61st David di Donatello

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The 61st David di Donatello ceremony, presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano, was held on 18 April 2016 to honor the best in Italian cinema in 2015.^[1]^[2]

Winners and nominees

Best Film

Perfect Strangers – directed by Paolo Genovese‡.
- Don't Be Bad – directed by Claudio Caligari
- Fire at Sea – directed by Gianfranco Rosi
- Tale of Tales – directed by Matteo Garrone
- Youth – directed by Paolo Sorrentino

Best Producer

They Call Me Jeeg – Gabriele Mainetti for Goon Films with Rai Cinema‡
- Don't Be Bad – Paolo Bogna, Simone Isola and Valerio Mastandrea for Kimerafilm, Rai Cinema and Taodue Film, associate producer Pietro Valsecchi, in collaboration with Leone Film Group
- Fire at Sea – 21uno Film, Stemal Entertainment, Istituto Luce Cinecittà, Rai Cinema, and Les Films d'Ici with Arte France Cinéma
- Tale of Tales – Archimede and Rai Cinema
- Youth – Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima and Carlotta Calori for Indigo Film

Best Director

Matteo Garrone – Tale of Tales‡
- Claudio Caligari – Don't Be Bad
- Paolo Genovese – Perfect Strangers
- Gianfranco Rosi – Fire at Sea
- Paolo Sorrentino – Youth

Best New Director

Gabriele Mainetti – They Call Me Jeeg‡
- Alberto Caviglia – Burning Love
- Carlo Lavagna – Arianna
- Piero Messina – The Wait
- Francesco Miccichè and Fabio Bonifacci – Them Who?
- Adriano Valerio – Banat

Best Actor

Claudio Santamaria – They Call Me Jeeg as Enzo Ceccotti‡
- Alessandro Borghi – Don't Be Bad as Vittorio
- Marco Giallini – Perfect Strangers as Rocco
- Luca Marinelli – Don't Be Bad as Cesare
- Valerio Mastandrea – Perfect Strangers as Lele

Best Actress

Ilenia Pastorelli – They Call Me Jeeg as Alessia‡
- Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey – Alaska as Nadine
- Juliette Binoche – The Wait as Anna
- Paola Cortellesi – The Last Will Be the Last as Luciana Colacci
- Sabrina Ferilli – Me, Myself and Her as Marina Baldi
- Anna Foglietta – Perfect Strangers as Carlotta
- Valeria Golino – Per amor vostro as Anna Ruotolo

Best Supporting Actor

Luca Marinelli – They Call Me Jeeg as Fabio Cannizzaro / Zingaro‡
- Giuseppe Battiston – The Complexity of Happiness as Carlo Bernini
- Fabrizio Bentivoglio – The Last Will Be the Last as Antonio Zanzotto
- Valerio Binasco – Alaska as Sandro
- Alessandro Borghi – Suburra as Aureliano Adami / Number 8

Best Supporting Actress

Antonia Truppo – They Call Me Jeeg as Nuniza‡
- Sonia Bergamasco – Quo vado? as Dr. Sironi
- Claudia Cardinale – Ultima fermata as Rosa
- Piera Degli Esposti – Solo as Dr. Grunewald
- Elisabetta De Vito – Don't Be Bad as Madre di Cesare

David di Donatello for Best Screenplay

Perfect Strangers – Filippo Bologna, Paolo Costella, Paolo Genovese, Paola Mammini and Rolando Ravello‡
- Don't Be Bad – Claudio Caligari, Giordano Meacci and Francesca Serafini
- Tale of Tales – Edoardo Albinati, Ugo Chiti, Matteo Garrone and Massimo Gaudioso
- They Call Me Jeeg – Nicola Guaglianone and Menotti
- Youth – Paolo Sorrentino

Best Cinematography

Tale of Tales – Peter Suschitzky‡
- Don't Be Bad – Maurizio Calvesi
- Suburra – Paolo Carnera
- They Call Me Jeeg – Michele D'Attanasio
- Youth – Luca Bigazzi

Best Sets and Decorations

Tale of Tales – Dimitri Capuani and Alessia Anfuso‡
- The Correspondence – Maurizio Sabatini
- Don't Be Bad – Giada Calabria
- Suburra – Paki Meduri
- They Call Me Jeeg – Massimiliano Sturiale
- Youth – Ludovica Ferrario

Best Score

Youth – David Lang‡
- The Correspondence – Ennio Morricone
- Don't Be Bad – Paolo Vivaldi and Alessandro Sartini
- Tale of Tales – Alexandre Desplat
- They Call Me Jeeg – Michele Braga and Gabriele Mainetti

Best Original Song

"Simple Song #3" from Youth – Music and lyrics by David Lang; performed by Sumi Jo ‡
- "A cuor leggero" from Don't Be Bad – Music, lyrics and performed by Riccardo Sinigallia
- "Perfetti sconosciuti" from Perfect Strangers – Music by Bungaro and Cesare Chiodo; lyrics and performed by Fiorella Mannoia
- "La prima Repubblica" from Quo Vado? – Music, lyrics and performed by Checco Zalone
- "Torta di noi" from The Complexity of Happiness – Music, lyrics and performed by Niccolò Contessa

Best Editing

They Call Me Jeeg – Andrea Maguolo and Federico Conforti‡
- Fire at Sea – Jacopo Quadri
- Perfect Strangers – Consuelo Catucci
- Suburra – Patrizio Marone
- Youth – Cristiano Travaglioli

Best Sound

Don't Be Bad – Angelo Bonanni‡
- Perfect Strangers – Umberto Montesanti
- Tale of Tales – Maricetta Lombardo
- They Call Me Jeeg – Valentino Giannì
- Youth – Emanuele Cecere

Best Costumes

Tale of Tales – Massimo Cantini Parrini‡
- The Correspondence – Gemma Mascagni
- Don't Be Bad – Chiara Ferrantini
- They Call Me Jeeg – Mary Montalto
- Youth – Carlo Poggioli

Best Visual Effects

Tale of Tales – Makinarium‡
- Game Therapy – EDI Italian Digital Effects
- Suburra – Visualogie
- They Call Me Jeeg – Chromatica
- Youth – Peerless

Best Make-up

Tale of Tales – Gino Tamagnini, Valter Casotto and Luigi D'Andrea‡
- The Correspondence – Enrico Iacoponi
- Don't Be Bad – Lidia Minì
- They Call Me Jeeg – Giulio Pezza
- Youth – Maurizio Silvi

Best Hairstyling

Tale of Tales – Francesco Pegoretti‡
- The Correspondence – Elena Gregorini
- Don't Be Bad – Sharim Sabatini
- They Call Me Jeeg – Angelo Vannella
- Youth – Aldo Signoretti

Best Documentary Feature

S Is for Stanley – directed by Alex Infascelli‡
- I bambini sanno – directed by Walter Veltroni
- Harry's Bar – directed by Carlotta Cerquetti
- The Other Side – directed by Roberto Minervini
- Revelstoke: A Kiss in the Wind – directed by Nicola Moruzzi

Best Short Film

Bellissima – directed by Alessandro Capitani‡
- A metà luce – directed by Laura Gigante
- Per Anna – directed by Andrea Zuliani
- La ballata dei senzatetto – directed by Monica Manganelli
- Where Water Comes Together with Other Water – directed by Gianluca Mangiasciutti and Massimo Loi

Best European Film

Son of Saul (Hungary) – directed by László Nemes‡
- 45 Years (United Kingdom) – directed by Andrew Haigh
- The Brand New Testament (Belgium/France/Luxembourg) – directed by Jaco Van Dormael
- The Danish Girl (United Kingdom / United States) – directed by Tom Hooper
- A Perfect Day (Spain) – directed by Fernando León de Aranoa

Best Foreign Film

Bridges of Spies (United States/Germany/UK) – directed by Steven Spielberg‡
- Carol (United States/UK) – directed by Todd Haynes
- Inside Out (United States) – directed by Pete Docter
- Remember (Canada/Germany) – directed by Atom Egoyan
- Spotlight (United States) – directed by Todd Haynes

David Youth Award

The Correspondence – directed by Giuseppe Tornatore‡
- Alaska – directed by Claudio Cupellini
- Don't Be Bad – directed by Claudio Caligari
- The Last Will Be the Last – directed by Massimiliano Bruno
- Quo Vado? – directed by Gennaro Nunziante

Special David Awards

Gina Lollobrigida
Taviani Brothers

References

^ "Sorpresa David: pieno di nomination "Jeeg Robot" e "Non essere cattivo"". Spettacoli - La Repubblica. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
^ "'Jeeg Robot', 'Tale Of Tales' win big at Italy's David di Donatello Awards". screendaily.