweden 1988 and Algeria, Tunisia 1989 France
1990s Year English title Original title DirectorProduction country 1990 New Zealand 1991 France, Portugal 1992 Italy 1993 Australia, Italy 1994 United States 1995 Denmark, France, Italy, Portugal Italy 1996 France, Italy, Russia, Switzerland 1997 Italy 1998 France, Romania 1999 Iran, France
2000s Year English title Original title DirectorProduction country 2000 United States 2001 Austria 2002 Дом дураков Russia 2003 The Kite France, Lebanon 2004 Spain 2005 France, Italy, United States 2006 Dry Season دارات Austria, Belgium, France 2007 United States France 2008 ጤዛ Ethiopia, France, Germany 2009 Germany
2010s Year English title Original title DirectorProduction country 2010 Poland, Hungary, Norway, Ireland 2011 Italy 2012 Austria, France, Germany 2013 郊遊 Taiwan, France 2014 Denmark, Indonesia 2015 United StatesVenice: Charlie Kaufman’s ‘Anomalisa’ Wins Grand Jury Prize - The Hollywood Reporter 2016 2017 פוֹקְסטְרוֹט France, Germany, Israel, Switzerland 2018 United Kingdom, United States 2019 France, ItalyIs Roman Polanski’s New Film ‘The Palace’ Going to Cannes or Venice? - Variety
2020s Year English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country 2020 Mexico, France 2021 Italy'The Hand of God' Trailer Reveals Italy's Oscar Submission|Collider 2022 France 2023 悪は存在しない Japan 2024 Vermiglio Maura Delpero Italy, France, Belgium 2025 The Voice of Hind Rajab Kaouther Ben Hania Tunisia, France2026Possible Love가능한 사랑Lee Chang-dongSouth Korea, United States 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 Soviet Union, Georgia 2 Jean-Luc Godard France Louis Malle Ulrich Seidl Austria
See also Golden Lion Special Jury Prize
References
External links The Venice Film Festival at the IMDb