Best
Fact-Based
Screenplay
Drama • Nonfiction
Isabel Peña & Rodrigo Sorogoyen
Fictionalized account of real events that occurred in Spain to a Dutch couple, Martin Verfondern and Margo Pool, who came into conflict with resentful neighbors
Matt Ruskin
Chronicles the efforts of Loretta McLaughlin and Jean Cole, reporters with the Boston Record American, who covered the Boston Strangler murders in the 1960s
Gilles Marchand & Dominik Moll
Based in part on the nonfiction book 18.3 – Une année à la PJ by Pauline Guéna • Loosely inspired by a real unsolved murder case detailed in the book
Sofia Coppola
Based on the memoir Elvis and Me by Priscilla Presley with Sandra Harmon • Chronicles the courtship and marriage between Priscilla Beaulieu and Elvis Presley
Alice Diop, Amrita David & Marie NDiaye
Inspired by the real-life trial of Fabienne Kabou, accused of drowning her infant, which Diop attended firsthand