52nd David di Donatello

The 52nd David di Donatello ceremony, presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano, was held on 14 June 2007.

52nd David di Donatello
Date	14 June 2007
Site	GranTeatro, Rome, Italy
Hosted by	Tullio Solenghi
Highlights
Best Picture	The Unknown Woman
Most awards	The Unknown Woman (5)
Most nominations	The Unknown Woman (12)
Television coverage
Network	Rai 2

Winners and nominees

Best Film

• The Unknown Woman – directed by Giuseppe Tornatore
• Along the Ridge – directed by Kim Rossi Stuart
• Golden Door – directed by Emanuele Crialese
• My Brother Is an Only Child – directed by Daniele Luchetti
• One Hundred Nails – directed by Ermanno Olmi

Best Producer

• Donatella Botti for BIANCAFILM and Rai Cinema – Salty Air
• Fabrizio Mosca – Golden Door
• Medusa Film – The Unknown Woman
• Cattleya – My Brother Is an Only Child
• Luigi Musini, Roberto Cicutto for Cinemaundici – One Hundred Nails

Best Director

• Giuseppe Tornatore – The Unknown Woman
• Ermanno Olmi – One Hundred Nails
• Marco Bellocchio – The Wedding Director
• Emanuele Crialese – Golden Door
• Daniele Luchetti – My Brother Is an Only Child

Best New Director

• Kim Rossi Stuart – Along the Ridge
• Alessandro Angelini – Salty Air
• Francesco Amato – Ma che ci faccio qui
• Giambattista Avellino, Ficarra e Picone – Il 7 e l'8
• Davide Marengo – Night Bus

Best Actor

• Elio Germano – My Brother Is an Only Child
• Vincenzo Amato – Golden Door
• Michele Placido – The Unknown Woman
• Giacomo Rizzo – The Family Friend
• Kim Rossi Stuart – Along the Ridge

Best Actress

• Kseniya Rappoport – The Unknown Woman
• Margherita Buy – Saturn in Opposition
• Donatella Finocchiaro – The Wedding Director
• Giovanna Mezzogiorno – Flying Lessons
• Laura Morante – Liscio

Best Supporting Actor

• Giorgio Colangeli – Salty Air
• Ninetto Davoli – One Out of Two
• Ennio Fantastichini – Saturn in Opposition
• Valerio Mastandrea – Napoleon and Me
• Riccardo Scamarcio – My Brother Is an Only Child

Best Supporting Actress

• Ambra Angiolini – Saturn in Opposition (ex aequo)
• Angela Finocchiaro – My Brother Is an Only Child (ex aequo)
• Michela Cescon – Salty Air
• Sabrina Impacciatore – Napoleon and Me
• Francesca Neri – A Dinner for Them to Meet

David di Donatello for Best Screenplay

• Daniele Luchetti, Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli – My Brother Is an Only Child
• Linda Ferri, Francesco Giammusso, Kim Rossi Stuart, Federico Starnone – Along the Ridge
• Emanuele Crialese – Golden Door
• Giuseppe Tornatore – The Unknown Woman
• Ermanno Olmi – One Hundred Nails

Best Cinematography

• Fabio Zamarion – The Unknown Woman
• Alessandro Pesci – Napoleon and Me
• Luca Bigazzi – The Family Friend
• Agnès Godard – Golden Door
• Fabio Olmi – One Hundred Nails

Best Sets and Decorations

• Carlos Conti – Golden Door
• Francesco Frigeri – Napoleon and Me
• Tonino Zera – The Unknown Woman
• Giuseppe Pirrotta – One Hundred Nails
• Andrea Crisanti – The Lark Farm

Best Score

• Ennio Morricone – The Unknown Woman
• Teho Teardo – The Family Friend
• Neffa – Saturn in Opposition
• Franco Piersanti – My Brother Is an Only Child
• Fabio Vacchi – One Hundred Nails

Best Original Song

• "La paranza" and "Mi persi" from Night Bus – Daniele Silvestri
• "Fascisti su Marte" from Fascisti su Marte – Corrado Guzzanti
• "Eppur sentire (un senso di te)" from Manual of Love 2 – Paolo Buonvino, Elisa Toffoli
• "Passione" from Saturn in Opposition – Neffa
• "One Hundred Nails" from One Hundred Nails – Paolo Fresu

Best Editing

• Mirco Garrone – My Brother Is an Only Child
• Francesca Calvelli – The Wedding Director
• Maryline Monthieux – Golden Door
• Massimo Quaglia – The Unknown Woman
• Patrizio Marone – Saturn in Opposition

Best Sound

• Bruno Pupparo – My Brother Is an Only Child
• Mario Iaquone – Along the Ridge
• Pierre Yves Labouè – Golden Door
• Gilberto Martinelli – The Unknown Woman
• Marco Grillo – Saturn in Opposition

Best Costumes

• Mariano Tufano – Golden Door
• Maurizio Millenotti – Napoleon and Me
• Nicoletta Ercole – The Unknown Woman
• Mariarita Barbera – My Brother Is an Only Child
• Lina Nerli Taviani – The Lark Farm

Best Visual Effects

• L'ètude et la supervision des trucages – Golden Door
• Stefano Coccia, Massimo Contini, Frame by frame, Rebel think, Sirenae Film Post, Spark digital entertainment, Martina Venettoni, VISION – Fascisti su Marte
• Proxima – Napoleon and Me
• LUMIQ STUDIOS – The Stone Merchant
• FX Italia Digital Group – The Lark Farm

Best Documentary Feature

• Il mio paese – directed by Daniele Vicari
• 100 anni della nostra storia – directed by Gianfranco Pannone and Marco Simon Puccioni
• Bellissime (seconda parte) – directed by Giovanna Gagliardo
• Souvenir Srebrenica – directed by Luca Rosini
• L'udienza è aperta – directed by Vincenzo Marra

Best Short Film

• Meridionali senza filtro – directed by Michele Bia
• Armando – directed by Massimiliano Camaiti
• La cena di Emmaus – directed by Josè Corvaglia
• Solo cinque minuti – directed by Filippo Soldi
• Travaglio – directed by Lele Biscussi

Best European Film

• The Lives of Others – directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
• Notes on a Scandal – directed by Richard Eyre
• My Best Friend – directed by Patrice Leconte
• The Queen – directed by Stephen Frears
• Volver – directed by Pedro Almodóvar

Best Foreign Film

• • Babel – directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu
• Letters from Iwo Jima – directed by Clint Eastwood
• Little Miss Sunshine – directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
• The Pursuit of Happyness – directed by Gabriele Muccino
• The Departed – directed by Martin Scorsese

David Youth Award

• Red Like the Sky – directed by Cristiano Bortone
• Golden Door – directed by Emanuele Crialese
• Saturn in Opposition – directed by Ferzan Özpetek
• Notte prima degli esami – Oggi – directed by Fausto Brizzi

Special David Awards

• Armando Trovajoli
• Giuliano Montaldo
• Carlo Lizzani