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Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay

{{Short description|Film award category}}

{{Infobox award

| name = Best Screenplay Award

| subheader = {{native name|fr|Prix du scénario}}

| image = Best screenplay Cannes.png

| image_upright = 0.8

| alt =

| caption = Prize official logo

| awarded_for = Best Achievement in Writing

| country = France

| presenter = Cannes Film Festival

| holder = Coralie Fargeat
The Substance (2024)

| year = 1949

| website = {{url|https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/}}

}}

The Best Screenplay Award ({{langx|fr|Prix du scénario}}) is an award presented by the Jury to the best screenwriter for their work on a film of the Official Selection of the Cannes Film Festival.

History

It was first awarded to Alfred L. Werker, {{sortname|Eugene|Ling|nolink=1}} & {{sortname|Virginia|Shaler|nolink=1}} for Lost Boundaries (1949).

Winners Denys Arcand for The Barbarian Invasions (2003), {{sortname|Ryusuke|Hamaguchi}} & {{sortname|Takamasa|Oe|nolink=1}} for {{sort|Drive My Car|Drive My Car}} (2021) and Coralie Fargeat for The Substance were later nominated Academy Awards for their screenplays.

Winners

File:Alfred L Werker.jpg was the first recipient of this award for Lost Boundaries (1949)]]

File:MKr25425 Steven Spielberg (Berlinale 2023).jpg won for The Sugarland Express (1974)]]

File:Pedro Almodóvar at Premios Goya 2017 1 (cropped 3).jpg won for Volver (2006)]]

File:Asghar Farhadi, Viennale 2009.jpg won for The Salesman (2016)]]

File:Yorgos Lanthimos, THE LOBSTER, Fantastic Fest 2015 -9674 (27161878820) (cropped).jpg won for The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017]]

File:Alice Rohrwacher (cropped).jpg won for Happy as Lazzaro (2018)]]

File:Ryusuke Hamaguchi (HKAFF2018) (cropped).png won for Drive My Car (2021)]]

File:Coralie Fargeat at 2024 Cannes Film Festival.jpg won for The Substance (2024)]]

= 1940s =

class="wikitable unsortable"

!scope="col" style="width:1%;" | Year

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| Screenwriter(s)

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| English Title

style="text-align:center;" | 1949

| {{sortname|Alfred L.|Werker}}, {{sortname|Eugene|Ling|nolink=1}} & {{sortname|Virginia|Shaler|nolink=1}}

| colspan="1" | {{sort|Lost Boundaries|Lost Boundaries}}

= 1950s =

class="wikitable unsortable"

!scope="col" style="width:1%;" | Year

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| Screenwriter(s)

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| English Title

!scope="col" style="width:10%;" class="unsortable"|Original Title

style="text-align:center;" | 1951

| {{sortname|Terence|Rattigan}}

| colspan="2" | {{sort|Browning Version|The Browning Version}}

style="text-align:center;" | 1952

| {{sortname|Piero|Tellini}}

| {{sort|Cops and Robbers|Cops and Robbers}}

| Guardie e ladri

style="text-align:center;" | 1958

| {{sortname|Pier Paolo|Pasolini}}, {{sortname|Massimo|Franciosa}} & {{sortname|Pasquale|Festa Campanile}}

| {{sort|Young Husbands|Young Husbands}}{{ref label|Award1|A}}

| Giovani mariti

= 1960s =

class="wikitable unsortable"

!scope="col" style="width:1%;" | Year

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| Screenwriter(s)

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| English Title

!scope="col" style="width:10%;" class="unsortable"|Original Title

style="text-align:center;" | 1963

| {{sortname|Dumitru|Carabat|nolink=1}}, {{sortname|Henri|Colpi}} & {{sortname|Yves|Jamiaque|nolink=1}}

| colspan="2" | {{sort|Codine|Codine}}

rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 1965

| {{sortname|Ray|Rigby|Ray Rigby (screenwriter)}}

| colspan="2" | {{sort|Hill|The Hill}}

{{sortname|Pierre|Schoendoerffer}}

| colspan="1" | {{sort|317th Platoon|The 317th Platoon}}

|La 317ème section

rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 1967

| {{sortname|Alain|Jessua}}

| {{sort|Killing Game|The Killing Game}}

|Jeu de massacre

{{sortname|Elio|Petri}}

| {{sort|We Still Kill the Old Way|We Still Kill the Old Way}}

| A ciascuno il suo

= 1970s =

class="wikitable unsortable"

!scope="col" style="width:1%;" | Year

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| Screenwriter(s)

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| English Title

style="text-align:center;" | 1974

| {{sortname|Steven|Spielberg}}, {{sortname|Hal|Barwood}} & {{sortname|Matthew|Robbins|Matthew Robbins (screenwriter)}}

| colspan="1" | {{sort|Sugarland Express|The Sugarland Express}}

= 1980s =

class="wikitable unsortable"

!scope="col" style="width:1%;" | Year

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| Screenwriter(s)

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| English Title

!scope="col" style="width:10%;" class="unsortable"|Original Title

style="text-align:center;" | 1980

| {{sortname|Furio|Scarpelli}}, {{sortname|Agenore|Incrocci}} & {{sortname|Ettore|Scola}} {{ref label|Award2|B}}

| colspan="2" | {{sort|Terrazza|La Terrazza}}

style="text-align:center;" | 1981

| {{sortname|István|Szabó}}

| colspan="2" | {{sort|Mephisto|Mephisto}}

style="text-align:center;" | 1982

| {{sortname|Jerzy|Skolimowski}}

| colspan="2" | {{sort|Moonlighting|Moonlighting}}

style="text-align:center;" | 1984

| {{sortname|Thanassis|Valtinos|nolink=1}}, {{sortname|Theo|Angelopoulos}} & {{sortname|Tonino|Guerra}} {{ref label|Award3|C}}

| {{sort|Voyage to Cythera|Voyage to Cythera}}

| Ταξίδι στα Κύθηρα

= 1990s =

class="wikitable unsortable"

!scope="col" style="width:1%;" | Year

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| Screenwriter(s)

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| English Title

!scope="col" style="width:10%;" class="unsortable"|Original Title

style="text-align:center;" | 1994

| {{sortname|Michel|Blanc}}

| colspan="1" | {{sort|Grosse fatigue|Grosse fatigue}}

|Grosse Fatigue

style="text-align:center;" | 1996

| {{sortname|Jacques|Audiard}} & {{sortname|Alain|Le Henry|nolink=1}}

| {{sort|Self Made Hero|A Self Made Hero}}

| Un héros très discret

style="text-align:center;" | 1997

| {{sortname|James|Schamus}}

| colspan="2" | {{sort|Ice Storm|The Ice Storm}}

style="text-align:center;" | 1998

| {{sortname|Hal|Hartley}}

| colspan="2" | {{sort|Henry Fool|Henry Fool}}

style="text-align:center;" | 1999

| {{sortname|Yuri|Arabov}}

| {{sort|Moloch|Moloch}}

| Молох

= 2000s =

class="wikitable unsortable"

!scope="col" style="width:1%;" | Year

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| Screenwriter(s)

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| English Title

!scope="col" style="width:10%;" class="unsortable"|Original Title

style="text-align:center;" | 2000

| {{sortname|James|Flamberg|nolink=1}} & {{sortname|John C.|Richards|nolink=1}}

| colspan="2" | {{sort|Nurse Betty|Nurse Betty}}

style="text-align:center;" | 2001

| {{sortname|Danis|Tanović}}

| colspan="1" | {{sort|No Man's Land|No Man's Land}}

|Ničija zemlja / Ничија земља

style="text-align:center;" | 2002

| {{sortname|Paul|Laverty}}

| colspan="2" | {{sort|Sweet Sixteen|Sweet Sixteen}}

style="text-align:center;" | 2003

| {{sortname|Denys|Arcand}}

| {{sort|Barbarian Invasions|The Barbarian Invasions}}

| Les Invasions barbares

style="text-align:center;" | 2004

| {{sortname|Agnès|Jaoui}} & {{sortname|Jean-Pierre|Bacri}}

| {{sort|Look at Me|Look at Me}}

| Comme une image

style="text-align:center;" | 2005

| {{sortname|Guillermo|Arriaga}}

| colspan="2" | {{sort|Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada|The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada}}

style="text-align:center;" | 2006

| {{sortname|Pedro|Almodóvar}}

| colspan="2" | {{sort|Volver|Volver}}

style="text-align:center;" | 2007

| {{sortname|Fatih|Akin}}

| {{sort|Edge of Heaven|The Edge of Heaven}}

| Auf der anderen Seite

style="text-align:center;" | 2008

| {{sortname|Jean-Pierre & Luc|Dardenne|Dardenne brothers}}

| {{sort|Lorna's Silence|Lorna's Silence}}

| Le Silence de Lorna

style="text-align:center;" | 2009

| {{sortname|Mei|Feng||Mei, Feng}}

| {{sort|Spring Fever|Spring Fever}}

| 春風沉醉的夜晚

= 2010s =

class="wikitable unsortable"

!scope="col" style="width:1%;" | Year

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| Screenwriter(s)

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| English Title

!scope="col" style="width:10%;" class="unsortable"|Original Title

style="text-align:center;" | 2010

| {{sortname|Lee|Chang-dong||Lee, Chang-dong}}

| {{sort|Poetry|Poetry}}

| 시

style="text-align:center;" | 2011

| {{sortname|Joseph|Cedar}}

| {{sort|Footnote|Footnote}}

|הערת שוליים

style="text-align:center;" | 2012

| {{sortname|Cristian|Mungiu}} & {{sortname|Tatiana|Niculescu Bran}}

| {{sort|Beyond the Hills|Beyond the Hills}}

| După dealuri

style="text-align:center;" | 2013

| {{sortname|Jia|Zhangke||Jia, Zhangke}}

| {{sort|Touch of Sin|A Touch of Sin}}

| 天注定

style="text-align:center;" | 2014

| {{sortname|Andrey|Zvyagintsev}} & {{sortname|Oleg|Negin}}

| {{sort|Leviathan|Leviathan}}

| Левиафан

style="text-align:center;" | 2015

| {{sortname|Michel|Franco}}

| colspan="2" | {{sort|Chronic|Chronic}}

style="text-align:center;" | 2016

| {{sortname|Asghar|Farhadi}}

| {{sort|Salesman|The Salesman}}

| فروشنده

rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 2017

| {{sortname|Yorgos|Lanthimos}} & {{sortname|Efthymis|Filippou}}

| colspan="2" | {{sort|Killing of a Sacred Deer|The Killing of a Sacred Deer}}

{{sortname|Lynne|Ramsay}}

| colspan="2" | {{sort|You Were Never Really Here|You Were Never Really Here}}

rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 2018

| {{sortname|Jafar|Panahi}} & {{sortname|Nader|Saeivar|nolink=1}}

| {{sort|3 Faces|3 Faces}}

| سه رخ

{{sortname|Alice|Rohrwacher}}

| {{sort|Happy as Lazzaro|Happy as Lazzaro}}

| Lazzaro felice

style="text-align:center;" | 2019

| {{sortname|Céline|Sciamma}}

| {{sort|Portrait of a Lady on Fire|Portrait of a Lady on Fire}}

| Portrait de la jeune fille en feu

= 2020s =

class="wikitable unsortable"

!scope="col" style="width:1%;" | Year

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| Screenwriter(s)

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| English Title

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| Original Title

style="text-align:center;" | 2021

| {{sortname|Ryusuke|Hamaguchi}} & {{sortname|Takamasa|Oe|nolink=1}}

| {{sort|Drive My Car|Drive My Car}}[https://www.forbes.com/sites/sheenascott/2021/07/17/cannes-film-festival-2021-the-list-of-winners/ Cannes Film Festival 2021: The List of Winners – Forbes]

|ドライブ・マイ・カー

style="text-align:center;" | 2022

| {{sortname|Tarik|Saleh}}

| {{sort|Boy from Heaven|Boy from Heaven}}[https://variety.com/2022/film/news/cannes-film-festival-2022-winners-1235280493/ Cannes Film Festival 2022 Winners: Full List – Variety]

|صبي من الجنة

style="text-align:center;" | 2023

| {{sortname|Yuji|Sakamoto}}

| {{sort|Monster|Monster}}[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/cannes-2023-award-winners-1235500575/ Cannes 2023 Awards: Full Winners List – The Hollywood Reporter]

|怪物

2024

|Coralie Fargeat

| colspan="2" |The Substance[https://newsletter.oscars.org/news/post/2024-cannes-film-festival-winners-list-palme-dor Sean Baker's 'Anora' Wins Palme d'Or at 2024 Cannes Film Festival: See the Full Winners List|Academy.org][https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/2024/a-la-rencontre-des-laureats-du-77e-festival/ Meet the 77th Festival winners – Festival de Cannes]

References

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See also

Notes

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:A{{note|Award1|}}: This year the award received the name Prix du scénario original (Original Screenplay Award).

:B{{note|Award2|}}: This year the award received the name Prix du scénario et des dialogues au Festival International du Film (Screenplay and Dialogues Award).

:C{{note|Award3|}}: This year the award received the name Prix du meilleur scénario original (Best Original Screenplay Award).

{{refend}}

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External links

  • [http://www.festival-cannes.com/ Cannes Film Festival Official Website]
  • [https://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Cannes_Film_Festival/ Cannes Film Festival at IMDB] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100411022839/http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Cannes_Film_Festival/ |date=2010-04-11 }}.

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