David di Donatello

The David di Donatello awards are the main national film awards of Italy, presented since 1956 and named after Donatello's sculpture of David.

Winners of the David di Donatello (Italy), year by year. Names link to the film or person page when they are on Sinekatalog. Compiled from Wikidata.

Best Film Best Director Best Actor Best Actress

Best Film

54 years listed (1900–2025); some years may be missing from the source data.

Year	Film	Director / winner
2025	The Tasters	Silvio Soldini
2023	The Eight Mountains	Charlotte Vandermeersch Felix van Groeningen
2021	Hidden Away	Giorgio Diritti
2020	The Traitor	Marco Bellocchio
2019	Dogman	Matteo Garrone
2018	Love and Bullets	Antonio Manetti Marco Manetti
2017	Like Crazy	Paolo Virzì
2016	Perfect Strangers	Paolo Genovese
2015	Black Souls	Francesco Munzi
2014	Human Capital	Paolo Virzì
2013	The Best Offer	Giuseppe Tornatore
2012	Caesar Must Die	Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
2011	Basilicata Coast To Coast	Rocco Papaleo
2010	We Believed	Mario Martone
2009	The Man Who Will Come	Giorgio Diritti
2008	The Girl by the Lake	Andrea Molaioli
	Gomorrah	Matteo Garrone
2007	The Unknown Woman	Giuseppe Tornatore
2006	The Caiman	Nanni Moretti
	The Night Before the Exams	Fausto Brizzi
2005	The Consequences of Love	Paolo Sorrentino
2004	The Best of Youth	Marco Tullio Giordana
2003	The Best of Youth	Marco Tullio Giordana
	Facing Windows	Ferzan Özpetek
2002	The Profession of Arms	Ermanno Olmi
2001	The Son's Room	Nanni Moretti
2000	Bread and Tulips	Silvio Soldini
1999	Not of this World	Giuseppe Piccioni
1998	Life Is Beautiful	Roberto Benigni
1997	The Truce	Francesco Rosi
	Life Is Beautiful	Roberto Benigni
1996	Stealing Beauty	Bernardo Bertolucci
1995	La scuola	Daniele Luchetti
	August Vacation	Paolo Virzì
1994	For Love, Only for Love	—
1993	The Great Pumpkin	Francesca Archibugi
	Dear Diary	Nanni Moretti
1992	Stolen Children	Gianni Amelio
1991	Mediterraneo	Gabriele Salvatores Francesca Archibugi
1990	Towards Evening	Francesca Archibugi
	Open Doors	Gianni Amelio
1989	12 Directors for 12 Cities	Ermanno Olmi
1988	The Legend of the Holy Drinker	Ermanno Olmi
1987	The Family	Ettore Scola
	The Last Emperor	Bernardo Bertolucci
1986	Let's Hope It's a Girl	Mario Monicelli
1985	Carmen (1984)	Francesco Rosi
1984	The Ship Sails On	Federico Fellini Ettore Scola
1983	Le Bal	Ettore Scola
	The Ship Sails On	Federico Fellini
1982	Talcum Powder	Carlo Verdone
	The Night of the Shooting Stars	Paolo Taviani Vittorio Taviani
1981	I'm Starting from Three	Massimo Troisi
1979	Christ Stopped at Eboli	Francesco Rosi
	Dimenticare Venezia	Franco Brusati
1978	The Tree of Wooden Clogs	Ermanno Olmi
	In the Name of the Pope King	Pasquale Squitieri Luigi Magni
1977	Un borghese piccolo piccolo	Mario Monicelli
	I Am the Law	Pasquale Squitieri
1976	The Desert of the Tartars	Valerio Zurlini
	Illustrious Corpses	Francesco Rosi
1975	Down the Ancient Stairs	Mauro Bolognini Luchino Visconti
1974	Conversation Piece	Luchino Visconti
	The Murri Affair	Mauro Bolognini
	Bread and Chocolate	Franco Brusati Federico Fellini
1973	Amarcord	Federico Fellini
	Ludwig	Pietro Germi Luchino Visconti
1972	This Kind of Love	Alberto Bevilacqua
	Alfredo, Alfredo	Pietro Germi
1971	The Working Class Goes to Heaven	Elio Petri
	Waterloo	Dino De Laurentiis Sergei Bondarchuk
1970	Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion	Gianni Hecht Lucari Marina Cicogna Elio Petri
	Metello	Mauro Bolognini
	The Garden of the Finzi-Continis	Vittorio De Sica
1900	Bread and Tulips	—

Best Director

64 years listed (1956–2025); some years may be missing from the source data.

Year	Winner	Film	Award
2025	Maura Delpero	Vermiglio	David di Donatello for Best Director
2024	Matteo Garrone	Io capitano	David di Donatello for Best Director
2023	Marco Bellocchio	Exterior Night	David di Donatello for Best Director
2022	Paolo Sorrentino	The Hand of God	David di Donatello for Best Director
	Laura Samani	Small Body	David di Donatello for Best New Director
2021	Giorgio Diritti	Hidden Away	David di Donatello for Best Director
2020	Marco Bellocchio	The Traitor	David di Donatello for Best Director
2019	Matteo Garrone	Dogman	David di Donatello for Best Director
2017	Jonas Carpignano	A Ciambra	David di Donatello for Best Director
	Paolo Virzì	Like Crazy	David di Donatello for Best Director
2016	Matteo Garrone	Tale of Tales	David di Donatello for Best Director
2015	Francesco Munzi	Black Souls	David di Donatello for Best Director
2014	Paolo Sorrentino	Sabbia	David di Donatello for Best Director
	Pif	The Mafia Kills Only in Summer	David di Donatello for Best New Director
2013	Giuseppe Tornatore	The Best Offer	David di Donatello for Best Director
2012	Paolo Taviani	Caesar Must Die	David di Donatello for Best Director
	Vittorio Taviani	Caesar Must Die	David di Donatello for Best Director
	Paolo and Vittorio Taviani	Caesar Must Die	David di Donatello for Best Director
2011	Daniele Luchetti	Our Life	David di Donatello for Best Director
2009	Matteo Garrone	Gomorrah	David di Donatello for Best Director
	Marco Bellocchio	Vincere	David di Donatello for Best Director
2008	Andrea Molaioli	The Girl by the Lake	David di Donatello for Best Director
2007	Giuseppe Tornatore	The Unknown Woman	David di Donatello for Best Director
	Kim Rossi Stuart	Along the Ridge	David di Donatello for Best New Director
2006	Nanni Moretti	The Caiman	David di Donatello for Best Director
2005	Paolo Sorrentino	Fiat Croma	David di Donatello for Best Director
2004	Marco Tullio Giordana	The Best of Youth	David di Donatello for Best Director
2003	Pupi Avati	Incantato	David di Donatello for Best Director
2002	Ermanno Olmi	The Profession of Arms	David di Donatello for Best Director
2001	Gabriele Muccino	The Last Kiss	David di Donatello for Best Director
2000	Silvio Soldini	Bread and Tulips	David di Donatello for Best Director
1999	Giuseppe Tornatore	The Legend of 1900	David di Donatello for Best Director
1998	Roberto Benigni	Life Is Beautiful	David di Donatello for Best Director
1997	Francesco Rosi	The Truce	David di Donatello for Best Director
1996	Giuseppe Tornatore	The Star Maker	David di Donatello for Best Director
1995	Mario Martone	Troubling Love	David di Donatello for Best Director
1994	Carlo Verdone	Let's Not Keep in Touch	David di Donatello for Best Director
	Francesco Ranieri Martinotti	Abissinia	David di Donatello for Best New Director
1993	Roberto Faenza	Look to the Sky	David di Donatello for Best Director
	Ricky Tognazzi	The Escort	David di Donatello for Best Director
1992	Gianni Amelio	Stolen Children	David di Donatello for Best Director
	Maurizio Zaccaro	Where the Night Begins	David di Donatello for Best New Director
1991	Ricky Tognazzi	Ultra	David di Donatello for Best Director
	Marco Risi	Il muro di gomma	David di Donatello for Best Director
1990	Mario Monicelli	Dark Illness	David di Donatello for Best Director
1989	Ermanno Olmi	The Legend of the Holy Drinker	David di Donatello for Best Director
	Francesca Archibugi	Towards Evening	David di Donatello for Best New Director
1988	Bernardo Bertolucci	The Last Emperor	David di Donatello for Best Director
1987	Ettore Scola	The Family	David di Donatello for Best Director
1986	Mario Monicelli	Let's Hope It's a Girl	David di Donatello for Best Director
1985	Francesco Rosi	Carmen (1984)	David di Donatello for Best Director
1984	Ettore Scola	Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer	David di Donatello for Best Director
1983	Paolo Taviani	The Night of the Shooting Stars	David di Donatello for Best Director
	Vittorio Taviani	The Night of the Shooting Stars	David di Donatello for Best Director
	Paolo and Vittorio Taviani	The Night of the Shooting Stars	David di Donatello for Best Director
1981	Francesco Rosi	Three Brothers	David di Donatello for Best Director
	Marco Ferreri	Tales of Ordinary Madness	David di Donatello for Best Director
1980	Marco Bellocchio	A Leap in the Dark	David di Donatello for Best Director
	Gillo Pontecorvo	Ogro	David di Donatello for Best Director
1979	Francesco Rosi	Christ Stopped at Eboli	David di Donatello for Best Director
1978	Ettore Scola	A Special Day	David di Donatello for Best Director
1977	Valerio Zurlini	The Desert of the Tartars	David di Donatello for Best Director
1976	Francesco Rosi	Illustrious Corpses	David di Donatello for Best Director
	Mario Monicelli	Caro Michele	David di Donatello for Best Director
1975	Dino Risi	Scent of a Woman	David di Donatello for Best Director
1973	Federico Fellini	Amarcord	David di Donatello for Best Director
	Luchino Visconti	Ludwig	David di Donatello for Best Director
1972	Franco Zeffirelli	Brother Sun, Sister Moon	David di Donatello for Best Director
	Sergio Leone	Duck, You Sucker!	David di Donatello for Best Director
1971	Luchino Visconti	Death in Venice	David di Donatello for Best Director
1970	Gillo Pontecorvo	Queimada	David di Donatello for Best Director
1969	Franco Zeffirelli	Romeo and Juliet (1968)	David di Donatello for Best Director
1968	Carlo Lizzani	Banditi a Milano	David di Donatello for Best Director
1967	Luigi Comencini	Misunderstood	David di Donatello for Best Director
1966	Pietro Germi	The Birds, the Bees and the Italians	David di Donatello for Best Director
	Alessandro Blasetti	Me, Me, Me... and the Others	David di Donatello for Best Director
1965	Francesco Rosi	The Moment of Truth	David di Donatello for Best Director
1964	Pietro Germi	Seduced and Abandoned	David di Donatello for Best Director
	Vittorio De Sica	Marriage Italian Style	David di Donatello for Best Director
1962	Ermanno Olmi	Il posto	David di Donatello for Best Director
1961	Michelangelo Antonioni	La Notte	David di Donatello for Best Director
1960	Federico Fellini	La Dolce Vita	David di Donatello for Best Director
1959	Alberto Lattuada	Letters of a Novice	David di Donatello for Best Director
1957	Federico Fellini	Nights of Cabiria	David di Donatello for Best Director
1956	Gianni Franciolini	Peccato di castità	David di Donatello for Best Director

Best Actor

61 years listed (1900–2024); some years may be missing from the source data.

Year	Winner	Film
2024	Francesco Gheghi	Familia
2023	Fabrizio Gifuni	Exterior Night
2022	Alessandro Borghi	The Eight Mountains
2021	Kim Rossi Stuart	Everything's Gonna Be Alright
2019	Pierfrancesco Favino	The Traitor
2018	Marcello Fonte	Dogman
2017	Stefano Accorsi	Radiofreccia
	Stefano Accorsi	Italian Race
	Renato Carpentieri	Tenderness
2016	Valerio Mastandrea	Sweet Dreams
2015	Elio Germano	—
	Fabrizio Ferracane	Black Souls
	Claudio Santamaria	They Call Me Jeeg
2014	Toni Servillo	—
2013	Valerio Mastandrea	Balancing Act
	Aniello Arena	Reality
2012	Michel Piccoli	—
2011	Elio Germano	—
	Antonio Albanese	Whatsoeverly
2010	Valerio Mastandrea	The First Beautiful Thing
2009	Toni Servillo	—
	Luca Argentero	Different from Whom?
2007	Elio Germano	—
	Vincenzo Amato	Golden Door
2006	Silvio Orlando	—
2005	Toni Servillo	—
	Stefano Accorsi	Smalltown, Italy
2004	Sergio Castellitto	—
2003	Massimo Girotti	—
	Roberto Benigni	Pinocchio (2002)
2002	Giancarlo Giannini	—
2001	Luigi Lo Cascio	—
2000	Bruno Ganz	—
1999	Stefano Accorsi	—
	Antonio Albanese	La fame e la sete
1998	Roberto Benigni	Life Is Beautiful
1997	Fabrizio Bentivoglio	—
	Claudio Amendola	My Generation
1996	Giancarlo Giannini	—
1995	Marcello Mastroianni	—
1994	Giulio Scarpati	—
	Diego Abatantuono	For Love, Only for Love
1993	Sergio Castellitto	—
	Carlo Cecchi	Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician
1992	Carlo Verdone	—
1991	Nanni Moretti	—
	Diego Abatantuono	Mediterraneo
1990	Gian Maria Volonte	Open Doors
	Paolo Villaggio	The Voice of the Moon
1989	Roberto Benigni	The Little Devil
	Giancarlo Giannini	'o Re
	Carlo Verdone	Compagni di scuola
1988	Marcello Mastroianni	—
1987	Vittorio Gassman	The Family
	Diego Abatantuono	Christmas Present
	Gian Maria Volonté	The Moro Affair
1986	Marcello Mastroianni	—
1985	Francesco Nuti	—
	Ben Gazzara	Uno scandalo perbene
	Michele Placido	Pizza Connection
1984	Giancarlo Giannini	—
1983	Francesco Nuti	—
	Johnny Dorelli	State buoni se potete
	Marcello Mastroianni	That Night in Varennes
1982	Carlo Verdone	—
1981	Massimo Troisi	I'm Starting from Three
	Michele Placido	Fontamara
1980	Adriano Celentano	—
1979	Vittorio Gassman	Dear Father
1977	Nino Manfredi	In the Name of the Pope King
	Alberto Sordi	Un borghese piccolo piccolo
1976	Adriano Celentano	The Con Artists
	Adriano Celentano	Velvet Hands
	Ugo Tognazzi	My Friends
1974	Nino Manfredi	Bread and Chocolate
	Vittorio Gassman	Scent of a Woman
1972	Giancarlo Giannini	—
	Alberto Sordi	The Scopone Game
1971	Ugo Tognazzi	Lady Caliph
	Alberto Sordi	In Prison Awaiting Trial
1970	Gian Maria Volonte	Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
1969	Nino Manfredi	—
1968	Alberto Sordi	Be Sick... It's Free
	Franco Nero	—
1967	Ugo Tognazzi	—
	Vittorio Gassman	—
1966	Alberto Sordi	—
1965	Vittorio Gassman	—
1964	Marcello Mastroianni	—
1962	Raf Vallone	—
	Vittorio Gassman	Il Sorpasso
1960	Alberto Sordi	Everybody Go Home
1959	Vittorio Gassman	The Great War
	Alberto Sordi	The Great War
1955	Vittorio De Sica	Scandal in Sorrento
1900	Bruno Ganz	Bread and Tulips

Best Actress

60 years listed (1900–2025); some years may be missing from the source data.

Year	Winner	Film
2025	Aurora Quattrocchi	Sweetheart
2024	Tecla Insolia	The Art of Joy
2023	Paola Cortellesi	There's Still Tomorrow
2022	Swamy Rotolo	A Chiara
	Barbara Ronchi	September (2022)
2021	Sophia Loren	The Life Ahead
2020	Jasmine Trinca	The Goddess of Fortune
2019	Elena Sofia Ricci	Loro
2017	Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi	Like Crazy
2016	Ilenia Pastorelli	They Call Me Jeeg
2015	Margherita Buy	Mia Madre
2014	Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi	Human Capital
2013	Margherita Buy	A Five Star Life
2012	Zhao Tao	—
2011	Paola Cortellesi	Escort in Love
2010	Micaela Ramazzotti	The First Beautiful Thing
2008	Margherita Buy	Days and Clouds
	Alba Rohrwacher	Giovanna's Father
2007	Kseniya Rappoport	—
	Ksenia Rappoport	The Unknown Woman
2006	Valeria Golino	Mario's War
2005	Barbora Bobuľová	Sacred Heart
2004	Penélope Cruz	Don't Move
2003	Giovanna Mezzogiorno	Facing Windows
2002	Marina Confalone	Incantesimo napoletano
2001	Laura Morante	The Son's Room
1999	Margherita Buy	Not of this World
1998	Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi	Notes of Love
1997	Asia Argento	—
1996	Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi	The Second Time
1995	Anna Bonaiuto	Troubling Love
1994	Asia Argento	—
1993	Antonella Ponziani	Verso sud
1992	Giuliana De Sio	The Wicked
1991	Margherita Buy	The Station
1990	Elena Sofia Ricci	—
1989	Stefania Sandrelli	Mignon Has Left
1988	Yelena Safonova	—
	Elena Safonova	Dark Eyes
1987	Liv Ullmann	Farewell Moscow
1986	Ángela Molina	—
1985	Lina Sastri	Secrets Secrets
1983	Giuliana De Sio	The Pool Hustlers
1982	Eleonora Giorgi	Talcum Powder
1981	Valeria D'Obici	Passion of Love
1980	Virna Lisi	—
1979	Monica Vitti	My Loves
1978	Sophia Loren	A Special Day
1976	Monica Vitti	Duck in Orange Sauce
	Mariangela Melato	Caro Michele
1974	Monica Vitti	Stardust
	Sophia Loren	The Voyage
1973	Florinda Bolkan	—
	Silvana Mangano	The Scopone Game
1971	Monica Vitti	Ninì Tirabusciò: The Woman Who Invented the Move
	Claudia Cardinale	A Girl in Australia
	Florinda Bolkan	—
1970	Sophia Loren	Sunflower
1969	Monica Vitti	The Girl with the Pistol
	Gina Lollobrigida	Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
1968	Claudia Cardinale	Mafia
1967	Silvana Mangano	The Witches (1967)
1966	Giulietta Masina	Juliet of the Spirits
1965	Sophia Loren	Marriage Italian Style
1963	Gina Lollobrigida	Imperial Venus
	Silvana Mangano	The Verona Trial
1961	Sophia Loren	—
1959	Anna Magnani	Hell in the City
1958	Anna Magnani	Wild Is the Wind
1956	Gina Lollobrigida	Beautiful But Dangerous
1900	Licia Maglietta	Bread and Tulips

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