The Best Screenplay Award is an annual award presented for best screenwriting achievements in a feature film in the official competition section of the Venice Film Festival. It was introduced in 1937
2025 co-recipient: Valérie Donzelli
Alfonso Cuarón won for Y tu mamá también
Martin McDonagh won twice, for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and The Banshees of Inisherin
Rakhshān Banietemad won for Tales
The 79th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 31 August to 10 September 2022, at Venice Lido in Italy.
Official festival poster by Lorenzo Mattotti
Laura Poitras, Golden Lion winner