10/05/2013 - In competition for the most prestigious Italian cinema award are films by Gabriele Salvatores, Roberto Andò, Matteo Garrone and Bernardo Bertolucci

The award ceremony for the 57^th edition of the David di Donatello will take place on Friday, June 14. It will be transmitted during primetime on Rai1. Diaz [+see also:
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interview: Daniele Vicari
film profile] by Daniele Vicari and The Best Offer [+see also:
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film profile] by Giuseppe Tornatore have received 13 award nominations each, among which nominations for best film and best director. Viva la libertà [+see also:
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interview: Roberto Andò
film profile] by Roberto Andò has been nominated 12 times, including for best film. Following these, with 11 nominations, are Educazione siberiana [+see also:
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interview: John Malkovich
film profile] by Gabriele Salvatores also including nominations for best film and best director, and Reality [+see also:
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interview: Matteo Garrone
film profile] by Matteo Garrone, also in the running for best film. Me and You [+see also:
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film profile] by Bernardo Bertolucci received 6 nominations, including best film and best director.

Overall, 27 films have received nominations from the Academy of Italian Cinema. The evaluation period spanned from March 2012 to this past April. Nominations for best director include Leonardo Di Costanzo for The Interval [+see also:
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interview: Leonardo Di Costanzo
film profile], Giorgia Farina for Amiche da morire [+see also:
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film profile], Alessandro Gassmann for Razzabastarda [+see also:
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film profile], Luigi Lo Cascio for The Ideal City [+see also:
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film profile].

In the running for best actress are Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Margherita Buy, Federica Victoria Caiozzo, Tea Falco and Jasmine Trinca, while best actor nominations include Aniello Arena, Sergio Castellitto, Roberto Herlitzka, Luca Marinelli, Valerio Mastandrea and Toni Servillo.

Best European Union film nominations are 007 Skyfall [+see also:
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film profile] by Sam Mendes, Amour [+see also:
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interview: Michael Haneke
film profile] by Michael Haneke, Anna Karenina [+see also:
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film profile] by Joe Wright, Quartet [+see also:
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film profile] by Dustin Hoffman and Rust & Bone [+see also:
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interview: Jacques Audiard
interview: Jacques Audiard
film profile] by Jacques Audiard.

Over 6,000 youngsters from secondary schools across Italy will vote for the David Giovani. The selection includes The Best Offer by Tornatore, Il principe abusivo [+see also:
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film profile] by Alessandro Siani, Una famiglia perfetta by Paolo Genovese, Twice Born [+see also:
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interview: Sergio Castellitto
film profile] by Sergio Castellitto and Viva l'Italia [+see also:
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film profile] by Massimiliano Bruno.

(Translated from Italian)