Best
Fact-Based
Screenplay
Drama • Nonfiction
Tom O'Connor
Details the SIS recruitment and exploits of British businessman Greville Wynne, who acted as a secret messenger to Russian spy asset Oleg Penkovsky in the early 1960s
Asghar Farhadi
Inspired by the documentary short All Winners, All Losers by Azadeh Masihzadeh • Fictionalized account of Mohammad Reza Shokri, featured in the documentary, who comes into possession of unclaimed money while on leave from debtor's prison
Oliver Hermanus & Jack Sidey
Based on the autobiographical novel by Andre Carl van der Merwe • Details the author's experience being a closeted homosexual while serving compulsory national service in the South African Defence Force during 1980s apartheid
Jasmila Žbanić
Depicts the events leading up to the 1995 Srebrenica Massacre during the Bosnian War, inspired by the firsthand experiences of UN interpreter Hasan Nuhanović
Steven Knight
Dramatization of events in life of Princess Diana during the Christmas of 1991 when she began considering a divorce and leaving the British Royal family