European Film Award for Best Screenwriter

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European Film Award for Best Screenwriter
Jacques Audiard Cannes 2017.jpg
The 2024 recipient: Jacques Audiard
Awarded forBest Achievement in Screenwriting
Presented by European Film Academy
First awarded Louis Malle
Au revoir les enfants (1988)
Currently held by Jacques Audiard
Emilia Pérez (2024)
Website europeanfilmacademy.org

The European Film Award for Best Screenwriter is an award given out at the annual European Film Awards to recognize a screenwriter who has delivered an outstanding screenplay in a film industry. The award is presented by the European Film Academy (EFA) and was first presented in 1988 to French director and screenwriter Louis Malle for Goodbye Children .

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István Szabó, Agnès Jaoui, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Thomas Vinterberg, Tobias Lindholm, Ruben Östlund and Paweł Pawlikowski are the only writers who have received this award more than once, with two wins each.

Winners and nominees

1980s

YearWinner and nomineesEnglish titleOriginal title
1988
(1st)
Flag of France.svg Louis Malle Goodbye Children Au Revoir Les Enfants
Flag of Portugal.svg Manoel de Oliveira The Cannibals Os Canibais
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Terence Davies Distant Voices, Still Lives
Flag of Italy.svg Daniele Luchetti
Flag of Italy.svg Franco Bernini
Flag of Italy.svg Angelo Pasquini
It's Happening Tomorrow Domani accadrà
Flag of East Germany.svg Wolfgang Held Bear Ye One Another's Burden Einer trage des anderen Last
1989
(2nd)
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1918-1925).svg Mariya Khmelik Little Vera Ма́ленькая Ве́ра
Flag of Hungary.svg Géza Bereményi The Midas Touch Eldorádó
Flag of Iceland.svg Þráinn Bertelsson Magnus
Flag of Greece.svg Theodoros Angelopoulos
Flag of Italy.svg Tonino Guerra
Flag of Greece.svg Thanassis Valtinos
Landscape in the Mist Topio stin omichli
Flag of Poland.svg Maciej Dejczer
Flag of Poland.svg Cezary Harasimowicz
300 Miles to Heaven 300 mil do nieba

1990s

YearWinner and nomineesEnglish titleOriginal title
1990
(3rd)
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1918-1925).svg Vitali Kanevsky Freeze Die Come to Life Замри, умри, воскресни
Flag of Poland.svg Ryszard Bugajski
Flag of Poland.svg Janusz Dymek
Interrogation Przesłuchanie
Flag of Sweden.svg Etienne Glaser
Flag of Sweden.svg Madeleine Gustafsson
Flag of Sweden.svg Suzanne Osten
The Guardian Angel Skyddsängeln
1991
(4th)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jaco Van Dormael Toto the Hero Toto le Héros
1992
(5th)
Flag of Hungary.svg István Szabó Sweet Emma, Dear Böbe Édes Emma, drága Böbe - vázlatok, aktok
1993
(6th)
No award given
1994
(7th)
No award given
1995
(8th)
No award given
1996
(9th)
Flag of Russia.svg Arif Aliev
Flag of Russia.svg Sergei Bodrov
Flag of Russia.svg Boris Giller
Prisoner of the Mountains Кавказский пленник
1997
(10th)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Chris Vander Stappen
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Alain Berliner
Ma Vie en Rose
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Ademir Kenović
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Abdulah Sidran
The Perfect Circle Savršeni krug
Flag of Ukraine.svg Andrei Kurkov A Friend of the Deceased Priyatel pokoynika
1998
(11th)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Howitt Sliding Doors
Flag of Denmark.svg Lars von Trier The Idiots Idioterne
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Alex van Warmerdam Little Tony Kleine Teun
Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Bacri
Flag of France.svg Agnès Jaoui
Same Old Song On connaît la chanson
1999
(12th)
Flag of Hungary.svg István Szabó
Flag of the United States.svg Israel Horovitz
Sunshine
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Saša Gedeon The Idiot Returns Návrat idiota
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ayub Khan Din East is East

2000s

YearWinner and nomineesEnglish titleOriginal title
2000
(13th)
[1]
Flag of France.svg Agnès Jaoui
Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Bacri
The Taste of Others Le goût des autres
Flag of Spain.svg Rafael Azcona Butterfly's Tongue La lengua de las mariposas
Flag of Germany.svg Wolfgang Kohlhaase The Legend of Rita Die Stille nach dem Schuß
Flag of Georgia.svg Nana Djordjadze
Flag of Russia.svg Mariya Zvereva
Flag of Georgia.svg Irakli Kvirikadze
27 Missing Kisses 27 დაკარგული კოცნა
Flag of Italy.svg Doriana Leondeff
Flag of Italy.svg Silvio Soldini
Bread and Tulips Pane e tulipani
Flag of France.svg Dominik Moll
Flag of France.svg Gilles Marchand
Harry, He's Here to Help Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien
2001
(14th)
[2]
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Danis Tanović No Man's Land Ničija zemlja
Flag of France.svg Laurent Cantet
Flag of Morocco.svg Flag of France.svg Robin Campillo
Time Out L'Emploi du temps
Flag of Austria.svg Michael Haneke The Piano Teacher Lla pianiste
Flag of Spain.svg Achero Mañas Pellet El Bola
Flag of France.svg Jean-Louis Milesi
Flag of France.svg Robert Guédiguian
The Town Is Quiet La ville est tranquille
Flag of Italy.svg Ettore Scola
Flag of Italy.svg Silvia Scola
Flag of Italy.svg Giacomo Scarpelli
Flag of Italy.svg Furio Scarpelli
Unfair Competition Concorrenza sleale
2002
(15th)
[3]
Flag of Spain.svg Pedro Almodóvar Talk to Her Hable con ella
Flag of France.svg Jacques Audiard
Flag of France.svg Tonino Benacquista
Read My Lips Sur mes lèvres
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul Greengrass Bloody Sunday
Flag of Finland.svg Aki Kaurismäki The Man Without a Past Mies vailla menneisyyttä
Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof Kieślowski
Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof Piesiewicz
Heaven
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul Laverty Sweet Sixteen
Flag of France.svg François Ozon 8 Women 8 Femmes
2003
(16th)
[4]
Flag of Germany.svg Bernd Lichtenberg Good Bye, Lenin! Comme une image
Flag of Denmark.svg Lars von Trier Dogville
Flag of Italy.svg Sandro Petraglia
Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Rulli
The Best of Youth La meglio gioventù
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hanif Kureishi The Mother
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Dušan Kovačević The Professional Професионалац
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Steven Knight Dirty Pretty Things
2004
(17th)
[5]
Flag of France.svg Agnès Jaoui
Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Bacri
Look at Me Comme une image
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul Laverty Just a Kiss Ae Fond Kiss…
Flag of France.svg Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jean-Luc Godard Our Music Notre musique
Flag of Spain.svg Pedro Almodóvar Bad Education La mala educación
Flag of Spain.svg Alejandro Amenábar
Flag of Spain.svg Mateo Gil
The Sea Inside Mar adentro
Flag of Turkey.svg Flag of Germany.svg Fatih Akin Head-On Gegen die Wand / Duvara Karşı
2005
(18th)
[6]
Flag of Palestine.svg Flag of the Netherlands.svg Hany Abu-Assad
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bero Beyer
Paradise Now الجنّة الآن
Flag of Denmark.svg Anders Thomas Jensen Adam's Apples Adams Æbler
Brothers Brødre
Flag of Romania.svg Cristi Puiu
Flag of Romania.svg Răzvan Rădulescu
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu Moartea domnului Lăzărescu
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Dani Levy
Flag of Germany.svg Holger Franke
Go for Zucker! Alles auf Zucker!
Flag of Austria.svg Michael Haneke Hidden Caché
Flag of Ireland.svg Mark O'Halloran Adam & Paul
2006
(19th)
[7]
Flag of Germany.svg Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck The Lives of Others Das Leben der Anderen
Flag of Spain.svg Pedro Almodóvar Volver
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul Laverty The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Flag of Romania.svg Corneliu Porumboiu 12:08 East of Bucharest A fost sau n-a fost?
2007
(20th)
[8]
Flag of Turkey.svg Flag of Germany.svg Fatih Akin The Edge of Heaven Auf der anderen Seite
Flag of Israel.svg Eran Kolirin The Band's Visit ביקור התזמורת
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Morgan The Queen
Flag of Romania.svg Cristian Mungiu 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 4 luni, 3 săptămâni și 2 zile
2008
(21st)
[9]
Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Garrone
Flag of Italy.svg Roberto Saviano
Flag of Italy.svg Maurizio Braucci
Flag of Italy.svg Ugo Chiti
Flag of Italy.svg Gianni Di Gregorio
Flag of Italy.svg Massimo Gaudioso
Gomorrah Gomorra
Flag of Israel.svg Ari Folman Waltz with Bashir ואלס עם באשיר
Flag of Palestine.svg Suha Arraf
Flag of Israel.svg Eran Riklis
Lemon Tree شجرة ليمون / עץ לימון
Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Sorrentino Il Divo
2009
(22nd)
[10]
Flag of Austria.svg Michael Haneke The White Ribbon Das weiße Band
Flag of France.svg Jacques Audiard
Flag of France.svg Thomas Bidegain
A Prophet Un prophète
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Simon Beaufoy Slumdog Millionaire
Flag of Italy.svg Gianni Di Gregorio Mid-August Lunch Pranzo di ferragosto

2010s

YearWinner and nomineesEnglish titleOriginal title
2010
(23rd)
[11]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Harris
Flag of Poland.svg Flag of France.svg Roman Polanski
The Ghost Writer
Flag of Spain.svg Jorge Guerricaechevarría
Flag of Spain.svg Daniel Monzón
Cell 211 Celda 211
Flag of Israel.svg Samuel Maoz Lebanon
Flag of Romania.svg Flag of France.svg Radu Mihăileanu The Concert Le concert
2011
(24th)
[12]
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Luc Dardenne
The Kid with a Bike Le Gamin au vélo
Flag of Denmark.svg Anders Thomas Jensen In a Better World Hævnen
Flag of Finland.svg Aki Kaurismäki Le Havre
Flag of Denmark.svg Lars von Trier Melancholia
2012
(25th)
[13]
Flag of Denmark.svg Tobias Lindholm
Flag of Denmark.svg Thomas Vinterberg
The Hunt Jagten
Flag of Romania.svg Cristian Mungiu Beyond the Hills După dealuri
Flag of Austria.svg Michael Haneke Amour
Flag of Poland.svg Flag of France.svg Roman Polanski
Flag of France.svg Yasmina Reza
Carnage
Flag of France.svg Olivier Nakache
Flag of France.svg Éric Toledano
Untouchable Intouchables
2013
(26th)
[14]
Flag of France.svg François Ozon In the House Dans la maison
Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Sorrentino
Flag of Italy.svg Umberto Contarello
The Great Beauty La grande bellezza
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Stoppard Anna Karenina
Flag of Italy.svg Giuseppe Tornatore The Best Offer La migliore offerta
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Felix Van Groeningen
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Carl Joos
The Broken Circle Breakdown
2014
(27th)
[15] [16]
Flag of Poland.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paweł Pawlikowski
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rebecca Lenkiewicz
Ida
Flag of Turkey.svg Ebru Ceylan
Flag of Turkey.svg Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Winter Sleep Kış Uykusu
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Luc Dardenne
Two Days, One Night Deux jours, une nuit
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Steven Knight Locke
Flag of Russia.svg Oleg Negin
Flag of Russia.svg Andrey Zvyagintsev
Leviathan Левиафан
2015
(28th)
[17] [18]
Flag of Greece.svg Yorgos Lanthimos
Flag of Greece.svg Efthimis Filippou
The Lobster
Flag of Romania.svg Radu Jude
Flag of Romania.svg Florin Lazarescu
Aferim!
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex Garland Ex Machina
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andrew Haigh 45 Years
Flag of Sweden.svg Roy Andersson A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron
Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Sorrentino Youth Youth - La giovinezza
2016
(28th)
[19]
Flag of Germany.svg Maren Ade Toni Erdmann
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul Laverty I, Daniel Blake
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Emma Donoghue Room
Flag of Romania.svg Cristian Mungiu Graduation Bacalaureat
Flag of Poland.svg Tomasz Wasilewski United States of Love Zjednoczone stany milosci
2017
(30th)
[20]
Flag of Sweden.svg Ruben Östlund The Square
Flag of Hungary.svg Ildikó Enyedi On Body and Soul Testről és lélekről
Flag of Greece.svg Yorgos Lanthimos
Flag of Greece.svg Efthimis Filippou
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Flag of Russia.svg Oleg Negin
Flag of Russia.svg Andrey Zvyagintsev
Loveless Nelyubov
Flag of France.svg François Ozon Frantz
2018
(31st)
[21]
Flag of Poland.svg Paweł Pawlikowski Cold War Zimna wojna
Flag of Iran.svg Flag of Denmark.svg Ali Abbasi
Flag of Sweden.svg Isabella Eklöf
Flag of Sweden.svg John Ajvide Lindqvist
Border Gräns
Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Garrone
Flag of Italy.svg Ugo Chiti
Flag of Italy.svg Massimo Gaudioso
Dogman
Flag of Sweden.svg Gustav Möller
Flag of Sweden.svg Emil Nygaard Albertsen
The Guilty Den skyldige
Flag of Italy.svg Alice Rohrwacher Happy as Lazzaro Lazzaro felice
2019
(32nd)
[22]
Flag of France.svg Céline Sciamma Portrait of a Lady on Fire Portrait de la jeune fille en feu
Flag of Spain.svg Pedro Almodóvar Pain and Glory Dolor y gloria
Flag of Italy.svg Marco Bellocchio
Flag of Italy.svg Valia Santella
Flag of Italy.svg Ludovica Rampoldi
Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Piccolo
Flag of Italy.svg Francesco La Licata
The Traitor Il traditore
Flag of France.svg Ladj Ly
Flag of Chile.svg Giordano Gederlini
Flag of France.svg Alexis Manenti
Les Misérables
Flag of France.svg / Flag of Poland.svg Roman Polanski
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Harris
An Officer and a Spy J'Accuse

2020s

YearWinner and nomineesEnglish titleOriginal title
2020
(33rd)
[23] [24]
Flag of Denmark.svg Thomas Vinterberg
Flag of Denmark.svg Tobias Lindholm
Another Round Druk
Flag of Germany.svg Martin Behnke
Flag of Germany.svg Burhan Qurbani
Berlin Alexanderplatz
Flag of Greece.svg Costa-Gavras Adults in the Room Ενήλικοι στην αίθουσα (Enílikoi stin aíthousa)
Flag of Italy.svg Damiano and Fabio D'Innocenzo Bad Tales Favolacce
Flag of Italy.svg Pietro Marcello
Flag of Italy.svg Maurizio Braucci
Martin Eden
Flag of Poland.svg Mateusz Pacewicz Corpus Christi Boże Ciało
2021
(34th)
[25]
Flag of France.svg Florian Zeller
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Christopher Hampton
The Father
Flag of Romania.svg Radu Jude Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn Babardeală cu bucluc sau porno balamuc
Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Sorrentino The Hand of God È stata la mano di Dio
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Jasmila Žbanić Quo Vadis, Aida?
Flag of Norway.svg / Flag of Denmark.svg Joachim Trier
Flag of Norway.svg Eskil Vogt
The Worst Person in the World Verdens verste menneske
2022
(35th)
[26]
Flag of Sweden.svg Ruben Östlund Triangle of Sadness
Flag of Spain.svg Arnau Vilaró
Flag of Spain.svg Carla Simón
Alcarràs
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kenneth Branagh Belfast
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Lukas Dhont
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Angelo Tijssens
Close
Flag of Denmark.svg / Flag of Iran.svg Ali Abbasi
Flag of Iran.svg Afshin Kamran Bahrami
Holy Spider
2023
(36th)
Flag of France.svg Arthur Harari
Flag of France.svg Justine Triet
Anatomy of a Fall Anatomie d'une chute
Flag of Finland.svg Aki Kaurismäki Fallen Leaves Kuolleet lehdet
Flag of Poland.svg Agnieszka Holland
Flag of Poland.svg Gabriela Łazarkiewicz-Sieczko
Flag of Poland.svg Maciej Pisuk
Green Border Zielona granica
Flag of Germany.svg İlker Çatak
Flag of Germany.svg Johannes Duncker
The Teachers' Lounge Das Lehrerzimmer
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan Glazer The Zone of Interest
2024
(37th)
[27]
Flag of France.svg Jacques Audiard Emilia Pérez
Flag of Sweden.svg Flag of Poland.svg Magnus von Horn
Flag of Denmark.svg Line Langebek
The Girl with the Needle
Flag of Spain.svg Pedro Almodóvar The Room Next Door
Flag of Iran.svg Mohammad Rasoulof The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Flag of France.svg Coralie Fargeat The Substance

Most wins by screenwriter

ScreenwriterAwardsNominations
Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Bacri 23
Flag of France.svg Agnès Jaoui 23
Flag of Poland.svg Paweł Pawlikowski 22
Flag of Hungary.svg István Szabó 22
Flag of Sweden.svg Ruben Östlund 22
Flag of Denmark.svg Tobias Lindholm 22
Flag of Denmark.svg Thomas Vinterberg 22
Flag of Spain.svg Pedro Almodóvar 15
Flag of Austria.svg Michael Haneke 14
Flag of France.svg Jacques Audiard 13
Flag of France.svg François Ozon 13
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dardenne brothers 12
Flag of Poland.svg Roman Polanski 12
Flag of Turkey.svg Flag of Germany.svg Fatih Akin 12
Flag of Italy.svg Ugo Chiti 12
Flag of Greece.svg Efthimis Filippou 12
Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Garrone 12
Flag of Italy.svg Massimo Gaudioso 12
Flag of Greece.svg Yorgos Lanthimos 12
Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Sorrentino 04
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul Laverty 04
Flag of Denmark.svg Anders Thomas Jensen 03
Flag of Finland.svg Aki Kaurismäki 03
Flag of Romania.svg Cristian Mungiu 03
Flag of Denmark.svg Lars von Trier 03
Flag of Denmark.svg / Flag of Iran.svg Ali Abbasi 02
Flag of Italy.svg Maurizio Braucci 02
Flag of Italy.svg Gianni Di Gregorio 02
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Harris 02
Flag of Romania.svg Radu Jude 02
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Steven Knight 02
Flag of Russia.svg Oleg Negin 02
Flag of Russia.svg Andrey Zvyagintsev 02

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