54th David di Donatello

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

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)

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