The annual Writers’ Guild Awards honour the cream of British film writing in the Best Screenplay and Best First Screenplay categories, at a high-profile, red-carpet ceremony in central London each January.

Our Celebrating the writer series features interviews with the winning screenwriters, plus video clips of the awarded work.

2018 Writers’ Guild Awards

Best First Screenplay

Babak Anvari

Under The Shadow by Babak Anvari

(pictured left, centre)

Read our interview and watch a clip

 

 

 

Best Screenplay

Jonathan PereraMiss Sloane by Jonathan Perera

(pictured left)

Read our interview and watch a clip

 

 

 

Find out about the 2018 Writers’ Guild Award winners across other genres, including TV, theatre, books, radio, comedy and videogames.

Read a report from a previous Celebrating the writer event with Starred Up screenwriter and former Writers’ Guild Award winner Jonathan Asser.

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