70th David di Donatello

70th David di Donatello
Date	7 May 2025
Site	Cinecittà, Rome, Italy
Hosted by	Elena Sofia Ricci Mika
Highlights
Most nominations	The Great Ambition and Parthenope (15)
Television coverage
Network	Rai 1

The 70th David di Donatello ceremony, presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano, is to take place on 7 May 2025 at Cinecittà Studios in Rome, to honour the best Italian films of 2024. It will be hosted by actress Elena Sofia Ricci and singer Mika.

Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced on 7 April 2024. The Great Ambition and Parthenope received the most nominations with fifteen, followed by The Art of Joy and Vermiglio with fourteen.

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡)

Best Film

• The Art of Joy – directed by Valeria Golino
• The Great Ambition – directed by Andrea Segre
• Parthenope – directed by Paolo Sorrentino
• The Time It Takes – directed by Francesca Comencini
• Vermiglio – directed by Maura Delpero

Best Director

• Francesca Comencini – The Time It Takes
• Maura Delpero – Vermiglio
• Valeria Golino – The Art of Joy
• Andrea Segre – The Great Ambition
• Paolo Sorrentino – Parthenope

Best Directorial Debut

• Loris Lai – How Kids Roll
• Neri Marcorè – Zamora
• Edgardo Pistone – Ciao bambino
• Gianluca Santoni – Io e il Secco
• Margherita Vicario – Gloria!

Best Original Screenplay

• Gloria! – Anita Rivaroli and Margherita Vicario
• The Great Ambition – Marco Pettenello and Andrea Segre
• El paraíso – Enrico Maria Artale
• Parthenope – Paolo Sorrentino
• The Time It Takes – Francesca Comencini
• Vermiglio – Maura Delpero

Best Adapted Screenplay

• The Art of Joy – Valeria Golino, Luca Infascelli, Francesca Marciano, Valia Santella and Stefano Sardo
• Battlefield – Gianni Amelio and Alberto Taraglio
• The Boy with Pink Pants – Roberto Proia
• Familia – Adriano Chiarelli, Francesco Costabile and Vittorio Moroni
• Naples to New York – Gabriele Salvatores

Best Producer

• Ciao bambino – Giovanna Crispino, Gianluca Curti, Walter De Majo, Antonella De Martino, Gaetano Di Vaio, Alessandro Elia, Andrea Leone, and Santo Versace, producers; Anemone Film, Bronx Film, Mosaicon Film, Minerva Pictures, production companies
• Gloria! – Carlo Cresto-Dina, Valeria Jamonte, Manuela Melissano, and Katrin Renz, producers; Tellfilm and Tempesta, production companies
• The Great Ambition – Francesco Bonsembiante, Martichka Bozhilova, Marta Donzelli, Gregorio Paonessa, and Joseph Rouschop, producers; Agitprop, Jolefilm, Rai Cinema, Tarantula, and Vivo Film, production companies
• Vermiglio – Francesca Andreoli, Leonardo Guerra Seràgnoli, Santiago Fondevila Sancet, and Maura Delpero, producers; Cinedora, Charades (France), Rai Cinema, and Versus (Belgium), production companies
• Vittoria – Lorenzo Cioffi, Giorgio Giampà, Nanni Moretti, and Alessandra Stefani, producers

Best Actress

• Celeste Dalla Porta – Parthenope
• Tecla Insolia – The Art of Joy
• Romana Maggiora Vergano – The Time It Takes
• Barbara Ronchi – Familia
• Martina Scrinzi – Vermiglio

Best Actor

• Elio Germano – The Great Ambition
• Francesco Gheghi – Familia
• Fabrizio Gifuni – The Time It Takes
• Silvio Orlando – Parthenope
• Tommaso Ragno – Vermiglio

Best Supporting Actress

• Valeria Bruni Tedeschi – The Art of Joy
• Geppi Cucciari – Diamonds
• Tecla Insolia – Familia
• Luisa Ranieri – Parthenope
• Jasmine Trinca – The Art of Joy

Best Supporting Actor

• Guido Caprino – The Art of Joy
• Roberto Citran – The Great Ambition
• Pierfrancesco Favino – Naples to New York
• Peppe Lanzetta – Parthenope
• Francesco Di Leva – Familia

Best Casting

• The Art of Joy – Anna Maria Sambucco and Francesco Vedovati
• Familia – Anna Pennella
• Gloria! – Massimo Appolloni
• The Great Ambition – Stefania De Santis
• Vermiglio – Maurilio Mangano and Stefania Rodà

Best Cinematography

• The Art of Joy – Fabio Cianchetti
• Battlefield – Luan Amelio Ujkaj
• Dostoevskij – Matteo Cocco
• Hey Joe – Daniele Ciprì
• Parthenope – Daria D'Antonio
• Vermiglio – Mikhail Krichman

Best Composer

• The Children's Train – Nicola Piovani
• Confidenza – Thom Yorke
• Gloria! – Margherita Vicario and Davide Pavanello
• The Great Ambition – Iosonouncane
• Sicilian Letters – Colapesce

Best Original Song

• "Aria!" from Gloria! – Music and lyrics by Margherita Vicario, Davide Pavanello, Edwyn Roberts, Andrea Bonomo and Gianluigi Fazio; Performed by Margherita Vicario
• "Atomos" from Familia – Music and lyrics by Valerio Vigliar; Performed by Greta Zuccoli
• "Diamanti" from Diamonds – Music by Giuliano Taviani and Carmelo Travia; Lyrics and performed by Giorgia
• "Knife Edge" from Confidenza – Music, lyrics, and performed by Thom Yorke
• "La malvagità" from Sicilian Letters – Music, lyrics, and performed by Colapesce

Production Design

• The Art of Joy – Production Design: Luca Merlini; Set Decoration: Giulietta Rimoldi
• The Flood – Production Design: Tonino Zera; Set Decoration: Carlotta Desmann and Maria Grazia Schirripa
• The Great Ambition – Production Design: Alessandro Vannucci; Set Decoration: Laura Casalini
• Parthenope – Production Design: Carmine Guarino; Set Decoration: Iole Autero
• Vermiglio – Production Design: Pirra and Vito Giuseppe Zito; Set Decoration: Sara Pergher

Best Costumes

• The Art of Joy – Maria Rita Barbera
• The Flood – Massimo Cantini Parrini
• Gloria! – Mary Montalto
• Parthenope – Carlo Poggioli
• Vermiglio – Andrea Cavalletto

Best Make-up

• The Art of Joy – Maurizio Fazzini
• The Flood – Alessandra Vita and Valentina Visintin
• The Great Ambition – Sara Morlando, Rossella Sicignano, Leonardo Cruciano and Viola Moneta
• Parthenope – Paola Gattabrusi and Lorenzo Tamburini
• Vermiglio – Frédérique Foglia

Best Hairstyling

• The Flood – Aldo Signoretti and Domingo Santoro
• Gloria! – Marta Iacoponi and Carla Indoni
• The Great Ambition – Desiree Corridoni
• Parthenope – Marco Perna
• Vermiglio – Tiziana Argiolas

Best Editing

• The Art of Joy – Giogiò Franchini
• Dostoevskij – Walter Fasano
• The Great Ambition – Jacopo Quadri
• Parthenope – Cristiano Travaglioli
• Vermiglio – Luca Mattei

Best Sound

• Battlefield – Emanuele Cicconi, Alessandro Feletti, Alessandro Giacco and Marco Falloni
• Gloria! – Xavier Lavorel, Daniela Bassani, Francois Wolf and Maxence Ciekawy
• The Great Ambition – Alessandro Palmerini, Marc Bastien, Vincent Grégorio and Franco Piscopo
• Parthenope – Emanuele Cecere, Silvia Moraes, Mirko Perri and Michele Mazzucco
• Vermiglio – Dana Farzanehpour, Hervé Guyader and Emmanuel de Boissieu

Best Visual Effects

• The Art of Joy – Francesco Niolu and Rodolfo Migliari
• The Great Ambition – Tristan Lilien and Michel Denis
• Limonov: The Ballad – Fabio Tomassetti and Daniele Tomassetti
• Naples to New York – Víctor Pérez
• Parthenope – Rodolfo Migliari and Lena Di Gennaro

Best Documentary

• Il cassetto segreto – directed by Costanza Quatriglio
• Duse, The Greatest – directed by Sonia Bergamasco
• Lirica Ucraina – directed by Francesca Mannocchi
• L'occhio della gallina – directed by Antonietta De Lillo
• Prima della fine. Gli ultimi giorni di Enrico Berlinguer – directed by directed by Samuele Rossi

Best Short Film

• La confessione – directed by Nicola Sorcinelli
• Domenica sera – directed by Matteo Tortone
• The Eggregores' Theory – directed by Andrea Gatopoulos
• Majonezë – directed by Giulia Grandinetti
• La ragazza di Praga – directed by Andree Lucini

Best International Film

• Anora (United States) – directed by Sean Baker
• Conclave (United Kingdom / United States) – directed by Edward Berger
• Juror No. 2 (United States) – directed by Clint Eastwood
• Perfect Days (Japan / Germany) – directed by Wim Wenders
• The Zone of Interest (United Kingdom / Poland / United States) – directed by Jonathan Glazer

Young David

• The Boy with Pink Pants – directed by Margherita Ferri
• Familia – directed by Francesco Costabile
• The Great Ambition – directed by Andrea Segre
• Naples to New York – directed by Gabriele Salvatores
• The Time It Takes – directed by Francesca Comencini

Special David

Audience David

• Diamonds, directed by Ferzan Özpetek for garnering 2,222,126 spectators

Italian Rising Stars

• Federico Cesari
• Celeste Dalla Porta
• Carlotta Gamba
• Matteo Oscar Giuggioli
• Tecla Insolia
• Emanuele Palumbo

External links

• Official website