17/06/2013 - Best new director goes to Leonardo Di Costanzo for The Interval, while Diaz by Daniele Vicari was given four technical statuettes

Giuseppe Tornatore triumphed at the David di Donatello awards winning six awards out of sixteen categories for The Best Offer [+see also:
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"I managed a little miracle by uniting the public and critics. I had never managed this before, maybe I am becoming old,” the Oscar winner commented.

Best new director went to Leonardo Di Costanzo for The Interval [+see also:
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During the ceremony, which was screened for live television on Rai1, two awards went to Valerio Mastandrea: winning best actor for Gli equilibristi [+see also:
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Margherita Buy won best actress for Viaggio sola by Maria Sole Tognazzi.  Maja Sansa was best supporting actress for Dormant Beauty [+see also:
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The award for best European Union film went to Amour [+see also:
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(Translated from Italian)