The Special Jury Prize award is given annually at the Locarno Film Festival to the second best feature film in the Main Competition (Concorso Internazionale).

Among its winners are: Vittorio De Sica, Pedro Costa, Ryan Fleck, Nadav Lapid, and Radu Jude.

History Vittorio De Sica was the award first winner for Bicycle Thieves (1949) at the festival's 4th edition. But the prize went into a hiatus of eighteen years until 1968. After the 21st edition, the prize stayed another thirty years in hiatus. Since the 53rd edition in 2000, the prize is award regularly.

Winners

1940s Year English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country 1949 Bicycle Thieves Ladri di biciclette Vittorio De Sica Italy1950 - 1968: No Award Given 1960s Year English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country 1968 How Long Does a Man Live? Meddig él az ember? I-II Judit Elek Hungary1969 - 1999: No Award Given 2000s Year English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country 2000 Gostanza da Libbiano Paolo Benvenuti Italy 2001 Delbaran Abolfazl Jalili Japan, Iran 2002 I'm Taraneh, 15 من ترانه، ۱۵ سال دارم Rasul Sadr Ameli Iran 2003 Maria Călin Peter Netzer Romania 2004 Tony Takitani トニー滝谷 Jun Ichikawa Japan 2005 A Perfect Couple Un couple parfait Nobuhiro Suwa France, Japan 2006 Half Nelson Ryan Fleck United States 2007 MemoriesPedro Costa, Harun Farocki and Eugène Green South Korea, France 2008 33 Scenes from Life 33 sceny z zycia Małgorzata Szumowska Germany, Poland 2009 Tambourine, Drum Бубен, барабан Aleksei Mizgiryov Russia 2010s Year English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country 2010 Morgen Marian Crișan Romania 2011 Policeman השוטרNadav Lapid Israel 2012 Somebody Up There Likes Me Bob Byington United States 2013 What Now? Remind Me E Agora? Lembra-me Joaquim Pinto Portugal 2014 Listen Up Philip Alex Ross Perry United States 2015 Tikkun Avishai Sivan Israel 2016 Scarred Hearts Inimi cicatrizate Radu Jude Romania, Germany 2017 Good Manners As Boas Maneiras Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra Brazil, France 2018 M Yolande Zauberman France 2019 Height of the Wave 파고 Park Jung-bum South Korea 2020s Year English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country 2021 A New Old Play椒麻堂會 Qiu Jiongjiong Hong Kong, France 2022 The Adventures of Gigi the LawGigi la legge Alessandro Comodin Italy, France, Belgium 2023 Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World Nu astepta prea mult de la sfârsitul lumii Radu Jude Romania 2024 Moon Mond Kurdwin Ayub Austria 2025White Snail Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter Austria, Germany2026The RiverbankA Margem do RioMatheus Farias and Enock CarvalhoBrazil, Germany

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