61st David di Donatello

61st David di Donatello
Date	18 April 2016
Site	De Paolis Studios, Rome, Italy
Hosted by	Alessandro Cattelan
Highlights
Best Picture	Perfect Strangers
Most awards	They Call Me Jeeg (8)
Most nominations	They Call Me Jeeg (17)
Television coverage
Network	Sky Cinema

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.

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 Artist

• 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 Hairstylist

• 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