66th David di Donatello


The 66th David di Donatello ceremony, presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano, honored the best in Italian cinema released from 1 January 2020 to 28 February 2021. The ceremony was hosted by presenter Carlo Conti and was held in two venues, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma and Fabrizio Frizzi Television Studios, both in Rome.
Drama film Hidden Away won seven awards, including Best Film, out of fifteen nominations. Other winners included Miss Marx and Rose Island with three, Tolo Tolo with two, 18 Presents, 1917, Anne, Bad Tales, Citizens of the World, Hammamet, Figli, The Life Ahead, My Name Is Francesco Totti, and The Predators with one.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger. The nominations were announced on 26 March 2021.
Hidden AwayGiorgio Diritti, director
  • Miss Marx – Marta Donzelli, Gregorio Paonessa, Joseph Rouschop and Valérie Bournonville, producers; Vivo Film, Rai Cinema and Tarantula Belgique, production companies
  • *Bad Tales – Agostino Sacca, Giuseppe Sacca, producers; Pepito Produzioni, Rai Cinema, Vision Distribution and Amka Films, production companies
  • *Hidden Away – Carlo Degli Esposti and Nicola Serra, producers; Rai Cinema, production company
  • *The PredatorsDomenico Procacci and Laura Paolucci, producers; Fandango and Rai Cinema, production companies
  • *Rose IslandMatteo Rovere, producer; Groenlandia, production company
  • Giorgio DirittiHidden Away
  • *Damiano and Fabio D'InnocenzoBad Tales
  • *Emma DanteThe Macaluso Sisters
  • *Gianni AmelioHammamet
  • *Susanna NicchiarelliMiss Marx
  • Pietro CastellittoThe Predators
  • *Alice Filippi – Out of My League
  • *Ginevra ElkannIf Only
  • *Luca MediciTolo Tolo
  • *Mauro Mancini – Thou Shalt Not Hate
  • Elio GermanoHidden Away as Antonio Ligabue
  • *Kim Rossi StuartEverything's Gonna Be Alright as Bruno Salvati
  • *Pierfrancesco FavinoHammamet as Bettino Craxi
  • *Renato PozzettoWe Still Talk as Giuseppe "Nino" Sgarbi
  • *Valerio MastandreaFigli as Nicola
  • Sophia LorenThe Life Ahead as Madame Rosa
  • *Alba RohrwacherThe Ties as Vanda
  • *Micaela RamazzottiThe Best Years as Gemma
  • *Paola CortellesiFigli as Sara
  • *Vittoria Puccini18 Presents as Elisa Girotto
  • Fabrizio BentivoglioRose Island as Franco Restivo
  • *Gabriel Montesi – Bad Tales as Amelio Guerrini
  • *Giuseppe CedernaHammamet as Vincenzo Sartori
  • *Lino MusellaBad Tales as Professor Bernardini
  • *Silvio OrlandoThe Ties as old Aldo
  • Matilda De AngelisRose Island as Gabriella
  • *Alba RohrwacherIf Only as Benedetta
  • *Barbara ChichiarelliBad Tales as Dalila Placido
  • *Benedetta Porcaroli18 Presents as Anna
  • *Claudia GeriniHammamet as the lover
  • Figli – Mattia Torre
  • *Bad TalesDamiano and Fabio D'Innocenzo
  • *Everything's Gonna Be AlrightFrancesco Bruni and Kim Rossi Stuart
  • *Hidden AwayGiorgio Diritti, Tania Pedroni and Fredo Valla
  • *The PredatorsPietro Castellitto
  • Citizens of the World – Marco Pettenello and Gianni Di Gregorio; based on the story by Di Gregorio
  • *AssandiraSalvatore Mereu; based on the novel by Giulio Angioni
  • *The TiesFrancesco Piccolo, Domenico Starnone and Daniele Luchetti; based on the novel by Starnone
  • *We Still TalkPupi Avati and Tommaso Avati; based on the novel by Giuseppe Sgarbi
  • *You Came BackStefano Mordini, Francesca Marciano and Luca Infascelli; based on the novel by Christopher Coake
  • Hidden AwayMatteo Cocco
  • *Bad TalesPaolo Carnera
  • *Hammamet – Luan Amelio Ujkaj
  • *The Macaluso SistersGherardo Gossi
  • *Miss MarxCrystel Fournier
  • *PadrenostroMichele D'Attanasio
  • Hidden Away – Paola Zamagni, Ludovica Ferrario and Alessandra Mura
  • *Bad Tales – Paolo Bonfini, Paola Peraro, Emita Frigato and Erika Aversa
  • *Hammamet – Giancarlo Basili and Andrea Castorina
  • *Miss Marx – Alessandro Vannucci, Igor Gabriel and Fiorella Cicolini
  • *Rose Island – Tonino Zera and Maria Grazia Schirripa
  • Miss Marx – Gatto Ciliegia Contro II Grande Freddo and Downtown Boys
  • *HammametNicola Piovani
  • *Hidden Away – Marco Biscarini and Daniele Furlati
  • *The Predators – Niccolò Contessa
  • *Rose Island – Michele Braga
  • *Thou Shalt Not HatePivio and Aldo De Scalzi
  • "Immigrato" from Tolo ToloMusic and Lyrics by Checco Zalone and Antonio Iammarino; Performed by Checco Zalone
  • *"Gli anni più belli" from The Best Years – Music, Lyrics and Performed by Claudio Baglioni
  • *"Invisible" from Hidden Away – Music and Lyrics by Marco Biscarini; Performed by La Tarma
  • *"Io sì (Seen)" from The Life Ahead – Music by Diane Warren; Lyrics by Laura Pausini and Niccolò Agliardi; Performed by Laura Pausini
  • *"Miles Away" from Thou Shalt Not Hate – Music by Pivio and Aldo De Scalzi; Lyrics and Performed by Ginevra Nervi
  • Bad Tales – Esmeralda Calabria
  • *HammametSimona Paggi
  • *Hidden Away – Paolo Cottignola and Giorgio Diritti
  • *FigliGiogiò Franchini
  • *Rose Island – Gianni Vezzosi
  • Hidden Away – Carlo Missidenti, Filippo Toso, Francesco Tumminello, Luca Leprotti and Marco Biscarini
  • *Bad Tales – Marc Thill, Edgar Iacolenna, Fabio Pagotto, Simone Chiossi and Maxence Ciekawy
  • *Hammamet – Emanuele Cicconi, Domenico Granata, Alessandro Giacco, Alberto Bernardi and Andrea Colaiacomo
  • *Miss Marx – Adriano Di Lorenzo, Pierpaolo Merafino, Marc Bastien, Pierre Greco and Franco Piscopo
  • *Rose Island – Claudio Bagni, Luigi Melchionda, Mirko Perri and Paolo Segat
  • Miss MarxMassimo Cantini Parrini
  • *HammametMaurizio Millenotti
  • *Hidden Away – Ursula Patzak
  • *The Macaluso Sisters – Vanessa Sannino
  • *Rose Island – Nicoletta Taranta
  • Rose Island – Stefano Leoni and Elisabetta Rocca
  • *The Book of Vision – Renaud Quilichini and Lorenzo Cecotti
  • *Hammamet – Luca Saviotti
  • *Hidden AwayRodolfo Migliari
  • *Miss Marx – Massimiliano Battista
  • Hammamet – Luigi Ciminelli, Andrea Leanza and Federica Castelli
  • *Hidden Away – Giuseppe Desiato and Lorenzo Tamburini
  • *The Macaluso Sisters – Valentina Iannuccilli
  • *Miss Marx – Diego Prestopino
  • *Rose Island – Luigi Rocchetti
  • Hidden AwayAldo Signoretti
  • *Bad Tales – Daniele Fiori
  • *Hammamet – Massimiliano Duranti
  • *The Macaluso Sisters – Aldina Governatori
  • *Miss Marx – Domingo Santoro
  • My Name Is Francesco Totti – Alex Infascelli, director
  • *FaithValentina Pedicini, director
  • *NotturnoGianfranco Rosi, director
  • *Punta Sacra – Francesca Mazzoleni, director
  • *The Rossellinis – Alessandro Rossellini, director
  • Anne – Domenico Croce and Stefano Malchiodi, directors
  • *The Family Gold – Emanuele Pisano, director
  • *Gas Station – Olga Torrico, director
  • *Il giocoAlessandro Haber, director
  • *Shero – Claudio Casale, director
  • 1917Sam Mendes, director
  • *Jojo RabbitTaika Waititi
  • *Les MisérablesLadj Ly, director
  • *Richard JewellClint Eastwood, director
  • *Sorry We Missed YouKen Loach, director
  • 18 Presents – Francesco Amato, director
  • *Bad TalesDamiano and Fabio D'Innocenzo, directors
  • *The Best YearsGabriele Muccino, director
  • *Rose IslandSydney Sibilia
  • *Tolo ToloLuca Medici
  • Sandra Milo
  • Diego Abatantuono
  • Monica Bellucci
  • Gigi Proietti
  • Tolo Tolo for garnering 6,674,622 spectators
  • Films with multiple nominations and awards

    NominationsFilm
    15Hidden Away
    14Hammamet
    13Bad Tales
    11Miss Marx
    11Rose Island
    6The Macaluso Sisters
    4Figli
    4The Predators
    318 Presents
    3The Best Years
    3Thou Shalt Not Hate
    3The Ties
    3Tolo Tolo
    2Everything's Gonna Be Alright
    2If Only
    2The Life Ahead
    2We Still Talk

    AwardsFilm
    7Hidden Away
    3Miss Marx
    3Rose Island
    2Tolo Tolo