51st David di Donatello

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The 51st David di Donatello ceremony, presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano, was held on 21 April 2006. ^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

51st David di Donatello
Date	21 April 2006
Hosted by	Veronica Pivetti
Highlights
Best Picture	The Caiman
Most awards	Romanzo Criminale (8)
Most nominations	The Caiman and Romanzo Criminale (13)
Television coverage
Network	RaiSat CinemaWorld
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Winners and nominees

Best Film

The Caiman, directed by Nanni Moretti
My Best Enemy, directed by Carlo Verdone
Notte prima degli esami, directed by Fausto Brizzi
Romanzo Criminale, directed by Michele Placido
Our Land, directed by Sergio Rubini

Best Producer

Angelo Barbagallo, Nanni Moretti for Sacher Film – The Caiman
Domenico Procacci, Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima – Mario's War
Aurelio De Laurentiis – My Best Enemy
Fulvio Lucisano and Federica Lucisano for IFF, Gianandrea Pecorelli for Aurora Film e TV – Notte prima degli esami
Riccardo Tozzi, Giovanni Stabilini, Marco Chimenz – Romanzo Criminale

Best Director

Best New Director

Fausto Brizzi – Notte prima degli esami
Vittorio Moroni – You Must Be the Wolf
Francesco Munzi – Saimir
Fausto Paravidino – Texas
Stefano Pasetto – Tartarughe sul dorso

Best Actor

Silvio Orlando – The Caiman
Antonio Albanese – The Second Wedding Night
Fabrizio Bentivoglio – Our Land
Kim Rossi Stuart – Romanzo Criminale
Carlo Verdone – My Best Enemy

Best Actress

Valeria Golino – Mario's War
Margherita Buy – The Caiman
Cristiana Capotondi – Notte prima degli esami
Giovanna Mezzogiorno – Don't Tell
Ana Caterina Morariu – My Best Enemy

Best Supporting Actor

Pierfrancesco Favino – Romanzo Criminale
Giorgio Faletti – Notte prima degli esami
Neri Marcorè – The Second Wedding Night
Nanni Moretti – The Caiman
Sergio Rubini – Our Land

Best Supporting Actress

Angela Finocchiaro – Don't Tell
Isabella Ferrari – The Goodbye Kiss
Marisa Merlini – The Second Wedding Night
Stefania Rocca – Don't Tell
Jasmine Trinca – The Caiman

David di Donatello for Best Screenplay

Stefano Rulli, Sandro Petraglia, Giancarlo De Cataldo, Michele Placido – Romanzo Criminale
Nanni Moretti, Francesco Piccolo, Federica Pontremoli – The Caiman
Silvio Muccino, Pasquale Plastino, Silvia Ranfagni, Carlo Verdone – My Best Enemy
Fausto Brizzi, Massimiliano Bruno, Marco Martani – Notte prima degli esami
Angelo Pasquini, Carla Cavalluzzi, Sergio Rubini – Our Land

Best Cinematography

Luca Bigazzi – Romanzo Criminale
Arnaldo Catinari – The Caiman
Fabio Cianchetti – Our Land
Danilo Desideri – My Best Enemy
Marcello Montarsi – Notte prima degli esami

Best Sets and Decorations

Paola Comencini – Romanzo Criminale
Giancarlo Basili – The Caiman
Andrea Crisanti – The Goodbye Kiss
Carlo De Marino – Fire at My Heart
Maurizio Marchitelli – My Best Enemy

Best Score

Franco Piersanti – The Caiman
Goran Bregović – The Days of Abandonment
Paolo Buonvino – Romanzo Criminale
Negramaro, Fabio Barovero, Simone Fabroni, Roy Paci, Louis Siciliano – The Fever
Bruno Zambrini – Notte prima degli esami

Best Song

Insieme a te non ci sto più from The Goodbye Kiss – Paolo Conte, Michele Virano, Vito Pallavicini, Caterina Caselli
Forever Blues from Forever Blues – Lino Patruno
The Days of Abandonment from The Days of Abandonment – Goran Bregović
Solo per te from The Fever – Giuliano Sangiorgi
You Can Never Hold Back Spring from The Tiger and the Snow – Tom Waits, Kathleen Brennan

Best Editing

Esmeralda Calabria – Romanzo Criminale
Osvaldo Bargero – The Fever
Claudio Di Mauro – My Best Enemy
Luciana Pandolfelli – Notte prima degli esami
Cecilia Zanuso – Don't Tell

Best Sound

Alessandro Zanon – The Caiman
Benito Alchimede, Maurizio Grassi – Notte prima degli esami
Gaetano Carito – My Best Enemy
Mario Iaquone – Romanzo Criminale
Bruno Pupparo – Don't Tell

Best Costumes

Nicoletta Taranta – Romanzo Criminale
Francesco Crivellini – The Second Wedding Night
Annalisa Giacci – Fire at My Heart
Tatiana Romanoff – My Best Enemy
Lina Nerli Taviani – The Caiman

Best Visual Effects

Proxima – Romanzo Criminale
Francesco Sabelli for RSG Effetti speciali – Don't Tell
E.D.I. – The Fever
Guido Pappadà – Fire at My Heart
Simone Silvestri – Floor 17
UBIK – The Tiger and the Snow

Best Documentary Feature

The Wise Cat Catches Mice, directed by Francesco Conversano and Nene Grignaffini
In un altro paese, directed by Marco Turco
L'isola di Calvino, directed by Roberto Giannarelli
Piccolo Sole – Vita e morte di Henri Crolla, directed by Nino Bizzarri
Primavera in Kurdistan, directed by Stefano Savona
Volevo solo vivere, directed by Mimmo Calopresti

Best Short Film

Un inguaribile amore, directed by Giovanni Covini
Codice a sbarre, directed by Ivano De Matteo
Dentro Roma, directed by Francesco Costabile
Tanalibera tutti, directed by Vito Palmieri
Zakaria, directed by Gianluca & Massimiliano De Serio

Best European Film

Match Point, directed by Woody Allen
L'Enfant, directed by Dardenne brothers
Mrs. Henderson Presents, directed by Stephen Frears
March of the Penguins, directed by Luc Jacquet
Caché, directed by Michael Haneke

Best Foreign Film

Crash, directed by Paul Haggis
A History of Violence, directed by David Cronenberg
Good Night, and Good Luck., directed by George Clooney
Brokeback Mountain, directed by Ang Lee
Tsotsi, directed by Gavin Hood

David Youth Award

Romanzo Criminale, directed by Michele Placido
Don't Tell, directed by Cristina Comencini
Never Again as Before, directed by Giacomo Campiotti
My Best Enemy, directed by Carlo Verdone
Notte prima degli esami, directed by Fausto Brizzi

Torino Piemonte Film Commission Award

Mario's War, directed by Antonio Capuano
The Caiman, directed by Nanni Moretti
Once You're Born You Can No Longer Hide, directed by Marco Tullio Giordana
Saimir, directed by Francesco Munzi
Our Land, directed by Sergio Rubini

Special David Awards

References

^ Rodier, Melanie (4 April 2006). "Caiman, Crime Novel lead Donatello nominations". Screen International. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
^ Ercolani, Adriano (5 April 2006). "David di Donatello 2006: nominations". Off-screen. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
^ Vivarelli, Nick (22 April 2006). "'Caiman' has big bite". Variety. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
^ De Marco, Camillo (22 April 2006). "Moretti and Placido sweep up David Awards". Cineuropa. Retrieved 3 September 2024.

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