68th David di Donatello


The 68th David di Donatello ceremony, honored the achievement in Italian cinema, was held on 10 May 2023 at the Cinecittà, Rome, Italy. It was hosted by presenter Carlo Conti and actress Matilde Gioli.
Drama film The Eight Mountains brought home the award for Best Film, along with another three. It tied with Exterior Night and Strangeness with the most awarded films of the night. Other winners include Caravaggio's Shadow, Dry, and September with two, Burning Hearts, The Circle, The Dependent Variables, The Fabelmans, Il pataffio, and Nostalgia with one.

Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced on 30 March 2023. Exterior Night received the most nominations with eighteen, followed by The Eight Mountains and Strangeness with fourteen.
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger.
The Eight MountainsFelix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch, directors
  • Strangeness – Angelo Barbagallo and Attilio De Razza, producers; Bibi Film, Tramp Limited, Medusa Film, and Rai Cinema, production companies
  • *The Eight Mountains – Mario Gianani and Lorenzo Gangarossa, producers; Wildside, Rufus, Menuetto, Pyramide Productions, Vision Distribution, Elastic, Canal+, Cine+, and Sky Italia, production companies
  • *Exterior NightLorenzo Mieli and Simone Gattoni, producers; The Apartment and Kavac Film, production companies
  • *Nostalgia – Maria Carolina Terzi, Luciano Stella, Carlo Stella, Roberto Sessa, and Angelo Laudisa, producers; Medusa Film, Mad Entertainment, Picomedia, and Rosebud Entertainment Pictures, production companies
  • *Princess – Carla Altieri, Roberto De Paolis, Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima, Carlotta Calori, and Viola Prestieri, producers; Young Films, Indigo Film, and Rai Cinema, production companies
  • Marco BellocchioExterior Night
  • *Gianni AmelioLord of the Ants
  • *Roberto AndòStrangeness
  • *Mario MartoneNostalgia
  • *Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch – The Eight Mountains
  • Giulia SteigerwaltSeptember
  • *Carolina CavalliAmanda
  • *Niccolò FalsettiMargins
  • *Vincenzo Pirrotta – The Bone Breakers
  • *Jasmine TrincaMarcel!
  • Fabrizio GifuniExterior Night as Aldo Moro
  • *Alessandro BorghiThe Eight Mountains as Bruno
  • *Ficarra e PiconeStrangeness as Sebastiano "Bastiano" Vella and Onofrio "Nofrio" Principato
  • *Luigi Lo CascioLord of the Ants as Aldo Braibanti
  • *Luca MarinelliThe Eight Mountains as Pietro
  • Barbara RonchiSeptember as Francesca
  • *Margherita BuyExterior Night as Eleonora Chiavarelli
  • *Penélope CruzL'immensità as Clara
  • *Claudia PandolfiDry as Sara
  • *Benedetta PorcaroliAmanda as Amanda
  • Francesco Di LevaNostalgia as Father Luigi Rega
  • *Elio GermanoLord of the Ants as Ennio Scribani
  • *Fausto Russo AlesiExterior Night as Francesco Cossiga
  • *Toni ServilloExterior Night as Pope Paul VI
  • *Filippo TimiThe Eight Mountains as Giovanni
  • Emanuela FanelliDry as Raffaella Zarate
  • *Giulia Andò – Strangeness as Santina Vella
  • *Daniela Marra – Exterior Night as Adriana Faranda
  • *Giovanna MezzogiornoAmanda as Viola
  • *Aurora QuattrocchiNostalgia as Teresa Lasco
  • StrangenessRoberto Andò, Ugo Chiti, and Massimo Gaudioso
  • *Never Too Late for LoveGianni Di Gregorio and Marco Pettenello
  • *ChiaraSusanna Nicchiarelli
  • *Exterior NightMarco Bellocchio, Stefano Bises, Ludovica Rampoldi, and Davide Serino
  • *Lord of the AntsGianni Amelio, Edoardo Petti, and Federico Fava
  • *L'immensitàEmanuele Crialese, Francesca Manieri, and Vittorio Moroni
  • The Eight MountainsFelix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch; based on the novel by Paolo Cognetti
  • *BentuSalvatore Mereu; based on the novel by Antoni Cossu
  • *BradoMassimo Gaudioso and Kim Rossi Stuart; based on a story by Stuart
  • *The HummingbirdFrancesca Archibugi, Laura Paolucci, and Francesco Piccolo; based on the novel by Sandro Veronesi
  • *NostalgiaMario Martone and Ippolita Di Majo; based on the novel by Ermanno Rea
  • The Eight MountainsRuben Impens
  • *Exterior NightFrancesco Di Giacomo
  • *I racconti della domenicaGiovanni Mammolotti
  • *NostalgiaPaolo Carnera
  • *StrangenessMaurizio Calvesi
  • Strangeness – Giada Calabria and Loredana Raffi
  • *Caravaggio's Shadow – Tonino Zera, Maria Grazia Schirippa, and Marco Bagnoli
  • *The Eight Mountains – Massimiliano Nocente and Marcella Galeone
  • *Exterior Night – Andrea Castorina, Marco Martucci, and Laura Casalini
  • *Lord of the Ants – Marta Maffucci and Carolina Ferrara
  • Il pataffioStefano Bollani
  • *DryFranco Piersanti
  • *The Eight MountainsDaniel Norgren
  • *Exterior Night – Fabio Massimo Capogrosso
  • *Strangeness – Michele Braga and Emanuele Bossi
  • "Proiettili (ti mangio il cuore)" from Burning Hearts – Music by Joan Thiele, Elisa, and Emanuele Triglia; Lyrics and Performed by Elodie and Joan Thiele
  • *"Caro amore lontanissimo" from The Hummingbird – Music by Sergio Endrigo; Lyrics by Riccardo Sinigallia; Performed by Marco Mengoni
  • *"Culi culagni" from Il pataffio – Music by Stefano Bollani; Lyrics by Bollani and Luigi Malerba; Performed by Stefano Bollani
  • *"La palude" from MarginsMusic and Lyrics by Niccolò Falsetti, Giacomo Pieri, Alessio Ricciotti, and Francesco Turbanti; Performed by Francesco Turbanti, Emanuele Linfatti, and Matteo Creatini
  • *"Se mi vuoi" from Diabolik: Ginko Attacks! – Music, Lyrics, and Performed by Diodato
  • Exterior Night – Francesca Calvelli and Claudio Misantoni
  • *The Eight Mountains – Nico Leunen
  • *Lord of the AntsSimona Paggi
  • *NostalgiaJacopo Quadri
  • *Strangeness – Esmeralda Calabria
  • The Eight Mountains – Alessandro Palmerini, Alessandro Feletti, and Marco Falloni
  • *Exterior Night – Gaetano Carito, Lilio Rosato, and Nadia Paone
  • *Lord of the Ants – Emanuele Cicconi, Mimmo Granata, and Alberto Bernardi
  • *Nostalgia – Emanuele Cecere, Silvia Moraes, and Giancarlo Rutigliano
  • *Strangeness – Carlo Missidenti, Marta Billingsley, and Gianni Pallotto
  • Strangeness – Maria Rita Barbera
  • *Caravaggio's ShadowCarlo Poggioli
  • *ChiaraMassimo Cantini Parrini
  • *Exterior Night – Daria Calvelli
  • *Lord of the Ants – Valentina Monticelli
  • Dry – Marco Geracitano
  • *Dampyr – Alessio Bertotti and Filippo Robino
  • *Diabolik: Ginko Attacks! – Simone Silvestri and Vito Picchinenna
  • *The Eight MountainsRodolfo Migliari
  • *Exterior Night – Massimo Cipollina
  • Exterior Night – Enrico Iacoponi
  • *Caravaggio's Shadow – Luigi Rocchetti
  • *Dante – Federico Laurenti and Lorenzo Tamburini
  • *The Hummingbird – Paola Gattabrusi and Lorenzo Tamburini
  • *Lord of the Ants – Esmé Sciaroni
  • Caravaggio's Shadow – Desiree Corridoni
  • *Exterior Night – Alberta Giuliani
  • *L'immensità – Daniela Tartari
  • *Lord of the Ants – Samantha Mura
  • *Strangeness – Rudy Sifari
  • The Circle – Sophie Chiarello, director
  • *The Crown Shyness – Valentina Bertani, director
  • *In Viaggio: The Travels of Pope FrancisGianfranco Rosi, director
  • *Kill Me If You CanAlex Infascelli, director
  • *Wake Me Up at MidnightFrancesco Patierno, director
  • The Dependent Variables – Lorenzo Tardella, director
  • *Albertine, Where Are You? – Maria Guidone, director
  • *AmbasciatoriFrancesco Romano, director
  • *A Conspiracy ManValerio Ferrara, director
  • *His Name Was Cargo – Marco Signoretti, director
  • The FabelmansSteven Spielberg, director
  • *Bones and AllLuca Guadagnino, director
  • *ElvisBaz Luhrmann, director
  • *Licorice PizzaPaul Thomas Anderson, director
  • *Triangle of SadnessRuben Östlund, director
  • Caravaggio's ShadowMichele Placido, director
  • *Corro da teRiccardo Milani, director
  • *The Eight MountainsFelix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch, directors
  • *The HummingbirdFrancesca Archibugi, director
  • *StrangenessRoberto Andò, director
  • Marina Cicogna
  • Isabella Rossellini
  • Enrico Vanzina
  • Il grande giorno for garnering 1,013,812 spectators
  • Films with multiple nominations and awards

    AwardsFilm
    4The Eight Mountains
    4Exterior Night
    4Strangeness
    2Caravaggio's Shadow
    2Dry
    2September