Venice Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay
Italian film award
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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. It was introduced in 1937 by the festival's organizing committee and was awarded irregularly over the years.
| Best Screenplay | |
|---|---|
2025 co-recipient: Valérie Donzelli | |
| Location | Venice |
| Country | Italy |
| Presented by | Venice Film Festival |
| First award | 1937 |
| Currently held by | Valérie Donzelli and Gilles Marchand for At Work (2025) |
| Website | labiennale |
The prize was first awarded to Sacha Guitry and Christian-Jaque for Les perles de la couronne in 1937.
Winners
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1930s
| Year | Writer(s) | English Title | Original Title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | Sacha Guitry, Christian-Jaque | The Pearls of the Crown | Les perles de la couronne |
1940s
| Year | Writer(s) | English Title | Original Title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | Grigori Aleksandrov, Moris Slobodskoy and Aleksandr Raskin | Springtime | Весна | |
| 1948 | Graham Greene | The Fallen Idol | ||
| 1949 | Jacques Tati | Jour de fête | The Big Day | |
1950s
| Year | Writer(s) | English Title | Original Title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Jacques Natanson and Max Ophüls | La Ronde | ||
| 1951 | T. E. B. Clarke | The Lavender Hill Mob | ||
| 1952 | Nunnally Johnson | Phone Call from a Stranger | ||
1990s
| Year | Writer(s) | English Title | Original Title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Helle Ryslinge | Sirup | ||
2000s
| Year | Writer(s) | English Title | Original Title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Claudio Fava, Marco Tullio Giordana and Monica Zapelli | One Hundred Steps | I cento passi | [1] |
| 2001 | Alfonso Cuarón and Carlos Cuarón | Y tu mamá también | [2] | |
2010s
| Year | Writer(s) | English Title | Original Title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope | Philomena | [3] | |
| 2014 | Rakhshān Banietemad | Tales | قصهها | [4] |
| 2015 | Christian Vincent | Courted | L'Hermine | [5] |
| 2016 | Noah Oppenheim | Jackie | [6] | |
| 2017 | Martin McDonagh | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | [7] | |
| 2018 | Joel and Ethan Coen | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | [8] | |
| 2019 | Yonfan | No.7 Cherry Lane | 繼園臺七號 | [9] |
2020s
| Year | Writer(s) | English Title | Original Title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Chaitanya Tamhane | The Disciple | [10] | |
| 2021 | Maggie Gyllenhaal | The Lost Daughter | [11] | |
| 2022 | Martin McDonagh | The Banshees of Inisherin | [12] | |
| 2023 | Guillermo Calderón and Pablo Larraín | El Conde | [13][14] | |
| 2024 | Murilo Hauser and Heitor Lorega | I'm Still Here | Ainda Estou Aqui | [15] |
| 2025 | Valérie Donzelli and Gilles Marchand | At Work | À pied d'œuvre | [16] |
Multiple Winners
The following individuals received two or more Best Screenplay awards:
| Number of Wins | Writer | Films |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Martin McDonagh | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) and The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) |