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David di Donatello Awards

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    David

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    Best Actor (Migliore Attore Protagonista)

    • Marcello Mastroianni
      Winner
      • Marcello Mastroianni
      • Ginger & Fred
      • Francesco Nuti
      • Tutta colpa del paradiso
    • Nanni Moretti
      • Nanni Moretti
      • The Mass Is Ended

    Best Actress (Migliore Attrice Protagonista)

    • Ángela Molina
      Winner
      • Ángela Molina
      • Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)
    • "Nights Of Cabiria" Giulietta Masina 1957 Lopert / **I.V.
      • Giulietta Masina
      • Ginger & Fred
    • Liv Ullmann
      • Liv Ullmann
      • Speriamo che sia femmina

    Best Cinematography (Migliore Fotografia)

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)

      5.7 (349)
      Giuseppe Lanci
    • [object Object]

      Ginger & Fred

      7.2 (5.8K)
      Tonino Delli Colli
      Ennio Guarnieri
    • [object Object]

      The Berlin Affair

      5.4 (732)
      Dante Spinotti

    Best Costume Design (Migliore Costumista)

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ginger & Fred

      7.2 (5.8K)
      Danilo Donati
    • [object Object]

      The Venetian Woman

      4.9 (686)
      Aldo Buti
    • [object Object]

      Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)

      5.7 (349)
      Gino Persico

    Best Director (Migliore Regista)

    • Mario Monicelli
      Winner
      • Mario Monicelli
      • Speriamo che sia femmina
    • Federico Fellini
      • Federico Fellini
      • Ginger & Fred
    • Nanni Moretti
      • Nanni Moretti
      • The Mass Is Ended

    Best Editing (Migliore Montatore)

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Speriamo che sia femmina

      6.6 (873)
      Ruggero Mastroianni
    • [object Object]

      Ginger & Fred

      7.2 (5.8K)
      Nino Baragli
    • [object Object]

      Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)

      5.7 (349)
      Luigi Zitta

    Best Film (Miglior Film)

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Speriamo che sia femmina

      6.6 (873)
    • [object Object]

      Ginger & Fred

      7.2 (5.8K)
    • [object Object]

      The Mass Is Ended

      7.2 (2.2K)

    Best Foreign Actor (Migliore Attore Straniero)

    • William Hurt
      Winner
      • William Hurt
      • Kiss of the Spider Woman
    • Robert Redford
      • Robert Redford
      • Out of Africa
    • Jack Nicholson at an event for The Bucket List (2007)
      • Jack Nicholson
      • Prizzi's Honor

    Best Foreign Actress (Migliore Attrice Straniera)

    • Meryl Streep
      Winner
      • Meryl Streep
      • Out of Africa
    • Miranda Richardson
      • Miranda Richardson
      • Dance with a Stranger
    • Phyllis Logan
      • Phyllis Logan
      • Another Time, Another Place

    Best Foreign Director (Migliore Regista Straniero)

    • Akira Kurosawa
      Winner
      • Akira Kurosawa
      • Ran
    • Sydney Pollack
      • Sydney Pollack
      • Out of Africa
      Ex aequo with Emir Kusturica for When Father Was Away on Business (1985).
    • John Huston
      • John Huston
      • Prizzi's Honor
    • Emir Kusturica at an event for Promise Me This (2007)
      • Emir Kusturica
      • When Father Was Away on Business
      Ex aequo with Sydney Pollack for Out of Africa (1985).

    Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Out of Africa

      7.1 (90K)
      Sydney Pollack
    • [object Object]

      Another Time, Another Place

      6.4 (374)
      Michael Radford
    • [object Object]

      Ran

      8.2 (146K)
      Akira Kurosawa

    Best Foreign Producer (Migliore Produttore Straniero)

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Back to the Future

      8.5 (1.4M)
      Steven Spielberg
    • [object Object]

      Out of Africa

      7.1 (90K)
      Sydney Pollack
    • [object Object]

      Ran

      8.2 (146K)
      Masato Hara
      Serge Silberman
      Ex aequo with Prizzi's Honor (1985).
    • [object Object]

      Prizzi's Honor

      6.7 (28K)
      John Foreman
      Ex aequo with Ran (1985).

    Best Foreign Screenplay (Migliore Sceneggiatura Straniera)

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Back to the Future

      8.5 (1.4M)
      Robert Zemeckis
      Bob Gale
    • [object Object]

      Out of Africa

      7.1 (90K)
      Kurt Luedtke
    • [object Object]

      Prizzi's Honor

      6.7 (28K)
      Richard Condon
      Janet Roach

    Best Music (Migliore Musicista)

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ginger & Fred

      7.2 (5.8K)
      Nicola Piovani
      Tied with Riz Ortolani for Festa di laurea (1985).
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Festa di laurea

      7.1 (232)
      Riz Ortolani
      Tied with Nicola Piovani for Ginger & Fred (1986).
    • [object Object]

      Maccheroni

      6.4 (912)
      Armando Trovajoli

    Best New Director (Migliore Regista Esordiente)

    • Enrico Montesano
      Winner
      • Enrico Montesano
      • A me mi piace
      • Amanzio Todini
      • Big Deal After 20 Years
      • Valerio Zecca
      • Chi mi aiuta...?

    Best Producer (Migliore Produttore)

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Speriamo che sia femmina

      6.6 (873)
      Giovanni Di Clemente
    • [object Object]

      Ginger & Fred

      7.2 (5.8K)
      Alberto Grimaldi
    • [object Object]

      The Mass Is Ended

      7.2 (2.2K)
      Achille Manzotti

    Best Production Design (Migliore Scenografo)

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)

      5.7 (349)
      Enrico Job
    • [object Object]

      Ginger & Fred

      7.2 (5.8K)
      Dante Ferretti
    • [object Object]

      The Berlin Affair

      5.4 (732)
      Luciano Ricceri

    Best Screenplay (Migliore Sceneggiatura)

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Speriamo che sia femmina

      6.6 (873)
      Tullio Pinelli
      Mario Monicelli
      Suso Cecchi D'Amico
      Leonardo Benvenuti
      Piero De Bernardi
    • [object Object]

      The Mass Is Ended

      7.2 (2.2K)
      Sandro Petraglia
      Nanni Moretti
    • [object Object]

      Ginger & Fred

      7.2 (5.8K)
      Tullio Pinelli
      Tonino Guerra
      Federico Fellini

    Best Supporting Actor (Migliore Attore non Protagonista)

    • Bernard Blier and Micheline Luccioni in Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais... elle cause! (1970)
      Winner
      • Bernard Blier
      • Speriamo che sia femmina
    • Lída Baarová and Franco Fabrizi in I Vitelloni (1953)
      • Franco Fabrizi
      • Ginger & Fred
      • Ferruccio De Ceresa
      • The Mass Is Ended
      Ex aequo with Philippe Noiret for Speriamo che sia femmina (1986).
    • Philippe Noiret in Cinema Paradiso (1988)
      • Philippe Noiret
      • Speriamo che sia femmina
      Ex aequo with Ferruccio De Ceresa for The Mass Is Ended (1985).

    Best Supporting Actress (Migliore Attrice non Protagonista)

    • Winner
      • Athina Cenci
      • Speriamo che sia femmina
    • Isa Danieli in Capri (2006)
      • Isa Danieli
      • Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)
    • Stefania Sandrelli
      • Stefania Sandrelli
      • Speriamo che sia femmina

    Luchino Visconti Award

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    • Ingmar Bergman
      Winner
      • Ingmar Bergman
    • Suso Cecchi D'Amico
      Winner
      • Suso Cecchi D'Amico
      Special award on occasion of the 10th anniversary of Visconti's death.
    • Giuseppe Rotunno
      Winner
      • Giuseppe Rotunno
      Special award on occasion of the 10th anniversary of Visconti's death.

    René Clair Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ginger & Fred

      7.2 (5.8K)
      Federico Fellini

    Alitalia Award

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    • Nanni Moretti
      Winner
      • Nanni Moretti

    Golden Medal of the City of Rome

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    • Marcello Mastroianni
      Winner
      • Marcello Mastroianni
    • Federico Fellini
      Winner
      • Federico Fellini
    • Gina Lollobrigida
      Winner
      • Gina Lollobrigida
    • Mariangela Melato
      Winner
      • Mariangela Melato
    • Nanni Moretti
      Winner
      • Nanni Moretti
    • Winner
      • Francesco Nuti
    • Ettore Scola
      Winner
      • Ettore Scola

    30th Anniversary David

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    • Winner
      • Francesco Cossiga
    • Winner
      • "Nights Of Cabiria" Giulietta Masina 1957 Lopert / **I.V.
        Winner
        • Giulietta Masina

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      • Premi David di Donatello

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      Event date

      June 3, 1986

      Event location

      Italy

      Event links

      • http://www.daviddidonatello.it/

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