The David di Donatello Award for Best Screenplay (Italian: David di Donatello per la migliore sceneggiatura) was a film award presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI, Academy of Italian Cinema) to recognize outstanding screenwriting in a film released in Italy during the year preceding the ceremony.
[1] The award was presented annually from 1975 to 2016, when it was split between the Original and Adapted Screenplay categories.
[1][2][3] Nominees and winners were selected via runoff voting by all the members of the Accademia.
[4] Below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by other nominees.
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