57th David di Donatello


The 57th David di Donatello ceremony, presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano, was held on 4 May 2012.

Winners and nominees

Caesar Must Diedirected by Paolo and Vittorio TavianiWe Have a Pope – directed by Nanni MorettiPiazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy – directed by Marco Tullio GiordanaTerraferma – directed by Emanuele CrialeseThis Must Be the Place – directed by Paolo SorrentinoGrazia VolpiCaesar Must Die
Paolo and Vittorio TavianiCaesar Must Die
  • Nanni MorettiWe Have a Pope
  • Ferzan ÖzpetekMagnificent Presence
  • Marco Tullio GiordanaPiazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
  • Emanuele CrialeseTerraferma
  • Paolo SorrentinoThis Must Be the Place
  • Francesco BruniEasy!
  • Stefano SollimaACAB – All Cops Are Bastards
  • Alice RohrwacherHeavenly Body
  • Andrea SegreShun Li and the Poet
  • Guido LombardiLà-bas: A Criminal Education
  • Michel PiccoliWe Have a Pope
  • Fabrizio BentivoglioEasy!
  • Elio GermanoMagnificent Presence
  • Marco GialliniA Flat for Three
  • Valerio MastandreaPiazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
  • Zhao TaoShun Li and the Poet
  • Valeria GolinoKryptonite!
  • Claudia GeriniIl mio domani
  • Micaela RamazzottiA Flat for Three
  • Donatella FinocchiaroTerraferma
  • Pierfrancesco FavinoPiazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
  • Giuseppe BattistonShun Li and the Poet
  • Marco GialliniACAB - All Cops Are Bastards
  • Fabrizio GifuniPiazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
  • Renato ScarpaWe Have a Pope
  • Michela CesconPiazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
  • Barbora BobuľováEasy!
  • Anita CaprioliHeavenly Body
  • Cristiana CapotondiKryptonite!
  • Margherita BuyWe Have a Pope
  • Paolo Sorrentino, Umberto ContarelloThis Must Be the Place
  • Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, Fabio Cavalli – Caesar Must Die
  • Nanni Moretti, Francesco Piccolo, Federica Pontremoli – We Have a Pope
  • Marco Tullio Giordana, Sandro Petraglia, Stefano RulliPiazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
  • Francesco BruniEasy!
  • Luca BigazziThis Must Be the Place
  • Paolo CarneraACAB – All Cops Are Bastards
  • Simone Zampagni – Caesar Must Die
  • Alessandro PesciWe Have a Pope
  • Roberto ForzaPiazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
  • Paola BizzarriWe Have a Pope
  • Francesco Frigeri – The Entrepreneur
  • Andrea CrisantiMagnificent Presence
  • Giancarlo BasiliPiazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
  • Stefania Cella – This Must Be the Place
  • David ByrneThis Must Be the Place
  • Umberto ScipioneBenvenuti al Nord
  • Giuliano Taviani, Carmelo Travia – Caesar Must Die
  • Franco PiersantiWe Have a Pope
  • Pasquale Catalano – Magnificent Presence
  • "If It Falls, It Falls" from This Must Be the PlaceComposed by David Byrne and Will Oldham, performed by Michael Brunnock
  • "Sometimes" from Benvenuti al Nord – Composed by Umberto Scipione and Alessia Scipione, performed by Alessia Scipione –
  • "Gitmem daha" from Magnificent Presence Sezen Aksu, Pasquale Catalano and Yildirim Turker, performed by Sezen Aksu
  • "Therese" from A Flat for Three – Composed by Gaetano Curreri, Andrea Fornili and Angelica Caronia, performed by Angelica Ponti
  • "Scialla!" from Easy! – Composed and performed by Amir Issaa
  • Roberto PerpignaniCaesar Must Die
  • Patrizio Marone – ACAB – All Cops Are Bastards
  • Esmeralda Calabria – We Have a Pope
  • Francesca Calvelli – Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
  • Cristiano TravaglioliThis Must Be the Place
  • Benito Alchimede, Brando MoscaCaesar Must Die
  • Gilberto Martinelli – ACAB – All Cops Are Bastards
  • Alessandro Zanon – We Have a Pope
  • Fulgenzio Ceccon – Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
  • Ray Cross, William SarokinThis Must Be the Place
  • Lina Nerli TavianiWe Have a Pope
  • Rossano Marchi – Kryptonite!
  • Alessandro LaiMagnificent Presence
  • Francesca Livia Sartori – Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
  • Karen Patch – This Must Be the Place
  • Stefano Marinoni, Paola Trisoglio for Visualogie – Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
  • Palantir Digital MediaThe Arrival of Wang
  • Mario Zanot for Storyteller – We Have a Pope
  • Stefano Marinoni and Paola Trisoglio for Visualogie, Rodolfo Migliari for Chromatica – This Must Be the Place
  • Rainbow CGI – The Last Man on Earth
  • Luisa AbelThis Must Be the Place
  • Manlio RocchettiACAB – All Cops Are Bastards
  • Maurizio Fazzini – Kryptonite!
  • Ermanno Spera – Magnificent Presence
  • Enrico IacoponiPiazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
  • Kim SantantonioThis Must Be the Place
  • Carlo Barucci – We Have a Pope
  • Mauro Tamagnini – Kryptonite!
  • Francesca De SimoneMagnificent Presence
  • Ferdinando Merolla – Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
  • Tahrir Liberation Square – directed by Stefano Savona The Castle – directed by Massimo D'Anolfi and Martina ParentiLasciando la baia del re – directed by Claudia CiprianiPasta nera – directed by Alessandro PivaPolvere – Il grande processo dell'amianto – directed by Niccolò Bruna and Andrea PrandstrallerZavorra – directed by Vincenzo Mineo
    Dell'ammazzare il maiale – directed by Simone Massi Ce l'hai un minuto? – directed by Alessandro Bardani and Luca Di ProsperoCusutu n' coddu – directed by Giovanni La Pàrola L'estate che non viene – directed by Pasquale Marino Tiger Boy – directed by Gabriele MainettiThe Intouchables – directed by Éric Toledano and Olivier NakacheCarnage – directed by Roman PolańskiMelancholia – directed by Lars von TrierLe Havre – directed by Aki KaurismäkiThe Artist – directed by Michel Hazanavicius
  • A Separation – directed by Asghar Farhadi
  • Drive – directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
  • Hugo – directed by Martin Scorsese
  • The Ides of March – directed by George Clooney
  • The Tree of Life – directed by Terrence Malick
  • Easy! – directed by Francesco Bruni