43th David di Donatello

43rd David di Donatello
Date	5 July 1998
Site	Teatro delle Vittorie, Rome
Hosted by	Milly Carlucci
Highlights
Best Picture	Life Is Beautiful
Most awards	Life Is Beautiful (8)
Most nominations	Life Is Beautiful (12)
Television coverage
Network	Rai 1
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The 43th David di Donatello ceremony, presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano, was held on 5 July 1998. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Winners and nominees

Best Film Life Is Beautiful , directed by Roberto Benigni Ovosodo , directed by Paolo Virzì April , directed by Nanni Moretti	Best Producer Elda Ferri , Gianluigi Braschi – Life Is Beautiful Donatella Palermo, Loes Kamsteeg – To Die for Tano Marco Risi, Maurizio Tedesco – Kaputt Mundi
Best Director Roberto Benigni – Life Is Beautiful Mario Martone – Rehearsals for War Paolo Virzì – Ovosodo	Best New Director Roberta Torre – To Die for Tano Riccardo Milani – Auguri professore Aldo, Giovanni e Giacomo e Massimo Venier – Three Men and a Leg
Best Actor Roberto Benigni – Life Is Beautiful Nanni Moretti – April Silvio Orlando – Auguri professore	Best Actress Valeria Bruni Tedeschi – Notes of Love Anna Bonaiuto – Rehearsals for War Valeria Golino – The Acrobats
Best Supporting Actor Silvio Orlando – April Sergio Bustric – Life Is Beautiful Massimo Ceccherini – Fireworks	Best Supporting Actress Nicoletta Braschi – Ovosodo Athina Cenci – My Dearest Friends Marina Confalone – Notes of Love
David di Donatello for Best Screenplay Vincenzo Cerami , Roberto Benigni – Life Is Beautiful Mimmo Calopresti – Notes of Love Paolo Virzì – Ovosodo	Best Cinematography Tonino Delli Colli – Life Is Beautiful Luca Bigazzi – The Acrobats Pasquale Mari – Rehearsals for War
Best Production Design Danilo Donati – Life Is Beautiful Alberto Cottignoli, Stefano Tonelli – The Best Man Luciano Ricceri – Kaputt Mundi	Best Score Nino D'Angelo – To Die for Tano Franco Piersanti – Notes of Love Nicola Piovani – Life Is Beautiful
Best Editing Jacopo Quadri – Rehearsals for War Simona Paggi – Life Is Beautiful Jacopo Quadri – Ovosodo	Best Sound Tullio Morganti – Ovosodo Tullio Morganti – Life Is Beautiful Alessandro Zanon – April
Best Costumes Danilo Donati – Life Is Beautiful Vittoria Guaita – The Best Man Maurizio Millenotti – The Bride's Journey	Best Short Film La matta dei fiori, directed by Rolando Stefanelli Asino chi legge, directed by Pietro Reggiani Spalle al muro, directed by Nina Di Majo
Best Foreign Film The Full Monty , directed by Peter Cattaneo Amistad , directed by Steven Spielberg The Thief , directed by Pavel Chukhray	David Scuola Life Is Beautiful , directed by Roberto Benigni Special David Awards Tullio Pinelli

References

1. "David di Donatello 1998". ComingSoon.it (in Italian). Retrieved 11 March 2025.
2. Rooney, David (11 May 1998). "'Beautiful' tops Italo Daivd noms". Variety . Retrieved 27 July 2025.
3. Zecchinelli, Cecilia (6 July 1998). "Donatellos find 'Life' beautiful". Variety. Retrieved 27 July 2025.