Paolo Sorrentino‘s Parthenope, the director’s sumptuous, occasionally surreal tribute to his hometown of Naples, and Andre Segre’s The Great Ambition, a political biopic about Italian Communist Party leader Enrico Berlinguer, are the front runners for this year’s David Di Donatello awards, Italy‘s version of the Oscars.
Parthenope and The Great Ambition picked up 15 nominations each, including for best film and best director. In the best film category, they will face up against Maura Delpero’s Italian WW2 drama Vermiglio and Valeria Golino and Nicolangelo Gelormini’s L’arte della gioia (The Art of Joy), which received 14 nominations each, and the Francesca Comencini-directed drama The Time it Takes, which received 4 nominations. Other multiple nominees include Margherita Vicario’s debut feature Gloria!, about women musicians at a Church-run establishment in early-1800s Italy, which scored 9 nominations, and Francesco Costabile’s crime thriller Familia, with 8.
In the best international film category, Sean Baker’s multi-Oscar winner Anora is up against Edward Berger’s Conclave, Clint Eastwood’s Juror #2, Jonathan Glazer’s 2024 Oscar winner The Zone of Interest, and Wim Wenders’ Perfect Days.
The 70th David Di Donatello awards will be handed out at Rome’s historic Cinecittà film studio on May 7.
Check out the full list of 2025 David Di Donatello nominees below.
Best Film
The Great Ambition, dir: Andrea Segre
The Time it Takes, dir: Francesca Comencini
L’arte della gioia prodotto, dir: Valeria Golino
Parthenope, dir: Paolo Sorrentino
Vermiglio, dir: Maura Delpero
Best Director
Andrea Segre for The Great Ambition
Francesca Comencini for The Time it Takes
Valeria Golino for L’arte della gioia
Paolo Sorrentino for Parthenope
Maura Delpero for Vermiglio
Best Directorial Debut
Ciao bambino Edgardo Pistone
Gloria! Margherita Vicario
I bambini di Gaza Loris Lai
Io e il Secco Gianluca Santoni
Zamora Neri Marcorè
Best Original Screenplay
Andrea Segre, Marco Pettenello for The Great Ambition
Enrico Maria Artale for El Paraiso
Margherita Vicario, Anita Rivaroli for Gloria!
Francesca Comencini for The Time it Takes
Paolo Sorrentino for Parthenope
Maura Delpero for Vermiglio
Best Adapted Screenplay
Gianni Amelio, Alberto Taraglio for Battlefield
Francesco Costabile, Vittorio Moroni, Adriano Chiarelli for Familia
Roberto Proia for The Boy with Pink Trousers
Valeria Golino, Francesca Marciano, Valia Santella, Luca Infascelli, Stefano Sardo for L’arte della gioia
Gabriele Salvatores for Napoli – New York
Best Producer
The Great Ambition Marta Donzelli, Gregorio Paonessa for Vivo Film, Francesco Bonsembiante for Jolefilm, Rai Cinema, Joseph Rouschop for Tarantula, Martichka Bozhilova for Agitprop
Ciao bambino Gaetano Di Vaio, Giovanna Crispino for Bronx Film, Alessandro Elia, Walter De Majo for Anemone Film, Andrea Leone, Antonella Di Martino for Mosaicon Film, Santo Versace, Gianluca Curti for Minerva Pictures
Gloria! Valeria Jamonte, Manuela Melissano, Carlo Cresto-Dina for Tempesta, Rai Cinema, Katrin Renz for Tellfilm
Vermiglio Francesca Andreoli, Leonardo Guerra Seràgnoli, Santiago Fondevila Sancet, Maura Delpero for Cinedora, Rai Cinema, Charades (coproduction with la Francia), Versus (coproduction with il Belgio)
Vittoria Nanni Moretti, Lorenzo Cioffi, Giorgio Giampà, in collaboration with Alessandra Stefani
Best Actress
Barbara Ronchi for Familia
Romana Maggiora Vergano for The Time it Takes
Tecla Insolia for L’arte della gioia
Celeste Dalla Porta for Parthenope
Martina Scrinzi for Vermiglio
Best Actor
Elio Germano for The Great Ambition
Francesco Gheghi for Familia
Fabrizio Gifuni for Il tempo che ci vuole
Silvio Orlando for Parthenope
Tommaso Ragno for Vermiglio
Best Supporting Actress
Geppi Cucciari for Diamanti
Tecla Insolia for Familia
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi for L’arte della gioia
Jasmine Trinca for L’arte della gioia
Luisa Ranieri for Parthenope
Best Supporting Actor
Roberto Citran for The Great Ambition
Francesco Di Leva for Familia
Guido Caprino for L’arte della gioia
Pierfrancesco Favino for Napoli – New York
Peppe Lanzetta for Parthenope
Best Casting
Stefania De Santis for The Great Ambition
Anna Pennella for Familia
Massimo Appolloni for Gloria!
Francesco Vedovati, Anna Maria Sambucco, Massimo Appolloni for L’arte della gioia
Stefania Rodà, Maurilio Mangano for Vermiglio
Best Cinematography
Luan Amelio Ujkaj for Battlefield
Matteo Cocco for Dostoevskij
Daniele Ciprì for Hey Joe
Fabio Cianchetti for L’arte della gioia
Daria D’Antonio for Parthenope
Mikhail Krichman for Vermiglio
Best Score
Iosonouncane for The Great Ambition
Thom Yorke for Trust
Margherita Vicario, Davide Pavanello for Gloria!
Colapesce for Sicilian Letters
Nicola Piovani for The Children’s Train
Best Original Song
“Knife Edge” – Music, Thom Yorke text and interpretation, for Trust
“Diamanti” – Music Giuliano Taviani, Carmelo Travia, text Giorgia Todrani, interpretation Giorgia for Diamanti
“Atoms” – Music and text Valerio Vigliar, interpretation Greta Zuccoli for Familia
“Aria!” – Music and text Margherita Vicario, Davide Pavanello, Edwyn Clark Roberts, Andrea Bonomo, Gianluigi Fazio, interpretation Margherita Vicario for Gloria!
“La malvagità” – Music and text Colapesce for The Sicilian Letters
Best Production Design
Alessandro Vannucci, Laura Casalini for The Great Ambition
Luca Merlini, Giulietta Rimoldi for L’arte della gioia
Tonino Zera, Maria Grazia Schirripa, Carlotta Desmann for The Flood
Carmine Guarino, Iole Autero for Parthenope
Pirra, Vito Giuseppe Zito, Sara Pergher for Vermiglio
Best Costume
Mary Montalto for Gloria!
Maria Rita Barbera for L’arte della gioia
Massimo Cantini Parrini for The Flood
Carlo Poggioli for Parthenope
Andrea Cavalletto for Vermiglio
Best Make Up
Sara Morlando, Rossella Sicignano, Leonardo Cruciano, Viola Moneta for The Great Ambition
Maurizio Fazzini for L’arte della gioia
Alessandra Vita, Valentina Visintin for The Flood
Paola Gattabrusi, Lorenzo Tamburini for Parthenope
Frédérique Foglia for Vermiglio
Best Hair
Desiree Corridoni for The Great Ambition
Marta Iacoponi, Carla Indoni for Gloria!
Aldo Signoretti, Domingo Santoro for The Flood
Marco Perna for Parthenope
Tiziana Argiolas for Vermiglio
Best Editing
Jacopo Quadri for The Great Ambition
Walter Fasano for Dostoevskij
Giogiò Franchini for L’arte della gioia
Cristiano Travaglioli for Parthenope
Luca Mattei for Vermiglio
Best Sound
Alessandro Palmerini, Marc Bastien, Vincent Grégorio, Franco Piscopo for The Great Ambition
Emanuele Cicconi, Alessandro Feletti, Alessandro Giacco, Marco Falloni for Battlefield
Xavier Lavorel, Daniela Bassani, François Wolf, Maxence Ciekawy for Gloria!
Emanuele Cecere, Silvia Moraes, Mirko Perri, Michele Mazzucco for Parthenope
Dana Farzanehpour, Hervé Guyader, Hervé Guyader, Emmanuel De Boissieu for Vermiglio
Best Visual Effects
Tristan Lilien, Michel Denis for The Great Ambition
Francesco Niolu, Rodolfo Migliari for L’arte della gioia
Fabio Tomassetti, Daniele Tomassetti for Limonov
Victor Perez for Napoli – New York
Rodolfo Migliari, Lena Di Gennaro for Parthenope
Best Documentary
Duse – The Greatest, dir: Sonia Bergamasco
The Secret Drawer, dir: Costanza Quatriglio
L’occhio della gallina, dir: Antonietta De Lillo
Lirica Ucraina, dir: Francesca Mannocchi
Prima della fine – Gli ultimi giorni di Enrico Berlinguer, dir: Samuele Rossi
Best International Film
Anora, dir: Sean Baker
Conclave, dir: Edward Berger
Juror #2, dir: Clint Eastwood
The Zone of Interest, dir: Jonathan Glazer
Perfect Days, dir: Wim Wenders
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