Venice Film Festival

The Venice Film Festival, founded in 1932 as part of the Venice Biennale, is the oldest film festival in the world. Its top prize is the Golden Lion; other main awards are the Silver Lion, the Grand Jury Prize and the Volpi Cups for acting.

Winners of the Venice Film Festival (Italy), year by year. Names link to the film or person page when they are on Sinekatalog. Compiled from Wikidata.

Best Film Best Director Best Actor Best Actress Special Jury and Jury Prizes Selection and Section Prizes

Best Film

68 years listed (1949–2026); some years may be missing from the source data.

Year	Film	Director / winner
2026	Woman Unknown	May el-Toukhy
2025	Father Mother Sister Brother	Jim Jarmusch
2024	The Room Next Door	Pedro Almodóvar
2023	Poor Things	Yorgos Lanthimos
2022	All the Beauty and the Bloodshed	Laura Poitras
2021	Happening	Audrey Diwan
2020	Nomadland	Chloé Zhao
2019	Joker	Todd Phillips
2018	Roma	Alfonso Cuarón
2017	The Shape of Water	Guillermo del Toro
2016	The Woman Who Left	Lav Diaz Emir Kusturica Jean-Paul Belmondo
2015	From Afar	Lorenzo Vigas
2014	A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence	Roy Andersson
2013	Sacro GRA	Gianfranco Rosi
2012	Pietà	Kim Ki-duk
2011	Faust (2011)	Alexander Sokurov
2010	Somewhere	Sofia Coppola William Forsythe
2009	Lebanon	Samuel Maoz
	Women Without Men	Shahram Karimi
2008	The Wrestler	Darren Aronofsky
2007	Lust, Caution	Ang Lee
2006	Still Life (2006)	Jia Zhangke
2005	Brokeback Mountain	Ang Lee
	Sympathy for Lady Vengeance	Park Chan-wook
2004	Vera Drake	Mike Leigh
2003	The Return	Andrey Zvyagintsev
2002	The Magdalene Sisters	Peter Mullan
2001	Monsoon Wedding	Mira Nair
2000	The Circle	Lionello Cerri Jafar Panahi
1999	Not One Less	Zhang Yimou
1998	The Way We Laughed	Gianni Amelio Emir Kusturica Sean Connery
1997	Hana-bi	Takeshi Kitano
1996	Michael Collins	Neil Jordan
1995	Cyclo	Trần Anh Hùng
1994	Before the Rain	Milcho Manchevski
	Vive L'Amour	Tsai Ming-liang
1993	Short Cuts	Robert Altman
	Three Colours: Blue	Krzysztof Kieślowski
1992	The Story of Qiu Ju	Zhang Yimou
1991	Close to Eden	Nikita Mikhalkov
1990	Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead	Tom Stoppard
1989	A City of Sadness	Hou Hsiao-Hsien
1988	The Legend of the Holy Drinker	Ermanno Olmi
1987	Au revoir les enfants	Louis Malle
1986	The Green Ray	Éric Rohmer
1985	Vagabond	Agnès Varda
1984	A Year of the Quiet Sun	Krzysztof Zanussi
1983	Prénom Carmen	Jean-Luc Godard
1982	The State of Things	Wim Wenders
1981	Marianne and Juliane	Margarethe von Trotta
1980	Gloria	John Cassavetes
	Atlantic City	Louis Malle
	Alexander the Great	Thodoros Angelopoulos
1979	—	Judit Pogány
1972	—	Charlie Chaplin
1970	An Evening with Orson Welles: The Golden Honeymoon	Orson Welles
1968	Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed	Alexander Kluge
1967	Belle de Jour	Luis Buñuel
1966	The Battle of Algiers	Gillo Pontecorvo
1965	The Battle of Algiers	Gillo Pontecorvo
	Sandra	Luchino Visconti
1964	Red Desert	Michelangelo Antonioni
1963	Hands Over the City	Francesco Rosi
1962	Ivan's Childhood	Andrei Tarkovsky
	Family Diary	Valerio Zurlini
1961	Last Year at Marienbad	Alain Resnais
1960	Tomorrow Is My Turn	André Cayatte
1959	General Della Rovere	Roberto Rossellini
	The Great War	Mario Monicelli
1958	Rickshaw Man	Hiroshi Inagaki
1957	Aparajito	Satyajit Ray
1955	Ordet	Carl Theodor Dreyer
1954	Romeo and Juliet	Renato Castellani
	Sansho the Bailiff	Kenji Mizoguchi
1952	Forbidden Games	René Clément
	The Life of Oharu	Kenji Mizoguchi
1951	Rashomon	Akira Kurosawa
1950	Justice Is Done	André Cayatte
1949	Manon	Henri-Georges Clouzot

Best Director

50 years listed (1937–2026); some years may be missing from the source data.

Year	Winner	Film
2026	Ilya Khrzhanovsky	DAU
2025	Benny Safdie	The Smashing Machine
2024	Brady Corbet	The Brutalist
2023	Matteo Garrone	Io capitano
2022	Luca Guadagnino	Bones and All
2021	Kae Tempest	—
	Jane Campion	The Power of the Dog
2020	Kiyoshi Kurosawa	Wife of a Spy
2019	Roy Andersson	About Endlessness
2018	Jacques Audiard	The Sisters Brothers
2017	Xavier Legrand	Custody
2016	Andrei Konchalovsky	Paradise (2016)
	Amat Escalante	The Untamed
2015	Pablo Trapero	The Clan
2014	Andrei Konchalovsky	The Postman's White Nights
2013	Alexandros Avranas	Miss Violence
2012	Paul Thomas Anderson	The Master
2011	Cai Shangjun	People Mountain People Sea
2010	Álex de la Iglesia	The Last Circus
2009	Shirin Neshat	Women Without Men
2008	Aleksei Alekseivich German	Paper Soldier
2007	Brian De Palma	Redacted
	Paddy Considine	Dog Altogether
2006	Alain Resnais	Private Fears in Public Places
	Alix Delaporte	Zidane, un destin d'exception
2005	Philippe Garrel	Regular Lovers
	Chien-ping Lin	Xiaozhan
2004	Kim Ki-duk	3-Iron
	Kamel Cherif	Signe d'appartenance
2003	Takeshi Kitano	Zatoichi
	Murad Ibragimbekov	Neft
2002	Lee Chang-dong	Oasis
	Irina Evteeva	Clown
2001	Babak Payami	Secret Ballot
	Jan Krüger	The Whiz Kids
2000	Buddhadeb Dasgupta	Uttara
	Peter Long	A Telephone Call for Genevieve Snow
1999	Zhang Yuan	Seventeen Years
	Teboho Mahlatsi	Portrait of a Young Man Drowning
1998	Emir Kusturica	Black Cat, White Cat
1996	Sima Urale	O Tamaiti
1994	Carlo Mazzacurati	The Bull
	Peter Jackson	Heavenly Creatures
1993	Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov	Kosh ba kosh
1992	Claude Sautet	A Heart in Winter
1991	Zhang Yimou	Raise the Red Lantern
	Terry Gilliam	The Fisher King
1990	Martin Scorsese	Goodfellas
1989	Kei Kumai	Death of a Tea Master
1988	Thodoros Angelopoulos	Landscape in the Mist
	Theo Angelopoulos	Landscape in the Mist
1987	James Ivory	Maurice
1986	Carlos Sorín	A King and His Movie
1985	Marion Hänsel	Dust (1985)
1984	Micheline Lanctôt	Sonatine (1984)
1983	Euzhan Palcy	Sugar Cane Alley
1982	Luciano Odorisio	Sciopèn
	Orlow Seunke	The Hes Case
1981	Emir Kusturica	Do You Remember Dolly Bell?
1962	Jean-Luc Godard	My Life to Live
1957	Luchino Visconti	White Nights
1955	Michelangelo Antonioni	Le Amiche
	Samson Samsonov	The Grasshopper
1954	Akira Kurosawa	Seven Samurai
	Elia Kazan	On the Waterfront
1953	Marcel Carné	Thérèse Raquin
	Kenji Mizoguchi	Ugetsu
	Federico Fellini	Love in the City
	Aleksandr Ptushko	Sadko
	Raymond Abrashkin	Little Fugitive
	Morris Engel	Little Fugitive
1937	Zoltan Korda	Elephant Boy

Best Actor

78 years listed (1932–2026); some years may be missing from the source data.

Year	Winner	Film
2026	John Malkovich	Wild Horse Nine
2025	Toni Servillo	La grazia
2024	Vincent Lindon	The Quiet Son
2023	Peter Sarsgaard	Memory
2022	Colin Farrell	The Banshees of Inisherin
2021	John Arcilla	On the Job: The Missing 8
2020	Pierfrancesco Favino	Padrenostro
2019	Luca Marinelli	—
2018	Willem Dafoe	—
2017	Kamel El Basha	The Insult
	Joaquin Phoenix	You Were Never Really Here
2016	Oscar Martínez	The Distinguished Citizen
2015	Fabrice Luchini	—
	Tom Courtenay	45 Years
	Vincent Lindon	The Measure of a Man
2014	Adam Driver	Hungry Hearts
2013	Themis Panou	Miss Violence
2012	Philip Seymour Hoffman	The Master
	Joaquin Phoenix	—
2011	Michael Fassbender	Shame (2011)
2010	Vincent Gallo	Essential Killing
	Javier Bardem	Biutiful
2009	Colin Firth	A Single Man
2008	Silvio Orlando	Giovanna's Father
2007	Brad Pitt	—
2006	Ben Affleck	Hollywoodland
2005	David Strathairn	Good Night, and Good Luck
2004	Javier Bardem	The Sea Inside
2003	Sean Penn	21 Grams
2002	Stefano Accorsi	A Journey Called Love
2001	Luigi Lo Cascio	Light of My Eyes
2000	Javier Bardem	Before Night Falls
1999	Jim Broadbent	Topsy-Turvy
1998	Sean Penn	Hurlyburly
1997	Wesley Snipes	One Night Stand
1996	Liam Neeson	Michael Collins
	Chris Penn	The Funeral
1995	Götz George	Deathmaker
	Ian Hart	Nothing Personal
1994	Xia Yu	In the Heat of the Sun
	Roberto Citran	The Bull
1993	Fabrizio Bentivoglio	A Soul Split in Two
	Marcello Mastroianni	1, 2, 3, Freeze
1992	Jack Lemmon	Glengarry Glen Ross
1991	River Phoenix	My Own Private Idaho
1990	Oleg Borisov	The Sole Witness
	Gérard Depardieu	Cyrano de Bergerac
1989	Massimo Troisi	What Time Is It?
	Marcello Mastroianni	—
1988	Don Ameche	Things Change
1987	Hugh Grant	—
1986	Carlo Delle Piane	Christmas Present
1985	Gérard Depardieu	Police
1984	Naseeruddin Shah	Paar
	Albert Finney	The Dresser
1983	Matthew Modine	Streamers
	Guy Boyd	Streamers
1982	Jack Lemmon	Missing
1979	Jack Lemmon	The China Syndrome
1971	Jean Gabin	Le Chat
1970	Marcello Mastroianni	The Pizza Triangle
1968	John Marley	Faces
1967	Ljubiša Samardžić	The Morning
1966	Jacques Perrin	Almost a Man
	Jacques Perrin	The Search (1966)
1965	Toshirō Mifune	Red Beard
1964	Tom Courtenay	King and Country
1963	Albert Finney	Tom Jones
1962	Burt Lancaster	Birdman of Alcatraz
	James Stewart	Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
1961	Toshirō Mifune	Yojimbo
1960	John Mills	Tunes of Glory
	Fredric March	Inherit the Wind
1959	James Stewart	Anatomy of a Murder
	Jean Gabin	Archimède le clochard
1958	Alec Guinness	The Horse's Mouth
1957	Anthony Franciosa	A Hatful of Rain
1956	Bourvil	La Traversée de Paris
	Burt Lancaster	Trapeze
1955	Kenneth More	The Deep Blue Sea (1955)
	Curd Jürgens	The Heroes Are Tired
1954	Jean Gabin	The Air of Paris
	Jean Gabin	Touchez pas au grisbi
	Jean Gabin	The Night Is My Kingdom
1953	Henri Vilbert	Good Lord Without Confession
1952	Fredric March	Death of a Salesman (1951)
1951	Jean Gabin	The Night Is My Kingdom
1950	Sam Jaffe	The Asphalt Jungle
1949	Joseph Cotten	Portrait of Jennie
1948	Ernst Deutsch	The Trial (1948)
1947	Pierre Fresnay	Monsieur Vincent
1942	Fosco Giachetti	Bengasi
1941	Ermete Zacconi	Don Buonaparte
1938	Leslie Howard	Pygmalion
1937	Emil Jannings	The Ruler
1936	Paul Muni	The Story of Louis Pasteur
1935	Pierre Blanchar	Crime and Punishment (1935)
1934	Wallace Beery	Viva Villa!
1932	Fredric March	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)

Best Actress

75 years listed (1932–2026); some years may be missing from the source data.

Year	Winner	Film
2026	Mathilde Arcel Fock	—
	Mathilde Arcel	Woman Unknown
2025	Xin Zhilei	The Sun Rises on Us All
	Rose Byrne	If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
2024	Nicole Kidman	Babygirl
2023	Cailee Spaeny	Priscilla
2022	Cate Blanchett	Tár
2021	Penélope Cruz	Parallel Mothers
2020	Vanessa Kirby	Pieces of a Woman
2019	Ariane Ascaride	—
2018	Olivia Colman	—
2017	Charlotte Rampling	Hannah
2016	Emma Stone	La La Land
2015	Valeria Golino	Per amor vostro
2014	Alba Rohrwacher	Hungry Hearts
	Julianne Moore	Maps to the Stars
2013	Elena Cotta	A Street in Palermo
2012	Hadas Yaron	—
2011	Deanie Ip	A Simple Life
2010	Ariane Labed	Attenberg
	Juliette Binoche	Certified Copy
2009	Kseniya Rappoport	—
2008	Dominique Blanc	The Other One
2007	Cate Blanchett	I'm Not There
2006	Helen Mirren	The Queen
	Penélope Cruz	Volver
2005	Giovanna Mezzogiorno	Don't Tell
2004	Imelda Staunton	Vera Drake
2003	Katja Riemann	Rosenstrasse
	Nicole Kidman	The Hours
2002	Julianne Moore	Far from Heaven
2001	Sandra Ceccarelli	Light of My Eyes
	Isabelle Huppert	The Piano Teacher
2000	Rose Byrne	The Goddess of 1967
1999	Nathalie Baye	Une liaison pornographique
1998	Catherine Deneuve	Place Vendôme
1997	Robin Tunney	Niagara, Niagara
	Juliette Binoche	The English Patient
1996	Victoire Thivisol	Ponette
1995	Isabelle Huppert	—
	Sandrine Bonnaire	La Cérémonie
	Isabella Ferrari	The Story of a Poor Young Man
	Helen Mirren	The Madness of King George
1994	Maria de Medeiros	Two Brothers, My Sister
	Vanessa Redgrave	Little Odessa
1993	Juliette Binoche	—
	Anna Bonaiuto	Where Are You? I'm Here
1992	Gong Li	The Story of Qiu Ju
	Tilda Swinton	Edward II
1990	Gloria Münchmeyer	The Moon in the Mirror
1989	Peggy Ashcroft	She's Been Away
	Geraldine James	—
1988	Isabelle Huppert	—
	Shirley MacLaine	Madame Sousatzka
1987	Kang Soo-yeon	The Surrogate Woman
1986	Valeria Golino	A Tale of Love
	Barbara Sukowa	Rosa Luxemburg
1985	Not assigned	Not assigned
1984	Pascale Ogier	—
	Helen Mirren	Cal
1983	Darling Légitimus	Sugar Cane Alley
1981	Jutta Lampe	Marianne and Juliane
	Barbara Sukowa	Marianne and Juliane
1978	Isabelle Huppert	Violette Nozière
1971	Shirley MacLaine	Desperate Characters
1969	Vanessa Redgrave	Isadora
1968	Laura Betti	Teorema
1967	Shirley Knight	Dutchman
1966	Natalya Arinbasarova	The First Teacher
	Vanessa Redgrave	Morgan!
1965	Annie Girardot	Three Rooms in Manhattan
1964	Harriet Andersson	To Love
1963	Delphine Seyrig	—
1962	Emmanuelle Riva	Thérèse Desqueyroux
	Katharine Hepburn	Long Day's Journey into Night (1962)
1961	Suzanne Flon	Thou Shalt Not Kill
	Sophia Loren	Two Women
1960	Shirley MacLaine	The Apartment
1959	Madeleine Robinson	Web of Passion
1958	Sophia Loren	The Black Orchid
	Anna Magnani	Wild Is the Wind
1957	Dzidra Ritenberga	Malva
1956	Maria Schell	—
1953	Lilli Palmer	The Four Poster
1952	Ingrid Bergman	Europe '51
1951	Vivien Leigh	A Streetcar Named Desire
	Bette Davis	All About Eve
1950	Eleanor Parker	Caged
1949	Olivia de Havilland	The Snake Pit
1948	Jean Simmons	Hamlet (1948)
1947	Anna Magnani	Angelina
1942	Kristina Söderbaum	The Golden City
1941	Luise Ullrich	Annelie
1938	Norma Shearer	Marie Antoinette (1938)
1937	Bette Davis	Marked Woman
1936	Annabella	Veille d'armes
1935	Paula Wessely	Episode
1934	Katharine Hepburn	Little Women
1932	Helen Hayes	The Sin of Madelon Claudet

Special Jury and Jury Prizes

62 years listed (1951–2026); some years may be missing from the source data.

Year	Film	Director / winner	Award
2026	Possible Love	Lee Chang-dong	Grand Jury Prize
	NAZA	Rachel Szor	Special Jury Prize
2025	The Voice of Hind Rajab	Kaouther Ben Hania	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
	Below the Clouds	Gianfranco Rosi	Special Jury Prize
2024	Vermiglio	Maura Delpero	Grand Jury Prize
	April	Dea Kulumbegashvili	Special Jury Prize
2023	Evil Does Not Exist	Ryusuke Hamaguchi	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
	Green Border	Agnieszka Holland	Special Jury Prize
2022	Saint Omer	Alice Diop	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
	No Bears	Jafar Panahi	Special Jury Prize
2021	The Hand of God	Paolo Sorrentino	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
	The Hole (2021)	Michelangelo Frammartino	Special Jury Prize
2020	New Order	Michel Franco	Grand Jury Prize
	Dear Comrades!	Andrei Konchalovsky	Special Jury Prize
2019	An Officer and a Spy	Roman Polanski	Grand Jury Prize
	The Mafia Is No Longer What It Used to Be	Franco Maresco	Special Jury Prize
2018	The Favourite	Yorgos Lanthimos	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
	The Nightingale	Jennifer Kent	Special Jury Prize
2017	Foxtrot	Samuel Maoz	Grand Jury Prize
	Sweet Country	Warwick Thornton	Special Jury Prize
2016	Nocturnal Animals	Tom Ford	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
	The Bad Batch	Ana Lily Amirpour	Special Jury Prize
2015	Anomalisa	Duke Johnson Charlie Kaufman	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
	Christmas, Again	Charles Poekel	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
	Abluka	Emin Alper	Special Jury Prize
2014	The Look of Silence	Joshua Oppenheimer	Grand Jury Prize
	Sivas	Kaan Müjdeci	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
2013	Stray Dogs	Tsai Ming-liang	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
	The Police Officer's Wife	Philip Gröning	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
2012	Paradise: Faith	Ulrich Seidl	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
2011	Terraferma	Emanuele Crialese	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
2010	Essential Killing	Jerzy Skolimowski	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
2009	Soul Kitchen	Fatih Akin	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
2008	Teza	Haile Gerima	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
2007	The Secret of the Grain	Abdellatif Kechiche	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
	I'm Not There	Todd Haynes	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
2006	Daratt	Mahamat-Saleh Haroun	Grand Jury Prize
	Daratt	Mahamat-Saleh Haroun	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
2005	Mary (2005)	Abel Ferrara	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
2004	Oldboy	Park Chan-wook	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
	The Sea Inside	Alejandro Amenábar	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
2003	The Kite	Randa Chahal Sabbag	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
2002	House of Fools	Andrei Konchalovsky	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
2001	Dog Days	Ulrich Seidl	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
2000	Before Night Falls	Julian Schnabel	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
1999	The Wind Will Carry Us	Abbas Kiarostami	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
1998	Next Stop Paradise	Lucian Pintilie	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
1997	Ovosodo	Paolo Virzì	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
1996	Brigands: Chapter VII	Otar Iosseliani	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
	Brigands: Chapter VII	Otar Iosseliani	Special Jury Prize
1995	God's Comedy	João César Monteiro	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
	The Star Maker	Giuseppe Tornatore	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
1994	Natural Born Killers	Oliver Stone	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
1993	Bad Boy Bubby	Rolf de Heer	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
1992	Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician	Mario Martone	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
1991	The Divine Comedy	Manoel de Oliveira	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
1990	An Angel at My Table	Jane Campion	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
1989	And Then There Was Light	Otar Iosseliani	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
1988	Camp de Thiaroye	Sembène Ousmane Thierno Faty Sow	Grand Jury Prize
	Thiaroye	—	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
1987	Hip Hip Hurrah!	Kjell Grede	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
1986	Wild Pigeon	Sergei Solovyov	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
	A Tale of Love	Francesco Maselli	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
1985	Tangos: The Exile of Gardel	Fernando E. Solanas	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
1984	Favourites of the Moon	Otar Iosseliani	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
1983	Biquefarre	Georges Rouquier	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
	Sugar Cane Alley	Euzhan Palcy	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
1982	Imperative	Krzysztof Zanussi	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
1981	Sweet Dreams (1981)	Nanni Moretti	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
	They Don't Wear Black Tie	Leon Hirszman	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
1970	Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion	Elio Petri	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
1968	Le Socrate	Robert Lapoujade	Grand Jury Prize
	Our Lady of the Turks	Carmelo Bene	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
1967	La Chinoise	Jean-Luc Godard	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
	China Is Near	Marco Bellocchio	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
1966	Chappaqua	Conrad Rooks	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
	Yesterday Girl	Alexander Kluge	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
1965	I Am Twenty	Marlen Khutsiyev	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
	Simon of the Desert	Luis Buñuel	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
	Modiga mindre män	Leif Krantz	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
1964	The Gospel According to St. Matthew	Iosif Shapiro Pier Paolo Pasolini	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
	Hamlet (1964)	Grigori Kozintsev	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
1963	The Fire Within	Louis Malle	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
	Introduction to Life	Igor Talankin	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
1962	My Life to Live	Jean-Luc Godard	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
1961	Peace to Him Who Enters	Vladimir Naumov	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
1960	Rocco and His Brothers	Luchino Visconti	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
1959	The Magician	Ingmar Bergman	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
1958	The Lovers (1958)	Louis Malle	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
	La sfida	Francesco Rosi	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
1954	Executive Suite	Robert Wise	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
	La Strada	Federico Fellini	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
1953	I Vitelloni	Federico Fellini	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
1952	The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird	Paul Grimault	Grand Jury Prize
	Mandy	Alexander Mackendrick	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
1951	A Streetcar Named Desire	Elia Kazan	Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival

Selection and Section Prizes · 160

Selection and Section Prizes

35 years listed (1934–2026); some years may be missing from the source data.

Year	Film	Director / winner	Award
2026	Diane In The Loop	Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni	Orizzonti
	House of the Wind	Bernard Auguste Kouemo Yanghu	Orizzonti
	A Day in the Life of Jo: Chapter Phaedra	Jacqueline Lentzou	Orizzonti
	Falling House	Laleh Marzban	Orizzonti
	Children of the Monkey	Riccardo Scamarcio	Orizzonti
	A Few Moments of Happiness	Shaden Safieddine Tazi	Orizzonti
2025	On the Road (2025)	David Pablos	Orizzonti
	Lost Land	Akio Fujimoto	Orizzonti
	Songs of Forgotten Trees	Anuparna Roy	Orizzonti
	The Kidnapping of Arabella	Benedetta Porcaroli	Orizzonti
	A Year of School	Giacomo Covi	Orizzonti
	The Ivy	Ana Cristina Barragán	Orizzonti
	Without Kelly	Lovisa Sirén	Orizzonti
	On the Road (2025)	David Pablos	Queer Lion
2024	And Their Children After Them	Paul Kircher	Marcello Mastroianni Award
	The New Year That Never Came	Bogdan Mureșanu	Orizzonti
	Hemme’nin Öldüğü Günlerden Biri	Murat Fıratoğlu	Orizzonti
	Familiar Touch	Sarah Friedland	Orizzonti
	Familia	Francesco Gheghi	Orizzonti
	Happy Holidays	Scandar Copti	Orizzonti
	Who Loves the Sun	Arshia Shakiba	Orizzonti
2023	Evil Does Not Exist	Ryusuke Hamaguchi	FIPRESCI Prize at Festival of Venice
	Io capitano	Matteo Garrone	Marcello Mastroianni Award
	Explanation for Everything	Gábor Reisz	Orizzonti
	An Endless Sunday	Alain Parroni	Orizzonti
	Paradise Is Burning	Mika Gustafson	Orizzonti
	Almost Paradise	Margarita Rosa de Francisco	Orizzonti
	City of Wind	Tergel Bold-Erdene	Orizzonti
	A Short Trip	Erenik Beqiri	Orizzonti
	Housekeeping for Beginners	Goran Stolevski	Queer Lion
2022	Argentina, 1985	Santiago Mitre	FIPRESCI Prize at Festival of Venice
	World War III	Houman Seyyedi	Orizzonti
	Bread and Salt	Damian Kocur	Orizzonti
	Vera (2023)	Tizza Covi Rainer Frimmel	Orizzonti
	Blanquita	Fernando Guzzoni	Orizzonti
	Snow in September	Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir	Orizzonti
	Skin Deep (2023)	Alex Schaad	Queer Lion
2021	—	Filippo Scotti	Marcello Mastroianni Award
	Pilgrims	Laurynas Bareiša	Orizzonti
	The Great Movement	Kiro Russo	Orizzonti
	Full Time	Éric Gravel	Orizzonti
	White Building	Piseth Chhun	Orizzonti
	107 Mothers	Péter Kerekes	Orizzonti
	The Bones	Cristobal León & Joaquín Cociña	Orizzonti
	The Last Chapter	Gianluca Matarrese	Queer Lion
2020	The Wasteland	Ahmad Bahrami	Orizzonti
	Listen	Ana Rocha de Sousa	Orizzonti
	Genus Pan	Lav Diaz	Orizzonti
	Zanka Contact	Khansa Batma	Orizzonti
	The Man Who Sold His Skin	Yahya Mahayni	Orizzonti
	The Predators	Pietro Castellitto	Orizzonti
	Between You and Milagros	Mariana Saffon	Orizzonti
	The World to Come	Mona Fastvold	Queer Lion
2019	Atlantis	Valentyn Vasyanovych	Orizzonti
	Verdict (2019)	Raymund Ribay Gutierrez	Orizzonti
	White on White	Théo Court	Orizzonti
	Mother (2019)	Marta Nieto	Orizzonti
	A Son	Sami Bouajila	Orizzonti
	Back Home	Jessica Palud	Orizzonti
	Darling (2019)	Saim Sadiq	Orizzonti
	The Prince	Sebastián Muñoz	Queer Lion
2018	Sunset (2018)	László Nemes	FIPRESCI Prize at Festival of Venice
	The Nightingale	Baykali Ganambarr	Marcello Mastroianni Award
	Manta Ray	Phuttiphong Aroonpheng	Orizzonti
	Anons	Mahmut Fazil Coşkun	Orizzonti
	The River (2018)	Emir Baigazin	Orizzonti
	The Man Who Surprised Everyone	Natalia Kudryashova	Orizzonti
	Tel Aviv on Fire	Kais Nashef	Orizzonti
	Jinpa	Pema Tseden	Orizzonti
	A Gift	Aditya Ahmad	Orizzonti
	José	Li Cheng	Queer Lion
2017	Nico, 1988	Susanna Nicchiarelli	Orizzonti
	Caniba	Verena Paravel Lucien Castaing-Taylor	Orizzonti
	No Date, No Signature	Vahid Jalilvand	Orizzonti
	The Blessed	Lyna Khoudri	Orizzonti
	Oblivion Verses	Alireza Khatami	Orizzonti
	You Will Be Fine	Céline Devaux	Orizzonti
	Reinventing Marvin	Anne Fontaine	Queer Lion
2016	Frantz	Paula Beer	Marcello Mastroianni Award
	Libera Nos	Federica Di Giacomo	Orizzonti
	Koca Dünya	Reha Erdem	Orizzonti
	Home (2016)	Fien Troch	Orizzonti
	The Fury of a Patient Man	Ruth Díaz	Orizzonti
	São Jorge	Nuno Lopes	Orizzonti
	Bitter Money	Wang Bing	Orizzonti
	La voz perdida	Marcelo Martinessi	Orizzonti
	Heartstone	Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson	Queer Lion
2015	Beasts of No Nation	Abraham Attah	Marcello Mastroianni Award
	Belladonna	Dubravka Turic	Orizzonti
	Free in Deed	Jake Mahaffy	Orizzonti
	Neon Bull	Gabriel Mascaro	Orizzonti
	The Childhood of a Leader	Brady Corbet	Orizzonti
	Land Legs	Dominique Leborne	Orizzonti
	The Danish Girl	Tom Hooper	Queer Lion
2014	Court	Chaitanya Tamhane	Orizzonti
	Belluscone: A Sicilian Story	Franco Maresco	Orizzonti
	Theeb	Naji Abu Nowar	Orizzonti
	These Are the Rules	Emir Hadžihafizbegović	Orizzonti
	Maryam	Sidi Saleh	Orizzonti
	Summer Nights	Mario Fanfani	Queer Lion
2013	Eastern Boys	Robin Campillo	Orizzonti
	Ruin	Amiel Courtin-Wilson	Orizzonti
	Still Life	Uberto Pasolini	Orizzonti
	Kush	Shubhashish Bhutiani	Orizzonti
	Philomena	Stephen Frears	Queer Lion
2012	Three Sisters	Wang Bing	Orizzonti
	Tango libre	Frédéric Fonteyne	Orizzonti
	Invitation	Yoo Min-young	Orizzonti
	Maternity Blues	Andrea Osvárt	Premi Guglielmo Biraghi
	The Weight	Jeon Kyu-hwan	Queer Lion
2011	Kotoko	Shinya Tsukamoto	Orizzonti
	Whores' Glory	Michael Glawogger	Orizzonti
	In attesa dell'avvento	Felice D'Agostino Arturo Lavorato	Orizzonti
	Wilde Salomé	Al Pacino	Queer Lion
2010	Summer of Goliath	Nicolás Pereda	Orizzonti
	The Forgotten Space	Noël Burch Allan Sekula	Orizzonti
	Coming Attractions	Peter Tscherkassky	Orizzonti
	In the Future	Mauro Andrizzi	Queer Lion
2009	Clash (2009)	Pepe Diokno	Orizzonti
	1428	Du Haibin	Orizzonti
	A Single Man	Tom Ford	Queer Lion
2008	The Burning Plain	Jennifer Lawrence	Marcello Mastroianni Award
	Melancholia (2008)	Lav Diaz	Orizzonti
	Below Sea Level	Gianfranco Rosi	Orizzonti
	One Day in a Life	Stefano Tummolini	Queer Lion
2007	—	Hafsia Herzi	Marcello Mastroianni Award
	Autumn Ball	Veiko Õunpuu	Orizzonti
	Useless	Jia Zhangke	Orizzonti
	The Speed of Life	Edward Radtke	Queer Lion
2006	Courthouse on the Horseback	Liu Jie	Orizzonti
	When the Levees Broke	Spike Lee	Orizzonti
2005	First on the Moon	Aleksei Fedorchenko	Orizzonti
	East of Paradise	Lech Kowalski	Orizzonti
2004	The Grand Sons	Ilan Duran Cohen	Orizzonti
1991	Nowhere Man	Naoto Takenaka	FIPRESCI Prize at Festival of Venice
1987	—	Valery Ogorodnikov	FIPRESCI Prize at Festival of Venice
1981	Do You Remember Dolly Bell?	Emir Kusturica	FIPRESCI Prize at Festival of Venice
1942	Bengasi	Augusto Genina	Venice Film Festival
	The Great King	Veit Harlan	Venice Film Festival
1941	The Iron Crown	Alessandro Blasetti	Venice Film Festival
	Uncle Krüger	Hans Steinhoff	Venice Film Festival
1940	The Siege of the Alcazar	Augusto Genina	Venice Film Festival
	The Postmaster	Gustav Ucicky	Venice Film Festival
1939	Abuna Messias - Vendetta africana	Goffredo Alessandrini	Venice Film Festival
1938	Triumph of the Will	Leni Riefenstahl	Mussolini Cup
	Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations	Leni Riefenstahl	Mussolini Cup
	Luciano Serra, Pilot	Goffredo Alessandrini	Venice Film Festival
	Homeland	Carl Froelich	Venice Film Festival
1937	Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal	Carmine Gallone	Venice Film Festival
	Un carnet de bal	Julien Duvivier	Venice Film Festival
	Elephant Boy	Robert J. Flaherty Zoltan Korda	Venice Film Festival
1936	White Squadron	Augusto Genina	Venice Film Festival
	The Kaiser of California	Luis Trenker	Venice Film Festival
	La Kermesse héroïque	Jacques Feyder	Venice Film Festival
1935	Casta diva	Carmine Gallone	Venice Film Festival
	Anna Karenina (1935)	Clarence Brown	Venice Film Festival
	The Wedding Night	King Vidor	Venice Film Festival
1934	Outskirts	Boris Barnet	Mussolini Cup
	Loyalty of Love	Guido Brignone	Venice Film Festival
	Man of Aran	Robert J. Flaherty	Venice Film Festival

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