David di Donatello, Ligabue film triumphs. Elio Germano best actor

The award ceremony for the 66th edition of the David di Donatello Awards took place last night in Rome, hosted by Carlo Conti and broadcast in prime time on Rai 1. Triumphing was the film Volevo nascondermi (I Wanted to Hide), which received awards for best film, best director(Giorgio Diritti), best leading actor(Elio Germano), best cinematography(Matteo Cocco), best set designer(Paolo Zamagni, Ludovica Ferrario and Alessandra Mura), best hairstylist(Aldo Signoretti) and best sound.

The award for best leading actress went to Sophia Loren for La vita davanti a sé, while best supporting actress is Matilda De Angelis for L’incredibile storia dell’Isola delle Rose, a film that also wins best supporting actor with Fabrizio Bentivoglio. Best documentary is Mi chiamo Francesco Totti (by Alex Infascelli), best short film is Anne (by Domenico Croce and Stefano Malchiodi) while 1917 by Sam Mendes wins best foreign film.

Best first-time director is Pietro Castellitto for I predatori, while the award for best original screenplay goes, posthumously, to Mattia Torre for Figli (the award was collected by his daughter Emma: Torre in fact passed away in 2019). Gianni Di Gregorio and Marco Pettenello win the award for best adapted screenplay for Lontano lontano lontano, while the award for best producer goes to the film Miss Marx (award won by Marta Donzelli and Gregorio Paonessa for Vivo film with Rai Cinema, Joseph Rouschop and Valérie Bournonville for Tarantula Belgique). Missa Marx also wins the best composer award, which goes to Cherry Cat vs. the Big Chill and Downtown Boys. The best song is Checco Zalone’s Immigrato for the film Tolo Tolo (Checco Zalone’s film also wins the David of the Spectator, awarded to the film that totals the highest number of cinema admissions in the year).

As for the technical awards, Massimo Cantini Parrini is the best costume designer(Miss Marx), Luigi Ciminelli, Andrea Leanza and Federica Castelli are the best makeup artists(Hammamet), the best editor award goes to Esmeralda Calabria(Favolacce), and Stefano Leoni and Elisabetta Rocca win best visual special effects for L’incredibile storia dell’Isola delle Rose.

Finally, David Giovani award to 18 Gifts by Francesco Amato, and special Davids for Sandra Milo, Diego Abatantuono and Monica Bellucci.

David di Donatello, Ligabue film triumphs. Elio Germano best actor

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