AACTA_International_Award_for_Best_Screenplay
The AACTA International Award for Best Screenplay is an accolade given by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), a non-profit organisation whose aim is to "identify, award, promote, and celebrate Australia's greatest achievements in film and television".[1] The award is presented at the annual AACTA International Awards, which rewards achievements in feature films, regardless of the country the film was made.[2] The winners and nominees are determined by the international chapter of the academy, which comprises eighty members of Australian filmmakers and executives.[3]
| Best Screenplay AACTA International Award | |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Presented by | Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) |
| First awarded | 2012 |
| Currently held by | Tony McNamara, Poor Things (2023) |
| Website | http://www.aacta.org |
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The prize was first handed out at the 1st AACTA International Awards presentation, and awarded to George Clooney, Grant Heslov, and Beau Willimon for The Ides of March, and to J. C. Chandor for Margin Call.
In the following table, the winner is marked in a separate colour, and highlighted in boldface; the nominees are those that are not highlighted or in boldface.[4]
2010s
2020s
| Year | Film | Screenwriter(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (10th) | |||
| The Trial of the Chicago 7 | Aaron Sorkin | Original screenplay | |
| The Father | Florian Zeller, Christopher Hampton | Adaptation of the play Le Père by Florian Zeller | |
| Nomadland | Chloé Zhao | Adaptation of the book Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder | |
| Mank | Jack Fincher | Original screenplay | |
| Promising Young Woman | Emerald Fennell | ||
| 2021 (11th) | |||
| Being the Ricardos | Aaron Sorkin | Original screenplay | |
| Belfast | Kenneth Branagh | Original screenplay | |
| Licorice Pizza | Paul Thomas Anderson | ||
| Nitram | Shaun Grant | ||
| The Power of the Dog | Jane Campion | Adaptation of the book The Power of the Dog by Thomas Savage | |
| 2022 (12th) | |||
| The Banshees of Inisherin | Martin McDonagh | Original screenplay | |
| Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery | Rian Johnson | Based on the character Benoit Blanc by Rian Johnson | |
| Tár | Todd Field | Original screenplay | |
| Triangle of Sadness | Ruben Östlund | ||
| The Woman King | Dana Stevens and Maria Bello | ||
- "AACTA – The Academy". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Archived from the original on 24 June 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
- "AACTA – The Awards – AACTA International Awards". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 5 January 2014.
- "Australian Academy announces nominees for 3rd AACTA International Awards" (PDF). Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). 13 December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
- "AACTA International Award Nominees" (PDF). Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). 15 January 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2012.[dead link]