César Award for Best Original Screenplay
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| César Award for Best Original Screenplay | |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Presented by | Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma |
| First awarded | 1983—1985; 2006—present |
| Currently held by | Justine Triet and Arthur Harari for Anatomy of a Fall (2024) |
| Website | academie-cinema |
The César Award for Best Original Screenplay (French: César du meilleur scénario original) is an award presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma. It was initially awarded from 1983 to 1985, and then awarded again in 2006, when the original category (César Award for Best Writing) was split into two awards, the other being César Award for Best Adaptation.
Winners and Nominees
[edit]1980s
[edit]| Year | Winners and nominees | Original title | Writer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 (8th) |
The Return of Martin Guerre | Le Retour de Martin Guerre | Jean-Claude Carrière and Daniel Vigne |
| Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David? | Élie Chouraqui | ||
| La Balance | Mathieu Fabiani and Bob Swaim | ||
| A Good Marriage | Le Beau Mariage | Éric Rohmer | |
| 1984 (9th) |
The Wounded Man | L'Homme blessé | Patrice Chéreau and Hervé Guibert |
| Entre Nous | Coup de foudre | Diane Kurys and Alain Le Henry | |
| The ComDads | Les Compères | Francis Veber | |
| 1985 (10th) |
Our Story | Notre histoire | Bertrand Blier |
| Full Moon in Paris | Les Nuits de la pleine lune | Éric Rohmer | |
| My New Partner | Les Ripoux | Claude Zidi | |
The César Award for Best Writing was awarded from 1986 to 2005.
2000s
[edit]| Year | Winners and nominees | Original title | Writer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 (31st) |
Live and Become | Va, vis et deviens | Alain-Michel Blanc and Radu Mihaileanu |
| The Child | L'enfant | Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne | |
| Hidden | Caché | Michael Haneke | |
| Merry Christmas | Joyeux Noël | Christian Carion | |
| The Young Lieutenant | Le petit lieutenant | Xavier Beauvois, Guillaume Bréaud and Jean-Eric Troubat | |
| 2007 (32nd) |
Days of Glory | Indigènes | Rachid Bouchareb and Olivier Lorelle |
| Jean-Philippe | Laurent Tuel and Christophe Turpin | ||
| Orchestra Seats (a.k.a. Avenue Montaigne) | Fauteuils d'orchestre | Christopher and Danièle Thompson | |
| When I Was a Singer (a.k.a. The Singer) | Quand j'étais chanteur | Xavier Giannoli | |
| You Are So Beautiful | Je vous trouve très beau | Isabelle Mergault | |
| 2008 (33rd) |
The Secret of the Grain | La graine et la mulet | Abdellatif Kechiche |
| 2 Days in Paris | Julie Delpy | ||
| Molière | Laurent Tirard and Grégoire Vigneron | ||
| Those Who Remain | Ceux qui restent | Anne Le Ny | |
| La Vie en Rose | La môme | Olivier Dahan | |
| 2009 (34th) |
Séraphine | Marc Abdelnour and Martin Provost | |
| A Christmas Tale | Un conte de Noël | Emmanuel Bourdieu and Arnaud Desplechin | |
| The First Day of the Rest of Your Life | Le premier jour du reste de ta vie | Rémi Bezançon | |
| I've Loved You So Long | Il y a longtemps que je t'aime | Philippe Claudel | |
| Welcome to the Sticks | Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis | Dany Boon, Alexandre Charlot and Franck Magnier | |
2010s
[edit]2020s
[edit]| Year | Winners and nominees | Original title | Writer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (45th) |
La Belle Époque | Nicolas Bedos | |
| By the Grace of God | Grâce à Dieu | François Ozon | |
| The Specials | Hors normes | Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache | |
| Les Misérables | Ladj Ly, Giordano Gederlini and Alexis Manenti | ||
| Portrait of a Lady on Fire | Portrait de la jeune fille en feu | Céline Sciamma | |
| 2021 (46th) [1] |
Bye Bye Morons | Adieu les cons | Albert Dupontel |
| My Donkey, My Lover & I | Antoinette dans les Cévennes | Caroline Vignal | |
| Love Affair(s) | Les Choses qu'on dit, les choses qu'on fait | Emmanuel Mouret | |
| Two of Us | Deux | Filippo Meneghetti and Malysone Bovorashy | |
| Delete History | Effacer l'historique | Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kerven | |
| 2022 (47th) |
Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle | Onoda, 10 000 nuits dans la jungle | Arthur Harari and Vincent Poymiro |
| Aline | Valérie Lemercier and Brigitte Buc | ||
| Annette | Leos Carax, Ron Mael and Russell Mael | ||
| Black Box | Boîte noire | Yann Gozlan, Simon Moutaïrou, and Nicolas Bouvet-Levrard | |
| The Divide | La Fracture | Catherine Corsini, Laurette Polmanss, and Agnès Feuvre | |
| 2023 (48th) |
The Innocent | L'innocent | Louis Garrel, Tanguy Viel and Naïla Guiguet |
| Full Time | À plein temps | Éric Gravel | |
| Forever Young | Les Amandiers | Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Noémie Lvovsky, Agnes de Sacy | |
| Rise | En corps | Cedric Klapisch, Santiago Amigorena | |
| Saint Omer | Alice Diop, Amrita David and Marie NDiaye | ||
| 2024[2] | Anatomy of a Fall | Anatomie d'une chute | Justine Triet and Arthur Harari |
| All Your Faces | Je verrai toujours vos visages | Jeanne Herry | |
| The Animal Kingdom | Le Règne animal | Thomas Cailley and Pauline Munier | |
| The Goldman Case | Le Procès Goldman | Cédric Kahn and Nathalie Hertzberg | |
| Junkyard Dog | Chien de la casse | Jean-Baptiste Durand | |
| 2025 | Borgo | Stéphane Demoustier | |
| Holy Cow | Vingt Dieux | Louise Courvoisier and Théo Abadie | |
| The Marching Band | En Fanfare | Emmanuel Courcol and Irène Muscari | |
| Misericordia | Miséricorde | Alain Guiraudie | |
| Souleymane's Story | L'Histoire de Souleymane | Boris Lojkine and Delphine Agut | |
See also
[edit]- César Award for Best Adaptation
- César Award for Best Writing
- Lumière Award for Best Screenplay
- Magritte Award for Best Screenplay
- Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
- Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
- BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
- BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay