50th David di Donatello

50th David di Donatello
Date	29 April 2005
Site	Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome
Hosted by	Mike Bongiorno and Luisa Corna
Highlights
Best Picture	The Consequences of Love
Most awards	The Consequences of Love (5)
Most nominations	Sacred Heart and Manual of Love (12)
Television coverage
Network	Rai 1
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The 50th David di Donatello ceremony, presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano, was held on 29 April 2005. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Winners and nominees

Best Film The Consequences of Love , directed by Paolo Sorrentino A Children's Story , directed by Andrea and Antonio Frazzi The Keys to the House , directed by Gianni Amelio Sacred Heart , directed by Ferzan Özpetek Manual of Love , directed by Giovanni Veronesi	Best Producer Rosario Rinaldo – A Children's Story Aurelio De Laurentiis – Manual of Love Davide Ferrario – After Midnight Elda Ferri – Alla luce del sole Domenico Procacci, Nicola Giuliano – The Consequences of Love
Best Director Paolo Sorrentino – The Consequences of Love Gianni Amelio – The Keys to the House Davide Ferrario – After Midnight Andrea and Antonio Frazzi – A Children's Story Ferzan Özpetek – Sacred Heart	Best New Director Saverio Costanzo – Private Paolo Franchi – The Spectator David Grieco – Evilenko Stefano Mordini – Smalltown, Italy Paolo Vari and Antonio Bocola – Chemical Hunger
Best Actor Toni Servillo – The Consequences of Love Stefano Accorsi – Smalltown, Italy Giorgio Pasotti – After Midnight Kim Rossi Stuart – The Keys to the House Luca Zingaretti – Alla luce del sole	Best Actress ' Barbora Bobuľová – Sacred Heart Sandra Ceccarelli – The Life That I Want Valentina Cervi – Smalltown, Italy Maria de Medeiros – The Remains of Nothing Maya Sansa – An Italian Romance
Best Supporting Actor Carlo Verdone – Manual of Love Johnny Dorelli – But When Do the Girls Get Here? Silvio Muccino – Manual of Love Raffaele Pisu – The Consequences of Love Fabio Troiano – After Midnight	Best Supporting Actress Margherita Buy – Manual of Love Erika Blanc – ' Sacred Heart Lisa Gastoni – Sacred Heart Giovanna Mezzogiorno – Love Returns Galatea Ranzi – The Life That I Want
David di Donatello for Best Screenplay Paolo Sorrentino – The Consequences of Love Gianni Amelio, Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli – The Keys to the House Gianni Romoli, Ferzan Özpetek – Sacred Heart Davide Ferrario – After Midnight Ugo Chiti, Giovanni Veronesi – Manual of Love	Best Cinematography Luca Bigazzi – The Consequences of Love Tani Canevari – Manual of Love Arnaldo Catinari – The Life That I Want Dante Cecchin – After Midnight Gianfilippo Corticelli – Sacred Heart
Best Sets and Decorations Andrea Crisanti – Sacred Heart Giancarlo Basili – An Italian Romance Francesca Bocca – After Midnight Marco Dentici – The Life That I Want Beatrice Scarpato – The Remains of Nothing	Best Score Riz Ortolani – But When Do the Girls Get Here? Paolo Buonvino – Manual of Love Pasquale Catalano – The Consequences of Love Andrea Guerra – Sacred Heart Franco Piersanti – The Keys to the House
Best Song "Christmas in Love" from Christmas in Love – Tony Renis, Marva Jan Marrow "Fame chimica" from Chemical Hunger – 'O Zulù "Gioia e rivoluzione" from Working Slowly (Radio Alice) – Patrizio Fariselli, Ares Tavolazzi, Paolo Tofani, Afterhours "Manuale d'amore" from Manual of Love – Paolo Buonvino "Ma quando arrivano le ragazze?" from But When Do the Girls Get Here? – Riz Ortolani	Best Editing Claudio Cutry – A Children's Story Claudio Cormio – After Midnight Claudio Di Mauro – Manual of Love Giogiò Franchini – The Consequences of Love Patrizio Marone – Sacred Heart Simona Paggi – The Keys to the House
Best Sound Alessandro Zanon – The Keys to the House Mario Dallimonti – Alla luce del sole Gaetano Carito, Pierpaolo Merafino – Manual of Love Marco Grillo – Sacred Heart Daghi Rondanini, Emanuele Cecere – The Consequences of Love	Best Costumes Daniela Ciancio – The Remains of Nothing Maria Rita Barbera – The Life That I Want Catia Dottori – Sacred Heart Gianna Gissi – An Italian Romance Gemma Mascagni – Manual of Love
Best Visual Effects Grande Mela – After Midnight Paola Trisoglio, Stefano Marinoni – Alla luce del sole Proxima – Love Returns Pasquale Croce and Roberto Mestroni for E.D.I. – Eyes of Crystal Apocalypse – The Three Faces of Terror	Best Documentary Feature Un silenzio particolare, directed by Stefano Rulli I dischi del sole, directed by Luca Pastore Travelling with Che Guevara, directed by Gianni Minà Passaggi di tempo – Il viaggio di Sonos 'e Memoria, directed by Gianfranco Cabiddu I ragazzi della Panaria, directed by Nello Correale
Best Short Film Aria, directed by Claudio Noce (ex aequo) Lotta libera, directed by Stefano Viali (ex aequo) Mio fratello Yang, directed by Massimiliano & Gianluca De Serio O' guarracino, directed by Michelangelo Fornaro Un refolo, directed by Giovanni Arcangeli	Best European Film The Sea Inside , directed by Alejandro Amenábar The Chorus , directed by Christophe Barratier The Merchant of Venice , directed by Michael Radford Vera Drake , directed by Mike Leigh Head-On , directed by Fatih Akın
Best Foreign Film Million Dollar Baby , directed by Clint Eastwood 2046 , directed by Wong Kar-wai 3-Iron , directed by Kim Ki-duk Hotel Rwanda , directed by Terry George Ray , directed by Taylor Hackford	David Youth Award Alla luce del sole , directed by Roberto Faenza
Torino Piemonte Film Commission Award A Children's Story , directed by Andrea and Antonio Frazzi	Special David Awards Carlo Azeglio Ciampi Tom Cruise Mario Monicelli Dino Risi Cecchi Gori Group

References

1. Vivarelli, Nick (12 April 2005). "'Heart,' 'Love' top Donatello noms". Variety . Retrieved 3 September 2024.
2. Ercolani, Adriano (12 April 2005). "David di Donatello 2005: nominations". Off-screen. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
3. Vivarelli, Nick (30 April 2005). "'Love' leads Donatellos". Variety. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
4. Robyoni, Simonetta (30 April 2005). "Cinque David per il film di Sorrentino". La Stampa . p. 33.