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65th David di Donatello
65th David di Donatello
Date	8 May 2020
Site	RAI Studios; Rome, Italy
Hosted by	Carlo Conti
Highlights
Best Picture	The Traitor
Most awards	The Traitor (6)
Most nominations	The Traitor (18)
Television coverage
Network	Rai 1
Duration	2 hours, 8 minutes
	← 64th; David di Donatello; 66th →;

The 65th David di Donatello ceremony, presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano, honoured the best Italian films of 2019.^[2] The ceremony was hosted by presenter Carlo Conti on 8 May 2020. The awards ceremony was initially set for 3 April 2020 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3] Also, the ceremony was held live at RAI Studios and broadcast by Rai 1 while the candidates were connected via video and answered the questions asked by the Carlo Conti from the studio.^[4]

The crime drama film The Traitor won six awards, including Best Film, out of eighteen nominations.^[5] Other winners included Pinocchio with five, The First King: Birth of an Empire with three, The Goddess of Fortune with two, and 5 is the Perfect Number, Bangla, Il flauto magico di Piazza Vittorio, Martin Eden, My Brother Chases Dinosaurs, Once Upon a Time... in Bethlehem, Parasite, Selfie and Timo's Winter with one.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).^[6] The nominations were announced on 18 February 2020.^[7]

Best Film

The Traitor – Marco Bellocchio, director‡
- The First King: Birth of an Empire – Matteo Rovere, director
- Martin Eden – Pietro Marcello, director
- Pinocchio – Matteo Garrone, director
- Piranhas – Claudio Giovannesi, director

Best Producer

The First King: Birth of an Empire – Andrea Paris and Matteo Rovere, producers; Groenlandia, Rai Cinema, Roman Citizen and Gapbusters, production companies‡
- Bangla – Domenico Procacci and Anna Maria Morelli, producers; TIMvision, production company
- Martin Eden – Pietro Marcello, Beppe Caschetto, Thomas Ordonneau, Michael Weber and Viola Fügen, producers; Rai Cinema, production company
- Pinocchio – Matteo Garrone, Jean Labadie, Anne-Laure Labadie, Jeremy Thomas and Paolo Del Brocco, producers; Archimede, Rai Cinema and Le Pacte, production companies
- The Traitor – Beppe Caschetto, producer; IBC Movie, Kavac Film and Rai Cinema, production companies

Best Director

Marco Bellocchio – The Traitor‡
- Claudio Giovannesi – Piranhas
- Matteo Garrone – Pinocchio
- Matteo Rovere – The First King: Birth of an Empire
- Pietro Marcello – Martin Eden

Best New Director

Phaim Bhuyian – Bangla‡
- Carlo Sironi – Sole
- Igort – 5 Is the Perfect Number
- Leonardo D'Agostini – The Champion
- Marco D'Amore – The Immortal

Best Actor

Pierfrancesco Favino – The Traitor as Tommaso Buscetta‡
- Alessandro Borghi – The First King: Birth of an Empire as Remus
- Francesco Di Leva – The Mayor of Rione Sanità as Antonio Barracano
- Luca Marinelli – Martin Eden as Martin Eden
- Toni Servillo – 5 Is the Perfect Number as Peppino Lo Cicero

Best Actress

Jasmine Trinca – The Goddess of Fortune as Annamaria‡
- Isabella Ragonese – My Brother Chases Dinosaurs as Katia
- Linda Caridi – Remember? as Lei
- Lunetta Savino – Rosa as Rosa
- Valeria Bruni Tedeschi – The Summer House as Anna
- Valeria Golino – Volare as Elisa

Best Supporting Actor

Luigi Lo Cascio – The Traitor as Salvatore Contorno‡
- Carlo Buccirosso – 5 Is the Perfect Number as Totò the Butcher
- Fabrizio Ferracane – The Traitor as Giuseppe Calò
- Roberto Benigni – Pinocchio as Geppetto
- Stefano Accorsi – The Champion as Valerio

Best Supporting Actress

Valeria Golino – 5 Is the Perfect Number as Rita‡
- Alida Baldari Calabria – Pinocchio as Fairy with Turquoise Hair
- Anna Ferzetti – Tomorrow's a New Day as Paola
- Maria Amato – The Traitor as Melchiorra Buscetta
- Tania Garribba – The First King: Birth of an Empire as Satnei

Best Original Screenplay

The Traitor – Marco Bellocchio, Ludovica Rampoldi, Valia Santella and Francesco Piccolo‡
- Bangla – Phaim Bhuiyan and Vanessa Picciarelli
- The First King: Birth of an Empire – Filippo Gravino, Francesca Manieri and Matteo Rovere
- The Goddess of Fortune – Gianni Romoli, Silvia Ranfagni and Ferzan Özpetek
- Remember? – Valerio Mieli

Best Adapted Screenplay

Martin Eden – Maurizio Braucci and Pietro Marcello; based on the novel by Jack London‡
- The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily – Jean-Luc Fromental, Thomas Bidegain and Lorenzo Mattotti; based on the book by Dino Buzzati
- The Mayor of Rione Sanità – Mario Martone and Ippolita Di Majo; based on the play by Eduardo De Filippo
- Pinocchio – Matteo Garrone and Massimo Ceccherini; based on the novel The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
- Piranhas – Claudio Giovannesi, Roberto Saviano and Maurizio Braucci; based on the novel The Piranhas: The Boy Bosses of Naples by Roberto Saviano

Best Cinematography

The First King: Birth of an Empire – Daniele Ciprì‡
- Martin Eden – Franco Di Giacomo
- Pinocchio – Nicolaj Brüel
- Remember? – Daria D'Antonio
- The Traitor – Vladan Radovic

Best Sets and Decorations

Pinocchio – Dimitri Capuani‡
- 5 Is the Perfect Number – Nello Giorgetti
- The First King: Birth of an Empire – Tonino Zera
- Suspiria – Inbal Weinberg
- The Traitor – Andrea Castorina

Best Score

Il flauto magico di Piazza Vittorio – Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio‡
- The First King: Birth of an Empire – Andrea Farri
- Pinocchio – Dario Marianelli
- Suspiria – Thom Yorke
- The Traitor – Nicola Piovani

Best Original Song

"Che vita meravigliosa" from The Goddess of Fortune – Music, Lyrics and Performed by Diodato‡
- "Festa" from Bangla – Music by Aiello; Lyrics by Aiello and Shoshi Md Ziaul; Performed by Moonstar Studio
- "Rione Sanità" from The Mayor of Rione Sanità – Music, Lyrics and Performed by Ralph P
- "Suspirium" from Suspiria – Music, Lyrics and Performed by Thom Yorke
- "Un errore di distrazione" from The Guest – Music, Lyrics and Performed by Brunori Sas

Best Editing

The Traitor – Francesca Calvelli‡
- The First King: Birth of an Empire – Gianni Vezzosi
- Martin Eden – Aline Hervé and Fabrizio Federico
- The Mayor of Rione Sanità – Jacopo Quadri
- Pinocchio – Marco Spoletini

Best Sound

The First King: Birth of an Empire – Angelo Bonanni, Davide D'Onofrio, Mirko Perri, Mauro Eusepi and Michele Mazzucco‡
- 5 Is the Perfect Number – Daniele Maraniello, Max Gobiet, Giuseppe D'Amato, Francesco Albertelli and Marcos Molina Jaime
- Martin Eden – Denny de Angelis, Simone Panetta, Stefano Grosso and Michael Kaczmarek
- The Traitor – Gaetano Carito, Adriano di Lorenzo, Pierpaolo Merafino, Lilio Rosato, Gianluca Basili and Francesco Tumminello
- Pinocchio – Maricetta Lombardo, Gianni Pallotto, Luca Novelli, Daniela Bassani and Stefano Grosso

Best Costumes

Pinocchio – Massimo Cantini Parrini‡
- 5 Is the Perfect Number – Nicoletta Taranta
- The First King: Birth of an Empire – Valentina Taviani
- Martin Eden – Andrea Cavalletto
- The Traitor – Daria Calvelli

Best Visual Effects

Pinocchio – Rodolfo Migliari and Theo Demeris‡
- 5 Is the Perfect Number – Giuseppe Squillaci
- The First King: Birth of an Empire – Francesco Grisi and Gaia Bussolati
- Suspiria – Luca Saviotti
- The Traitor – Rodolfo Migliari

Best Make-up Artist

Pinocchio – Dalia Colli and Mark Coulier‡
- 5 Is the Perfect Number – Andreina Becagli
- The First King: Birth of an Empire – Roberto Pastore, Andrea Leanza, Valentina Visintin and Lorenzo Tamburini
- Suspiria – Fernanda Perez
- The Traitor – Dalia Colli and Lorenzo Tamburini

Best Hairstylist

Pinocchio – Francesco Pegoretti‡
- The First King: Birth of an Empire – Marzia Colomba
- Martin Eden – Daniela Tartari
- Suspiria – Manolo García
- The Traitor – Alberta Giuliani

Best Documentary Feature

Selfie – Agostino Ferrente, director‡
- Citizen Rosi – Didi Gnocchi and Carolina Rosi, directors
- Fellini Never-Ending – Eugenio Cappuccio, director
- The Mafia Is No Longer What It Used to Be – Franco Maresco, director
- Se c'è un aldilà sono fottuto - Vita e cinema di Claudio Caligari – Simone Isola and Fausto Trombetta, directors

Best Short Film

Timo's Winter – Giulio Mastromauro, director‡
- Brother – Beppe Tufarulo, director
- My Sister – Saverio Cappiello, director
- Our Time – Veronica Spedicati, director
- Unfolded – Cristina Picchi, director

Best Foreign Film

Parasite – Bong Joon-ho, director‡
- Green Book – Peter Farrelly, director
- Joker – Todd Phillips, director
- An Officer and a Spy – Roman Polanski, director
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Quentin Tarantino, director

David Youth Award

My Brother Chases Dinosaurs – Stefano Cipani, director‡
- The Goddess of Fortune – Ferzan Özpetek, director
- Into the Labyrinth – Donato Carrisi, director
- Martin Eden – Pietro Marcello, director
- The Traitor – Marco Bellocchio, director

Special David Awards

Franca Valeri^[8]

David Audience Award

Once Upon a Time... in Bethlehem, directed by Ficarra e Picone for garnering 2,363,303 spectators^[9]

Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations
Nominations	Film
18	The Traitor
15	The First King: Birth of an Empire
15	Pinocchio
11	Martin Eden
9	5 Is the Perfect Number
6	Suspiria
4	Bangla
	The Goddess of Fortune
	The Mayor of Rione Sanità
3	Piranhas
3	Ricordi?
2	The Champion
2	My Brother Chases Dinosaurs

Films that received multiple awards
Awards	Film
6	The Traitor
5	Pinocchio
3	The First King: Birth of an Empire
2	The Goddess of Fortune

References

^ "David di Donatello 2020". Retrieved 2 December 2022.
^ "David di Donatello 2020, tutte le candidature". Rai Cinema. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
^ Lancellotti, Marica (9 March 2020). "David di Donatello 2020 rinviati per il Coronavirus". Movieplayer.it. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
^ Zingariello, Ivan (8 May 2020). "David di Donatello 2020: trionfa Il traditore di Bellocchio, Favino e Trinca migliori attori". Retrieved 2 December 2022.
^ Vivarelli, Nick (8 May 2020). "Marco Bellocchio's 'The Traitor' Dominates Italy's David di Donatello Awards". Variety. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
^ Scarpa, Vittoria (9 May 2020). "The David di Donatello Awards for Best Film and Best Director go to The Traitor". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
^ Szalai, Georg (18 February 2020). "'Joker,' 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,' 'Parasite' Among Italy's David di Donatello Awards Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
^ "A Franca Valeri il David speciale". Mymovies.it. 5 May 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
^ "David di Donatello 2020: Il primo Natale di Ficarra e Picone vince il David dello Spettatore". Movieplayer.it. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2022.

External links

Official website

[1] "David di Donatello 2020". Retrieved 2 December 2022.

[2] "David di Donatello 2020, tutte le candidature". Rai Cinema. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2024.

[3] Lancellotti, Marica (9 March 2020). "David di Donatello 2020 rinviati per il Coronavirus". Movieplayer.it. Retrieved 2 December 2022.

[4] Zingariello, Ivan (8 May 2020). "David di Donatello 2020: trionfa Il traditore di Bellocchio, Favino e Trinca migliori attori". Retrieved 2 December 2022.

[5] Vivarelli, Nick (8 May 2020). "Marco Bellocchio's 'The Traitor' Dominates Italy's David di Donatello Awards". Variety. Retrieved 2 December 2022.

[6] Scarpa, Vittoria (9 May 2020). "The David di Donatello Awards for Best Film and Best Director go to The Traitor". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2 December 2022.

[7] Szalai, Georg (18 February 2020). "'Joker,' 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,' 'Parasite' Among Italy's David di Donatello Awards Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2 December 2022.

[8] "A Franca Valeri il David speciale". Mymovies.it. 5 May 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2022.

[9] "David di Donatello 2020: Il primo Natale di Ficarra e Picone vince il David dello Spettatore". Movieplayer.it. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2022.

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