The Brian Prize is the trophy awarded from 2006 to “A film that highlights and enhances the values ​​of rationality, respect for human rights, democracy, pluralism, promotion of individuality, freedom of conscience, expression and research, the principle of equal opportunities in public institutions for all citizens, without the frequent distinctions based on sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religious or philosophical” among those presented during the Venice International Film Festival

Venice Film Festival

The Venice International Film Festival is the oldest international film festival in the world. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi in 1932 as the "Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica", the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the...

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History

The "Brian Prize," was inspired by the name of the Monty Python

Monty Python

Monty Python was a British surreal comedy group who created their influential Monty Python's Flying Circus, a British television comedy sketch show that first aired on the BBC on 5 October 1969. Forty-five episodes were made over four series...

's satire movie Life of Brian. The prize consists of a golden globe with glass balls inside, a work of the italian artist-jeweler Giovanni Corvaja.
The award was established by the Italian Union of Rationalist Atheists and Agnostics

Italian Union of Rationalist Atheists and Agnostics

The Italian Union of Rationalist Atheists and Agnostics is the only nationwide association of atheists and agnostics in Italy...

 (Member of the IHEU, the International Humanist and Ethical Union

International Humanist and Ethical Union

The International Humanist and Ethical Union is an umbrella organisation embracing humanist, atheist, rationalist, secular, skeptic, freethought and Ethical Culture organisations worldwide. Founded in Amsterdam in 1952, the IHEU is a democratic union of more than 100 member organizations in 40...

 (IHEU) and European Humanist Federation

European Humanist Federation

The European Humanist Federation-Fédération Humaniste Européenne is an international association that federates numerous European humanist associations. It also has individual members. The members of its administrative board are elected for three-year terms by the general assembly of the member...

 (EHF) (in which UAAR represents Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

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Award

Year	Winner	Director	Country
2006	Azuloscurocasinegro Azuloscurocasinegro Azuloscurocasinegro is a 2006 Spanish drama film written and directed by Daniel Sánchez Arévalo. It was Arévalo's first film. He developed the story from his award-winning short film Física II made in 2004.-Plot :...	Daniel Sánchez Arévalo
2007	Le ragioni dell’aragosta	Sabina Guzzanti Sabina Guzzanti Sabina Guzzanti is an Italian satirist, actress, writer and producer whose work is devoted to examining social and political life in Italy.-Early life:...
2008	Khastegi Khastegi Khastegi is a 2008 Iranian independent film written and directed by Bahman Motamedian and produced in Iran...	Bahman Motamedian Bahman Motamedian Bahman Motamedian is an Iranian film maker, photographer, writer and script writer. He was born in Tehran, Iran. Motamedian belongs to the so called "new wave" of Iranian cinema....
2009	Lourdes Lourdes (film) Lourdes is a 2009 film directed by Jessica Hausner. It received the 2009 Vienna International Film Festival's Vienna Film Prize for best film.-Plot:Christine is a wheelchair-using woman with severe multiple sclerosis...	Jessica Hausner Jessica Hausner Jessica Hausner is an Austrian film director and screenwriter. She has directed six films since 1995. Her film Lovely Rita was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival...
2010	I baci mai dati	Roberta Torre
2011	The Ides of March The Ides of March (film) The Ides of March is a 2011 American political drama thriller film directed by George Clooney from a screenplay written by Clooney, along with Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon. The film is an adaptation of Willimon's 2008 play Farragut North...	George Clooney George Clooney George Timothy Clooney is an American actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter. For his work as an actor, he has received two Golden Globe Awards and an Academy Award...