César Award for Best Original Screenplay
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.
1980s
The César Award for Best Writing was awarded from 1986 to 2005.
2000s
2010s
Year
|
Winners and nominees
|
Original title
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Writer(s)
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2010 (35th) |
A Prophet |
Un prophète |
Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Abdel Raouf Dafri and Nicolas Peufaillit
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In the Beginning |
À l'origine |
Xavier Giannoli
|
Skirt Day |
La Journée de la jupe |
Jean-Paul Lilienfeld
|
Welcome |
Philippe Lioret, Emmanuel Courcol and Olivier Adam
|
Le Concert |
Radu Mihăileanu and Alain-Michel Blanc
|
2011 (36th) |
The Names of Love |
Le Nom des gens |
Baya Kasmi and Michel Leclerc
|
On Tour |
Tournée |
Mathieu Amalric, Philippe Di Folco, Marcelo Novias Teles and Raphaëlle Valbrune
|
The Clink of Ice |
Le Bruit des glaçons |
Bertrand Blier
|
Of Gods and Men |
Des hommes et des dieux |
Étienne Comar and Xavier Beauvois
|
Mammuth |
Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern
|
2012 (37th) |
The Minister |
L'Exercice de l'État |
Pierre Schöller
|
Declaration of War |
La Guerre est déclarée |
Valérie Donzelli and Jérémie Elkaïm
|
The Artist |
Michel Hazanavicius
|
Polisse |
Maïwenn and Emmanuelle Bercot
|
The Intouchables |
Intouchables |
Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache
|
2013 (38th) |
Amour |
Michael Haneke
|
Holy Motors |
Leos Carax
|
Camille Rewinds |
Camille redouble |
Noémie Lvovsky, Florence Seyvos, Maud Ameline and Pierre-Olivier Mattei
|
Granny's Funeral |
Adieu Berthe, l'enterrement de mémé |
Bruno Podalydès and Denis Podalydès
|
A Few Hours of Spring |
Quelques heures de printemps |
Floence Vignon and Stéphane Brizé
|
2014 (39th) |
9 Month Stretch |
Neuf mois ferme |
Albert Dupontel
|
Suzanne |
Mariette Désert and Katell Quillévéré
|
The Past |
Le Passé |
Asghar Farhadi
|
Stranger by the Lake |
L'Inconnu du lac |
Alain Guiraudie
|
Cycling with Moliere |
Alceste à bicyclette |
Philippe Le Guay
|
2015 (40th) |
Timbuktu |
Abderrahmane Sissako and Kessen Tall
|
The Bélier Family |
La Famille Bélier |
Victoria Bedos, Stanislas Carré de Malberg, Eric Lartigau and Thomas Bidegain
|
Love at First Fight |
Les Combattants |
Thomas Cailley and Claude Le Pape
|
Hippocrates |
Hippocrate |
Thomas Lilti, Baya Kasmi, Julien Lilti and Pierre Chosson
|
Clouds of Sils Maria |
Sils Maria |
Olivier Assayas
|
2016 (41st)
|
Mustang |
Deniz Gamze Ergüven and Alice Winocour
|
Dheepan |
Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain and Noé Debré
|
Marguerite |
Xavier Giannoli
|
Standing Tall |
La Tête haute |
Emmanuelle Bercot and Marcia Romano
|
My Golden Days |
Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse |
Arnaud Desplechin and Julie Peyr
|
2017 (42nd)
|
The Aquatic Effect |
L'Effet aquatique |
Sólveig Anspach and Jean-Luc Gaget
|
Divines |
Romain Compingt, Houda Benyamina and Malik Rumeau
|
The Innocents |
Les Innocentes |
Sabrina B. Karine, Alice Vial, Pascal Bonitzer and Anne Fontaine
|
Slack Bay |
Ma Loute |
Bruno Dumont
|
In Bed with Victoria |
Victoria |
Justine Triet
|
2018 (43rd)
|
BPM (Beats per Minute) |
120 battements par minute |
Robin Campillo
|
Barbara |
Mathieu Amalric and Philippe Di Folco
|
Raw |
Grave |
Julia Ducournau
|
Bloody Milk |
Petit paysan |
Claude Le Pape and Hubert Charuel
|
C'est la vie! |
Le Sens de la fête |
Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache
|
2019 (44th)
|
Custody |
Jusqu'à la garde |
Xavier Legrand
|
The Trouble with You |
En liberté ! |
Pierre Salvadori, Benoît Graffin, Benjamin Charbit
|
Sink or Swim |
Le Grand Bain |
Gilles Lellouche, Ahmed Hamidi, Julien Lambroschini
|
Guy |
Alex Lutz, Anaïs Deban, Thibault Ségouin
|
In Safe Hands |
Pupille |
Jeanne Herry
|
2020s
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 一万夜を越えて Onoda: Ichimanya o Koete 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
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See also
References
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- Honorary Award
- Prix Daniel Toscan du Plantier
- Trophée César & Techniques
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