The refugee drama of Matteo Garrone I am captainnominated this year at the Oscars for Italy in the category of best international feature film, was the big winner of the David Di Donatello Awards 2024, the Italian equivalent of the Oscars, winning best film and best director for Garrone.
I am captain also won awards for Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Sound and Visual Effects.
Paola Cortellesi There is still tomorrowa black-and-white feminist comedy-drama that became the highest-grossing film in Italy last year, earned Cortellesi the Donatello Awards for best actress, first film and original screenplay for the screenplay she co-wrote with Furio Andreotti and Giulia Calenda.
“I want to thank those who gave me the opportunity to write this role the way I wanted,” she said while accepting her acting honor.
Cortellesi’s film, a comedy-drama about an abused woman in post-war Rome, which manages to combine serious social drama with situational comedy, visual gags and even a musical number, was also a huge success commercial in Italy, exceeding barbie at the local box office (which grossed some $40 million) and became a cultural phenomenon, sparking a new debate in Italy about domestic violence and femicide.
The Best Actor award went to another actor-turned-director, Michele Riondino, who won the Donatello for his leading role in his debut film, Laf Building, a drama about workplace harassment. His partner Elio Germano won the award for best supporting actor.
That of Marco Bellocchio Kidnappeda drama about the true story of a Jewish boy taken from his family and forced to convert to Catholicism, won the Donatello for best adapted screenplay, for a screenplay co-written by Bellocchio and Susanna Nicchiarelli, and was the big winner in the technical category. categories, winning awards for production design, costume design, makeup and hairstyling.
The Donatello for best international film was awarded to Oscar winner Justine Triet Anatomy of a fall.
The 69th edition of the David di Donatello Awards was held on Friday May 3 at the legendary Cinecittà studios in Rome and was broadcast live on the Italian public channel Rai 1.
See the full list of winners below.
Best film
There is still tomorrow
A better tomorrow
I am captain (WINNER)
The Chimera
Kidnapped
Best Director
A better tomorrow Nanni Moretti
Io CaptainMatteo Garrone (WINNER)
Last night of love Andrea Di Stefano
The Chimera Alice Rohrwacher
Kidnapped Marco Bellocchio
Best first film
There is still tomorrowPaola Cortellesi (WINNER)
disco boy Giacomo Abbruzzese
congratulate Micaela Ramazzotti
Laf Building Michele Riondino
Fireworks Giuseppe Fiorello
Best Original Screenplay
There is still tomorrow Furio Andreotti, Giulia Calenda, Paola Cortellesi (WINNER)
A better tomorrow Francesca Marciano, Nanni Moretti, Federica Pontremoli, Valia Santella
I am captain Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso, Massimo Ceccherini, Andrea…
