55th David di Donatello


The 55th David di Donatello ceremony, presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano, was held on 7 May 2010.

Winners and nominees


  • Simone Bachini, Giorgio DirittiThe Man Who Will Come
  • Giampaolo Letta, Mario Spedaletti – Baarìa
  • Angelo Barbagallo, Gianluca Curti – Fort Apache Napoli
  • Domenico ProcacciLoose Cannons
  • Mario Gianani – Vincere
  • Marco BellocchioVincere
  • Giuseppe TornatoreBaarìa
  • Giorgio DirittiThe Man Who Will Come
  • Paolo VirzìThe First Beautiful Thing
  • Ferzan ÖzpetekLoose Cannons
  • Valerio MieliTen Winters
  • Susanna NicchiarelliCosmonaut
  • Claudio NoceGood Morning Aman
  • Marco Chiarini – L'uomo fiammifero
  • Giuseppe CapotondiThe Double Hour
  • Valerio MastandreaThe First Beautiful Thing
  • Antonio AlbaneseA Question of the Heart
  • Libero De RienzoFort Apache Napoli
  • Kim Rossi StuartA Question of the Heart
  • Filippo TimiVincere
  • Micaela RamazzottiThe First Beautiful Thing
  • Greta Zuccheri Montanari – The Man Who Will Come
  • Stefania SandrelliThe First Beautiful Thing
  • Margherita BuyThe White Space
  • Giovanna MezzogiornoVincere
  • Ennio FantastichiniLoose Cannons
  • The whole cast of supporting actorsBaarìa
  • Pierfrancesco FavinoBaciami ancora
  • Marco GialliniIo, loro e Lara
  • Marco MesseriThe First Beautiful Thing
  • Ilaria OcchiniLoose Cannons
  • Anita KravosRaise Your Head
  • Alba RohrwacherThe Man Who Will Come
  • Claudia PandolfiThe First Beautiful Thing
  • Elena Sofia RicciLoose Cannons
  • Francesco Bruni, Francesco Piccolo, Paolo VirzìThe First Beautiful Thing
  • Jim Carrington, Andrea Purgatori, Marco Risi, Maurizio Cerino – Fort Apache Napoli
  • Giorgio Diritti, Giovanni Galavotti, Tania Pedroni – The Man Who Will Come
  • Ivan Cotroneo, Ferzan ÖzpetekLoose Cannons
  • Marco Bellocchio, Daniela Ceselli – Vincere
  • Daniele CiprìVincere
  • Enrico Lucidi – Baarìa
  • Roberto Cimatti – The Man Who Will Come
  • Nicola PecoriniThe First Beautiful Thing
  • Maurizio CalvesiLoose Cannons
  • Marco DenticiVincere
  • Maurizio Sabatini – Baarìa
  • Giancarlo BasiliThe Man Who Will Come
  • Tonino Zera – The First Beautiful Thing
  • Andrea CrisantiLoose Cannons
  • Ennio MorriconeBaarìa
  • Marco Biscarini, Daniele Furlati – The Man Who Will Come
  • Carlo VirzìThe First Beautiful Thing
  • Pasquale Catalano – Loose Cannons
  • Carlo CrivelliVincere
  • "Baciami ancora" from Kiss Me Again – Composed and performed by Jovanotti
  • "Angela" from Cado dalle nubi – Composed and performed by Checco Zalone
  • "21st Century Boy" from The First Beautiful Thing – Composed by Valerio Casini, performed by Bad Love Experience
  • "'Sogno" from Loose Cannons – Composed by Marco Giacomelli, Fabio Petrillo, Ilaria Cortese, performed by Patty Pravo
  • "Canzone in prigione" from Tutta colpa di Giuda – Composed by Cristiano Godano, Gian Luca Bergia, Riccardo Tesio, performed by Marlene Kuntz
  • Francesca CalvelliVincere
  • Massimo Quaglia – Baarìa
  • Giorgio Diritti, Paolo Marzoni – The Man Who Will Come
  • Simone Manetti – The First Beautiful Thing
  • Patrizio Marone – Loose Cannons
  • Carlo MissidentiThe Man Who Will Come
  • Faouzi Thabet – Baarìa
  • Bruno Pupparo – Parents and Children: Shake Well Before Using
  • Mario Iaquone – The First Beautiful Thing
  • Gaetano CaritoVincere
  • Sergio BalloVincere
  • Luigi Bonanno – Baarìa
  • Lia Francesca Morandini – The Man Who Will Come
  • Gabriella PescucciThe First Beautiful Thing
  • Alessandro LaiLoose Cannons
  • Paola Trisoglio, Stefano MarinoniVincere
  • Mario Zanot – Baarìa
  • LIMINA – The Man Who Will Come
  • Ermanno Di Nicola – L'uomo fiammifero
  • EDI – Effetti Digitali Italiani – The First Beautiful Thing
  • Franco CorridoniVincere
  • Gino Zamprioli – Baarìa
  • Amel Ben Soltane – The Man Who Will Come
  • Paola Gattabrusi – The First Beautiful Thing
  • Luigi Rocchetti, Erzsébet Forgács – Mi Ricordo Anna Frank
  • Alberta GiulianiVincere
  • Giusy Bovino – Baarìa
  • Aldo Signoretti, Susana Sanchez Nunez – I, Don Giovanni
  • Daniela Tartari – The Man Who Will Come
  • Massimo Gattabrusi – The First Beautiful Thing
  • The Mouth of the Wolf – directed by Pietro Marcello
  • Hollywood on the Tiber – directed by Marco Spagnoli
  • L'isola dei sordobimbi – directed by Stefano Cattini
  • The One Man Beatles – directed by Cosimo Messeri
  • Valentina Postika in attesa di partire – directed by Caterina Carone
  • Passing Time – directed by Laura Bispuri
  • L'altra metà – directed by Pippo Mezzapesa
  • Buonanotte – directed by Riccardo Banfi
  • Nuvole, mani – directed by Simone Massi
  • Uerra – directed by Paolo Sassanelli
  • Le Concert – directed by Radu Mihăileanu
  • The White Ribbon – directed by Michael Haneke
  • A Prophet – directed by Jacques Audiard
  • Soul Kitchen – directed by Fatih Akın
  • Welcome – directed by Philippe Lioret
  • Inglourious Basterds – directed by Quentin Tarantino
  • A Serious Man – directed by Coen brothers
  • Avatar – directed by James Cameron
  • Invictus – directed by Clint Eastwood
  • Up in the Air – directed by Jason Reitman
  • Baarìa – directed by Giuseppe Tornatore
  • Kiss Me Again – directed by Gabriele Muccino
  • Parents and Children: Shake Well Before Using – directed by Giovanni Veronesi
  • Io, loro e Lara – directed by Carlo Verdone
  • The Man Who Will Come – directed by Giorgio Diritti
  • Lina Wertmüller, Career David
  • Bud Spencer, Career David
  • Terence Hill, Career David
  • Tonino Guerra', Career David
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