63rd David di Donatello


The 63rd David di Donatello ceremony, presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano, was held on 21 March 2018 to honor the best in Italian cinema in 2017.
The nominations were announced on 14 February 2018. The films that obtained the highest number of nominations were the romantic crime musical Love and Bullets which earned 15 nominations and was also the most awarded film with 5 statuettes, and Naples in Veils with 11 nominations.

Winners and nominees

Love and Bulletsdirected by Manetti Bros
Cinderella the CatLuciano Stella and Maria Carolina Terzi, producers; Mad Entertainment and Rai Cinema, production companies
  • * A Ciambra – Jon Copolon and Paolo Carpignano, producers; Stayblack Productions and Rai Cinema, production companies
  • * I Can Quit Whenever I Want: Masterclass, I Can Quit Whenever I Want: Ad HonoremDomenico Procacci and Matteo Rovere, producers; Rai Cinema, production company
  • * Love and Bullets – Carlo Macchitella and Manetti Bros., producers; Rai Cinema, production company
  • * Nico, 1988 – Marta Donzelli, Gregorio Paonessa, Joseph Rouschop, Valérie Bournonville, producers; Vivo Film, Rai Cinema and Tarantula, production companies
  • Jonas CarpignanoA Ciambra
  • * Gianni AmelioTenderness
  • * Paolo GenoveseThe Place
  • * Manetti Bros.Love and Bullets
  • * Ferzan ÖzpetekNaples in Veils
  • Donato CarrisiThe Girl in the Fog
  • * Roberto De PaolisPure Hearts
  • * Andrea De SicaChildren of the Night
  • * Cosimo Gomez – Ugly Nasty People
  • * Andrea Magnani – Easy
  • Renato CarpentieriTenderness as Lorenzo
  • * Antonio AlbaneseLike a Cat on a Highway as Giovanni
  • * Alessandro BorghiNaples in Veils as Andrea Galderisi / Luca
  • * Valerio MastandreaThe Place as The Mysterious Man
  • * Nicola Nocella – Easy as Easy
  • Jasmine TrincaFortunata as Fortunata
  • * Paola CortellesiLike a Cat on a Highway as Monica
  • * Valeria GolinoIl colore nascosto delle cose as Emma
  • * Giovanna MezzogiornoNaples in Veils as Adriana / Isabella
  • * Isabella RagoneseSun, Heart, Love as Eli
  • Giuliano MontaldoFriends by Chance as Giorgio Gherarducci
  • * Peppe BarraNaples in Veils as Pasquale
  • * Alessandro BorghiFortunata as Chicano
  • * Carlo BuccirossoLove and Bullets as Don Vincenzo Strozzalone
  • * Elio GermanoTenderness as Fabio
  • Claudia GeriniLove and Bullets as Donna Maria
  • * Sonia BergamascoLike a Cat on a Highway as Luce
  • * Anna BonaiutoNaples in Veils as Adele
  • * Giulia LazzariniThe Place as Marcella
  • * Micaela RamazzottiTenderness as Michela
  • Nico, 1988Susanna Nicchiarelli
  • * A CiambraJonas Carpignano
  • * Friends by ChanceFrancesco Bruni
  • * The Girl in the FogDonato Carrisi
  • * Love and BulletsManetti Bros. and Michelangelo La Neve
  • Sicilian Ghost StoryFabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza; based on the story "Un cavaliere bianco" by Marco Mancassola
  • * The PlacePaolo Genovese and Isabella Aguilar; based on the television series The Booth at the End by Christopher Kubasik
  • * Rainbow: A Private AffairPaolo and Vittorio Taviani; based on the novel A Private Matter by Beppe Fenoglio
  • * TendernessGianni Amelio and Alberto Taraglio; based on the novel The Temptation to Be Happy by Lorenzo Marone
  • * The War of the YokelsBarbara Alberti, Davide Barletti, Lorenzo Conte and Carlo D'Amicis; based on the novel La guerra dei cafoni by Carlo D'Amicis
  • Naples in Veils – Gian Filippo Corticelli
  • * A Ciambra – Tim Curtin
  • * Malarazza - Una storia di periferiaGianni Mammolotti
  • * The Place – Fabrizio Lucci
  • * Sicilian Ghost StoryLuca Bigazzi
  • Naples in Veils – Deniz Gokturk Kobanbay and Ivana Gargiulo
  • * Bloody Richard – Luca Servino
  • * The Girl in the Fog – Tonino Zera
  • * Love and Bullets – Noemi Marchica
  • * Tenderness – Giancarlo Basili
  • * Ugly Nasty People – Maurizio Sabatini
  • Love and BulletsPivio and Aldo De Scalzi
  • * Cinderella the Cat – Antonio Fresa and Luigi Scialdone
  • * Naples in Veils – Pasquale Catalano
  • * Nico, 1988 – Gatto Ciliegia contro il Grande Freddo
  • * TendernessFranco Piersanti
  • "Bang Bang" from Love and Bullets – Music by Pivio and Aldo De Scalzi; lyrics by Nelson; performed by Serena Rossi, Franco Ricciardi and Giampaolo Morelli
  • * "A chi appartieni" from Cinderella the CatMusic and lyrics by Dario Sansone; performed by Foja
  • * "Fidati di me" from Bloody Richard – Music and lyrics by Mauro Pagani; performed by Massimo Ranieri and Antonella Lo Coco
  • * "Italy" from Sicilian Ghost Story – Music by Soap&Skin and Anton Spielmann; lyrics and performed by Soap&Skin
  • * "The Place" from The Place – Music by Marco Guazzone, Giovanna Gardelli, Matteo Curallo, Stefano Costantini and Edoardo Cicchinelli; lyrics by Marco Guazzone and Giovanna Gardelli; performed by Marianne Mirage
  • A CiambraAffonso Gonçalves
  • * The Girl in the Fog – Massimo Quaglia
  • * Love and Bullets – Federico Maria Maneschi
  • * Nico, 1988 – Stefano Cravero
  • * The Place – Consuelo Catucci
  • Nico, 1988 – Adriano Di Lorenzo, Alberto Padoan, Marc Bastien, Éric Grattepain and Franco Piscopo
  • * A Ciambra – Giuseppe Tripodi, Florian Fèvre, Julien Pérez
  • * Cinderella the Cat – Andrea Cutillo, Timeline Studio and Giorgio Molfini
  • * Love and Bullets – Lavinia Burcheri, Simone Costantino, Claudio Spinelli, Gianluca Basili, Sergio Basili, Antonio Tirinelli and Nadia Paone
  • * Naples in Veils – Fabio Conca, Giuliano Marcaccini, Daniele De Angelis, Giuseppe D'Amato, Antonio Giannantonio, Dario Calvari and Alessandro Checcacci
  • Bloody RichardMassimo Cantini ParriniLove and Bullets – Daniela Salernitano
  • * Naples in VeilsAlessandro Lai
  • * Agadah – Nicoletta Taranta
  • * Ugly Nasty People – Anna Lombardi
  • Cinderella the Cat – Mad Entertainment
  • * Addio fottuti musi verdi – Chromatica, Wonderlab and Hive Division
  • * Love and Bullets – Palantir Digital
  • * MonolithFrame by Frame
  • * Ugly Nasty People – Autre Chose
  • Nico, 1988 – Marco Altieri
  • * Bloody Richard – Luigi Ciminelli, Emanuele De Luca and Valentina Iannuccilli
  • * Fortunata – Maurizio Fazzini
  • * Love and Bullets – Veronica Luongo
  • * Naples in Veils – Roberto Pastore
  • * Ugly Nasty People – Frédérique Foglia
  • Nico, 1988 – Daniela Altieri
  • * Bloody Richard – Paola Genovese
  • * Fortunata – Mauro Tamagnini
  • * Love and Bullets – Antonio Fidato
  • * Ugly Nasty People – Sharim Sabatini
  • Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary – directed by Selma Dell'Olio
  • * 78: The Getaway – directed by Alice Filippi
  • * Evviva Giuseppe – directed by Stefano Consiglio
  • * The Italian Jobs – directed by Marco Spagnoli
  • * Saro – directed by Enrico Maria Artale
  • Bismillah – directed by Alessandro Grande
  • * Confino – directed by Nico Bonomolo
  • * La giornata – directed by Pippo Mezzapesa
  • * Mezzanotte zero zero – directed by Nicola Conversa
  • * Pazzo & Bella – directed by Marcello Di Noto
  • The Square – directed by Ruben Östlund
  • * Borg vs McEnroe – directed by Janus Metz Pedersen
  • * BPM (Beats per Minute) – directed by Robin Campillo
  • * Elle – directed by Paul Verhoeven
  • * Loving Vincent – directed by Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman
  • Dunkirk – directed by Christopher Nolan
  • * The Insult – directed by Ziad Doueiri
  • * La La Land – directed by Damien Chazelle
  • * Loveless – directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev
  • * Manchester by the Sea – directed by Kenneth Lonergan
  • Friends by Chance – directed by Francesco Bruni
  • * Cinderella the Cat – directed by Alessandro Rak, Ivan Cappiello, Marino Guarnieri, Dario Sansone
  • * Gramigna – directed by Sebastiano Rizzo
  • * The Place – directed by Paolo Genovese
  • * Sicilian Ghost Story – directed by Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza
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