David di Donatello for Best Screenplay
| David di Donatello Award for Best Screenplay | |
|---|---|
| Country | Italy |
| Presented by | Accademia del Cinema Italiano |
| First awarded | 1975 (for writing in films released during the 1974/1975 film season) |
| Last awarded | 2016 (for writing in films released during the 2015/2016 film season) |
| Website | daviddidonatello |
The David di Donatello Award for Best Screenplay (Italian: David di Donatello per la migliore sceneggiatura) was a film award presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI, Academy of Italian Cinema) to recognize outstanding screenwriting in a film released in Italy during the year preceding the ceremony.[1] The award was presented annually from 1975 to 2016, when it was split between the and categories.[1][2][3]
Nominees and winners were selected via runoff voting by all the members of the Accademia.[4]
Winners and nominees[]
Below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by other nominees.[1]
1970s[]
| Year | Film | Nominees | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974/75 | |||
| Come Home and Meet My Wife | Age & Scarpelli | ||
| 1975/76 | |||
| Eye of the Cat | Alberto Bevilacqua and Nino Manfredi | ||
| 1976/77 | |||
| The Bishop's Bedroom | Leo Benvenuti and Piero De Bernardi | ||
| 1977/78 | |||
| 1978/79 | |||
1980s[]
| Year | Film | Nominees | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979/80 | |||
| 1980/81 | |||
| Three Brothers | Tonino Guerra and Francesco Rosi | ||
| Passion of Love | Ruggero Maccari and Ettore Scola | ||
| Ricomincio da tre | Massimo Troisi and Anna Pavignano | ||
| 1981/82 | |||
| Tales of Ordinary Madness | Sergio Amidei and Marco Ferreri | ||
| Piso pisello | Bernardino Zapponi | ||
| Talcum Powder | Carlo Verdone and Enrico Oldoini | ||
| 1982/83 | |||
| That Night in Varennes | Sergio Amidei and Ettore Scola | ||
| Blow to the Heart | Gianni Amelio and Vincenzo Cerami | ||
| The Night of the Shooting Stars | Paolo and Vittorio Taviani | ||
| 1983/84 | |||
| And the Ship Sails On | Federico Fellini and Tonino Guerra | ||
| Le Bal | Ruggero Maccari, Jean-Claude Penchenat, Furio Scarpelli, and Ettore Scola | ||
| Sweet Body of Bianca | Nanni Moretti and Sandro Petraglia | ||
| Where's Picone? | Nanni Loy and Elvio Porta | ||
| 1984/85 | |||
| Kaos | Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani, and Tonino Guerra | ||
| A Proper Scandal | Suso Cecchi D'Amico | ||
| The Three of Us | Pupi Avati and | ||
| 1985/86 | |||
| Let's Hope It's a Girl | Leo Benvenuti, Suso Cecchi D'Amico, Piero De Bernardi, Mario Monicelli, and Tullio Pinelli | ||
| Ginger and Fred | Tonino Guerra and Tullio Pinelli | ||
| The Mass Is Ended | Nanni Moretti and Sandro Petraglia | ||
| 1986/87 | |||
| The Family | Ruggero Maccari, Furio Scarpelli, and Ettore Scola | ||
| Christmas Present | Pupi Avati and Giovanni Bruzzi | ||
| A Tale of Love | Francesco Maselli | ||
| 1987/88 | |||
| Io e mia sorella | Leo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi, and Carlo Verdone | ||
| The Last Emperor | Bernardo Bertolucci and Mark Peploe | ||
| Dark Eyes | Aleksandr Adabashyan, Nikita Mikhalkov, and Suso Cecchi D'Amico | ||
| 1988/89 | |||
| Mignon Has Come to Stay | Francesca Archibugi, Gloria Malatesta, and Claudia Sbarigia | ||
| Compagni di scuola | Leo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi, and Carlo Verdone | ||
| The Legend of the Holy Drinker | Ermanno Olmi and Tullio Kezich | ||
1990s[]
| Year | Film | Nominees | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989/90 | |||
| The Story of Boys & Girls | Pupi Avati | ||
| Dark Illness | Suso Cecchi D'Amico and Tonino Guerra | ||
| Open Doors | Gianni Amelio, Vincenzo Cerami, and Alessandro Sermoneta | ||
| Red Wood Pigeon | Nanni Moretti | ||
| Scugnizzi | Nanni Loy and Elvio Porta | ||
| 1990/91 | |||
| To Want to Fly | Maurizio Nichetti and Guido Manuli | ||
| The Yes Man | Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli and Daniele Luchetti | ||
| The House of Smiles | Liliane Betti, Marco Ferreri, and Antonino Marino | ||
| Mediterraneo | Enzo Monteleone | ||
| The Station | Filippo Ascione, Umberto Marino, and Sergio Rubini | ||
| 1991/92 | |||
| Maledetto il giorno che t'ho incontrato | Carlo Verdone and Francesca Marciano | ||
| Parenti serpenti | Carmine Amoroso, Suso Cecchi D'Amico, Piero De Bernardi, and Mario Monicelli | ||
| The Rubber Wall | Sandro Petraglia, Andrea Purgatori, and Stefano Rulli | ||
| The Stolen Children | Gianni Amelio, Sandro Petraglia, and Stefano Rulli | ||
| 1992/93 | |||
| The Great Pumpkin | Francesca Archibugi | ||
| The Escort | Graziano Diana and Simona Izzo | ||
| Jonah Who Lived in the Whale | Roberto Faenza and Filippo Ottoni | ||
| 1993/94 | |||
| For Love, Only for Love | Ugo Chiti and Giovanni Veronesi | ||
| Caro diario | Nanni Moretti | ||
| Let's Not Keep in Touch | Francesca Marciano and Carlo Verdone | ||
| 1994/95 | |||
| Nemici d'infanzia | Luigi Magni and Carla Vistarini | ||
| No Skin | Alessandro D'Alatri | ||
| Belle al Bar | Alessandro Benvenuti, Ugo Chiti, and Nicola Zavagli | ||
| 1995/96 | |||
| Celluloide | Furio Scarpelli, Ugo Pirro, and Carlo Lizzani | ||
| August Vacation | Francesco Bruni and Paolo Virzì | ||
| The Star Maker | Fabio Rinaudo and Giuseppe Tornatore | ||
| 1996/97 | |||
| Nel profondo paese straniero | Fabio Carpi | ||
| The Cyclone | Leonardo Pieraccioni and Giovanni Veronesi | ||
| The Game Bag | Marco Bechis, Umberto Contarello, Lara Fremder, Gigi Riva, and Maurizio Zaccaro | ||
| Nirvana | Pino Cacucci, Gloria Corica, and Gabriele Salvatores | ||
| The Truce | Sandro Petraglia, Francesco Rosi, and Stefano Rulli | ||
| 1997/98 | |||
| Life Is Beautiful | Vincenzo Cerami and Roberto Benigni | ||
| Notes of Love | Mimmo Calopresti | ||
| Ovosodo | Paolo Virzì | ||
| 1998/99 | |||
| Not of this World | Giuseppe Piccioni, , and Lucia Zei | ||
| The Legend of 1900 | Giuseppe Tornatore | ||
| Marriages | Cristina Comencini |
2000s[]
| Year | Film | Nominees | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999/00 | |||
| Bread and Tulips | Doriana Leondeff and Silvio Soldini | ||
| Canone inverso | Simona Izzo and Ricky Tognazzi | ||
| Olympic Garage | Marco Bechis and Lara Fremder | ||
| 2000/01 | |||
| One Hundred Steps | Claudio Fava, Monica Capelli, and Marco Tullio Giordana | ||
| The Last Kiss | Gabriele Muccino | ||
| The Son's Room | Linda Ferri, Nanni Moretti, and Heidrun Schleef | ||
| 2001/02 | |||
| The Profession of Arms | Ermanno Olmi | ||
| Burning in the Wind | Doriana Leondeff and Silvio Soldini | ||
| One Man Up | Paolo Sorrentino | ||
| 2002/03 | |||
| The Embalmer | Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso, and Ugo Chiti | ||
| Casomai | Alessandro D'Alatri and Anna Pavignano | ||
| Facing Windows | Gianni Romoli and Ferzan Özpetek | ||
| It Can't Be All Our Fault | Piero De Bernardi, Pasquale Plastino, Fiamma Satta, and Carlo Verdone | ||
| My Mother's Smile | Marco Bellocchio | ||
| Remember Me, My Love | Gabriele Muccino and Heidrun Schleef | ||
| 2003/04 | |||
| The Best of Youth | Sandro Petraglia and Stefano Rulli | ||
| Caterina in the Big City | Francesco Bruni and Paolo Virzì | ||
| Don't Move | Margaret Mazzantini and Sergio Castellitto | ||
| Good Morning, Night | Marco Bellocchio | ||
| What Will Happen to Us | Giovanni Veronesi and Silvio Muccino | ||
| 2004/05 | |||
| The Consequences of Love | Paolo Sorrentino | ||
| After Midnight | Davide Ferrario | ||
| Cuore Sacro | Gianni Romoli and Ferzan Özpetek | ||
| The Keys to the House | Gianni Amelio, Sandro Petraglia, and Stefano Rulli | ||
| Manual of Love | Ugo Chiti and Giovanni Veronesi | ||
| 2005/06 | |||
| Romanzo criminale | Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli, Giancarlo De Cataldo, and Michele Placido | ||
| The Caiman | Nanni Moretti, Francesco Piccolo, and Federica Pontremoli | ||
| My Best Enemy | Silvio Muccino, Pasquale Plastino, Silvia Ranfagni, and Carlo Verdone | ||
| Notte prima degli esami | Fausto Brizzi, Massimiliano Bruno, and Marco Martani | ||
| Our Land | Angelo Pasquini, Carla Cavallucci, and Sergio Rubini | ||
| 2006/07 | |||
| My Brother is an Only Child | Daniele Luchetti, Sandro Petraglia, and Stefano Rulli | ||
| Along the Ridge | Linda Ferri, Francesco Giammusso, Kim Rossi Stuart, and Federico Starnone | ||
| Nuovomondo | Emanuele Crialese | ||
| One Hundred Nails | Ermanno Olmi | ||
| The Unknown Woman | Giuseppe Tornatore | ||
| 2007/08 | |||
| The Girl by the Lake | Sandro Petraglia | ||
| Days and Clouds | Doriana Leondeff, Francesco Piccolo, Federica Pontremoli, and Silvio Soldini | ||
| Quiet Chaos | Nanni Moretti, Laura Paolucci, and Francesco Piccolo | ||
| The Right Distance | Doriana Leondeff, Carlo Mazzacurati, , and | ||
| The Wind Blows Round | Giorgio Diritti and | ||
| 2008/09 | |||
| Gomorrah | Maurizio Braucci, Ugo Chiti, Gianni Di Gregorio, Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso, and Roberto Saviano | ||
| Il Divo | Paolo Sorrentino | ||
| Many Kisses Later | Fausto Brizzi, Marco Martani, and Massimiliano Bruno | ||
| Si può fare | Fabio Bonifacci and Giulio Manfredonia | ||
| Your Whole Life Ahead of You | Francesco Bruni and Paolo Virzì |
2010s[]
| Year | Film | Nominees | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009/10 | |||
| The First Beautiful Thing | Francesco Bruni, Francesco Piccolo, and Paolo Virzì | ||
| Fort Apache Napoli | Jim Carrington, Andrea Purgatori, Marco Risi, and Maurizio Cerino | ||
| Loose Cannons | Ivan Cotroneo and Ferzan Özpetek | ||
| The Man Who Will Come | Giorgio Diritti, Giovanni Galavotti, and Tania Pedroni | ||
| Vincere | Marco Bellocchio and Daniela Ceselli | ||
| 2010/11 | |||
| Noi credevamo | Mario Martone and Giancarlo De Cataldo | ||
| Basilicata Coast to Coast | Rocco Papaleo and Valter Lupo | ||
| The Immature | Paolo Genovese | ||
| La nostra vita | Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli, and Daniele Luchetti | ||
| A Quiet Life | Filippo Gravino, Guido Iuculano, and Claudio Cupellini | ||
| 2011/12 | |||
| This Must Be the Place | Paolo Sorrentino and Umberto Contarello | ||
| Caesar Must Die | Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani, and Fabio Cavalli | ||
| Easy! | Francesco Bruni | ||
| Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy | Marco Tullio Giordana, Sandro Petraglia, and Stefano Rulli | ||
| We Have a Pope | Nanni Moretti, Francesco Piccolo and Federica Ponteremoli | ||
| 2012/13 | |||
| Long Live Freedom | Roberto Andò and Angelo Pasquini | ||
| The Best Offer | Giuseppe Tornatore | ||
| A Five Star Life | Ivan Cotroneo, Francesca Marciano, and Maria Sole Tognazzi | ||
| Me and You | Niccolò Ammaniti, Umberto Contarello, Francesca Marciano, and Bernardo Bertolucci | ||
| Reality | Maurizio Braucci, Ugo Chiti, Matteo Garrone, and Massimo Gaudioso | ||
| 2013/14 | |||
| Human Capital | Francesco Piccolo, Francesco Bruni, and Paolo Virzì | ||
| The Great Beauty | Paolo Sorrentino and Umberto Contarello | ||
| I Can Quit Whenever I Want | Valerio Attanasio, Andrea Garello, and Sydney Sibilia | ||
| The Mafia Kills Only in Summer | Michele Astori, Pif, and Marco Martani | ||
| Miele | Francesca Marciano, Valia Santola, and Valeria Golino | ||
| 2014/15 | |||
| Black Souls | Francesco Munzi, Fabrizio Ruggirello, and Maurizio Braucci | ||
| Hungry Hearts | Saverio Costanzo | ||
| The Legendary Giulia and Other Miracles | Edoardo Leo and Marco Bonini | ||
| Leopardi | Mario Martone and Ippolita Di Majo | ||
| Mia Madre | Nanni Moretti, Francesco Piccolo, and Valia Santella | ||
| 2015/16 | |||
| Perfect Strangers | Paolo Genovese, Filippo Bologna, Paolo Costella, Paola Mammini, and Rolando Ravello | ||
| Don't Be Bad | Claudio Caligari, Francesca Serafini, and Giordano Meacci | ||
| Tale of Tales | Matteo Garrone, Edoardo Albinati, Ugo Chiti, and Massimo Gaudioso | ||
| They Call Me Jeeg | Nicola Guaglianone and Menotti | ||
| Youth | Paolo Sorrentino |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b c "Chronology". daviddidonatello.it (in Italian). Accademia del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- ^ Lancia, Enrico (1998). I premi del cinema [The awards of cinema] (in Italian). Rome, Italy: Gremese Editore. pp. 251–252. ISBN 8877422211.
- ^ Santini, Simona (21 February 2017). "David di Donatello 2017, tutte le candidature". Panorama (in Italian). Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- ^ "Regolamento". daviddidonatello.it (in Italian). Accademia del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
External links[]
- David di Donatello for Best Screenplay at IMDb
- Daviddidonatello.it (official website)
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