Golden Lion
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The Golden Lion is the highest prize given to a film at the Venice Film Festival. The prize was introduced in 1949 by the organizing committee and is widely regarded as one of the film industry's most
A Golden Lion trophy
Roberto Rossellini and Mario Monicelli winning the Golden Lion in 1959 for General Della Rovere and The Great War, respectively
Akira Kurosawa won for Rashomon (1950)
Carl Theodor Dreyer won for Ordet (1955)
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 Gold
2025 recipient: Kaouther Ben Hania
Elia Kazan won for A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Luchino Visconti won for Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
Jean-Luc Godard won for La Chinoise (1967)