54th David di Donatello

54th David di Donatello
Date	8 May 2009
Site	Auditorium Conciliazione, Rome, Italy
Hosted by	Paolo Conticini
Highlights
Best Picture	Gomorrah
Most awards	Gomorrah (7)
Most nominations	Il divo(16)

The 54th David di Donatello ceremony, presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano, was held on 8 May 2009.

Winners and nominees

Best Film

• Gomorrah, directed by Matteo Garrone
• Il divo, directed by Paolo Sorrentino
• Many Kisses Later, directed by Fausto Brizzi
• Your Whole Life Ahead of You, directed by Paolo Virzì
• We Can Do That, directed by Giulio Manfredonia

Best Producer

• Domenico Procacci – Gomorrah
• Augusto Allegra, Isabella Cocuzza, Giuliana Gamba, Arturo Paglia – Cover Boy
• Andrea Occhipinti, Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima, Maurizio Coppolecchia – Il divo
• Matteo Garrone – Mid-August Lunch
• Angelo Rizzoli – We Can Do That

Best Director

• Matteo Garrone – Gomorrah
• Pupi Avati – Giovanna's Father
• Paolo Sorrentino – Il divo
• Fausto Brizzi – Many Kisses Later
• Giulio Manfredonia – We Can Do That

Best New Director

• Gianni Di Gregorio – Mid-August Lunch
• Marco Amenta – The Sicilian Girl
• Umberto Carteni – Different from Whom?
• Tony D'Angelo – Una notte
• Marco Pontecorvo – Pa–ra–da

Best Actor

• Toni Servillo – Il divo
• Luca Argentero – Different from Whom?
• Claudio Bisio – We Can Do That
• Valerio Mastandrea – Don't Think About It
• Silvio Orlando – Giovanna's Father

Best Actress

• Alba Rohrwacher – Giovanna's Father
• Donatella Finocchiaro – The Brave Men
• Claudia Gerini – Different from Whom?
• Valeria Golino – Giulia Doesn't Date at Night
• Ilaria Occhini – Black Sea

Best Supporting Actor

• Giuseppe Battiston – Don't Think About It
• Claudio Bisio – Many Kisses Later
• Carlo Buccirosso – Il divo
• Luca Lionello – Cover Boy
• Filippo Nigro – Different from Whom?

Best Supporting Actress

• Piera Degli Esposti – Il divo
• Sabrina Ferilli – Your Whole Life Ahead of You
• Maria Nazionale – Gomorrah
• Micaela Ramazzotti – Your Whole Life Ahead of You
• Carla Signoris – Many Kisses Later

David di Donatello for Best Screenplay

• Maurizio Braucci, Ugo Chiti, Gianni Di Gregorio, Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso, Roberto Saviano – Gomorrah
• Paolo Sorrentino – Il divo
• Fausto Brizzi, Marco Martani, Massimiliano Bruno – Many Kisses Later
• Fabio Bonifacci, Giulio Manfredonia – We Can Do That
• Francesco Bruni, Paolo Virzì – Your Whole Life Ahead of You

Best Cinematography

• Luca Bigazzi – Il divo
• Arnaldo Catinari – The Demons of St. Petersberg
• Marco Onorato – Gomorrah
• Italo Petriccione – As God Commands
• Vittorio Storaro – Caravaggio

Best Sets and Decorations

• Francesco Frigeri – The Demons of St. Petersberg
• Giancarlo Basili – Sanguepazzo
• Paolo Bonfini – Gomorrah
• Giantito Burchiellaro – Caravaggio
• Lino Fiorito – Il divo

Best Score

• Teho Teardo – Il divo
• Bruno Zambrini – Many Kisses Later
• Baustelle – Giulia Doesn't Date at Night
• Paolo Buonvino – Italians
• Pivio and Aldo De Scalzi – We Can Do That

Best Original Song

• "Herculaneum" from Gomorrah – Robert Del Naja, Neil Davidge
• "Il cielo ha una porta sola" from Many Kisses Later – Biagio Antonacci
• "Piangi Roma" from Giulia Doesn't Date at Night – Baustelle, Valeria Golino
• "Per fare a meno di te" from Solo un padre – Giorgia, Fabrizio Campanelli
• "Senza farsi male" from The Man Who Loves – Carmen Consoli

Best Editing

• Marco Spoletini – Gomorrah
• Esmeralda Calabria – Giulia Doesn't Date at Night
• Luciana Pandolfelli – Many Kisses Later
• Cristiano Travaglioli – Il divo
• Cecilia Zanuso – We Can Do That

Best Sound

• Maricetta Lombardo – Gomorrah
• Emanuele Cecere – Il divo
• Marco Fiumara – Many Kisses Later
• Gaetano Carito, Marco Grillo, Bruno Pupparo – Italians
• Bruno Pupparo – We Can Do That

Best Costumes

• Elisabetta Montaldo – The Demons of St. Petersberg
• Alessandra Cardini – Gomorrah
• Mario Carlini, Francesco Crivellini – Giovanna's Father
• Daniela Ciancio – Il divo
• Lia Morandini – Caravaggio

Best Visual Effects

• Nicola Sganca, Rodolfo Migliari for Vision – Il divo
• EDI Effetti Digitali Italiani – As God Commands
• Frame by Frame – The Demons of St. Petersberg
• Giuseppe Squillaci – Italians
• Proxima – Your Whole Life Ahead of You

Best Make-up Artist

• Vittorio Sodano – Il divo
• Alessandro Bertolazzi – Caravaggio
• Enrico Iacoponi – Sanguepazzo
• Vincenzo Mastrantonio – Due partite
• Luigi Rocchetti – The Demons of St. Petersberg

Best Hairstylist

• Aldo Signoretti – Il divo
• Enzo Cera – Caravaggio
• Maria Teresa Corridoni – Wild Blood
• Mirella Ginnoto – The Demons of St. Petersberg
• Ferdinando Merolla – The Ladies Get Their Say

Best Documentary Feature

• Rata nece biti (La guerra non ci sarà), directed by Daniele Gaglianone
• 211: Anna, directed by Giovanna Massimetti and Paolo Serbandini
• Come un uomo sulla terra, directed by Andrea Segre, Dagmawi Yimer, Riccardo Biadene
• Diario di un curato di montagna, directed by Stefano Saverioni
• Non tacere, directed by Fabio Grimaldi

Best Short Film

• L'arbitro, directed by Paolo Zucca
• L'amore è un giogo, directed by Andrea Rovetta
• Bisesto, directed by Giovanni Esposito and Francesco Prisco
• Cicatrici, directed by Eros Achiardi
• La Madonna della frutta, directed by Paolo Randi

Best European Film

• Slumdog Millionaire, directed by Danny Boyle
• The Class, directed by Laurent Cantet
• Lemon Tree, directed by Eran Riklis
• The Reader, directed by Stephen Daldry
• Waltz with Bashir, directed by Ari Folman

Best Foreign Film

• Gran Torino, directed by Clint Eastwood
• Milk, directed by Gus Van Sant
• The Visitor, directed by Tom McCarthy
• The Wrestler, directed by Darren Aronofsky
• WALL•E, directed by Andrew Stanton

David Youth Award

• We Can Do That, directed by Giulio Manfredonia
• Many Kisses Later, directed by Fausto Brizzi
• Pa–ra–da, directed by Marco Pontecorvo
• The Sicilian Girl, directed by Marco Amenta
• Solo un padre, directed by Luca Lucini

Special David Awards

• Christian De Sica
• Paolo Villaggio, Career David
• Virna Lisi, Career David
• Fulvio Lucisano, Career David