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Special Jury Prize (Venice Film Festival)

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Special Jury Prize
2026 recipients: Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor
LocationVenice
CountryItaly
Presented byVenice Film Festival
First award2013
Currently held byYuval Abraham and Rachel Szor for NAZA (2026)
Websitelabiennale.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.

Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor were the most recent winners for NAZA (2026), at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival .

History

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German filmmaker Philip Gröning was the first winner, for The Police Officer's Wife (2013) at the 70th Venice International Film Festival. Iranian filmmaker Ana Lily Amirpour was the first woman to win the award, for The Bad Batch (2016) at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival.

Below the Clouds (2025), directed by Gianfranco Rosi, was the first documentary to win the award, at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival.

Winners

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Warwick Thornton won for Sweet Country (2017)
Jafar Panahi won for No Bears (2022)
Agnieszka Holland won for Green Border (2023)
Gianfranco Rosi won for Below the Clouds (2025)

2010s

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Year English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country Ref.
2013 The Police Officer's Wife Die Frau des Polizisten Philip Gröning Germany [1]
2014 Sivas Kaan Müjdeci Turkey, Germany [2]
2015 Frenzy Abluka Emin Alper France, Qatar, Turkey [3]
2016 The Bad Batch Ana Lily Amirpour United States [4]
2017 Sweet Country Warwick Thornton Australia [5]
2018 The Nightingale Jennifer Kent [6]
2019 The Mafia Is No Longer What It Used to Be La mafia non è più quella di una volta Franco Maresco Italy [7]

2020s

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Year English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country Ref.
2020 Dear Comrades! Дорогие товарищи! Andrei Konchalovsky Russia [8]
2021 Il buco Michelangelo Frammartino Italy, France, Germany [9]
2022 No Bears خرس نیست Jafar Panahi Iran [10]
2023 Green Border Zielona granica Agnieszka Holland Poland, Czech Republic, France, Belgium [11]
2024 April აპრილი Déa Kulumbegashvili Georgia, Italy, France [12]
2025 Below the Clouds Sotto le nuvole Gianfranco Rosi Italy [13]
2026 NAZA Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor United Kingdom [14]

See also

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References

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  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). Retrieved 25 July 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  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). Retrieved 25 July 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  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). Retrieved 25 July 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  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). Retrieved 25 July 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  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). Retrieved 25 July 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  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). Retrieved 25 July 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  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. ↑ "Venice Film Festival Winners: Cate Blanchett, Colin Farrell Take Top Acting Prizes – Updating Live". Deadline Hollywood. 10 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  11. ↑ Tartaglione, Nancy; Ntim, Zac (9 September 2023). "Venice Winners: Golden Lion Goes To Yorgos Lanthimos For 'Poor Things'; Hamaguchi, Sarsgaard, Spaeny Also Score — Full List". Deadline. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  12. ↑ 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)
  13. ↑ 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.
  14. ↑ Goodfellow, Melanie (2026-09-12). "Venice Film Festival Unveils 2026 Winners". Deadline. Retrieved 2026-09-12.
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