65th David di Donatello

2020 Italian film awards

The 65th David di Donatello ceremony, presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano, honoured the best Italian films of 2019.[2] The ceremony was hosted by presenter Carlo Conti on 8 May 2020. The awards ceremony was initially set for 3 April 2020 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] Also, the ceremony was held live at RAI Studios and broadcast by Rai 1 while the candidates were connected via video and answered the questions asked by the Carlo Conti from the studio.[4]

The crime drama film The Traitor won six awards, including Best Film, out of eighteen nominations.[5] Other winners included Pinocchio with five, The First King: Birth of an Empire with three, The Goddess of Fortune with two, and 5 is the Perfect Number, Bangla, Il flauto magico di Piazza Vittorio, Martin Eden, My Brother Chases Dinosaurs, Once Upon a Time... in Bethlehem, Parasite, Selfie and Timo's Winter with one.

Winners and nominees

Marco Bellocchio, Best Film and Best Director winner
Pierfrancesco Favino, Best Actor winner
Jasmine Trinca, Best Actress winner
Luigi Lo Cascio, Best Supporting Actor winner
Valeria Golino, Best Supporting Actress winner

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).[6] The nominations were announced on 18 February 2020.[7]

  • The First King: Birth of an Empire – Andrea Paris and Matteo Rovere, producers; Groenlandia, Rai Cinema, Roman Citizen and Gapbusters, production companies‡
    • Bangla – Domenico Procacci and Anna Maria Morelli, producers; TIMvision, production company
    • Martin Eden – Pietro Marcello, Beppe Caschetto, Thomas Ordonneau, Michael Weber and Viola Fügen, producers; Rai Cinema, production company
    • Pinocchio – Matteo Garrone, Jean Labadie, Anne-Laure Labadie, Jeremy Thomas and Paolo Del Brocco, producers; Archimede, Rai Cinema and Le Pacte, production companies
    • The Traitor – Beppe Caschetto, producer; IBC Movie, Kavac Film and Rai Cinema, production companies
  • Valeria Golino – 5 Is the Perfect Number as Rita‡
    • Alida Baldari Calabria – Pinocchio as Fairy with Turquoise Hair
    • Anna Ferzetti – Tomorrow's a New Day as Paola
    • Maria Amato – The Traitor as Melchiorra Buscetta
    • Tania Garribba – The First King: Birth of an Empire as Satnei
  • The First King: Birth of an Empire – Daniele Ciprì‡
    • Martin Eden – Franco Di Giacomo
    • Pinocchio – Nicolaj Brüel
    • Remember? – Daria D'Antonio
    • The Traitor – Vladan Radovic
  • Pinocchio – Dimitri Capuani‡
    • 5 Is the Perfect Number – Nello Giorgetti
    • The First King: Birth of an Empire – Tonino Zera
    • Suspiria – Inbal Weinberg
    • The Traitor – Andrea Castorina
  • "Che vita meravigliosa" from The Goddess of Fortune – Music, Lyrics and Performed by Diodato‡
    • "Festa" from Bangla – Music by Aiello; Lyrics by Aiello and Shoshi Md Ziaul; Performed by Moonstar Studio
    • "Rione Sanità" from The Mayor of Rione Sanità – Music, Lyrics and Performed by Ralph P
    • "Suspirium" from Suspiria – Music, Lyrics and Performed by Thom Yorke
    • "Un errore di distrazione" from The Guest – Music, Lyrics and Performed by Brunori Sas
  • The Traitor – Francesca Calvelli‡
  • The First King: Birth of an Empire – Angelo Bonanni, Davide D'Onofrio, Mirko Perri, Mauro Eusepi and Michele Mazzucco‡
    • 5 Is the Perfect Number – Daniele Maraniello, Max Gobiet, Giuseppe D'Amato, Francesco Albertelli and Marcos Molina Jaime
    • Martin Eden – Denny de Angelis, Simone Panetta, Stefano Grosso and Michael Kaczmarek
    • The Traitor – Gaetano Carito, Adriano di Lorenzo, Pierpaolo Merafino, Lilio Rosato, Gianluca Basili and Francesco Tumminello
    • Pinocchio – Maricetta Lombardo, Gianni Pallotto, Luca Novelli, Daniela Bassani and Stefano Grosso
Best Visual Effects
  • Pinocchio – Rodolfo Migliari and Theo Demeris‡
    • 5 Is the Perfect Number – Giuseppe Squillaci
    • The First King: Birth of an Empire – Francesco Grisi and Gaia Bussolati
    • Suspiria – Luca Saviotti
    • The Traitor – Rodolfo Migliari
Best Make-up
  • Pinocchio – Dalia Colli and Mark Coulier‡
    • 5 Is the Perfect Number – Andreina Becagli
    • The First King: Birth of an Empire – Roberto Pastore, Andrea Leanza, Valentina Visintin and Lorenzo Tamburini
    • Suspiria – Fernanda Perez
    • The Traitor – Dalia Colli and Lorenzo Tamburini
Best Hairstyling
  • Pinocchio – Francesco Pegoretti‡
    • The First King: Birth of an Empire – Marzia Colomba
    • Martin Eden – Daniela Tartari
    • Suspiria – Manolo García
    • The Traitor – Alberta Giuliani
Best Documentary Feature
  • Selfie – Agostino Ferrente, director‡
    • Citizen Rosi – Didi Gnocchi and Carolina Rosi, directors
    • Fellini Never-Ending – Eugenio Cappuccio, director
    • The Mafia Is No Longer What It Used to Be – Franco Maresco, director
    • Se c'è un aldilà sono fottuto - Vita e cinema di Claudio Caligari – Simone Isola and Fausto Trombetta, directors
  • Timo's Winter – Giulio Mastromauro, director‡
    • Brother – Beppe Tufarulo, director
    • My Sister – Saverio Cappiello, director
    • Our Time – Veronica Spedicati, director
    • Unfolded – Cristina Picchi, director
David Youth Award
Special David Awards
David Audience Award

Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations
Nominations Film
18 The Traitor
15 The First King: Birth of an Empire
Pinocchio
11 Martin Eden
9 5 Is the Perfect Number
6 Suspiria
4 Bangla
The Goddess of Fortune
The Mayor of Rione Sanità
3 Piranhas
Ricordi?
2 The Champion
My Brother Chases Dinosaurs
Films that received multiple awards
Awards Film
6 The Traitor
5 Pinocchio
3 The First King: Birth of an Empire
2 The Goddess of Fortune

References

  1. ^ "David di Donatello 2020". Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  2. ^ "David di Donatello 2020, tutte le candidature". Rai Cinema. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  3. ^ Lancellotti, Marica (9 March 2020). "David di Donatello 2020 rinviati per il Coronavirus". Movieplayer.it. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  4. ^ Zingariello, Ivan (8 May 2020). "David di Donatello 2020: trionfa Il traditore di Bellocchio, Favino e Trinca migliori attori". Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  5. ^ Vivarelli, Nick (8 May 2020). "Marco Bellocchio's 'The Traitor' Dominates Italy's David di Donatello Awards". Variety. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  6. ^ Scarpa, Vittoria (9 May 2020). "The David di Donatello Awards for Best Film and Best Director go to The Traitor". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  7. ^ Szalai, Georg (18 February 2020). "'Joker,' 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,' 'Parasite' Among Italy's David di Donatello Awards Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  8. ^ "A Franca Valeri il David speciale". Mymovies.it. 5 May 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  9. ^ "David di Donatello 2020: Il primo Natale di Ficarra e Picone vince il David dello Spettatore". Movieplayer.it. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2022.

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