European Film Award for Best Screenwriter
The 2022 recipient: Ruben Östlund
Awarded forBest Achievement in Screenwriting
Presented byEuropean Film Academy
First awardedLouis Malle
Au revoir les enfants (1988)
Currently held byJustine Triet
Arthur Harari
Anatomy of a Fall (2023)
Websiteeuropeanfilmacademy.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.

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

Year Winner and nominees English title Original title
1988
(1st)
France Louis MalleGoodbye ChildrenAu Revoir Les Enfants
Portugal Manoel de OliveiraThe CannibalsOs Canibais
United Kingdom Terence DaviesDistant Voices, Still Lives
Italy Daniele Luchetti
Italy Franco Bernini
Italy Angelo Pasquini
It's Happening TomorrowDomani accadrà
East Germany Wolfgang HeldBear Ye One Another's BurdenEiner trage des anderen Last
1989
(2nd)
Soviet Union Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Mariya KhmelikLittle Vera Ма́ленькая Ве́ра
Hungary Géza BereményiThe Midas TouchEldorádó
Iceland Þráinn BertelssonMagnus
Greece Theodoros Angelopoulos
Italy Tonino Guerra
Greece Thanassis Valtinos
Landscape in the MistTopio stin omichli
Poland Maciej Dejczer
Poland Cezary Harasimowicz
300 Miles to Heaven300 mil do nieba

1990s

Year Winner and nominees English title Original title
1990
(3rd)
Soviet Union Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Vitali KanevskyFreeze Die Come to LifeЗамри, умри, воскресни
Poland Ryszard Bugajski
Poland Janusz Dymek
InterrogationPrzesłuchanie
Sweden Etienne Glaser
Sweden Madeleine Gustafsson
Sweden Suzanne Osten
The Guardian AngelSkyddsängeln
1991
(4th)
Belgium Jaco Van DormaelToto the HeroToto le Héros
1992
(5th)
Hungary István SzabóSweet Emma, Dear BöbeÉdes Emma, drága Böbe - vázlatok, aktok
1993
(6th)
No award given
1994
(7th)
No award given
1995
(8th)
No award given
1996
(9th)
Russia Arif Aliev
Russia Sergei Bodrov
Russia Boris Giller
Prisoner of the MountainsКавказский пленник
1997
(10th)
Belgium Chris Vander Stappen
BelgiumAlain Berliner
Ma Vie en Rose
Bosnia and Herzegovina Ademir Kenović
Bosnia and HerzegovinaAbdulah Sidran
The Perfect CircleSavršeni krug
Ukraine Andrei KurkovA Friend of the DeceasedPriyatel pokoynika
1998
(11th)
United Kingdom Peter HowittSliding Doors
Denmark Lars von TrierThe IdiotsIdioterne
Netherlands Alex van WarmerdamLittle TonyKleine Teun
France Jean-Pierre Bacri
France Agnès Jaoui
Same Old SongOn connaît la chanson
1999
(12th)
Hungary István Szabó
United States Israel Horovitz
Sunshine
Czech Republic Saša GedeonThe Idiot Returns Návrat idiota
United Kingdom Ayub Khan DinEast is East

2000s

Year Winner and nominees English title Original title
2000
(13th)
[1]
France Agnès Jaoui
France Jean-Pierre Bacri
The Taste of OthersLe goût des autres
Spain Rafael AzconaButterfly's TongueLa lengua de las mariposas
Germany Wolfgang KohlhaaseThe Legend of RitaDie Stille nach dem Schuß
Georgia (country) Nana Djordjadze
Russia Mariya Zvereva
Georgia (country) Irakli Kvirikadze
27 Missing Kisses27 დაკარგული კოცნა
Italy Doriana Leondeff
Italy Silvio Soldini
Bread and TulipsPane e tulipani
France Dominik Moll
France Gilles Marchand
Harry, He's Here to HelpHarry, un ami qui vous veut du bien
2001
(14th)
[2]
Bosnia and Herzegovina Danis TanovićNo Man's LandNičija zemlja
France Laurent Cantet
Morocco France Robin Campillo
Time OutL'Emploi du temps
Austria Michael HanekeThe Piano TeacherLla pianiste
Spain Achero MañasPelletEl Bola
France Jean-Louis Milesi
France Robert Guédiguian
The Town Is QuietLa ville est tranquille
Italy Ettore Scola
Italy Silvia Scola
Italy Giacomo Scarpelli
Italy Furio Scarpelli
Unfair CompetitionConcorrenza sleale
2002
(15th)
[3]
Spain Pedro AlmodóvarTalk to HerHable con ella
France Jacques Audiard
France Tonino Benacquista
Read My LipsSur mes lèvres
United Kingdom Paul GreengrassBloody Sunday
Finland Aki KaurismäkiThe Man Without a PastMies vailla menneisyyttä
Poland Krzysztof Kieślowski
Poland Krzysztof Piesiewicz
Heaven
United Kingdom Paul LavertySweet Sixteen
France François Ozon8 Women8 Femmes
2003
(16th)
[4]
Germany Bernd LichtenbergGood Bye, Lenin!Comme une image
Denmark Lars von TrierDogville
Italy Sandro Petraglia
Italy Stefano Rulli
The Best of YouthLa meglio gioventù
United Kingdom Hanif KureishiThe Mother
Serbia and Montenegro Dušan KovačevićThe ProfessionalПрофесионалац
United Kingdom Steven KnightDirty Pretty Things
2004
(17th)
[5]
France Agnès Jaoui
France Jean-Pierre Bacri
Look at MeComme une image
United Kingdom Paul LavertyJust a KissAe Fond Kiss…
France Switzerland Jean-Luc GodardOur MusicNotre musique
Spain Pedro AlmodóvarBad EducationLa mala educación
Spain Alejandro Amenábar
Spain Mateo Gil
The Sea InsideMar adentro
Turkey Germany Fatih AkinHead-OnGegen die Wand / Duvara Karşı
2005
(18th)
[6]
State of Palestine Netherlands Hany Abu-Assad
Netherlands Bero Beyer
Paradise Nowالجنّة الآن
Denmark Anders Thomas JensenAdam's ApplesAdams Æbler
BrothersBrødre
Romania Cristi Puiu
Romania Răzvan Rădulescu
The Death of Mr. LazarescuMoartea domnului Lăzărescu
Switzerland Dani Levy
Germany Holger Franke
Go for Zucker!Alles auf Zucker!
Austria Michael HanekeHiddenCaché
Republic of Ireland Mark O'HalloranAdam & Paul
2006
(19th)
[7]
Germany Florian Henckel von DonnersmarckThe Lives of OthersDas Leben der Anderen
Spain Pedro AlmodóvarVolver
United Kingdom Paul LavertyThe Wind That Shakes the Barley
Romania Corneliu Porumboiu12:08 East of BucharestA fost sau n-a fost?
2007
(20th)
[8]
Turkey Germany Fatih AkinThe Edge of HeavenAuf der anderen Seite
Israel Eran KolirinThe Band's Visitביקור התזמורת
United Kingdom Peter MorganThe Queen
Romania Cristian Mungiu4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days4 luni, 3 săptămâni și 2 zile
2008
(21st)
[9]
Italy Matteo Garrone
Italy Roberto Saviano
Italy Maurizio Braucci
Italy Ugo Chiti
Italy Gianni Di Gregorio
Italy Massimo Gaudioso
GomorrahGomorra
Israel Ari FolmanWaltz with Bashirואלס עם באשיר
State of Palestine Suha Arraf
Israel Eran Riklis
Lemon Treeشجرة ليمون / עץ לימון
Italy Paolo SorrentinoIl Divo
2009
(22nd)
[10]
Austria Michael HanekeThe White RibbonDas weiße Band
France Jacques Audiard
France Thomas Bidegain
A ProphetUn prophète
United Kingdom Simon BeaufoySlumdog Millionaire
Italy Gianni Di GregorioMid-August LunchPranzo di ferragosto

2010s

Year Winner and nominees English title Original title
2010
(23rd)
[11]
United Kingdom Robert Harris
Poland France Roman Polanski
The Ghost Writer
Spain Jorge Guerricaechevarría
Spain Daniel Monzón
Cell 211Celda 211
Israel Samuel MaozLebanon
Romania France Radu MihăileanuThe ConcertLe concert
2011
(24th)
[12]
Belgium Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Belgium Luc Dardenne
The Kid with a BikeLe Gamin au vélo
Denmark Anders Thomas JensenIn a Better WorldHævnen
Finland Aki KaurismäkiLe Havre
Denmark Lars von TrierMelancholia
2012
(25th)
[13]
Denmark Tobias Lindholm
Denmark Thomas Vinterberg
The HuntJagten
Romania Cristian MungiuBeyond the HillsDupă dealuri
Austria Michael HanekeAmour
Poland France Roman Polanski
France Yasmina Reza
Carnage
France Olivier Nakache
France Éric Toledano
UntouchableIntouchables
2013
(26th)
[14]
France François OzonIn the HouseDans la maison
Italy Paolo Sorrentino
Italy Umberto Contarello
The Great BeautyLa grande bellezza
United Kingdom Tom StoppardAnna Karenina
Italy Giuseppe TornatoreThe Best OfferLa migliore offerta
Belgium Felix Van Groeningen
Belgium Carl Joos
The Broken Circle Breakdown
2014
(27th)
[15][16]
Poland United Kingdom Paweł Pawlikowski
United Kingdom Rebecca Lenkiewicz
Ida
Turkey Ebru Ceylan
Turkey Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Winter SleepKış Uykusu
Belgium Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Belgium Luc Dardenne
Two Days, One NightDeux jours, une nuit
United Kingdom Steven KnightLocke
Russia Oleg Negin
Russia Andrey Zvyagintsev
LeviathanЛевиафан
2015
(28th)
[17][18]
Greece Yorgos Lanthimos
Greece Efthimis Filippou
The Lobster
Romania Radu Jude
Romania Florin Lazarescu
Aferim!
United Kingdom Alex GarlandEx Machina
United Kingdom Andrew Haigh45 Years
Sweden Roy AnderssonA Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on ExistenceEn duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron
Italy Paolo SorrentinoYouthYouth - La giovinezza
2016
(28th)
[19]
Germany Maren Ade
Toni Erdmann
United Kingdom Paul LavertyI, Daniel Blake
Canada Emma DonoghueRoom
Romania Cristian MungiuGraduationBacalaureat
Poland Tomasz WasilewskiUnited States of LoveZjednoczone stany milosci
2017
(30th)
[20]
Sweden Ruben ÖstlundThe Square
Hungary Ildikó EnyediOn Body and SoulTestről és lélekről
Greece Yorgos Lanthimos
Greece Efthimis Filippou
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Russia Oleg Negin
Russia Andrey Zvyagintsev
LovelessNelyubov
France François OzonFrantz
2018
(31st)
[21]
Poland Paweł PawlikowskiCold WarZimna wojna
Iran Denmark Ali Abbasi
Sweden Isabella Eklöf
Sweden John Ajvide Lindqvist
BorderGräns
Italy Matteo Garrone
Italy Ugo Chiti
Italy Massimo Gaudioso
Dogman
Sweden Gustav Möller
Sweden Emil Nygaard Albertsen
The GuiltyDen skyldige
Italy Alice RohrwacherHappy as LazzaroLazzaro felice
2019
(32nd)
[22]
France Céline SciammaPortrait of a Lady on FirePortrait de la jeune fille en feu
Spain Pedro AlmodóvarPain and GloryDolor y gloria
Italy Marco Bellocchio
Italy Valia Santella
Italy Ludovica Rampoldi
Italy Francesco Piccolo
Italy Francesco La Licata
The TraitorIl traditore
France Ladj Ly
Chile Giordano Gederlini
France Alexis Manenti
Les Misérables
France / Poland Roman Polanski
United Kingdom Robert Harris
An Officer and a SpyJ'Accuse

2020s

Year Winner and nominees English title Original title
2020
(33rd)
[23][24]
Denmark Thomas Vinterberg
Denmark Tobias Lindholm
Another RoundDruk
Germany Martin Behnke
Germany Burhan Qurbani
Berlin Alexanderplatz
Greece Costa-GavrasAdults in the RoomΕνήλικοι στην αίθουσα (Enílikoi stin aíthousa)
Italy Damiano and Fabio D'InnocenzoBad TalesFavolacce
Italy Pietro Marcello
Italy Maurizio Braucci
Martin Eden
Poland Mateusz PacewiczCorpus ChristiBoże Ciało
2021
(34th)
[25]
France Florian Zeller
United Kingdom Christopher Hampton
The Father
Romania Radu JudeBad Luck Banging or Loony PornBabardeală cu bucluc sau porno balamuc
Italy Paolo SorrentinoThe Hand of GodÈ stata la mano di Dio
Bosnia and Herzegovina Jasmila ŽbanićQuo Vadis, Aida?
Norway / Denmark Joachim Trier
Norway Eskil Vogt
The Worst Person in the WorldVerdens verste menneske
2022
(35th)
[26]
Sweden Ruben ÖstlundTriangle of Sadness
Spain Arnau Vilaró
Spain Carla Simón
Alcarràs
United Kingdom Kenneth BranaghBelfast
Belgium Lukas Dhont
Belgium Angelo Tijssens
Close
Denmark / Iran Ali Abbasi
Iran Afshin Kamran Bahrami
Holy Spider
2023
(36th)
France Arthur Harari
France Justine Triet
Anatomy of a FallAnatomie d'une chute
Finland Aki KaurismäkiFallen LeavesKuolleet lehdet
Poland Agnieszka Holland
Poland Gabriela Łazarkiewicz-Sieczko
Poland Maciej Pisuk
Green BorderZielona granica
Germany İlker Çatak
Germany Johannes Duncker
The Teachers' LoungeDas Lehrerzimmer
United Kingdom Jonathan GlazerThe Zone of Interest

Most wins by screenwriter

Screenwriter Awards Nominations
Paweł Pawlikowski22
István Szabó22
Ruben Östlund22
Tobias Lindholm22
Thomas Vinterberg22
Michael Haneke14
Pedro Almodóvar14
François Ozon13
Dardenne brothers12
Roman Polanski12
Fatih Akin12
Ugo Chiti12
Efthimis Filippou12
Matteo Garrone12
Massimo Gaudioso12
Yorgos Lanthimos12
Paolo Sorrentino04
Paul Laverty04
Aki Kaurismäki03
Cristian Mungiu03
Lars von Trier03
Ali Abbasi02
Andrey Zvyagintsev02
Radu Jude02
Maurizio Braucci02

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