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David di Donatello

{{Short description|Annual Italian film award ceremony}}

{{Distinguish|David (Donatello, marble)|David (Donatello, bronze)}}

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{{Infobox award

| name = David di Donatello Awards

| current_awards = 70th David di Donatello

| image = David di Donatello miglior canzone originale- Alessandro Nelson Garofalo.jpg

| imagesize = 200

| caption = A David di Donatello awarded in 2014

| awarded_for = The best of Italian and foreign motion picture productions

| date = {{start date and age|1955}}

| country = Italy

| presenter = Academy of Italian Cinema

| year = 5 June 1956

| website = {{URL|www.daviddidonatello.it}}

}}

The David di Donatello Awards, named after Donatello's David, a symbolic statue of the Italian Renaissance,{{cite web|url=https://milano.corriere.it/milano/notizie/arte_e_cultura/09_maggio_6/david_donatello_fiera_milano_arturo_carlo_quintavalle-1501327491119.shtml|title=Trionfante e sereno nella sua nudità, David, simbolo del Rinascimento|access-date=21 January 2022|language=it}} are film awards given out each year by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (the Academy of Italian Cinema).{{cite web|url= https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/festival-e-premi-cinematografici_(Enciclopedia-Italiana)/#|title=Festival e premi cinematografici|trans-title=Film festivals and awards|author=Daniele Dottorini|publisher=Treccani|access-date=8 August 2024|language=it}} There are 26 award categories, as of 2023. The industry-voted awards are considered the Italian equivalent of the American Academy Awards.{{cite web|title=Oscar's Foreign Cousins|url=https://variety.com/1998/more/news/oscar-s-foreign-cousins-1117489265/|website=Variety|publisher=Variety Media|date=9 December 1998|access-date=26 March 2016}}

History

File:Welcome to Cinecittà (6003644868).jpg, where the David di Donatello award ceremony has been held several times.]]

The David di Donatello film awards were founded in 1955 by the founding president of AGIS (Italian General Association for Show Business), businessman Italo Gemini, in order to honour the best of each year's Italian and foreign films. It was first awarded in Rome on 5 July 1956.{{cite journal|last1=Laviosa|first1=Flavia|title=David di Donatello 1956–2016: Sixty Years of Awards|journal=Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies|date=29 January 2015|url=http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/MediaManager/File/New%20David%20di%20Donatello%20CFP.pdf|access-date=25 March 2016|trans-title=Call for Papers|publisher=Intellect|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161017145833/http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/MediaManager/File/New%20David%20di%20Donatello%20CFP.pdf|archive-date=17 October 2016|url-status=dead}}

The David di Donatello film awards follow the same criteria as the American Academy Awards.

File:David di Donatello 1961 Sordi Loren Heston.jpg, Alberto Sordi and Charlton Heston, David di Donatello 1961]]

Similar prizes had already existed in Italy for about a decade, such as the Nastro d'Argento, but these were voted on by film critics and journalists. The Donatellos are awarded by people within the film industry, including actors, producers, directors, screenwriters, and technicians.{{cite web|url=https://www.elle.com/it/showbiz/cinema/a60656951/storia-david-donatello-perche-si-chiamano-cosi/|title=La storia dei David di Donatello dal 1955 a oggi|trans-title=The history of the David di Donatello from 1955 to today|publisher=Elle Magazine|date=2 May 2024|language=it}}

After Rome, from 1957 to 1980, the ceremony was held at the Greek Theatre in Taormina during Taormina Film Fest, then twice in Florence, finally returning to Rome, always with the support of the President of the Italian Republic and now with the collaboration of the Rome City Council cultural policies department.{{cite web|url=https://www.daviddidonatello.it/storia/storia-dei-premi-inglese.php|title=History of the David Di Donatello AWARDS|website=daviddidonatello.it|access-date=8 August 2024}}

The founding organization, now called the Accademia del Cinema Italiano, works in concert with and thanks to the contribution of the Italian Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Tourism.

The prizes are awarded primarily to Italian films, with a category dedicated to foreign-language films.

Presidents

File:David di Donatello a Ciampi.jpg Ciampi shows the prize at the 2005 awards ceremony.]]

The following is a list of presidents of the Academy of Italian Cinema:

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width="8%"| President

! width="1%"|Start

! width="1%"| End

! width="8%"| Notes

Italo Gemini

| 1955

| 1970

|

Eitel Monaco

| 1971

| 1977

|

Paolo Grassi

| 1978

| 1980

|

Gian Luigi Rondi

| 1981

| 2016†

| President for life since 2009

Giuliano Montaldo

| 2016

| 2017

| Interim

Piera Detassis{{cite web| url = https://www.elle.com/it/showbiz/cinema/a60686024/david-di-donatello-2024-vincitori/| title = David di Donatello 2024: Io capitano Miglior film, ma a sbancare è Paola Cortellesi| last = D'Angelo| first = Francesca| date = 4 May 2024| publisher = Elle| access-date = 9 May 2024}}

| 2018

| current

| First woman to hold the office

† Died in office.

Trophy

The David di Donatello trophy is in the form of a gold David statuette, a replica of Donatello's famous sculpture, on a square malachite base with a gold plaque recording the award category, year, and winner.

The 1956 David by Bulgari, awarded to Gina Lollobrigida for Beautiful but Dangerous, was auctioned at Sotheby's in 2013.{{cite web|title=Gold and malachite 'David'|url=http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2013/magnificent-jewels-and-noble-jewels-ge1302/lot.647.html|publisher=Sotheby's}}

Award categories

Retired awards

Statistics

=Multiple prize-winning actors=

As of 2020, with seven awards each, Margherita Buy, Alberto Sordi, Vittorio Gassman, and Sophia Loren are the actors who have won the most Davids.{{cite web|url=http://www.ufficiostampa.rai.it/dl/UfficioStampa/Articoli/DAVID-DI-DONATELLO-LA-STORIA-81d58410-7e77-4255-92db-373f094a1770.html|title=David di Donatello: La Storia|publisher=rai.it|language=it|access-date=14 April 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.altrospettacolo.it/david-di-donatello-2018-storia-vincitori/|title=David di Donatello 2018, 63 anni di Oscar del Cinema italiano|publisher=altrospettacolo.it|language=it|quote=Tra gli attori più premiati di sempre troneggiano Alberto Sordi e Vittorio Gassman, entrambi a quota 7 David, vinti sempre come migliori attori protagonisti. La Meryl Streep del Cinema italiano è invece Margherita Buy, che ne ha vinti altrettanti (su 16 candidature)|date=18 March 2018|access-date=14 April 2018|archive-date=24 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724000220/https://www.altrospettacolo.it/david-di-donatello-2018-storia-vincitori/|url-status=dead}}

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!rowspan=2 width=200px|Actor

!colspan=2 width=100px|Leading

!colspan=2 width=100px|Supporting

!colspan=2 width=100px|Total

width=50px|Wwidth=50px|N

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width=50px|N

!width=50px|W

width=50px|N
align=left bgcolor=pink|Margherita Buy

|5

13

|2

3

| rowspan=4|7

| 16

align=left|Alberto Sordi

|7

8

|0

0

| 8

align=left|Vittorio Gassman

|7

7

|0

0

| 7

align=left bgcolor=pink|Sophia Loren

|7

7

|0

0

|7

align=left|Giancarlo Giannini

|4

7

|1

3

| rowspan="4" |5

| 10

align="left" |Marcello Mastroianni

|5

6

|0

0

| 6

align="left" bgcolor="pink" |Monica Vitti

|5

6

|0

0

| 6

align="left" bgcolor="pink" |Marina Confalone

|1

1

|4

5

| 6

align=left|Valerio Mastandrea

|2

8

|2

5

| rowspan="6" |4

13
align="left" |Toni Servillo

|4

10

|0

1

| 11

align="left" |Elio Germano

|4

5

|0

2

| 7

align=left bgcolor=pink|Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

|4

6

|0

0

| 6

align=left bgcolor=pink|Mariangela Melato

|4

5

|0

0

| 5

align=left|Nino Manfredi

|4

4

|0

0

| 4

See also

References

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External links

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  • {{Official website|www.daviddidonatello.it}} {{in lang|it}}
  • {{Official website|www.daviddidonatello.it/english/index.htm}} {{in lang|en}}
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  • [http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=215/ David di Donatello 1956–2016: 60 Years of Awards]. Journal of Italian Cinema & Media Studies (2016), 4 (2), Intellect, {{ISSN|2047-7368}}

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