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AWARDS Italy

Olmi, Tornatore, Crialese, Luchetti and Rossi Stuart vie for Davids

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The best of Italian cinema is as of today in the running for the David di Donatello awards, the most coveted honours of the year: debut director Kim Rossi Stuart (Along the Ridge [+see also:
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), Ermanno Olmi (One Hundred Nails [+see also:
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), Daniele Luchetti (My Brother is an Only Child [+see also:
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interview: Riccardo Tozzi
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), Emanuele Crialese (Golden Door [+see also:
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) and Oscar-winner Giuseppe Tornatore (The Unknown [+see also:
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) will all go up for Best Film statuette next June 14. The list for Best Director is almost unvaried, the only exception being Marco Bellocchio (The Wedding Director), who replaces Rossi Stuart in the category.

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The films by Tornatore, Crialese and Luchetti have the greatest number of nominations in the various categories, while RAI Cinema holds the lion’s share as producer. "This is the result of our commitment to independent producers,” said the company’s CEO Giancarlo Leone, “which focuses on quality, both through the projects of established filmmakers and in our search for new directors".

It is a shame that public broadcaster RAI was unable to find a better prime time slot for the Italian awards ceremony, whose 51st edition will be broadcast live on RAI2 at 6:20 pm, as was pointed out controversially by film-loving mayor of Rome Walter Veltroni during today’s crowded press conference, just several days after Minister of Culture Francesco Rutelli promised the film industry greater attention from networks to domestic films.

The complete list of nominations: Best Film
Along the Ridge - Kim Rossi Stuart
One Hundred Nails - Ermanno Olmi
My Brother is an Only Child - Daniele Luchetti
Golden Door - Emanuele Crialese
The Unknown - Giuseppe Tornatore

Best Director
Marco Bellocchio - The Wedding Director
Emanuele Crialese - Golden Door
Daniele Luchetti - My Brother is an Only Child
Ermanno Olmi - One Hundred Nails
Giuseppe Tornatore - The Unknown

Best Debut Film
Francesco Amato - Ma che ci faccio qui!
Alessandro Angelini - Salty Air
Avellino, Ficarra e Picone - Il 7 ed l'8
Davide Marengo - Notturno bus
Kim Rossi Stuart - Along the Ridge

Best Screenplay
Domenico Starnone, Linda Ferri, Francesco Giammusso, Kim Rossi Stuart - Along the Ridge
Ermanno Olmi - One Hundred Nails
Daniele Luchetti, Stefano Rulli, Sandro Petraglia - My Brother is an Only Child
Emanuele Crialese - Golden Door
Giuseppe Tornatore, Massimo De Rita - The Unknown

Best Actor
Vincenzo Amato - Golden Door
Elio Germano - My Brother is an Only Child
Michele Placido - The Unknown
Giacomo Rizzo - The Family Friend
Kim Rossi Stuart - Along the Ridge

Best Actress
Margherita Buy - Saturno contro
Angela Finocchiaro - The Wedding Director
Giovanna Mezzogiorno - Flying Lessons
Laura Morante - Liscio
Ksenia Rappoport - The Unknown

Best Supporting Actor
Giorgio Colangeli - Salty Air
Ninetto Davoli - Uno su due
Ennio Fantastichini - Saturno contro
Valerio Mastandrea - N.: Napoleon & Me
Riccardo Scamarcio - My Brother is an Only Child

Best Supporting Actress
Ambra Angiolini - Saturno contro
Michela Cescon - Salty Air
Donatella Finocchiaro - My Brother is an Only Child
Sabrina Impacciatore - N.: Napoleon & Me
Francesca Neri - La cena per farli conoscere

Best Foreign Film
Babel - Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu
The Departed - Martin Scorsese
Letters from Iwo Jima - Clint Eastwood
Little Miss Sunshine - Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
The Pursuit of Happyness - Gabriele Muccino

Best Producer
Donatella Botti - Salty Air
Luigi Musini and Roberto Cicutto - One Hundred Nails
Riccardo Tozzi, Marco Chimenz, Giovanni Stabilini - My Brother is an Only Child
Fabrizio Mosca, Emanuele Crialese, Alexandre Mallet-Guy - Golden Door
Medusa Film, Manigolda Film - The Unknown

Best Cinematography
Luca Bigazzi - The Family Friend
Agnes Godard - Golden Door
Fabio Olmi - One Hundred Nails
Alessandro Pesci - N.: Napoleon & Me
Fabio Zamarion - The Unknown

Best Musical Score

Ennio Morricone - The Unknown
Neffa (Giovanni Pellino) - Saturno contro
Franco Piersanti - My Brother is an Only Child
Teho Teardo - The Family Friend
Fabio Vacchi - One Hundred Nails

Best Original Song

"Centochio" - Paolo Fresu
"Fascisti su Marte" - Corrado Guzzanti
"Eppur sentire (un senso di te)" - Paolo Buonvino and Elisa Toffoli
"La paranza" and "Mi persi" - Daniele Silvestri
"Passione" di Neffa (Giovanni Pellino)


Best Production Design Carlos Conti - Golden Door
Andrea Crisanti - The Lark Farm
Francesco Frigeri - N - Io e Napoleone
Giuseppe Pirrotta - One Hundred Nails
Tonino Zera - The Unknown


Best Costume Design
Maria Rita Barbera - My Brother is an Only Child
Nicoletta Ercole - The Unknown
Maurizio Millenotti - N.: Napoleon & Me
Lina Nerli Taviani - The Lark Farm
Mariano Tufano - Golden Door


Best Editing
Francesca Calvelli - The Wedding Director
Mirco Garrone - My Brother is an Only Child
Patrizio Marone - Saturno contro
Maryline Monthieux - The Unknown
Massimo Quaglia - The Unknown
Best Sound Design

Marco Grillo - Saturno contro
Mario Iaquone - Along the Ridge
Pierre-Yves Lavoue - Golden Door
Gilberto Martinelli - The Unknown
Bruno Pupparo - My Brother is an Only Child


Best Special Effects
Frame by frame, Vision, Spark Digital Ent., Siranae Film Post, Rebel Think, Martina Venettoni, Stefano Coccia, coordinator Massimo Contini - Fascisti su Marte
FX Italia Digital Group (Enrico Pieracciani) - The Lark Farm
Lumiq Studios (Turin) - The Stone Council
Proxima - N.: Napoleon & Me
L'etude et la supervision des trucages - Golden Door

Best European Union Film
Notes on a Scandal - Richard Eyre (20th Century Fox)
My Best Friend - Patrice Leconte (Lucky Red)
The Queen - Stephen Frears (BIM)
The Lives of Others - Florian Henckel von Donnermarck (01)
Volver - Pedro Almodovar (WB)

Best Feature Documentary
100 anni della nostra storia - Marco S. Puccioni and Gianfranco Pannone
Bellissime (seconda parte) - Giovanna Gagliardo
Il mio paese - Daniele Viccari - winner
Souvenir Srebrenica - Luca Rosini
L'udienza è aperta - Vincenzo Marra

Best Short Film
Armando - Massimiliano Camaiti
La cena di Emmaus di José Corvaglia
Meridionali senza filtro - Michele Bia - winner
Solo cinque minuti - Filippo Soldi
Travaglio - Lele Biscussi

David Giovani
Golden Door - Emanuele Crialese
Night Before Exams: Today - Fausto Brizzi
Red Like the Sky - Cristiano Bortone
Saturno contro - Ferzan Ozpetek
The Unknown - Giuseppe Tornatore


Turin Film Commission Award/Critics Prize
Along the Ridge - Kim Rossi Stuart
One Hundred Nails - Ermanno Olmí
Golden Door - Emanuele Crialese
The Wedding Director - Marco Bellocchio
The Missing Star - Gianni Amelio

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(Translated from Italian)

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