European Film Award for Best Screenwriter

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.

European Film Award for Best Screenwriter
The 2020 recipient: Thomas Vinterberg
Awarded forBest Achievement in Screenwriting
Presented byEuropean Film Academy
First awardedLouis Malle
Au revoir les enfants (1988)
Currently held byThomas Vinterberg, Tobias Lindholm
Another Round (2020)
Websiteeuropeanfilmacademy.org

Winners and nominees

1980s

Year Winner and nominees English title Original title
1988
(1st)
Louis MalleAu Revoir Les Enfants
Manoel de OliveiraThe CannibalsOs Canibais
Terence DaviesDistant Voices, Still Lives
Daniele Luchetti
Franco Bernini
Angelo Pasquini
It's Happening TomorrowDomani accadrà
Wolfgang HeldBear Ye One Another's BurdenEiner trage des anderen Last
1989
(2nd)
Mariya KhmelikLittle Vera Ма́ленькая Ве́ра
Géza BereményiThe Midas Touch (also known as Eldorádó)
Þráinn BertelssonMagnus
Theodoros Angelopoulos
Tonino Guerra
Thanassis Valtinos
Landscape in the MistTopio stin omichli
Maciej Dejczer
Cezary Harasimowicz
300 Miles to Heaven300 mil do nieba

1990s

Year Winner and nominees English title Original title
1990
(3rd)
Vitali KanevskyFreeze Die Come to LifeЗамри, умри, воскресни
Ryszard Bugajski
Janusz Dymek
InterrogationPrzesłuchanie
Etienne Glaser
Madeleine Gustafsson
Suzanne Osten
The Guardian AngelSkyddsängeln
1991
(4th)
Jaco Van DormaelToto the HeroToto le Héros
1992
(5th)
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)
Arif Aliev
Sergei Bodrov
Boris Giller
Prisoner of the MountainsКавказский пленник
1997
(10th)
Chris Vander Stappen
Alain Berliner
Ma Vie en Rose
Ademir Kenović
Abdulah Sidran
The Perfect CircleSavršeni krug
Andrei KurkovA Friend of the DeceasedPriyatel pokoynika
1998
(11th)
Peter HowittSliding Doors
Lars Von TrierThe IdiotsIdioterne
Alex van WarmerdamLittle TonyKleine Teun
Jean-Pierre Bacri
Agnès Jaoui
Same Old SongOn connaît la chanson
1999
(12th)
István Szabó
Israel Horovitz
Sunshine
Sasa GedeonThe Idiot Returns Návrat idiota
Ayub Khan-DinEast is East

2000s

Year Winner and nominees English title Original title
2000
(13th)
Agnès Jaoui
Jean-Pierre Bacri
The Taste of OthersLe goût des autres
Rafael AzconaButterfly's TongueLa lengua de las mariposas
Wolfgang KohlhaaseThe Legend of RitaDie Stille nach dem Schuß
Nana Djordjadze
Svereva Djordjadze
27 Missing Kisses27 დაკარგული კოცნა
Doriana Leondeff
Silvio Soldini
Bread and TulipsPane e tulipani
Dominik Moll
Gilles Marchand
Harry, He's Here to HelpHarry, un ami qui vous veut du bien
2001
(14th)
Danis Tanović[C]No Man's LandNičija zemlja
Laurent Cantet
Robin Campillo
Time OutL'Emploi du temps
Michael HanekeThe Piano Teacher
Achero MañasPelletEl Bola
Jean-Louis Milesi
Robert Guédiguian
The Town Is QuietLa ville est tranquille
Ettore Scola
Silvia Scola
Giacomo Scarpelli
Furio Scarpelli
Unfair CompetitionConcorrenza sleale
2002
(15th)
Pedro AlmodóvarTalk to HerHable con ella
Jacques Audiard
Tonino Benacquista
Read My Lips
Paul GreengrassBloody Sunday
Aki KaurismäkiThe Man Without a PastMies vailla menneisyyttä
Krzysztof Kieślowski
Krzysztof Piesiewicz
Heaven
Paul Laverty[C]Sweet Sixteen
François Ozon8 Women8 Femmes
2003
(16th)
Bernd LichtenbergGood Bye, Lenin!Comme une image
Lars von TrierDogville
Sandro Petraglia
Stefano Rulli
The Best of YouthLa meglio gioventù
Hanif KureishiThe Mother
Dušan KovačevićThe ProfessionalПрофесионалац
Steven KnightDirty Pretty Things
2004
(17th)
Agnès Jaoui[C]
Jean-Pierre Bacri[C]
Look at MeComme une image
Paul LavertyJust a KissAe Fond Kiss…
Jean-Luc GodardOur MusicNotre musique
Pedro AlmodóvarBad EducationLa mala educación
Alejandro Amenábar
Mateo Gil
The Sea InsideMar adentro
Fatih AkinHead-OnGegen die Wand / Duvara Karşı
2005
(18th)
Hany Abu-Assad
Bero Beyer
Paradise Nowالجنّة الآن
Anders Thomas JensenAdam's ApplesAdams Æbler
BrothersBrødre
Cristi Puiu
Razvan Radulescu
The Death of Mr. LazarescuMoartea domnului Lăzărescu
Dani Levy
Holger Franke
Go for Zucker!Alles auf Zucker!
Michael HanekeHiddenCaché
Mark O'HalloranAdam & Paul
2006
(19th)
Florian Henckel von DonnersmarckThe Lives of OthersDas Leben der Anderen
Pedro Almodóvar[C]Volver
Paul LavertyThe Wind That Shakes the Barley
Corneliu Porumboiu12:08 East of BucharestA fost sau n-a fost?
2007
(20th)
Fatih Akin[C]The Edge of Heaven4 luni, 3 săptămâni și 2 zile
Eran KolirinThe Band's Visitביקור התזמורת
Peter Morgan[V]The Queen
Cristian Mungiu4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days4 luni, 3 săptămâni și 2 zile
2008
(21st)
Matteo Garrone
Roberto Saviano
Maurizio Braucci
Ugo Chiti
Gianni Di Gregorio
Massimo Gaudioso
GomorrahGomorra
Ari FolmanWaltz with Bashirואלס עם באשיר
Suha Arraf
Eran Riklis
Lemon Treeشجرة ليمون / עץ לימון
Paolo SorrentinoIl Divo
2009
(22nd)
Michael HanekeThe White RibbonDas weiße Band
Jacques Audiard
Thomas Bidegain
A ProphetUn prophète
Simon BeaufoySlumdog Millionaire
Gianni Di GregorioMid-August LunchPranzo di ferragosto

2010s

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

2020s

Year Winner and nominees English title Original title
2020
(33rd)
Thomas Vinterberg
Tobias Lindholm
Another RoundDruk
Martin Behnke
Burhan Qurbani
Berlin Alexanderplatz
Costa-GavrasAdults in the RoomΕνήλικοι στην αίθουσα (Enílikoi stin aíthousa)
Damiano and Fabio D'InnocenzoBad TalesFavolacce
Pietro Marcello
Maurizio Braucci
Martin Eden
Mateusz PacewiczCorpus ChristiBoże Ciało
^[B] Berlin Film Festival Silver Bear Award for Best Screenplay
^[C] Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay
^[V] Venice Film Festival Golden Osella for Best Original Screenplay

Most wins by screenwriter

Screenwriter Awards Nominations
Paweł Pawlikowski22
István Szabó22
Michael Haneke13
Pedro Almodóvar12
Dardenne brothers12
Francois Ozon12
Fatih Akin11
Ugo Chiti11
Efthimis Filippou11
Matteo Garrone11
Massimo Gaudioso11
Yorgos Lanthimos11
Roman Polanski11
Cristian Mungiu03
Lars Von Trier03
Aki Kaurismäki02
Paolo Sorrentino02
Andrey Zvyagintsev02
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