Venice Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay

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Best Screenplay
Location Venice
CountryItaly
Presented by Venice Film Festival
First awarded1947
Currently held byMurilo Hauser and Heitor Lorega for I'm Still Here
Website labiennale.org/en/cinema

The Best Screenplay Award is an annual award presented for best screenwriting achievements in a feature film in the official competition section of the Venice Film Festival since 1947.

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Winners

YearEnglish TitleOriginal TitleWriter(s)Ref.
2000s
2000
(57th)
One Hundred Steps I cento passi Claudio Fava , Marco Tullio Giordana, Monica Zapelli [1]
2001
(58th)
Y tu mamá también Alfonso Cuarón and Carlos Cuarón [2]
2010s
2013
(70th)
Philomena Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope [3]
2014
(71st)
Tales قصه‌ها Rakhshān Banietemad [4]
2015
(72nd)
Courted L'Hermine Christian Vincent [5]
2016
(73rd)
Jackie Noah Oppenheim [6]
2017
(74th)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Martin McDonagh [7]
2018
(75th)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Joel and Ethan Coen [8]
2019
(76th)
No.7 Cherry Lane 繼園臺七號 Yonfan [9]
2020s
2020
(77th)
The Disciple Chaitanya Tamhane [10]
2021
(78th)
The Lost Daughter Maggie Gyllenhaal [11]
2022
(79th)
The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh [12]
2023
(80th)
El Conde Guillermo Calderón and Pablo Larraín [13] [14]
2024
(81st)
I'm Still Here Ainda Estou AquiMurilo Hauser and Heitor Lorega [15]

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