Citra Award for Best Original Screenplay

The Citra Award for Best Original Screenplay (Indonesian: Piala Citra untuk Penulis Skenario Asli Terbaik) is an award presented annually at the Indonesian Film Festival since 2006. Together with the Citra Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, it replaced the integrated Citra Award for Best Screenplay.

Citra Award for Best Original Screenplay
Country	Indonesia
Presented by	Indonesian Film Festival
First award	2006
Currently held by	Yandy Laurens for Falling In Love Like In Movies (2024)
Website	festivalfilm.id

In 2019, Gina S. Noer became the first person to win both Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay in the same year for her work on Cemara's Family and Two Blue Stripes.^[1]

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first in the colored row and denoted by double dagger (‡), followed by the other nominees.

2000s

Year	Film	Screenwriter(s)
2006 (26th) [2]	Denias, Senandung Di Atas Awan	Jeremias Nyangoen, Masree Ruliat, Monty Tiwa, and John de Rantau ‡
	Ekskul	Eka D. Sitorus
	Garasi	Prima Rusdi
	Mendadak Dangdut	Monty Tiwa
	Ruang	Teddy Soeriaatmadja and Adi Nugroho
2007 (27th)	—[note 1]
2008 (28th)
2009 (29th) [3]	Cin(T)a	Sally Anom Sari and Sammaria Simanjuntak ‡
	Garuda di Dadaku	Salman Aristo
	Identitas	Aria Kusumadewa
	Jagad X Code	Armantono
	Ruma Maida	Ayu Utami

2010s

Year	Film	Screenwriter(s)
2010 (30th) [4]	How Funny (This Country Is)	Musfar Yasin ‡
	3 Hati Dua Dunia, Satu Cinta	Benni Setiawan
	7 Hearts 7 Loves 7 Women	Robby Ertanto
	Hari untuk Amanda	Salman Aristo and Gina S. Noer
	I Know What You Did on Facebook	Alberthiene Endah and Awi Suryadi
	Sunday Morning in Victoria Park	Titien Wattimena
2011 (31st)	—[note 2]
2012 (32nd)
2013 (33rd)
2014 (34th) [5]	Tabula Rasa	Tumpal Tampubolon ‡
	Before The Morning Repeated	Sinar Ayu Maissy
	In the Absence of the Sun	Lucky Kuswandi and Ucu Agustin
	Let's Run	Ninit Yunita
	Negeri Tanpa Telinga	Indra Tranggono and Lola Amaria
2015 (35th) [6]	Siti	Eddie Cahyono ‡
	3: Alif Lam Mim	Anggy, Bounty, and Fajar Umbara
	The Crescent Moon	Salman Aristo, Bagus Bramantyo, and Ismail Basbeth
	Guru Bangsa: Tjokroaminoto	Ari Syarif and Erik Supit
	When Will You Get Married?	Monty Tiwa, Robert Ronny, and Ody C. Harahap
2016 (36th) [7]	Aisyah: Biarkan Kami Bersaudara	Jujur Prananto ‡
	Solo, Solitude	Yosep Anggi Noen
	Talak 3	Bagus Bramanti
	Tales of the Otherwords	B.W. Purba Negara
	There Is Love in High School	Haqi Achmad and Patrick Effendy
2017 (37th) [8]	Check the Store Next Door	Ernest Prakasa ‡
	Bid'ah Cinta	Nurman Hakim, Zaim Rofiqi, and Ben Sohib
	Hangout	Raditya Dika
	Posesif	Gina S. Noer
	Stip & Pensil	Joko Anwar, Ernest Prakasa, and Bene Dion Rajagukguk
2018 (38th) [9]	Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts	Mouly Surya and Rama Adi ‡
	Koki-Koki Cilik	Vera Varidia
	Love for Sale	Andibachtiar Yusuf and M. Irfan Ramli
	Run to the Beach	Gina S. Noer, Mira Lesmana, Riri Riza, and Arie Kriting
	The Seen and Unseen	Kamila Andini
2019 (39th) [10]	Two Blue Stripes	Gina S. Noer ‡
	27 Steps of May	Rayya Makarim
	Ambu	Titien Wattimena
	Memories of My Body	Garin Nugroho
	Newly Rich	Joko Anwar

2020s

Year	Film	Screenwriter(s)
2020 (40th) [11]	Homecoming	Adriyanto Dewo ‡
	Humba Dreams	Riri Riza
	Mountain Song	Yusuf Radjamuda
	Impetigore	Joko Anwar
	The Science of Fictions	Yosep Anggi Noen
	Susi Susanti: Love All	Syarika Bralini, Raditya, Daud Sumolang, Sinar Ayu Massie, and Raymond Lee
2021 (41st) [12]	Photocopier	Henricus Pria and Wregas Bhanuteja‡
	Ali & Ratu Ratu Queens	Gina S. Noer
	Bete's Love	Titien Wattimena and Lina Nurmalina
	Preman	Randolph Zaini
	Yuni	Kamila Andini and Prima Rusdi
2022 (42nd) [13]	Autobiography	Makbul Mubarak‡
	First, Second & Third Love	Gina S. Noer
	Kadet 1947	Rahabi Mandra and Aldo Swastia
	Missing Home	Bene Dion Rajagukguk
	Stealing Raden Saleh	Husein M. Atmodjo and Angga Dwimas Sasongko
2023 (43rd) [14]	Women from Rote Island	Jeremias Nyangoen‡
	Andragogy	Wregas Bhanuteja
	The Big 4	Timo Tjahjanto and Johanna Wattimena
	Like & Share	Gina S. Noer
	Tegar	Alim Sudio and Anggi Frisca
2024 (44th) [15]	Falling In Love Like In Movies	Yandy Laurens‡
	Agak Laen	Muhadkly Acho
	Borderless Fog	Ifan Ismail and Edwin
	Crocodile Tears	Tumpal Tampubolon
	Grave Torture	Joko Anwar

Notes

1. The category is integrated into Best Screenplay.
2. The category is split into Best Screenplay and Best Story.