56th David di Donatello

56th David di Donatello
Date	6 May 2011
Site	Auditorium Conciliazione, Rome, Italy
Hosted by	Tullio Solenghi
Highlights
Best Picture	We Believed
Most awards	We Believed (7)
Most nominations	We Believed (13)
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The 56th David di Donatello ceremony, presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano, was held on 6 May 2011. ^{[1] [2]}

Winners and nominees

Best Film We Believed – directed by Mario Martone Basilicata Coast to Coast – directed by Rocco Papaleo Benvenuti al Sud – directed by Luca Miniero La nostra vita – directed by Daniele Luchetti A Quiet Life – directed by Claudio Cupellini	Best Producer Tilde Corsi, Gianni Romoli, Claudio Bonivento – 20 Cigarettes Isabella Cocuzza, Arturo Paglia, Mark Lombardo, Elisabetta Olmi – Basilicata Coast to Coast Riccardo Tozzi, Marco Chimenz, Giovanni Stabilini, Francesca Longardi – Benvenuti al Sud Angelo Barbagallo – The Salt of Life Gregorio Paonessa, Marta Donzelli, Susanne Marian, Philippe Bober, Gabriella Manfrè, Elda Guidinetti, Andres Pfaeffli – Le quattro volte Carlo Degli Esposti, Conchita Airoldi, Giorgio Magliulo – We Believed
Best Director Daniele Luchetti – La nostra vita Luca Miniero – Benvenuti al Sud Paolo Genovese – The Immature Saverio Costanzo – The Solitude of Prime Numbers Michelangelo Frammartino – Le quattro volte Mario Martone – We Believed Marco Bellocchio – Sorelle Mai Claudio Cupellini – A Quiet Life	Best New Director Rocco Papaleo – Basilicata Coast to Coast Aureliano Amadei – 20 Cigarettes Edoardo Leo – 18 Years Later Paola Randi – Into Paradiso Massimiliano Bruno – Escort in Love
Best Actor Elio Germano – La nostra vita Claudio Bisio – Benvenuti al Sud Vinicio Marchioni – 20 Cigarettes Antonio Albanese – Qualunquemente Kim Rossi Stuart – Angel of Evil	Best Actress Paola Cortellesi – Escort in Love Angela Finocchiaro – Benvenuti al Sud Sarah Felberbaum – The Jewel Isabella Ragonese – La nostra vita Alba Rohrwacher – The Solitude of Prime Numbers
Best Supporting Actor Giuseppe Battiston – La Passione Raoul Bova – La nostra vita Alessandro Siani – Benvenuti al Sud Rocco Papaleo – Escort in Love Francesco Di Leva – A Quiet Life	Best Supporting Actress Valentina Lodovini – Benvenuti al Sud Valeria De Franciscis – The Salt of Life Claudia Potenza – Basilicata Coast to Coast Barbora Bobuľová – Love & Slaps Anna Foglietta – Escort in Love
David di Donatello for Best Screenplay Mario Martone , Giancarlo De Cataldo – We Believed Rocco Papaleo, Valter Lupo – Basilicata Coast to Coast Paolo Genovese – The Immature Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli, Daniele Luchetti – La nostra vita Filippo Gravino, Guido Iuculano, Claudio Cupellini – A Quiet Life	Best Cinematography Renato Berta – We Believed Vittorio Omodei Zorini – 20 Cigarettes Luca Bigazzi – The Jewel Fabio Cianchetti – The Solitude of Prime Numbers Arnaldo Catinari – Angel of Evil
Best Production Design Emita Frigato – We Believed Francesco Frigeri – Amici miei – Come tutto ebbe inizio Paola Comencini – Benvenuti al Sud Paki Meduri – Into Paradiso Tonino Zera – Angel of Evil	Best Score Rita Marcotulli , Rocco Papaleo – Basilicata Coast to Coast Umberto Scipione – Benvenuti al Sud Teho Teardo – The Jewel Fausto Mesolella – Into Paradiso Hubert Westkemper – We Believed
Best Original Song "Mentre dormi" from Basilicata Coast to Coast – Composed by Max Gazzè and Gimmi Santucci, performed by Max Gazzè "L'amore non ha religione" from What a Beautiful Day – Composed and performed by Checco Zalone "Immaturi" from The Immature – Composed and performed by Alex Britti "Capocotta Dreamin'" from Escort in Love – Composed by Maurizio Filardo, performed by Massimiliano Bruno and Marco Conidi "Qualunquemente" from Qualunquemente – Composed by Peppe Voltarelli, Salvatore De Siena, Amerigo Sirianni, Antonio Albanese, Piero Guerrera, performed by Antonio Albanese	Best Editing Alessio Doglione – 20 Cigarettes Mirco Garrone – La nostra vita Jacopo Quadri – We Believed Francesca Calvelli – Sorelle Mai Consuelo Catucci – Angel of Evil
Best Sound Bruno Pupparo – La nostra vita Mario Iaquone – 20 Cigarettes Francesco Liotard – Basilicata Coast to Coast Paolo Benvenuti, Simone Paolo Olivero – Le quattro volte Gaetano Carito, Maricetta Lombardo – We Believed	Best Costumes Ursula Patzak – We Believed Alfonsina Lettieri – Amici miei – Come tutto ebbe inizio Nanà Cecchi – Christine Cristina Francesca Sartori – La Passione Roberto Chiocchi – Angel of Evil
Best Special Visual Effects Rebel Alliance – 20 Cigarettes CANECANE – Amici miei – Come tutto ebbe inizio RESET VFX – Christine Cristina Paola Trisoglio, Stefano Marinoni, Paola Randi, Daniele Stirpe Jost – Into Paradiso Gianmario Catania, Corrado Virgili – Winx Club 3D: Magical Adventure	Best Make-up Artist Vittorio Sodano – We Believed Vincenzo Mastrantonio – Amici miei – Come tutto ebbe inizio Lorella De Rossi – Gorbaciof Gianfranco Mecacci – La Passione Francesco Nardi, Matteo Silvi – Angel of Evil
Best Hairstylist Aldo Signoretti – We Believed Ferdinando Merolla – Amici miei – Come tutto ebbe inizio Maurizio Tamagnini – Christine Cristina Massimo Gattabrusi – The Solitude of Prime Numbers Teresa Di Serio – Qualunquemente Claudia Pallotti, Teresa Di Serio – Angel of Evil	Best Documentary Feature A Boy Has Been Dead – directed by Filippo Vendemmiati L'ultimo gattopardo: Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo – directed by Giuseppe Tornatore Ritratto di mio padre – directed by Maria Sole Tognazzi This Is My Land... Hebron – directed by Stephen Natanson and Giulia Amati Ward 54 – directed by Monica Maggioni
Best Short Film Jody delle giostre – directed by Adriano Sforzi Io sono qui – directed by Mario Piredda Caffè Capo – directed by Andrea Zaccariello Salvatore – directed by Bruno Urso and Fabrizio Urso Stand By Me – directed by Giuseppe Marco Albano	Best European Film The King's Speech – directed by Tom Hooper Another Year – directed by Mike Leigh The Secret in Their Eyes – directed by Juan José Campanella In a Better World – directed by Susanne Bier Of Gods and Men – directed by Xavier Beauvois
David Youth Award 20 Cigarettes – directed by Aureliano Amadei Benvenuti al Sud – directed by Luca Miniero We Believed – directed by Mario Martone Un altro mondo – directed by Silvio Muccino Angel of Evil – directed by Michele Placido	Special David Awards Ettore Scola , Career David Claudio Bonivento , Career David

References

1. Dose, Nicoletta (7 April 2011). "David di Donatello, le candidature". Mymovies.it (in Italian). Retrieved 13 July 2024.
2. Vivarelli, Nick (6 May 2011). "'We Believed' tops Italy's David Awards". Variety . Retrieved 13 July 2024.