As many predicted and as the 16 nominations anticipated, it is the independent film The Last One for the Road the winner of the 71st edition of the David di Donatello Awards, held, yesterday, May 6 at the Cinecittà Studios.
Francesco Sossai‘s The Las One for the Road, produced by Marta Donzelli and Gregorio Paonessa for Vivo Film, with Rai Cinema, in collaboration with Philipp Kreuzer for Maze Pictures, Cecilia Trautvetter, won 8 David, exactly half of those for which he was nominated, including those for Best Film and Best Director.
The Las One for the Road premiered in Un Certain Regard at the last edition of the Cannes Film Festival: to the film, shot in the Veneto region with the support of Fondazione Veneto Film Commission, we dedicated the cover of our special issue distributed at the Festival, which contained inside an interview with Francesco Sossai
Together with Adriano Candiago, Sossai was also awarded for Best Original Screenplay. Also winning were the aforementioned producers (Best Producer); Sergio Romano as Best Actor in a Leading Role.
Among the nominees was his co-star, Pier Paolo Capovilla, and also in the category of Best Supporting Actor, two of the film’s performers, Roberto Citran and Andrea Pennacchi, were nominated: the David in this case, however, went to Lino Musella for the film Feeling Better by Valerio Mastandrea.
And again, to The Las One for the Road went the Davids for Best Casting, again won by Adriano Candiago, Sossai’s longtime collaborator and friend; Best Editing (to Paolo Cottignola); and Best Original Song (Marco Spigariol, aka Krano, is the author of the music and lyrics).
In an edition that honored Vittorio Storaro with the Cinecittà David 71 Award, the David for Best Cinematography was won by Paolo Carnera for La Città Proibita by Gabriele Mainetti. Carnera in turn celebrated Storaro saying, “after the Maestro spoke, I cannot say anything more.” And he still spent his moment on stage to thank “my crew and all the film crews. If this is the festival of cinema, it is certainly the festival of the film crews who make cinema.”
Dedicated to Vittorio Storaro, among others, is the documentary Storaro, which he directed, and produced by Piano B Productions, which released the first backstage images today
Aurora Quattrocchi, winner, of the David for Best Actress in a Leading Role, thanked cinematographer Claudio Cofrancesco, who illuminated his intense performance in Sweetheart by Margherita Spampinato. It was an explosion of joy on stage for the 83-year-old actress who, among other things, expressed loud and clear her wish “that they reopen movie theaters, beautiful and big like this one!” Definitely the liveliest and youngest presence of the evening, in spite of her age. Perhaps it is no coincidence that the film she starred in, Sweetheart, also earned Margherita Spampinato the David for Best Directorial Debut.
The David Giovani went instead to The Tasters by Silvio Soldini, which also won the David for Best Non-Original Screenplay (it is based on the novel by Rosella Postorino), which went to Soldini, Doriana Leondeff, Lucio Ricca, Cristina Comencini, Giulia Calenda, and Ilaria Macchia.
And there were many among the awardees who remembered the work of all film workers and highlighted concern about the difficult time the Italian industry is experiencing: from Matilda De Angelis, who was awarded the David for Best Supporting Actress (for Fuori by Mario Martone), to Angela Finocchiaro, who presented the David to Sergio Romano himself.
U.S. actor Matthew Modine, who also took the stage to award the Francesco Sossai as Best Director, said “There is no Italy without cinema. Italian cinema makes films to remind us all what it really is to be human.” And he announced that it will be in Italy until September to film the comedy he wrote Splendid Thing.
There were also many appeals for a Free Palestine: from Lino Musella, Andrea Castorina (awarded along with Marco Martucci for Best Set Design for La Città proibita by Gabriele Mainetti); to Gianluca Scarlata awarded for Best Sound (Presa diretta) for the film Spring along with Davide Favargiotti (Sound Editing); Daniele Quadroli (Sound Creation) and Nadia Paone (Mix).
The David for Best Short Film went to Everyday in Gaza by Omar Rammal.
Roberto Rossellini – More than one life by Ilaria de Laurentiis, Andrea Paolo Massara, Raffaele Brunetti won instead the David for Best Documentary
Damiamo Michieletto’s debut film Spring, which recently announced sales in 50 countries, won all the ‘technical’ Davids: in addition to sound, it also won for Best Composer (Massimo Capogrosso), Hairstyling (Marta Iacoponi) and Costumes (Maria Rita Barbera, Gaia Calderone).
All the Awardees of the 71st David di Donatello Awards
MIGLIOR FILM
Le città di pianura – Prodotto da Marta Donzelli e Gregorio Paonessa per Vivo Film, con Rai Cinema, in collaborazione con Philipp Kreuzer per Maze Pictures, Cecilia Trautvetter, per la regia di Francesco Sossai
MIGLIOR REGIA
Francesco Sossai per Le città di pianura
MIGLIOR ESORDIO ALLA REGIA
Margherita Spampinato per Gioia mia
MIGLIORE SCENEGGIATURA ORIGINALE
Francesco Sossai e Adriano Candiago per Le città di pianura
MIGLIORE SCENEGGIATURA NON ORIGINALE
Doriana Leondeff, Silvio Soldini, Lucio Ricca, Cristina Comencini, Giulia Calenda, Ilaria Macchia per Le assaggiatrici
MIGLIOR PRODUTTORE
Marta Donzelli e Gregorio Paonessa per Vivo Film, Con Rai Cinema, in Collaborazione con Philipp Kreuzer per Maze Pictures, Cecilia Trautvetter per Le città di pianura
MIGLIORE ATTRICE PROTAGONISTA
Aurora Quattrocchi per Gioia mia
MIGLIORE ATTORE PROTAGONISTA
Sergio Romano per Le città di pianura
MIGLIORE ATTRICE NON PROTAGONISTA
Matilda De Angelis per Fuori
MIGLIORE ATTORE NON PROTAGONISTA
Lino Musella per Nonostante
MIGLIOR CASTING
Adriano Candiago per Le città di pianura
MIGLIORE AUTORE DELLA FOTOGRAFIA
Paolo Carnera per La città proibita
MIGLIORE COMPOSITORE
Fabio Massimo Capogrosso per Primavera
MIGLIORE CANZONE ORIGINALE
“Ti” – Musica e testi di Marco Spigariol (in arte Krano) interpretata da Krano dal film Le città di pianura
MIGLIORE SCENOGRAFIA
Andrea Castorina, Marco Martucci per La città proibita
MIGLIORI COSTUMI
Maria Rita Barbera, Gaia Calderone per Primavera
MIGLIOR TRUCCO
Esmé Sciaroni per Le assaggiatrici
MIGLIOR ACCONCIATURA
Marta Iacoponi per Primavera
MIGLIORE MONTAGGIO
Paolo Cottignola per Le città di pianura
MIGLIOR SUONO
Presa diretta Gianluca Scarlata, Montaggio del suono Davide Favargiotti, Creazione suoni Daniele Quadroli, Mix Nadia Paone per Primavera
MIGLIORI EFFETTI VISIVI – VFX
Stefano Leoni, Andrea Lo Priore per La città proibita
MIGLIOR DOCUMENTARIO – PREMIO DAVID CECILIA MANGINI
Roberto Rossellini – Più di una vita di Ilaria de Laurentiis, Andrea Paolo Massara, Raffaele Brunetti
MIGLIOR CORTOMETRAGGIO
Everyday in Gaza di Omar Rammal
DAVID GIOVANI
Le assaggiatrici di Silvio Soldini
MIGLIOR FILM INTERNAZIONALE
One Battle After Another (Una battaglia dopo l’altra) di Paul Thomas Anderson
DAVID DELLO SPETTATORE
Buen camino di Gennaro Nunziante
DAVID ALLA CARRIERA
Gianni Amelio
DAVID SPECIALE
Bruno Bozzetto
PREMIO SPECIALE CINECITTÀ DAVID 71
Vittorio Storaro
