List of screenwriting awards for film

World Cinema Screenwriting Award 2012, Sundance Awards Ceremony

This list of screenwriting awards for film is an index to articles on notable awards given for film screenwriting. The list is organized by region and country of the awards venue or sponsor, but winners are not necessarily restricted to people from that country.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

## Americas

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Canada | Canadian Screen Award for Best Screenplay | Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television | Part of the Canadian Screen Awards[1]
Canada | WGC Screenwriting Awards | Writers Guild of Canada | [2]
United States | Academy Award for Best Story | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | given from the beginning of the Academy Awards in 1929 until 1956
United States | Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | [3]
United States | Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | [4]
United States | Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Woman Screenwriter | Alliance of Women Film Journalists | [5]
United States | Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay | Boston Society of Film Critics | The Society does not distinguish between original screenplays and adaptation for their Best Screenplay award.[6]
United States | Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Adapted Screenplay | Chicago Film Critics Association | [7]
United States | Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Screenplay | Chicago Film Critics Association | [8]
United States | Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay | Chicago Film Critics Association | [citation needed]
United States | Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Screenplay | Broadcast Film Critics Association | [9]
United States | Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay | Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | [10]
United States | Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay | Florida Film Critics Circle | [citation needed]
United States | Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | [11]
United States | Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Screenplay | Gotham Awards | [12]
United States | Hollywood Screenwriter Award | Hollywood Film Festival | [13]
United States | Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Screenplay | Houston Film Critics Society | [14]
United States | Humanitas Prize | Humanitas | To promote human dignity, meaning, and freedom[15]
United States | Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay | Independent Spirit Awards | [16]
United States | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay | Los Angeles Film Critics Association | [citation needed]
United States | National Board of Review Award for Best Adapted Screenplay | National Board of Review | [17]
United States | National Board of Review Award for Best Original Screenplay | National Board of Review | [18]
United States | National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay | National Society of Film Critics | [19]
United States | New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay | New York Film Critics Circle | [citation needed]
United States | Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Adapted Screenplay | Online Film Critics Society | [20]
United States | Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Screenplay | Online Film Critics Society | [20]
United States | San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Adapted Screenplay | San Diego Film Critics Society | [21]
United States | San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Screenplay | San Diego Film Critics Society | [21]
United States | San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Award for Best Adapted Screenplay | San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle |
United States | San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Award for Best Original Screenplay | San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle |
United States | Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay | International Press Academy |
United States | Satellite Award for Best Original Screenplay | International Press Academy |
United States | St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay | St. Louis Film Critics Association |
United States | USC Scripter Award | University of Southern California |
United States | Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Adapted Screenplay | Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association |
United States | Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Screenplay | Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association |
United States | Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay | Writers Guild of America |
United States | Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay | Writers Guild of America |

## Asia

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China | Golden Rooster Award for Best Writing | Golden Rooster Awards | [22][23]
China | Huabiao Award for Outstanding Writer | Huabiao Awards | [24]
India | Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay | Filmfare magazine | Hindi[25]
India  | Nandi Award for Best Screenplay Writer | Nandi Awards | Telugu[26]
India  | Santosham Best Screenplay Award | Santosham Film Awards | Telugu[27]
India | Karnataka State Film Award for Best Dialogue | Government of Karnataka | [28][29][30]
India | Nandi Award for Best Dialogue Writer | Nandi Awards | Telugu[31]
India | National Film Award for Best Screenplay | National Film Awards | [32][33][34]
India  | Nandi Award for Best Story Writer | Nandi Awards | Telugu
Iran | Crystal Simorgh for Best Screenplay | Fajr International Film Festival |
Japan | Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Screenplay | Blue Ribbon Awards | [35][36]
Japan | Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay | Mainichi Film Awards | .[37][38]
Macau | Golden Lotus Award for Best Writing | Macau International Movie Festival | [39]
South Korea | Baeksang Arts Awards for Best Screenplay (Film) | Baeksang Arts Awards | [40][41][42]

## Europe

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Belgium | Magritte Award for Best Screenplay | Académie André Delvaux | One of the Magritte Awards[43]
Croatia | Golden Arena for Best Screenplay | Pula Film Festival | [44]
Czech Republic | Czech Lion Award for Best Screenplay | Czech Lion Awards | [45]
France | Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay | Cannes Film Festival | [46]
France | César Award for Best Adaptation | Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma | [47]
France | César Award for Best Original Screenplay | Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma | [48]
France | César Award for Best Writing | Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma | [49]
France | Lumières Award for Best Screenplay | Académie des Lumières | [50]
France | Prix Jacques Prévert du Scénario | French Screenwriters Guild | [51]
Germany | Bavarian Film Awards (Best Screenplay) | Bavarian Film Awards | [52]
Germany | Silver Bear for Best Screenplay | Berlin International Film Festival  | [53]
Italy | David di Donatello for Best Screenplay | Accademia del Cinema Italiano | [54][55]
Italy | Nastro d'Argento for Best Screenplay | Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani | [56][57]
Netherlands | Golden Calf for Best Script | Netherlands Film Festival | [58]
Spain | Goya Award for Best Adapted Screenplay | Goya Awards | [59]
Spain | Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay | Goya Awards | [59]
Sweden | Guldbagge Award for Best Screenplay | Swedish Film Institute | [60]
United Kingdom | London Film Critics' Circle Award for Screenwriter of the Year | London Film Critics' Circle | [61]

## Oceania

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Australia | AACTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay | Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts | [62]
Australia | AACTA Award for Best Original Screenplay | Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts | [62]
Australia | AACTA International Award for Best Screenplay | Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts | [63]
Australia | Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Screenplay | Asia Pacific Screen Awards | [64]
Australia | Australian Film Institute Award for Best Screenplay | Australian Film Institute | [65][66]

## See also

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* Screenwriting
* Lists of awards
* List of film awards
* List of writing awards

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