David di Donatello for Best Original Screenplay

{{Infobox award

| name = David di Donatello for Best Original Screenplay

| image =

| caption =

| awarded_for =

| presenter = Accademia del Cinema Italiano

| country = Italy

| year = 2017

| holder = Furio Andreotti, Giulia Calenda and Paola Cortellesi for There's Still Tomorrow (2024)

| website = {{URL|www.daviddidonatello.it}}

}}

The David di Donatello for Best Original Screenplay ({{langx|it|David di Donatello per la migliore sceneggiatura originale}}) is an award presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano since 2017. Together with the David di Donatello for Best Adapted Screenplay, it replaced the integrated David di Donatello for Best Screenplay (1975–2016).{{cite web|url=https://www.daviddidonatello.it/storia/cronologia.php|title=Chronology|website=daviddidonatello.it|publisher=Accademia del Cinema Italiano|language=it|access-date=24 April 2024}}{{cite magazine|last=Santoni|first=Simona|date=21 February 2017|title=David di Donatello 2017, tutte le candidature|url=https://www.panorama.it/david-donatello-2017-nomination|magazine=Panorama|language=it|access-date=24 April 2024}}

Winners and nominees

=2010s=

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width="100"\|Year !width="300"\|English title !width="300"\|Original title !width="300"\|Screenwriter(s)
style="background:#DDBF5F;" ! rowspan="6" align="center" \| 2017 (62nd){{cite news\|date=21 February 2017\|title=David di Donatello, la sfida è tra "Indivisibili" e "La pazza gioia"\|url=https://www.lastampa.it/spettacoli/cinema/2017/02/21/news/david-di-donatello-la-sfida-e-tra-indivisibili-e-la-pazza-gioia-1.34657576/\|newspaper=La Stampa\|language=it\|access-date=24 April 2024}}{{cite web\|url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/326274/\|title=Like Crazy triumphs at the David di Donatello Awards, scooping Best Film and Best Director\|last=Scarpa\|first=Vittoria\|date=28 March 2017\|website=Cineuropa\|access-date=24 April 2024}} \| *Indivisible* \| *Indivisibili* \| Nicola Guaglianone, Barbara Petronio and Edoardo De Angelis
At War with Love \| In guerra per amore \| Michele Astori, Pierfrancesco Diliberto and Marco Martani
The Confessions \| Le confessioni \| Roberto Andò and Angelo Pasquini
colspan="2" \| Fiore \| Claudio Giovannesi, Filippo Gravino and Antonella Lattanzi
Italian Race \| Veloce come il vento \| Filippo Gravino, Francesca Manieri and Matteo Rovere
Like Crazy \| La pazza gioia \| Paolo Virzì and Francesca Archibugi
style="background:#DDBF5F;" ! rowspan="5" align="center" \| 2018 (63rd){{cite magazine\|date=14 February 2018\|title=David di Donatello 2018, è l'anno di Napoli\|url=https://www.rollingstone.it/cinema-tv/news-cinema-tv/david-di-donatello-2018-e-lanno-di-napoli/402420/\|magazine=Rolling Stone Italia\|language=it\|access-date=24 April 2024}}{{cite news\|last=Ugolini\|first=Chiara\|date=21 March 2018\|title=David 2018 nel segno delle donne. Il miglior film è 'Ammore e malavita'\|url=https://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/cinema/2018/03/21/news/david_2018_-191886795/\|newspaper=la Repubblica\|language=it\|access-date=24 April 2024}} \| colspan="2" \| *Nico, 1988* \| Susanna Nicchiarelli
colspan="2" \| A Ciambra \| Jonas Carpignano
Friends by Chance \| Tutto quello che vuoi \| Francesco Bruni
The Girl in the Fog \| La ragazza nella nebbia \| Donato Carrisi
Love and Bullets \| Ammore e malavita \| Manetti Bros. and Michelangelo La Neve
style="background:#DDBF5F;" ! rowspan="5" align="center" \| 2019 (64th){{cite magazine\|date=19 February 2019\|title=David di Donatello 2019, 15 candidature per 'Dogman' di Matteo Garrone\|url=https://www.rollingstone.it/cinema-tv/news-cinema-tv/david-di-donatello-2019-tutte-le-candidature/446522/\|magazine=Rolling Stone Italia\|language=it\|access-date=24 April 2024}}{{cite magazine\|last=Anderson\|first=Ariston\|date=28 March 2019\|title='Dogman' Wins Big at Italy's David di Donatello Film Awards\|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/david-di-donatello-film-awards-2019-winners-1197683/\|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter\|access-date=24 April 2024}} \| colspan="2" \| *Dogman* \| Ugo Chiti, Massimo Gaudioso and Matteo Garrone
Boys Cry \| La terra dell'abbastanza \| Damiano and Fabio D'Innocenzo
Euphoria \| Euforia \| Francesca Marciano, Valia Santella and Valeria Golino
Happy as Lazzaro \| Lazzaro felice \| Alice Rohrwacher
On My Skin \| Sulla mia pelle \| Alessio Cremonini and Lisa Nur Sultan

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width="100"|Year

!width="300"|English title

!width="300"|Original title

!width="300"|Screenwriter(s)

style="background:#DDBF5F;"

! rowspan="6" align="center" | 2017
(62nd){{cite news|date=21 February 2017|title=David di Donatello, la sfida è tra "Indivisibili" e "La pazza gioia"|url=https://www.lastampa.it/spettacoli/cinema/2017/02/21/news/david-di-donatello-la-sfida-e-tra-indivisibili-e-la-pazza-gioia-1.34657576/|newspaper=La Stampa|language=it|access-date=24 April 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/326274/|title=Like Crazy triumphs at the David di Donatello Awards, scooping Best Film and Best Director|last=Scarpa|first=Vittoria|date=28 March 2017|website=Cineuropa|access-date=24 April 2024}}

| Indivisible

| Indivisibili

| Nicola Guaglianone, Barbara Petronio and Edoardo De Angelis

At War with Love

| In guerra per amore

| Michele Astori, Pierfrancesco Diliberto and Marco Martani

The Confessions

| Le confessioni

| Roberto Andò and Angelo Pasquini

colspan="2" | Fiore

| Claudio Giovannesi, Filippo Gravino and Antonella Lattanzi

Italian Race

| Veloce come il vento

| Filippo Gravino, Francesca Manieri and Matteo Rovere

Like Crazy

| La pazza gioia

| Paolo Virzì and Francesca Archibugi

style="background:#DDBF5F;"

! rowspan="5" align="center" | 2018
(63rd){{cite magazine|date=14 February 2018|title=David di Donatello 2018, è l'anno di Napoli|url=https://www.rollingstone.it/cinema-tv/news-cinema-tv/david-di-donatello-2018-e-lanno-di-napoli/402420/|magazine=Rolling Stone Italia|language=it|access-date=24 April 2024}}{{cite news|last=Ugolini|first=Chiara|date=21 March 2018|title=David 2018 nel segno delle donne. Il miglior film è 'Ammore e malavita'|url=https://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/cinema/2018/03/21/news/david_2018_-191886795/|newspaper=la Repubblica|language=it|access-date=24 April 2024}}

| colspan="2" | Nico, 1988

| Susanna Nicchiarelli

colspan="2" | A Ciambra

| Jonas Carpignano

Friends by Chance

| Tutto quello che vuoi

| Francesco Bruni

The Girl in the Fog

| La ragazza nella nebbia

| Donato Carrisi

Love and Bullets

| Ammore e malavita

| Manetti Bros. and Michelangelo La Neve

style="background:#DDBF5F;"

! rowspan="5" align="center" | 2019
(64th){{cite magazine|date=19 February 2019|title=David di Donatello 2019, 15 candidature per 'Dogman' di Matteo Garrone|url=https://www.rollingstone.it/cinema-tv/news-cinema-tv/david-di-donatello-2019-tutte-le-candidature/446522/|magazine=Rolling Stone Italia|language=it|access-date=24 April 2024}}{{cite magazine|last=Anderson|first=Ariston|date=28 March 2019|title='Dogman' Wins Big at Italy's David di Donatello Film Awards|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/david-di-donatello-film-awards-2019-winners-1197683/|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=24 April 2024}}

| colspan="2" | Dogman

| Ugo Chiti, Massimo Gaudioso and Matteo Garrone

Boys Cry

| La terra dell'abbastanza

| Damiano and Fabio D'Innocenzo

Euphoria

| Euforia

| Francesca Marciano, Valia Santella and Valeria Golino

Happy as Lazzaro

| Lazzaro felice

| Alice Rohrwacher

On My Skin

| Sulla mia pelle

| Alessio Cremonini and Lisa Nur Sultan

=2020s=

class="wikitable"
width="100"\|Year !width="300"\|English title !width="300"\|Original title !width="300"\|Screenwriter(s)
style="background:#DDBF5F;" ! rowspan="5" align="center" \| 2020 (65th){{cite magazine\|last=Santoni\|first=Simona\|date=19 February 2020\|title=David di Donatello 2020, tutte le candidature: domina Il traditore\|url=https://www.panorama.it/david-di-donatello-2020-tutte-le-candidature-domina-il-traditore\|magazine=Panorama\|language=it\|access-date=24 April 2024}}{{cite magazine\|last=Vivarelli\|first=Nick\|date=8 May 2020\|title=Marco Bellocchio's 'The Traitor' Dominates Italy's David di Donatello Awards\|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/marco-bellocchios-the-traitor-dominates-italys-david-awards-1234602211/\|magazine=Variety\|access-date=24 April 2024}} \| *The Traitor* \| *Il traditore* \| Marco Bellocchio, Ludovica Rampoldi, Valia Santella and Francesco Piccolo
colspan="2" \| Bangla \| Phaim Bhuiyan and Vanessa Picciarelli
The First King: Birth of an Empire \| Il primo re \| Filippo Gravino, Francesca Manieri and Matteo Rovere
The Goddess of Fortune \| La dea fortuna \| Gianni Romoli, Silvia Ranfagni and Ferzan Özpetek
colspan="2" \| Ricordi? \| Valerio Mieli
style="background:#DDBF5F;" ! rowspan="5" align="center" \| 2021 (66th){{cite magazine\|date=11 May 2021\|title=David di Donatello 2021: 'Volevo nascondermi' con Elio Germano sbanca\|url=https://www.rollingstone.it/cinema-tv/news-cinema-tv/david-di-donatello-2021-volevo-nascondermi-con-elio-germano-sbanca/561283/\|magazine=Rolling Stone Italia\|language=it\|access-date=24 April 2024}} \| colspan="2" \| *Figli* \| Mattia Torre
Bad Tales \| Favolacce \| Damiano and Fabio D'Innocenzo
Everything's Gonna Be Alright \| Cosa sarà \| Francesco Bruni, with the participation of Kim Rossi Stuart
Hidden Away \| Volevo nascondermi \| Giorgio Diritti and Tania Pedroni, with the collaboration of Fredo Valla
The Predators \| I predatori \| Pietro Castellitto
style="background:#DDBF5F;" ! rowspan="5" align="center" \| 2022 (67th){{cite magazine\|last=Armelli\|first=Paolo\|date=4 May 2022\|title=Chi ha vinto i David di Donatello 2022\|url=https://www.wired.it/article/david-di-donatello-2022-vincitori/\|magazine=Wired Italia\|language=it\|access-date=24 April 2024}} \| *The Inner Cage* \| *Ariaferma* \| Leonardo Di Costanzo, Bruno Oliviero and Valia Santella
colspan="2" \| A Chiara \| Jonas Carpignano
colspan="2" \| Freaks Out \| Nicola Guaglianone and Gabriele Mainetti
The Hand of God \| È stata la mano di Dio \| Paolo Sorrentino
The King of Laughter \| Qui rido io \| Mario Martone and Ippolita Di Majo
style="background:#DDBF5F;" ! rowspan="6" align="center" \| 2023 (68th){{cite web\|url=https://deadline.com/2023/05/david-di-donatello-awards-2023-full-nominees-and-winners-list-1235363091/\|title='The Eight Mountains', 'Exterior Night' Take Top Honors At Italy's David di Donatello Awards – Full Nominees and Winners List\|last=Goodfellow\|first=Melanie\|date=11 May 2023\|website=Deadline\|access-date=24 April 2024}} \| *Strangeness* \| *La stranezza* \| Roberto Andò, Ugo Chiti and Massimo Gaudioso
colspan="2" \| Chiara \| Susanna Nicchiarelli
Exterior Night \| Esterno notte \| Marco Bellocchio, Stefano Bises, Ludovica Rampoldi and Davide Serino
colspan="2" \| L'immensità \| Emanuele Crialese, Francesca Manieri and Vittorio Moroni
Lord of the Ants \| Il signore delle formiche \| Gianni Amelio, Edoardo Petti and Federico Fava
Never Too Late for Love \| Astolfo \| Gianni Di Gregorio and Marco Pettenello
style="background:#DDBF5F;" ! rowspan="5" align="center" \| 2024 (69th){{cite magazine\|last=Roxborough\|first=Scott\|date=3 May 2024\|title=Matteo Garrone's 'Io Capitano' Wins Italian Film Awards\|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2024-italian-film-award-winners-1235889566/\|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter\|access-date=3 May 2024}} \| *There's Still Tomorrow* \| *C'è ancora domani* \| Furio Andreotti, Giulia Calenda and Paola Cortellesi
A Brighter Tomorrow \| Il sol dell'avvenire \| Francesca Marciano, Nanni Moretti, Federica Pontremoli and Valia Santella
colspan="2" \| La chimera \| Alice Rohrwacher, Marco Pettenello and Carmela Covino
colspan="2" \| Io capitano \| Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso, Massimo Ceccherini and Andrea Tagliaferri
colspan="2" \| Palazzina Laf \| Maurizio Braucci and Michele Riondino

class="wikitable"

width="100"|Year

!width="300"|English title

!width="300"|Original title

!width="300"|Screenwriter(s)

style="background:#DDBF5F;"

! rowspan="5" align="center" | 2020
(65th){{cite magazine|last=Santoni|first=Simona|date=19 February 2020|title=David di Donatello 2020, tutte le candidature: domina Il traditore|url=https://www.panorama.it/david-di-donatello-2020-tutte-le-candidature-domina-il-traditore|magazine=Panorama|language=it|access-date=24 April 2024}}{{cite magazine|last=Vivarelli|first=Nick|date=8 May 2020|title=Marco Bellocchio's 'The Traitor' Dominates Italy's David di Donatello Awards|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/marco-bellocchios-the-traitor-dominates-italys-david-awards-1234602211/|magazine=Variety|access-date=24 April 2024}}

| The Traitor

| Il traditore

| Marco Bellocchio, Ludovica Rampoldi, Valia Santella and Francesco Piccolo

colspan="2" | Bangla

| Phaim Bhuiyan and Vanessa Picciarelli

The First King: Birth of an Empire

| Il primo re

| Filippo Gravino, Francesca Manieri and Matteo Rovere

The Goddess of Fortune

| La dea fortuna

| Gianni Romoli, Silvia Ranfagni and Ferzan Özpetek

colspan="2" | Ricordi?

| Valerio Mieli

style="background:#DDBF5F;"

! rowspan="5" align="center" | 2021
(66th){{cite magazine|date=11 May 2021|title=David di Donatello 2021: 'Volevo nascondermi' con Elio Germano sbanca|url=https://www.rollingstone.it/cinema-tv/news-cinema-tv/david-di-donatello-2021-volevo-nascondermi-con-elio-germano-sbanca/561283/|magazine=Rolling Stone Italia|language=it|access-date=24 April 2024}}

| colspan="2" | Figli

| Mattia Torre

Bad Tales

| Favolacce

| Damiano and Fabio D'Innocenzo

Everything's Gonna Be Alright

| Cosa sarà

| Francesco Bruni, with the participation of Kim Rossi Stuart

Hidden Away

| Volevo nascondermi

| Giorgio Diritti and Tania Pedroni, with the collaboration of Fredo Valla

The Predators

| I predatori

| Pietro Castellitto

style="background:#DDBF5F;"

! rowspan="5" align="center" | 2022
(67th){{cite magazine|last=Armelli|first=Paolo|date=4 May 2022|title=Chi ha vinto i David di Donatello 2022|url=https://www.wired.it/article/david-di-donatello-2022-vincitori/|magazine=Wired Italia|language=it|access-date=24 April 2024}}

| The Inner Cage

| Ariaferma

| Leonardo Di Costanzo, Bruno Oliviero and Valia Santella

colspan="2" | A Chiara

| Jonas Carpignano

colspan="2" | Freaks Out

| Nicola Guaglianone and Gabriele Mainetti

The Hand of God

| È stata la mano di Dio

| Paolo Sorrentino

The King of Laughter

| Qui rido io

| Mario Martone and Ippolita Di Majo

style="background:#DDBF5F;"

! rowspan="6" align="center" | 2023
(68th){{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/05/david-di-donatello-awards-2023-full-nominees-and-winners-list-1235363091/|title='The Eight Mountains', 'Exterior Night' Take Top Honors At Italy's David di Donatello Awards – Full Nominees and Winners List|last=Goodfellow|first=Melanie|date=11 May 2023|website=Deadline|access-date=24 April 2024}}

| Strangeness

| La stranezza

| Roberto Andò, Ugo Chiti and Massimo Gaudioso

colspan="2" | Chiara

| Susanna Nicchiarelli

Exterior Night

| Esterno notte

| Marco Bellocchio, Stefano Bises, Ludovica Rampoldi and Davide Serino

colspan="2" | L'immensità

| Emanuele Crialese, Francesca Manieri and Vittorio Moroni

Lord of the Ants

| Il signore delle formiche

| Gianni Amelio, Edoardo Petti and Federico Fava

Never Too Late for Love

| Astolfo

| Gianni Di Gregorio and Marco Pettenello

style="background:#DDBF5F;"

! rowspan="5" align="center" | 2024
(69th){{cite magazine|last=Roxborough|first=Scott|date=3 May 2024|title=Matteo Garrone's 'Io Capitano' Wins Italian Film Awards|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2024-italian-film-award-winners-1235889566/|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=3 May 2024}}

| There's Still Tomorrow

| C'è ancora domani

| Furio Andreotti, Giulia Calenda and Paola Cortellesi

A Brighter Tomorrow

| Il sol dell'avvenire

| Francesca Marciano, Nanni Moretti, Federica Pontremoli and Valia Santella

colspan="2" | La chimera

| Alice Rohrwacher, Marco Pettenello and Carmela Covino

colspan="2" | Io capitano

| Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso, Massimo Ceccherini and Andrea Tagliaferri

colspan="2" | Palazzina Laf

| Maurizio Braucci and Michele Riondino