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This is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Writing (French: César du meilleur scénario).

[edit] Winners and nominees

[edit] Writing – Adaptation or Original

[edit] 2000–2004

Year	Winners and nominees	Original title	Writer(s)
2000	The Taste of Others	Le goût des autres	Jean-Pierre Bacri and Agnès Jaoui
	Harry, He's Here to Help	Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien	Gilles Marchand and Dominik Moll
	Human Resources	Ressources humaines	Laurent Cantet and Gilles Marchand
	A Question of Taste	Une affaire de goût	Bernard Rapp and Gilles Taurand
	Saint-Cyr		Patricia Mazuy and Yves Thomas
2001	Read My Lips	Sur mes lèvres	Jacques Audiard and Tonio Benacquista
	Amélie (nominated for the Academy Award)	Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain	Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Guillaume Laurant
	Chaos		Coline Serreau
	No Man's Land		Danis Tanovic
	The Officers' Ward	La chambre des officiers	François Dupeyron
2002	Amen.		Costa-Gavras
	8 Women	8 femmes	François Ozon and Marina de Van
	he Pianist		Ronald Harwood
	The Spanish Apartment	L'auberge espagnole	Cédric Klapisch
	Summer Things	Embrassez qui vous voudrez	Michel Blanc
2003	The Barbarian Invasions (nominated for the Academy Award)	Les invasions barbares	Denys Arcand
	Bon voyage		Patrick Modiano and Jean-Paul Rappeneau
	Fear and Trembling	Stupeur et tremblements	Alain Corneau
	One: On the Run Two: An Amazing Couple Three: After Life	Cavale Un couple épatant Après la vie	Lucas Belvaux
	Since Otar Left	Depuis qu'Otar est parti...	Julie Bertucelli, Roger Bohbot and Bernard Renucci
2004	Games of Love and Chance	L'esquive	Abdel Kechiche and Ghalia Lacroix
	Department 36	36 Quai des Orfèvres	Franck Mancuso, Olivier Marchal and Julien Rappeneau
	Kings and Queen	Rois et reine	Roger Bohbot and Arnaud Desplechin
	Look at Me	Comme une image	Jean-Pierre Bacri and Agnès Jaoui
	A Very Long Engagement	Un long dimanche de fiançailles	Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Guillaume Laurant

In 1984 and 1985, and then again from 2006, there were two best writing Césars: one for best original writing, and one for best adaptation.

[edit] Writing – Original

[edit] 2005–

Year	Winners and nominees	Original title	Writer(s)
2005	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
2006	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
2007	The Secret of the Grain	La graine et la mulet	Abdel 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
2008	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

[edit] Writing – Adaptation

[edit] 2005–

Year	Winners and nominees	Original title	Writer(s)
2005	The Beat That My Heart Skipped	De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté	Jacques Audiard and Tonino Benacquista
	The Axe	Le couperet	Costa-Gavras and Jean-Claude Grumberg
	In His Hands	Entre ses mains	Anne Fontaine and Julien Boivent
	Gabrielle		Patrice Chéreau and Anne-Louise Trividic for
	The Last Mitterrand	Le promeneur du Champ-de-Mars	Xavier Beauvois, Guillaume Bréaud and Jean-Eric Troubat
2006	Lady Chatterley		Roger Bohbot, Pascale Ferran andPierre Trividic
	Don't Worry, I'm Fine	Je vais bien, ne t'en fais pas	Philippe Liorand and Olivier Adam
	OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies	OSS 117: Le Caire, nid d'espions	Jean-François Halin and Michel Hazanavicius for
	Private Fears in Public Places	Cœurs	Jean-Michel Ribes
	Tell No One	Ne le dis à personne	Guillaume Canand and Philippe Lefèbvre for
2007	Persepolis		Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi
	Darling		Christine Carrière
	The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (nominated for the Academy Award)	Le scaphandre et le papillon	Ronald Harwood
	Hunting and Gathering	Ensemble, c'est tout	Claude Berri
	A Secret	Un secret	Nathalie Carter and Claude Miller
2008	The Class	Entre les murs	François Bégaudeau, Robin Campillo and Laurent Cantet
	The Beautiful Person	La belle personne	Christophe Honoré and Gilles Taurand
	Crime Is Our Business	Le crime est notre affaire	François Caviglioli and Pascal Thomas
	Love Me No More	Deux jours à tuer	Eric Assous, Jérôme Beaujour, Jean Becker and François d'Épenoux
	Public Enemy Number One: Part 1 and 2	L'instinct de mort and L'ennemi public n°1	Abdel Raouf Dafri and Jean-François Richet

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