The César Award for Best Adaptation () is an award presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma. It was initially awarded from 1983 to 1985, and then awarded again in 2006, when the original category (César Award for Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation) was split into two awards, the other being César Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Winners and nominees
1980s YearWinners and nomineesOriginal titleWriter(s)1983(8th)L'Étoile du NordJean Aurenche, Pierre Granier-Deferre and Michel GrisoliaDantonJean-Claude Carrière and Jacek GasiorowskiLes MisérablesAlain Decaux and Robert HosseinHécateHécate, maîtresse de la nuit Pascal Jardin and Daniel Schmid 1984(9th)One Deadly SummerL'Été meurtrierSébastien JaprisotFor Those I LovedAu nom de tous les miens Robert Enrico So Long, StoogeTchao Pantin Claude Berri and Alain Page1985(10th)A Sunday in the CountryUn dimanche à la campagneBertrand Tavernier and Colo TavernierLe Bon PlaisirFrancis Girod and Françoise Giroud The Public WomanLa Femme publique Dominique Garnier and Andrzej Żuławski
The César Award for Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation was awarded from 1986 to 2005.
2000s YearWinners and nomineesOriginal titleWriter(s)2006(31st)The Beat That My Heart SkippedDe battre mon cœur s'est arrêtéJacques Audiard and Tonino BenacquistaThe AxeLe couperetCosta-Gavras and Jean-Claude Grumberg In His HandsEntre ses mainsAnne Fontaine and Julien BoiventGabriellePatrice Chéreau and Anne-Louise Trividic The Last MitterrandLe promeneur du Champ-de-MarsGeorges-Marc Benamou and Gilles Taurand2007(32nd)Lady ChatterleyRoger Bohbot, Pascale Ferran and Pierre TrividicDon't Worry, I'm FineJe vais bien, ne t'en fais pasPhilippe Lioret and Olivier AdamOSS 117: Cairo, Nest of SpiesOSS 117: Le Caire, nid d'espionsJean-François Halin and Michel Hazanavicius Private Fears in Public PlacesCœursJean-Michel RibesTell No OneNe le dis à personneGuillaume Canet and Philippe Lefèbvre2008(33rd)PersepolisVincent Paronnaud and Marjane SatrapiDarlingChristine CarrièreThe Diving Bell and the ButterflyLe scaphandre et le papillonRonald HarwoodHunting and GatheringEnsemble, c'est toutClaude BerriA SecretUn secretNathalie Carter and Claude Miller2009(34th)The ClassEntre les mursFrançois Bégaudeau, Robin Campillo and Laurent CantetThe Beautiful PersonLa belle personneChristophe Honoré and Gilles TaurandCrime Is Our BusinessLe crime est notre affaireFrançois Caviglioli and Pascal Thomas Love Me No MoreDeux jours à tuerÉric Assous, Jérôme Beaujour, Jean Becker and François d'ÉpenouxPublic Enemy Number One: Part 1 and 2L'instinct de mort and L'ennemi public n°1Abdel Raouf Dafri and Jean-François Richet
2010s YearWinners and nomineesOriginal titleWriter(s)2010(35th)Mademoiselle ChambonStéphane Brizé and Florence VignonCoco Before ChanelCoco avant ChanelAnne Fontaine and Camille FontaineOne for the RoadLe Dernier pour la routePhilippe Godeau and Agnès De SacyLe Petit NicolasLaurent Tirard and Grégoire VigneronWild GrassLes Herbes follesAlex Reval and Laurent Herbiet2011(36th)The Ghost WriterRobert Harris and Roman PolanskiThe TreeL'ArbreJulie Bertuccelli The Princess of MontpensierLa Princesse de MontpensierJean Cosmos, Francois-Olivier Rousseau and Bertrand Tavernier L'Homme qui voulait vivre sa vieÉric Lartigau and Laurent de BartillatPoticheFrançois Ozon2012(37th)CarnageRoman Polanski and Yasmina RezaDelicacyLa délicatesseDavid Foenkinos GuiltyPrésumé coupableVincent GarenqOmar Killed MeOmar m'a tuerOlivier Gorce, Roschdy Zem, Rachid Bouchareb and Olivier LorelleRebellionL'Ordre et la MoraleMathieu Kassovitz, Pierre Geller and Benoît Jaubert2013(38th)Rust and BoneDe rouille et d'osJacques Audiard and Thomas BidegainOne Night38 témoinsLucas Belvaux What's in a Name?Le prénomMatthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de la PatellièreIn the HouseDans la maisonFrançois OzonFarewell, My QueenLes Adieux à la reineGilles Taurand and Benoît Jacquot2014(39th)Me, Myself and MumLes Garçons et Guillaume, à table!Guillaume GallienneThe French MinisterQuai d'OrsayAntonin Baudry, Christophe Blain and Bertrand TavernierJimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains IndianJimmy P.Arnaud Desplechin, Kent Jones and Julie PeyrVenus in FurLa Vénus à la fourrureDavid Ives and Roman PolanskiBlue Is the Warmest ColourLa Vie d'Adèle – Chapitres 1 & 2Abdellatif Kechiche and Ghalia Lacroix2015(40th)DiplomacyDiplomatieCyril Gely, Volker SchlöndorffThe Blue RoomLa Chambre bleueMathieu Amalric, Stéphanie CléauLulu femme nueSólveig Anspach, Jean-Luc GagetNot My TypePas son genreLucas BelvauxNext Time I'll Aim for the HeartLa Prochaine fois je viserai le cœurCédric Anger2016(41st)FatimaPhilippe FauconL'Affaire SK1David Oelhoffen and Frédéric TellierMacadam Stories Asphalte Samuel BenchetritThe Clearstream AffairL'EnquêteStéphane Cabel and Vincent GarenqDiary of a Chambermaid Journal d'une femme de chambre Benoît Jacquot and Hélène Zimmer2017(42nd)My Life as a Courgette Ma vie de Courgette Céline SciammaElleDavid Birke150 Milligrams La Fille de Brest Séverine Bosschem and Emmanuelle BercotFrantzFrançois OzonFrom the Land of the Moon Mal de pierres Nicole Garcia and Jacques FieschiHeal the Living Réparer les vivants Katell Quillévéré and Gilles Taurand2018(43rd)See You Up There Au Revoir là-haut Albert Dupontel and Pierre LemaitreThe Guardians Les GardiennesXavier Beauvois, Frédérique Moreau and Marie-Julie MaillePatients Grand Corps Malade and Fadette DrouardPromise at Dawn La Promesse de l'aubeÉric Barbier and Marie EynardRedoubtable Le Redoutable Michel Hazanavicius2019(44th) Little Tickles Les Chatouilles Andréa Bescond, Éric Métayer The Sisters Brothers Les Frères Sisters Jacques Audiard, Thomas BidegainMademoiselle de Joncquières Emmanuel Mouret An Impossible Love Un amour impossible Catherine Corsini, Laurette Polmanss Memoir of War La Douleur Emmanuel Finkiel
2020s YearWinners and nomineesOriginal titleWriter(s)2020(45th)An Officer and a Spy J'accuse Roman Polanski and Robert HarrisAdults in the Room Costa-Gavras I Lost My Body J'ai perdu mon corps Jérémy Clapin and Guillaume Laurant Oh Mercy! Roubaix, une lumière Arnaud Desplechin and Léa Mysius Only the Animals Seules les bêtes Dominik Moll and Gilles Marchand 2021(46th)The Girl with a BraceletLa Fille au bracelet Stéphane Demoustier Wasp Network Cuban Network Olivier Assayas Mama Weed La Daronne Hannelore Cayre and Jean-Paul Salomé Summer of 85 Été 85 François Ozon Small Country: An African Childhood Petit Pays Éric Barbier2022(47th)Lost Illusions Illusions perdues Xavier Giannoli and Jacques Fieschi The Accusation Les Choses humaines Yaël Langmann and Yvan Attal Happening L'événement Audrey Diwan and Marcia Romano Hold Me Tight Serre moi fort Mathieu Amalric Paris, 13th District Les Olympiades Jacques Audiard, Céline Sciamma and Léa Mysius2023(48th)The Night of the 12th La Nuit du 12 Gilles Marchand and Dominik Moll Final Cut Coupez! Michel Hazanavicius Undercover Enquête sur un scandale d'État Thierry de Peretti and Jeanne Aptekman2024(49th)Just the Two of Us L'Amour et les Forêts Valérie Donzelli and Audrey Diwan Consent Le Consentement Vanessa Filho Last Summer L'Été dernier Catherine Breillat2025(50th) Emilia PérezJacques Audiard with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius and Nicolas LivecchiThe Count of Monte CristoLe Comte de Monte-CristoMatthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La PatellièreThe Most Precious of CargoesLa Plus Précieuse des marchandisesMichel Hazanavicius and Jean-Claude Grumberg2026(51st) The Ties That Bind Us L'Attachement Carine Tardieu, Raphaële Moussafir, Agnès Feuvre The Great Arch L'Inconnu de la Grande Arche Stéphane Demoustier The Little Sister La Petite Dernière Hafsia Herzi
See also César Award for Best Original Screenplay César Award for Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation Magritte Award for Best Screenplay Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay
References
External links Official website César Award for Best Adaptation at AlloCiné