The Goya Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (

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''Premio Goya al mejor guión adaptado'') is one of the

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, Spain's principal national film awards. For the first two editions of the

, only one award for screenplays was presented which included both original and adapted screenplays, with both winners being adaptations, ''

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'' in 1986 (based on the novel of the same name by

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) and ''

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'' (based on the eponymous novel by

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) in 1987. Since the third edition, two awards are presented separately,

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and Best Adapted Screenplay. Rafael Azcona has received this award four times, more than any other nominee, winning for ''

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'' (1990) with

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, ''

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'' (1993) with

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, '' Butterfly's Tongue'' (1999) with Manuel Rivas and

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and '' The Blind Sunflowers'' (2008) with

Winners and nominees

1980s

; Best Screenplay ; Best Adapted Screenplay Fernando Trueba Press Conference The Queen of Spain Berlinale 2017

(Pilar Miró) Rosa Conde en la toma de posesión del director general de TVE

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

References

External links

Official siteIMDb: Goya Awards
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Adapted Screenplay A film adaptation is the transfer of a work or story, in whole or in part, to a feature film. Although often considered a type of derivative work, film adaptation has been conceptualized recently by academic scholars such as Robert Stam as a dial ...

Screenwriting awards for film