# Golden Arena for Best Screenplay

The following is a list of winners of the Golden Arena for Best Screenplay at the Pula Film Festival.

## List of winners

The following is a list of winners of the Golden Arena for Best Screenplay at the Pula Film Festival.

### Yugoslav competition (1955–1990)

| Year | Winner | English title | Original title |
| 1955 | Slavko Janevski | | Vučja noć |
| 1956 | Ratko Đurović | | Zle pare |
| 1957 | Slavko Kolar | Master of His Own Body | Svoga tela gospodar |
| 1958 | Zvonimir Berković (co-winner) | H-8 | H-8 |
| 1958 | Tomislav Butorac (co-winner) | H-8 | H-8 |
| 1959 | Veljko Bulajić (co-winner) | Train Without a Timetable | Vlak bez voznog reda |
| 1959 | Ivo Braut (co-winner) | Train Without a Timetable | Vlak bez voznog reda |
| 1959 | Stjepan Perović (co-winner) | Train Without a Timetable | Vlak bez voznog reda |
| 1959 | Elio Petri (co-winner) | Train Without a Timetable | Vlak bez voznog reda |
| 1960 | Zora Dirnbach | The Ninth Circle | Deveti krug |
| 1961 | Dragoslav Ilić (co-winner) | Boom Town | Uzavreli grad |
| 1961 | Radenko Ostojić (co-winner) | Boom Town | Uzavreli grad |
| 1961 | Veljko Bulajić (2) (co-winner) | Boom Town | Uzavreli grad |
| 1963 | Arsen Diklić | | Radopolje |
| 1964 | Ivan Ribič | Don't Cry, Peter | Ne joči, Peter |
| 1966 | Zvonimir Berković (2) (shared) | Rondo | Rondo |
| 1966 | Simon Drakul (shared) | | Do pobjede i dalje |
| 1967 | Puriša Đorđević | | Jutro |
| 1968 | Branimir Šćepanović | | Pre istine |
| 1969 | Staša Borisavljević | Downstream from the Sun | Nizvodno od sunca |
| 1970 | Puriša Đorđević (2) | The Cyclists | Biciklisti |
| 1971 | Miroslav Antić | | Doručak sa đavolom |
| 1972 | Slavko Janevski (2) (co-winner) | | Makedonskiot del od pekolot |
| 1972 | Pande Toškovski (co-winner) | | Makedonskiot del od pekolot |
| 1972 | Vatroslav Mimica (co-winner) | | Makedonskiot del od pekolot |
| 1973 | Branimir Šćepanović (2) | The Battle of Sutjeska | Sutjeska |
| 1974 | Branko Šomen | | Let mrtve ptice |
| 1975 | Arsen Diklić (2) (co-winner) | Wintering in Jacobsfeld | Zimovanje u Jakobsfeldu |
| 1975 | Branko Bauer (co-winner) | Wintering in Jacobsfeld | Zimovanje u Jakobsfeldu |
| 1976 | Zdravko Velimirović (co-winner) | The Peaks of Zelengora | Vrhovi Zelengore |
| 1976 | Mladen Oljača (co-winner) | The Peaks of Zelengora | Vrhovi Zelengore |
| 1976 | Đurica Labović (co-winner) | The Peaks of Zelengora | Vrhovi Zelengore |
| 1977 | Slavko Goldstein (co-winner) | Operation Stadium | Akcija stadion |
| 1977 | Dušan Vukotić (co-winner) | Operation Stadium | Akcija stadion |
| 1978 | Dragoslav Mihailović | | Aller retour |
| 1979 | Petrit Imami | | Era e Lisi |
| 1980 | Puriša Đorđević (3) | | Osam kila sreće |
| 1981 | Abdulah Sidran | Do You Remember Dolly Bell? | Sjećaš li se Dolly Bell? |
| 1982 | Mirza Idrizović | The Smell of Quinces | Miris dunja |
| 1983 | Živojin Pavlović (co-winner) | Body Scent | Zadah tela |
| 1983 | Slobodan Golubović (co-winner) | Body Scent | Zadah tela |
| 1984 | Branko Gradišnik | | Leta odlučitve |
| 1985 | Abdulah Sidran (2) | When Father Was Away on Business | Otac na službenom putu |
| 1986 | Gordan Mihić | Happy New Year '49 | Srećna nova '49. |
| 1987 | Dejan Šorak | Officer with a Rose | Oficir s ružom |
| 1988 | Žarko Dragojević | | Kuća pored pruge |
| 1989 | Dušan Kovačević | The Meeting Point | Sabirni centar |
| 1990 | Ferenc Deak | | Granica |

### Croatian competition (1992–present)

| Year | Winner | English title | Original title |
| 1991 | Festival was not held. | Festival was not held. | Festival was not held. |
| 1992 | Lada Kaštelan (co-winner) | Fragments: Chronicle of a Vanishing | Krhotine |
| 1992 | Zrinko Ogresta (co-winner) | Fragments: Chronicle of a Vanishing | Krhotine |
| 1993 | Zvonimir Berković (3) | Countess Dora | Kontesa Dora |
| 1994 | Festival was not held. | Festival was not held. | Festival was not held. |
| 1995 | Lukas Nola | Each Time We Part Away | Svaki put kad se rastajemo |
| 1996 | Nino Škrabe | | Ne zaboravi me |
| 1997 | Branko Schmidt | Christmas in Vienna | Božić u Beču |
| 1998 | Snježana Tribuson | The Three Men of Melita Žganjer | Tri muškarca Melite Žganjer |
| 1999 | Zrinko Ogresta (2) (co-winner) | Red Dust | Crvena prašina |
| 1999 | Goran Tribuson (co-winner) | Red Dust | Crvena prašina |
| 2000 | Ivo Brešan (co-winner) | Marshal Tito's Spirit | Maršal |
| 2000 | Vinko Brešan (co-winner) | Marshal Tito's Spirit | Maršal |
| 2001 | Josip Cvenić | Queen of the Night | Kraljica noći |
| 2002 | Goran Tribuson (2) | God Forbid a Worse Thing Should Happen | Ne dao bog većeg zla |
| 2003 | Jurica Pavičić (co-winner) | Witnesses | Svjedoci |
| 2003 | Živko Zalar (co-winner) | Witnesses | Svjedoci |
| 2004 | Antun Vrdoljak | Long Dark Night | Duga mračna noć |
| 2005 | Dejan Šorak (2) | Two Players from the Bench | Dva igrača s klupe |
| 2006 | Antonio Nuić | All for Free | Sve džaba |
| 2007 | Ognjen Sviličić | Armin | Armin |
| 2008 | Goran Rušinović (co-winner) | Buick Riviera | Buick Riviera |
| 2008 | Miljenko Jergović (co-winner) | Buick Riviera | Buick Riviera |
| 2009 | Antonio Nuić (2) | Donkey | Kenjac |
| 2010 | Nevio Marasović | The Show Must Go On | The Show Must Go On |
| 2011 | Tomislav Radić | | Kotlovina |
| 2012 | Vlatka Vorkapić | Sonja and the Bull | Sonja i bik |
| 2013 | Bobo Jelčić | A Stranger | Obrana i zaštita |
| 2014 | Ivan Pavličić | Number 55 | Broj 55 |
| 2015 | Josip Mlakić | Ungiven | Imena višnje |
| 2016 | Mate Matišić (co-winner) | On the Other Side | S one strane |
| 2016 | Zrinko Ogresta (3) (co-winner) | On the Other Side | S one strane |
| 2017 | Rajko Grlić (co-winner) | The Constitution | Ustav Republike Hrvatske |
| 2017 | Ante Tomić (co-winner) | The Constitution | Ustav Republike Hrvatske |
| 2018 | Sara Hribar | Lada Kamenski | Lada Kamenski |
| 2019 | Mate Matišić (2) | What a Country! | Koja je ovo drzava! |
| 2020 | Lana Barić | Tereza37 | Tereza37 |
| 2021 | Sandra Antolić (co-winner) | Once We Were Good for You | A bili smo vam dobri |
| 2021 | Branko Schmidt (2) (co-winner) | Once We Were Good for You | A bili smo vam dobri |
| 2021 | Ognjen Sviličić (2) (co-winner) | Once We Were Good for You | A bili smo vam dobri |