55th David di Donatello

The 55th David di Donatello ceremony, presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano, was held on 7 May 2010.

55th David di Donatello
Date	7 May 2010
Site	Auditorium Conciliazione, Rome, Italy
Hosted by	Tullio Solenghi
Highlights
Best Picture	The Man Who Will Come
Most awards	Vincere (8)
Most nominations	The First Beautiful Thing (18)

Winners and nominees

Best Film

• The Man Who Will Come – directed by Giorgio Diritti
• Baarìa – directed by Giuseppe Tornatore
• The First Beautiful Thing – directed by Paolo Virzì
• Loose Cannons – directed by Ferzan Özpetek
• Vincere – directed by Marco Bellocchio

Best Producer

• Simone Bachini, Giorgio Diritti – The Man Who Will Come
• Giampaolo Letta, Mario Spedaletti – Baarìa
• Angelo Barbagallo, Gianluca Curti – Fort Apache Napoli
• Domenico Procacci – Loose Cannons
• Mario Gianani – Vincere

Best Director

• Marco Bellocchio – Vincere
• Giuseppe Tornatore – Baarìa
• Giorgio Diritti – The Man Who Will Come
• Paolo Virzì – The First Beautiful Thing
• Ferzan Özpetek – Loose Cannons

Best New Director

• Valerio Mieli – Ten Winters
• Susanna Nicchiarelli – Cosmonaut
• Claudio Noce – Good Morning Aman
• Marco Chiarini – L'uomo fiammifero
• Giuseppe Capotondi – The Double Hour

Best Actor

• Valerio Mastandrea – The First Beautiful Thing
• Antonio Albanese – A Question of the Heart
• Libero De Rienzo – Fort Apache Napoli
• Kim Rossi Stuart – A Question of the Heart
• Filippo Timi – Vincere

Best Actress

• Micaela Ramazzotti – The First Beautiful Thing
• Greta Zuccheri Montanari – The Man Who Will Come
• Stefania Sandrelli – The First Beautiful Thing
• Margherita Buy – The White Space
• Giovanna Mezzogiorno – Vincere'

Best Supporting Actor

• Ennio Fantastichini – Loose Cannons
• The whole cast of supporting actors – Baarìa
• Pierfrancesco Favino – Baciami ancora
• Marco Giallini – Io, loro e Lara
• Marco Messeri – The First Beautiful Thing

Best Supporting Actress

• Ilaria Occhini – Loose Cannons
• Anita Kravos – Raise Your Head
• Alba Rohrwacher – The Man Who Will Come
• Claudia Pandolfi – The First Beautiful Thing
• Elena Sofia Ricci – Loose Cannons

David di Donatello for Best Screenplay

• Francesco Bruni, Francesco Piccolo, Paolo Virzì – The First Beautiful Thing
• Jim Carrington, Andrea Purgatori, Marco Risi, Maurizio Cerino – Fort Apache Napoli
• Giorgio Diritti, Giovanni Galavotti, Tania Pedroni – The Man Who Will Come
• Ivan Cotroneo, Ferzan Özpetek – Loose Cannons
• Marco Bellocchio, Daniela Ceselli – Vincere

Best Cinematography

• Daniele Ciprì – Vincere
• Enrico Lucidi – Baarìa
• Roberto Cimatti – The Man Who Will Come
• Nicola Pecorini – The First Beautiful Thing
• Maurizio Calvesi – Loose Cannons

Best Sets and Decorations

• Marco Dentici – Vincere
• Maurizio Sabatini – Baarìa
• Giancarlo Basili – The Man Who Will Come
• Tonino Zera – The First Beautiful Thing
• Andrea Crisanti – Loose Cannons

Best Score

• Ennio Morricone – Baarìa
• Marco Biscarini, Daniele Furlati – The Man Who Will Come
• Carlo Virzì – The First Beautiful Thing
• Pasquale Catalano – Loose Cannons
• Carlo Crivelli – Vincere

Best Original Song

• "Baciami ancora" from Kiss Me Again – Composed and performed by Jovanotti
• "Angela" from Cado dalle nubi – Composed and performed by Checco Zalone
• "21st Century Boy" from The First Beautiful Thing – Composed by Valerio Casini, performed by Bad Love Experience
• "'Sogno" from Loose Cannons – Composed by Marco Giacomelli, Fabio Petrillo, Ilaria Cortese, performed by Patty Pravo
• "Canzone in prigione" from Tutta colpa di Giuda – Composed by Cristiano Godano, Gian Luca Bergia, Riccardo Tesio, performed by Marlene Kuntz

Best Editing

• Francesca Calvelli – Vincere
• Massimo Quaglia – Baarìa
• Giorgio Diritti, Paolo Marzoni – The Man Who Will Come
• Simone Manetti – The First Beautiful Thing
• Patrizio Marone – Loose Cannons

Best Sound

• Carlo Missidenti – The Man Who Will Come
• Faouzi Thabet – Baarìa
• Bruno Pupparo – Parents and Children: Shake Well Before Using
• Mario Iaquone – The First Beautiful Thing
• Gaetano Carito – Vincere

Best Costumes

• Sergio Ballo – Vincere
• Luigi Bonanno – Baarìa
• Lia Francesca Morandini – The Man Who Will Come
• Gabriella Pescucci – The First Beautiful Thing
• Alessandro Lai – Loose Cannons

Best Visual Effects

• Paola Trisoglio, Stefano Marinoni – Vincere
• Mario Zanot – Baarìa
• LIMINA – The Man Who Will Come
• Ermanno Di Nicola – L'uomo fiammifero
• EDI – Effetti Digitali Italiani – The First Beautiful Thing

Best Make-up

• Franco Corridoni – Vincere
• Gino Zamprioli – Baarìa
• Amel Ben Soltane – The Man Who Will Come
• Paola Gattabrusi – The First Beautiful Thing
• Luigi Rocchetti, Erzsébet Forgács – Mi Ricordo Anna Frank

Best Hairstyling

• Alberta Giuliani – Vincere
• Giusy Bovino – Baarìa
• Aldo Signoretti, Susana Sanchez Nunez – I, Don Giovanni
• Daniela Tartari – The Man Who Will Come
• Massimo Gattabrusi – The First Beautiful Thing

Best Documentary Feature

• The Mouth of the Wolf – directed by Pietro Marcello
• Hollywood on the Tiber – directed by Marco Spagnoli
• L'isola dei sordobimbi – directed by Stefano Cattini
• The One Man Beatles – directed by Cosimo Messeri
• Valentina Postika in attesa di partire – directed by Caterina Carone

Best Short Film

• Passing Time – directed by Laura Bispuri
• L'altra metà – directed by Pippo Mezzapesa
• Buonanotte – directed by Riccardo Banfi
• Nuvole, mani – directed by Simone Massi
• Uerra – directed by Paolo Sassanelli

Best European Film

• Le Concert – directed by Radu Mihăileanu
• The White Ribbon – directed by Michael Haneke
• A Prophet – directed by Jacques Audiard
• Soul Kitchen – directed by Fatih Akın
• Welcome – directed by Philippe Lioret

Best Foreign Film

• Inglourious Basterds – directed by Quentin Tarantino
• A Serious Man – directed by Coen brothers
• Avatar – directed by James Cameron
• Invictus – directed by Clint Eastwood
• Up in the Air – directed by Jason Reitman

David Youth Award

• Baarìa – directed by Giuseppe Tornatore
• Kiss Me Again – directed by Gabriele Muccino
• Parents and Children: Shake Well Before Using – directed by Giovanni Veronesi
• Io, loro e Lara – directed by Carlo Verdone
• The Man Who Will Come – directed by Giorgio Diritti

Special David Awards

• Lina Wertmüller, Career David
• Bud Spencer, Career David
• Terence Hill, Career David
• Tonino Guerra, Career David