Dogman and Cold War were among the films that had dominated the nominations going into Saturday evenings ceremony in Seville, Spain, along with Girl, Alice Rohrwachers Happy as Lazzaro and Ali Abbasis Border. All of those titles world-premiered in Cannes, where Pawlikowski won the award
EUROPEAN SCREENWRITERAli Abbasi, Isabelle Eklof & John Ajvide Lindqvist, BorderPawel Pawlikowski, Cold WarMatteo Garrone, Ugo Chiti, Massimo Gaudioso, DogmanAlice Rorhwacher, Happy As LazzaroGustav Moller & Emil Nygaard Albertsen, The Guilty