64th David di Donatello


The 64th David di Donatello ceremony, presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano, was held on 27 March 2019 to honor the best in Italian cinema in 2018. It was hosted by Carlo Conti.
Accademia del Cinema Italiano introduced new categories: David Youth Award, selecting the best film voted by 3,000 Italian high school students and David Audience Award which honored the year's biggest box office hit. It also incorporated the category Best European Film into Best Foreign Film to encompass all films made out of Italy.
The crime drama film Dogman won the most awards of the night with nine, including Best Film. Other winners include On My Skin with four, Call Me by Your Name, Capri-Revolution and Loro with two, and Frontiera, The Invisible Boy: Second Generation, Roma, Santiago, Italia, There's No Place Like Home, and The Vice of Hope with one.

Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced on 19 February 2019. Dogman led the nominations with fifteen, followed by Capri-Revolution with thirteen and Call Me by Your Name with twelve.
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger.
DogmanMatteo Garrone, director
  • On My SkinAndrea Occhipinti, Luigi Musini, and Olivia Musini, producers; Cinemaundici and Lucky Red, production companies
  • *Boys Cry – Agostino Saccà, Maria Grazia Saccà, and Giuseppe Saccà, producers; Pepito Produzioni and Rai Cinema, production companies
  • *Call Me by Your NamePeter Spears, Luca Guadagnino, Emilie Georges, Rodrigo Teixeira, Marco Morabito, James Ivory, and Howard Rosenman, producers; Frenesy Film Company, La Cinéfacture, RT Features, M.Y.R.A. Entertainment, and Water's End Productions, production companies
  • *DogmanMatteo Garrone, Jeremy Thomas, Jean Labadie, and Paolo Del Brocco, producers; Archimede and Le Pacte, production companies
  • *Happy as Lazzaro – Carlo Cresto-Dina, producer; Tempesta, Rai Cinema, Amka Films Productions, Ad Vitam Production, KNM, and Pola Pandora, production companies
  • Matteo GarroneDogman
  • *Valeria GolinoEuphoria
  • *Luca GuadagninoCall Me by Your Name
  • *Mario MartoneCapri-Revolution
  • *Alice RohrwacherHappy as Lazzaro
  • Alessio Cremonini – On My Skin
  • *Damiano and Fabio D'InnocenzoBoys Cry
  • *Luca Facchini – Fabrizio De André: Principe libero
  • *Valerio MastandreaRide
  • *Simone Spada – Hotel Gagarin
  • Alessandro BorghiOn My Skin as Stefano Cucchi
  • *Marcello FonteDogman as Marcello
  • *Luca MarinelliFabrizio De André: Principe libero as Fabrizio De André
  • *Riccardo ScamarcioEuphoria as Matteo
  • *Toni ServilloLoro as Silvio Berlusconi and Ennio Doris
  • Elena Sofia RicciLoro as Veronica Lario
  • *Anna FogliettaIf Life Gives You Lemons as Miriam
  • *Marianna FontanaCapri-Revolution as Lucia
  • *Alba RohrwacherLucia's Grace as Lucia
  • *Pina Turco – The Vice of Hope as Maria
  • Edoardo PesceDogman as Simone
  • *Fabrizio BentivoglioLoro as Santino Recchia
  • *Ennio FantastichiniFabrizio De André: Principe libero as Giuseppe De André
  • *Massimo GhiniThere's No Place Like Home as Sandro
  • *Valerio MastandreaEuphoria as Ettore
  • Marina ConfaloneThe Vice of Hope as Zi' Mari
  • *Nicoletta BraschiHappy as Lazzaro as Marchesa Alfonsina De Luna
  • *Donatella FinocchiaroCapri-Revolution as Maria
  • *Kasia SmutniakLoro as Kira
  • *Jasmine TrincaOn My Skin as Ilaria Cucchi
  • DogmanUgo Chiti, Massimo Gaudioso, and Matteo Garrone
  • *Boys CryDamiano and Fabio D'Innocenzo
  • *EuphoriaFrancesca Marciano, Valia Santella, and Valeria Golino
  • *Happy as LazzaroAlice Rohrwacher
  • *On My Skin – Alessio Cremonini and Lisa Nur Sultan
  • Call Me by Your NameLuca Guadagnino, Walter Fasano, and James Ivory; based on the novel by André Aciman
  • *I'm BackLuca Miniero and Nicola Guaglianone; based on the original motion picture screenplay Look Who's Back by Johannes Boss, Minna Fischgartl, and David Wnendt and the novel by Timur Vermes
  • *The Invisible WitnessStefano Mordini and Massimiliano Catoni; based on the original motion picture screenplay The Invisible Guest written by Oriol Paulo and Lara Sendim
  • *The Leisure SeekerPaolo Virzì, Francesca Archibugi, Francesco Piccolo, and Stephen Amidon; based on the novel by Michael Zadoorian
  • *La profezia dell'armadilloZerocalcare, Oscar Glioti, Valerio Mastandrea, and Johnny Palomba; based on the graphic novel by Zerocalcare
  • Dogman – Nicolaj Brüel
  • *Boys CryPaolo Carnera
  • *Call Me by Your NameSayombhu Mukdeeprom
  • *Capri-RevolutionMichele D'Attanasio
  • *Happy as LazzaroHélène Louvart
  • Dogman – Dimitri Capuani
  • *Call Me by Your Name – Samuel Deshors
  • *Capri-Revolution – Giancarlo Muselli
  • *Happy as Lazzaro – Emita Frigato
  • *Loro – Stefania Cella
  • Capri-RevolutionApparat and Philipp Thimm
  • *Dogman – Michele Braga
  • *Euphoria – Nicola Tescari
  • *LoroLele Marchitelli
  • *On My Skin – Mokadelic
  • *There's No Place Like HomeNicola Piovani
  • "Mystery of Love" from Call Me by Your Name – Music, Lyrics, and Performed by Sufjan Stevens
  • *"'A speranza" from The Vice of Hope – Music, Lyrics, and Performed by Enzo Avitabile
  • *"Araceae" from Capri-Revolution – Music by Apparat and Philipp Thimm; Lyrics by Simon Brambell; Performed by Apparat
  • *"L'invenzione di un poeta" from There's No Place Like Home – Music by Nicola Piovani; Lyrics by Piovani and Aisha Cerami; Performed by Tosca
  • *"'Na gelosia" from Loro – Music by Lele Marchitelli; Lyrics by Pepe Servillo; Performed by Toni Servillo
  • DogmanMarco Spoletini
  • *Call Me by Your NameWalter Fasano
  • *Capri-RevolutionJacopo Quadri and Natalie Cristiani
  • *EuphoriaGiogiò Franchini
  • *On My Skin – Chiara Vullo
  • Dogman – Maricetta Lombardo, Alessandro Molaioli, Davide Favargiotti, Mauro Eusepi, Mirko Perri, and Michele Mazzucco
  • *Call Me by Your Name – Yves-Marie Omnes, Thomas Gastinel, Davide Favargiotti, Studio 16 Sound Group, and Jean Pierre Laforce
  • *Capri-Revolution – Alessandro Zanon, Alessandro Palmerini, Alessandro Piazzese, Marta Billingsley, Stefano Grosso, Marzia Cordo, Giancarlo Rutigliano, and Paolo Segat
  • *Happy as Lazzaro – Christophe Giovannoni, Julien D'Esposito, Marta Billingsley, and François Musy
  • *Loro – Emanuele Cecere, Francesco Sabez, Paolo Testa, Silvia Moraes, Alessandro Feletti, Alessandro Quaglio, Mirko Perri, Mauro Eusepi, and Marco Saitta
  • Capri-Revolution – Ursula Patzak
  • *Call Me by Your Name – Giulia Piersanti
  • *DogmanMassimo Cantini Parrini
  • *Happy as Lazzaro – Loredana Buscem
  • *LoroCarlo Poggioli
  • The Invisible Boy: Second GenerationVíctor Pérez
  • *Capri-Revolution – Sara Paesani and Rodolfo Migliari
  • *Dogman – Rodolfo Migliari
  • *The Legend of the Christmas Witch – Rodolfo Migliari and Monica Galantucci
  • *LoroSimone Coco and James Woods
  • *Michelangelo Endless – Giuseppe Squillaci
  • DogmanDalia Colli and Lorenzo Tamburini
  • *Call Me by Your NameFernanda Perez
  • *Capri-Revolution – Alessandro D'Anna
  • *LoroMaurizio Silvi
  • *On My Skin – Roberto Pastore
  • Loro – Aldo Signoretti
  • *Call Me by Your NameManolo Garcia
  • *Capri-Revolution – Gaetano Panico
  • *Dogman – Daniela Tartari
  • *The King's Musketeers – Massimo Gattabrusi
  • Santiago, Italia – Nanni Moretti, director
  • *Friedkin Uncut – Francesco Zippel, director
  • *Goodbye SaigonWilma Labate, director
  • *Julian Schnabel: A Private PortraitPappi Corsicato, director
  • *Samouni Road – Stefano Savona, director
  • Frontiera – Alessandro Di Gregorio, director
  • *Il nostro concerto – Francesco Piras, director
  • *Im Bären – Lilian Sassanelli, director
  • *Magic Alps – Andrea Brusa and Marco Scotuzzi, directors
  • *Yousef – Mohamed Hossameldin, director
  • RomaAlfonso Cuarón, director
  • *Bohemian RhapsodyBryan Singer, director
  • *Cold WarPaweł Pawlikowski, director
  • *Phantom ThreadPaul Thomas Anderson, director
  • *Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouriMartin McDonagh, director
  • On My Skin – Alessio Cremonini, director
  • *Call Me by Your NameLuca Guadagnino, director
  • *DogmanMatteo Garrone, director
  • *EuphoriaValeria Golino, director
  • *The King's MusketeersGiovanni Veronesi, director
  • Tim Burton
  • Dario Argento
  • Francesca Lo Schiavo
  • Uma Thurman
  • There's No Place Like HomeGabriele Muccino, director
  • Films with multiple nominations and awards

    AwardsFilm
    9Dogman
    2Call Me by Your Name
    2Capri-Revolution
    2Loro