56th David di Donatello

56th David di Donatello
Date	6 May 2011
Site	Auditorium Conciliazione, Rome, Italy
Hosted by	Tullio Solenghi
Highlights
Best Picture	We Believed
Most awards	We Believed (7)
Most nominations	We Believed (13)

The 56th David di Donatello ceremony, presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano, was held on 6 May 2011.

Winners and nominees

Best Film

• We Believed – directed by Mario Martone
• Basilicata Coast to Coast – directed by Rocco Papaleo
• Benvenuti al Sud – directed by Luca Miniero
• La nostra vita – directed by Daniele Luchetti
• A Quiet Life – directed by Claudio Cupellini

Best Producer

• Tilde Corsi, Gianni Romoli, Claudio Bonivento – 20 Cigarettes
• Isabella Cocuzza, Arturo Paglia, Mark Lombardo, Elisabetta Olmi – Basilicata Coast to Coast
• Riccardo Tozzi, Marco Chimenz, Giovanni Stabilini, Francesca Longardi – Benvenuti al Sud
• Angelo Barbagallo – The Salt of Life
• Gregorio Paonessa, Marta Donzelli, Susanne Marian, Philippe Bober, Gabriella Manfrè, Elda Guidinetti, Andres Pfaeffli – Le quattro volte
• Carlo Degli Esposti, Conchita Airoldi, Giorgio Magliulo – We Believed

Best Director

• Daniele Luchetti – La nostra vita
• Luca Miniero – Benvenuti al Sud
• Paolo Genovese – The Immature
• Saverio Costanzo – The Solitude of Prime Numbers
• Michelangelo Frammartino – Le quattro volte
• Mario Martone – We Believed
• Marco Bellocchio – Sorelle Mai
• Claudio Cupellini – A Quiet Life

Best New Director

• Rocco Papaleo – Basilicata Coast to Coast
• Aureliano Amadei – 20 Cigarettes
• Edoardo Leo – 18 Years Later
• Paola Randi – Into Paradiso
• Massimiliano Bruno – Escort in Love

Best Actor

• Elio Germano – La nostra vita
• Claudio Bisio – Benvenuti al Sud
• Vinicio Marchioni – 20 Cigarettes
• Antonio Albanese – Qualunquemente
• Kim Rossi Stuart – Angel of Evil

Best Actress

• Paola Cortellesi – Escort in Love
• Angela Finocchiaro – Benvenuti al Sud
• Sarah Felberbaum – The Jewel
• Isabella Ragonese – La nostra vita
• Alba Rohrwacher – The Solitude of Prime Numbers

Best Supporting Actor

• Giuseppe Battiston – La Passione
• Raoul Bova – La nostra vita
• Alessandro Siani – Benvenuti al Sud
• Rocco Papaleo – Escort in Love
• Francesco Di Leva – A Quiet Life

Best Supporting Actress

• Valentina Lodovini – Benvenuti al Sud
• Valeria De Franciscis – The Salt of Life
• Claudia Potenza – Basilicata Coast to Coast
• Barbora Bobuľová – La bellezza del somaro
• Anna Foglietta – Escort in Love

David di Donatello for Best Screenplay

• Mario Martone, Giancarlo De Cataldo – We Believed
• Rocco Papaleo, Valter Lupo – Basilicata Coast to Coast
• Paolo Genovese – The Immature
• Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli, Daniele Luchetti – La nostra vita
• Filippo Gravino, Guido Iuculano, Claudio Cupellini – A Quiet Life

Best Cinematography

• Renato Berta – We Believed
• Vittorio Omodei Zorini – 20 Cigarettes
• Luca Bigazzi – The Jewel
• Fabio Cianchetti – The Solitude of Prime Numbers
• Arnaldo Catinari – Angel of Evil

Best Sets and Decorations

• Emita Frigato – We Believed
• Francesco Frigeri – Amici miei – Come tutto ebbe inizio
• Paola Comencini – Benvenuti al Sud
• Paki Meduri – Into Paradiso
• Tonino Zera – Angel of Evil

Best Score

• Rita Marcotulli, Rocco Papaleo – Basilicata Coast to Coast
• Umberto Scipione – Benvenuti al Sud
• Teho Teardo – The Jewel
• Fausto Mesolella – Into Paradiso
• Hubert Westkemper – We Believed

Best Original Song

• "Mentre dormi" from Basilicata Coast to Coast – Composed by Max Gazzè and Gimmi Santucci, performed by Max Gazzè
• "L'amore non ha religione" from What a Beautiful Day – Composed and performed by Checco Zalone
• "Immaturi" from The Immature – Composed and performed by Alex Britti
• "Capocotta Dreamin'" from Escort in Love – Composed by Maurizio Filardo, performed by Massimiliano Bruno and Marco Conidi
• "Qualunquemente" from Qualunquemente – Composed by Peppe Voltarelli, Salvatore De Siena, Amerigo Sirianni, Antonio Albanese, Piero Guerrera, performed by Antonio Albanese

Best Editing

• Alessio Doglione – 20 Cigarettes
• Mirco Garrone – La nostra vita
• Jacopo Quadri – We Believed
• Francesca Calvelli – Sorelle Mai
• Consuelo Catucci – Angel of Evil

Best Sound

• Bruno Pupparo – La nostra vita
• Mario Iaquone – 20 Cigarettes
• Francesco Liotard – Basilicata Coast to Coast
• Paolo Benvenuti, Simone Paolo Olivero – Le quattro volte
• Gaetano Carito, Maricetta Lombardo – We Believed

Best Costumes

• Ursula Patzak – We Believed
• Alfonsina Lettieri – Amici miei – Come tutto ebbe inizio
• Nanà Cecchi – Christine Cristina
• Francesca Sartori – La Passione
• Roberto Chiocchi – Angel of Evil

Best Visual Effects

• Rebel Alliance – 20 Cigarettes
• CANECANE – Amici miei – Come tutto ebbe inizio
• RESET VFX – Christine Cristina
• Paola Trisoglio, Stefano Marinoni, Paola Randi, Daniele Stirpe Jost – Into Paradiso
• Gianmario Catania, Corrado Virgili – Winx Club 3D: Magical Adventure

Best Make-up

• Vittorio Sodano – We Believed
• Vincenzo Mastrantonio – Amici miei – Come tutto ebbe inizio
• Lorella De Rossi – Gorbaciof
• Gianfranco Mecacci – La Passione
• Francesco Nardi, Matteo Silvi – Angel of Evil

Best Hairstyling

• Aldo Signoretti – We Believed
• Ferdinando Merolla – Amici miei – Come tutto ebbe inizio
• Maurizio Tamagnini – Christine Cristina
• Massimo Gattabrusi – The Solitude of Prime Numbers
• Teresa Di Serio – Qualunquemente
• Claudia Pallotti, Teresa Di Serio – Angel of Evil

Best Documentary Feature

• A Boy Has Been Dead – directed by Filippo Vendemmiati
• L'ultimo gattopardo: Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo – directed by Giuseppe Tornatore
• Ritratto di mio padre – directed by Maria Sole Tognazzi
• This Is My Land... Hebron – directed by Stephen Natanson and Giulia Amati
• Ward 54 – directed by Monica Maggioni

Best Short Film

• Jody delle giostre – directed by Adriano Sforzi
• Io sono qui – directed by Mario Piredda
• Caffè Capo – directed by Andrea Zaccariello
• Salvatore]] – directed by Bruno Urso and Fabrizio Urso
• Stand By Me – directed by Giuseppe Marco Albano

Best Foreign Film

• The King's Speech – directed by Tom Hooper
• Another Year – directed by Mike Leigh
• The Secret in Their Eyes – directed by Juan José Campanella
• In a Better World – directed by Susanne Bier
• Of Gods and Men – directed by Xavier Beauvois

David Youth Award

• 20 Cigarettes – directed by Aureliano Amadei
• Benvenuti al Sud – directed by Luca Miniero
• We Believed – directed by Mario Martone
• Un altro mondo – directed by Silvio Muccino
• Angel of Evil – directed by Michele Placido

Special David Awards

• Ettore Scola, Career David
• Claudio Bonivento, Career David