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European Film Award for Best Screenwriter

Annual award given for cinematic achievements in screenwriting

Annual award given for cinematic achievements in screenwriting

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nameEuropean Film Award for Best Screenwriter
awarded_forBest Achievement in Screenwriting
presenterEuropean Film Academy
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captionThe 2025 recipients: Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt
yearLouis Malle
*Au revoir les enfants* ([1988](1st-european-film-awards))
holderJoachim Trier and Eskil Vogt
*Sentimental Value* ([2025](38th-european-film-awards))
website

Au revoir les enfants (1988) Sentimental Value (2025) 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)](1st-european-film-awards)**Louis Malle*****Goodbye Children******Au Revoir Les Enfants***
Manoel de Oliveira*The Cannibals**Os Canibais*
Terence Davies*Distant Voices, Still Lives*
Daniele Luchetti
Franco Bernini
Angelo Pasquini*It's Happening Tomorrow**Domani accadrà*
Wolfgang Held*Bear Ye One Another's Burden**Einer trage des anderen Last*
1989
[(2nd)](2nd-european-film-awards)**Mariya Khmelik*****Little Vera ******Ма́ленькая Ве́ра***
Géza Bereményi*The Midas Touch**Eldorádó*
Þráinn Bertelsson*Magnus*
Theodoros Angelopoulos
Tonino Guerra
Thanassis Valtinos*Landscape in the Mist**Topio stin omichli*
Maciej Dejczer
Cezary Harasimowicz*[300 Miles to Heaven](300-miles-to-heaven)**300 mil do nieba*

1990s

**Year****Winner and nominees****English title****Original title**
1990
[(3rd)](3rd-european-film-awards)**Vitali Kanevsky*****Freeze Die Come to Life******Замри, умри, воскресни***
Ryszard Bugajski
Janusz Dymek*Interrogation**Przesłuchanie*
Etienne Glaser
Madeleine Gustafsson
Suzanne Osten*The Guardian Angel**Skyddsängeln*
1991
[(4th)](4th-european-film-awards)**Jaco Van Dormael*****Toto the Hero******Toto le Héros***
1992
[(5th)](5th-european-film-awards)**István Szabó*****Sweet Emma, Dear Böbe******Édes Emma, drága Böbe - vázlatok, aktok***
1993
[(6th)](6th-european-film-awards)No award given
1994
[(7th)](7th-european-film-awards)No award given
1995
[(8th)](8th-european-film-awards)No award given
1996
[(9th)](9th-european-film-awards)**Arif Aliev
Sergei Bodrov
Boris Giller*****Prisoner of the Mountains******Кавказский пленник***
1997
[(10th)](10th-european-film-awards)**Chris Vander Stappen
Alain Berliner*****Ma Vie en Rose***
Ademir Kenović
Abdulah Sidran*The Perfect Circle**Savršeni krug*
Andrei Kurkov*A Friend of the Deceased**Priyatel pokoynika*
1998
[(11th)](11th-european-film-awards)**Peter Howitt*****Sliding Doors***
Lars von Trier*The Idiots**Idioterne*
Alex van Warmerdam*Little Tony**Kleine Teun*
Jean-Pierre Bacri
Agnès Jaoui*Same Old Song**On connaît la chanson*
1999
[(12th)](12th-european-film-awards)**István Szabó
Israel Horovitz*****Sunshine***
Saša Gedeon*The Idiot Returns **Návrat idiota*
Ayub Khan Din*East is East*

2000s

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

2010s

**Year****Winner and nominees****English title****Original title**
2010
[(23rd)](23rd-european-film-awards)
**Robert Harris
Roman Polanski*****The Ghost Writer***
Jorge Guerricaechevarría
Daniel Monzón*Cell 211**Celda 211*
Samuel Maoz*Lebanon*
Radu Mihăileanu*The Concert**Le concert*
2011
[(24th)](24th-european-film-awards)
**Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Luc Dardenne*****The Kid with a Bike******Le Gamin au vélo***
Anders Thomas Jensen*In a Better World**Hævnen*
Aki Kaurismäki*Le Havre*
Lars von Trier*Melancholia*
2012
[(25th)](25th-european-film-awards)
**Tobias Lindholm
Thomas Vinterberg*****The Hunt******Jagten***
Cristian Mungiu*Beyond the Hills**După dealuri*
Michael Haneke*Amour*
Roman Polanski
Yasmina Reza*Carnage*
Olivier Nakache
Éric Toledano*Untouchable**Intouchables*
2013
[(26th)](26th-european-film-awards)
**François Ozon*****In the House******Dans la maison***
Paolo Sorrentino
Umberto Contarello*The Great Beauty**La grande bellezza*
Tom Stoppard*Anna Karenina*
Giuseppe Tornatore*The Best Offer**La migliore offerta*
Felix Van Groeningen
Carl Joos*The Broken Circle Breakdown*
2014
[(27th)](27th-european-film-awards)
**Paweł Pawlikowski
Rebecca Lenkiewicz*****Ida***
Ebru Ceylan
Nuri Bilge Ceylan*Winter Sleep**Kış Uykusu*
Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Luc Dardenne*Two Days, One Night**Deux jours, une nuit*
Steven Knight*Locke*
Oleg Negin
Andrey Zvyagintsev*Leviathan**Левиафан*
2015
[(28th)](28th-european-film-awards)
**Yorgos Lanthimos
Efthimis Filippou*****The Lobster***
Radu Jude
Florin Lazarescu*Aferim!*
Alex Garland*Ex Machina*
Andrew Haigh*[45 Years](45-years)*
Roy Andersson*A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence**En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron*
Paolo Sorrentino*Youth**Youth - La giovinezza*
2016
[(28th)](29th-european-film-awards)
**Maren Ade*****Toni Erdmann***
Paul Laverty*I, Daniel Blake*
Emma Donoghue*Room*
Cristian Mungiu*Graduation**Bacalaureat*
Tomasz Wasilewski*United States of Love**Zjednoczone stany milosci*
2017
[(30th)](30th-european-film-awards)
**Ruben Östlund*****The Square***
Ildikó Enyedi*On Body and Soul**Testről és lélekről*
Yorgos Lanthimos
Efthimis Filippou*The Killing of a Sacred Deer*
Oleg Negin
Andrey Zvyagintsev*Loveless**Nelyubov*
François Ozon*Frantz*
2018
[(31st)](31st-european-film-awards)
**Paweł Pawlikowski*****Cold War******Zimna wojna***
Ali Abbasi
Isabella Eklöf
John Ajvide Lindqvist*Border**Gräns*
Matteo Garrone
Ugo Chiti
Massimo Gaudioso*Dogman*
Gustav Möller
Emil Nygaard Albertsen*The Guilty**Den skyldige*
Alice Rohrwacher*Happy as Lazzaro**Lazzaro felice*
2019
[(32nd)](32nd-european-film-awards)
**Céline Sciamma*****Portrait of a Lady on Fire******Portrait de la jeune fille en feu***
Pedro Almodóvar*Pain and Glory**Dolor y gloria*
Marco Bellocchio
Valia Santella
Ludovica Rampoldi
Francesco Piccolo
Francesco La Licata*The Traitor**Il traditore*
Ladj Ly
Giordano Gederlini
Alexis Manenti*Les Misérables*
Roman Polanski
Robert Harris*An Officer and a Spy**J'Accuse*

2020s

**Year****Winner and nominees****English title****Original title**
2020
[(33rd)](33rd-european-film-awards)
**Thomas Vinterberg
Tobias Lindholm*****Another Round******Druk***
Martin Behnke
Burhan Qurbani*Berlin Alexanderplatz*
Costa-Gavras*Adults in the Room**Ενήλικοι στην αίθουσα* (*Enílikoi stin aíthousa*)
Damiano and Fabio D'Innocenzo*Bad Tales**Favolacce*
Pietro Marcello
Maurizio Braucci*Martin Eden*
Mateusz Pacewicz*Corpus Christi**Boże Ciało*
2021
[(34th)](34th-european-film-awards)
** Florian Zeller
Christopher Hampton*****The Father***
Radu Jude*Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn**Babardeală cu bucluc sau porno balamuc*
Paolo Sorrentino*The Hand of God**È stata la mano di Dio*
Jasmila Žbanić*Quo Vadis, Aida?*
Joachim Trier
Eskil Vogt*The Worst Person in the World**Verdens verste menneske*
**2022**
[(35th)](35th-european-film-awards)
**Ruben Östlund*****Triangle of Sadness***
Arnau Vilaró
Carla Simón*Alcarràs*
Kenneth Branagh*Belfast*
Lukas Dhont
Angelo Tijssens*Close*
Ali Abbasi
Afshin Kamran Bahrami*Holy Spider*
**2023**
[(36th)](36th-european-film-awards)
** Arthur Harari
Justine Triet*****Anatomy of a Fall******Anatomie d'une chute***
Aki Kaurismäki*Fallen Leaves*Kuolleet lehdet
Agnieszka Holland
Gabriela Łazarkiewicz-Sieczko
Maciej Pisuk*Green Border*Zielona granica
İlker Çatak
Johannes Duncker*The Teachers' Lounge*Das Lehrerzimmer
Jonathan Glazer*The Zone of Interest*
**2024**
[(37th)](37th-european-film-awards)
**Jacques Audiard*****Emilia Pérez***
Magnus von Horn
Line Langebek*The Girl with the Needle*
Pedro Almodóvar*The Room Next Door*
Mohammad Rasoulof*The Seed of the Sacred Fig*
Coralie Fargeat*The Substance*
**2025**
[(38th)](38th-european-film-awards)**Eskil Vogt
Joachim Trier*****Sentimental Value******Affeksjonsverdi***
Santiago Fillol
Oliver Laxe*Sirāt*
Jafar Panahi*It Was Just an Accident*یک تصادف ساده
Mascha Schilinski
Louise Peter*Sound of Falling**In die Sonne schauen*
Paolo Sorrentino*La grazia*

Most wins by screenwriter

ScreenwriterAwardsNominations
Jean-Pierre Bacri23
Agnès Jaoui23
Paweł Pawlikowski22
István Szabó22
Ruben Östlund22
Tobias Lindholm22
Thomas Vinterberg22
Pedro Almodóvar15
Michael Haneke14
Jacques Audiard13
François Ozon13
Dardenne brothers12
Roman Polanski12
Fatih Akin12
Ugo Chiti12
Efthimis Filippou12
Matteo Garrone12
Massimo Gaudioso12
Yorgos Lanthimos12
Joachim Trier12
Eskil Vogt12
Paolo Sorrentino05
Paul Laverty04
Anders Thomas Jensen03
Aki Kaurismäki03
Cristian Mungiu03
Lars von Trier03
Ali Abbasi02
Maurizio Braucci02
Gianni Di Gregorio02
Robert Harris02
Radu Jude02
Steven Knight02
Oleg Negin02
Andrey Zvyagintsev02

References

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  5. Hernandez, Eugene. (December 13, 2004). "German Film "Head-On' Tops 2004 European Film Awards".
  6. Hernandez, Eugene. (December 4, 2005). ""Cache" and "Sophie Scholl" Top European Film Awards".
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  13. Knegt, Peter. (December 1, 2012). "'Amour' Sweeps European Film Awards".
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