The award, including a cheque for 10.000 EUR, was presented on 24 May during the Cannes Film Festival by the ScripTeast Artistic Board which includes Doreen Boonekamp, Sandy Lieberson, Antonio Saura, Manfred Schmidt, and Simon Perry, along with longtime heads of studies Christian Routh and Gyula Gazdag.

The winner was chosen from the ten screenplays from ten Central and Eastern European countries that took part in the 16th edition.

Projects featured in the 16th edition of ScripTeast:

A Child Made to Order
By Patricia Ryczko (Poland)

China Sea
By Saule Bliuvaite and Jurgis Matulevicius (Lithuania)

The Ferryman
By Jan Koos (Slovakia)

K O B O L D
By Bodo Kox (Poland)

On the Edge
By Jakub Votypka (Czech Republic)

Our Place Is Outer Space
By Daniel Daoud and Simon Szabo (Hungary)

Princess Maya
By Margo Zubashvili (Georgia)

Red
By Liviu Sandulescu and Iulia Lumanare (Romania)

Washed and Buried
By Martin Turk (Slovenia) and Fabrizio Bozzetti (Italy)

Yurki
By Vlada Senkova and Larisa Oleinik (Belarus)

The programme of the 16th edition of ScripTeast began in October last year with a week-long workshop that included individual meetings with world-famous screenwriters, directors and producers, followed by individual online consultations. In February this year, the screenwriters participated in online sessions at the Berlinale. The final session of this cycle was concluded during the Cannes Film Festival. ScripTeast is organised by Polish Independent Film Foundation