Rome, 2 May. (Adnkronos) – Everything is ready for the 69th edition of the David di Donatello Awards. Carlo Conti and Alessia Marcuzzi will host the awards ceremony, broadcast tomorrow, Friday 3 May, live in prime time on Rai 1 from 8.35pm, and broadcast for the first time in 4K (on the Rai4K channel, number 210 on Tivùsat) . On the red carpet Fabrizio Biggio. This year the awards ceremony will also be live on Rai Radio 2, hosted by Andrea Delogu and Stefano Fresi. The event will take place in the iconic Cinecittà studios, increasingly a point of reference for national and international productions thanks to an industrial and creative relaunch that makes it a global leader. During the ceremony, twenty-five David di Donatello and Special David Awards will be awarded.
Two Davids for Lifetime Achievement this edition: to Milena Vukotic, an actress of great elegance for authors such as Federico Fellini, Mario Monicelli, Luis Buñuel and Ettore Scola, and to the Oscar winner Giorgio Moroder, composer and record producer, one of the great Italian excellences in the world. The David Speciale 2024 will go to Vincenzo Mollica, journalist, writer, author, television and radio host, who has reported on the world of entertainment in Italy for over forty years. ‘Anatomie d’une chute’ (Anatomy of a Fall) by Justine Triet wins the David for Best International Film. ‘There’s still tomorrow’ by Paola Cortellesi is the film that won the David dello Spectatore award, while the best short film is ‘The Meatseller’ by Margherita Giusti.
Among the guests of the evening, the Oscar-winning directors Justine Triet and Paolo Sorrentino, the actresses Claudia Gerini, Eleonora Giorgi, Elena Sofia Ricci and Isabella Rossellini, the actors Federico Ielapi, Nicolas Maupas and Josh O’Connor, the singers Malika Ayane and Giorgia , singers Irama and Mahmood. Hosting the live broadcast will be the legendary Teatro 5 of Cinecittà, the ‘temple’ of great national and international cinema, which will become the home of the Davids for one night. A widespread narrative of the new history of the iconic studios, which will include the residential stage of Theater 14, a single set that contains five settings, and Theater 18, the Volume Stage for virtual production, among the largest in Europe, which will host different moments of the ceremony. Cinecittà will present itself as the home of talent and the production ecosystem, a construction site for the continually evolving future, a symbol of the creative magic of cinema and its capacity for renewal.
The Jury of the Academy of Italian Cinema – David di Donatello Awards assigns 20 awards to films released in Italy from 1 January to 31 December 2023 in cinemas, 1 David Award for international cinema and 1 David Award for Best Documentary. 20 David Awards for Italian cinema: film, director, directorial debut, original screenplay, non-original screenplay (adaptation), producer, leading actress, leading actor, supporting actress, supporting actor, cinematographer, composer, original song , set design, costumes, make-up, hairstyle, editing, sound, VFX visual effects.
Furthermore, 1 David Award for international cinema, destined for one of the foreign works distributed in Italy. 1 Cecilia Mangini Award for the best feature-length documentary: a commission made up of eight experts in office for two years – Guido Albonetti, Pedro Armocida, Osvaldo Bargero, Raffaella Giancristofaro, Stefania Ippoliti, Elisabetta Lodoli, Pinangelo Marino and Giacomo Ravesi – has the task to pre-select the fifteen works to be submitted to the jury’s vote and then arrive at the top five. In this way, the intention is to encourage a more sustainable, informed and attentive vision of the ‘cinema of reality’ on the part of the jury. The David di Donatello Award for Best Documentary is dedicated to Cecilia Mangini.
A national jury of students in the last two years of secondary school courses votes, in a selection of films established in synergy between Agiscuola, Accademia del Cinema Italiano, Anec and Alice nella Città, 1st David Giovani Award, intended for the best Italian film with themes close to the new generations. A special commission, appointed by the President and composed of Domenico Dinoia, Mauro Donzelli, Marzia Gandolfi, Francesco Giai Via, Paola Jacobbi, Maria Grazia Mattei, Claudia Panzica, Marina Sanna, Maria Carolina Terzi, awards 1 David di Donatello Award for the Best short film. The Spectator’s David is an award that intends to demonstrate the Academy’s attention and thanks to the films and authors who have strongly contributed to the industrial success of the entire cinematographic chain. 1 Spectator David is awarded to the Italian film released by 31 December 2023, which has achieved the highest number of spectators in cinemas calculated by the end of February 2024. The Special Davids, designated by the Presidency and Board of Directors, will be assigned to personalities of the world of cinema.
And here are the numbers of the 69th edition. 171 Italian feature-length fiction films entered in the David di Donatello 2024, 26 films directed by female directors, 61 first works entered in the David di Donatello 2024, 138 documentaries in competition, 495 short films in competition. However, 21 Italian films received nominations. There’s still tomorrow 19 | Debut, I captain 15, The chimera 13, Kidnapped 11, Commander 10, The sun of the future 7, Adagio 5, Palazzina Laf 5 | Debut, The Last Night of Love 4, Disco Boy 2 | debut, Happiness 2 | debut, Mixed by Erry 2, Stranizza d’amuri 2 | debut, One Hundred Sundays 1, Like Sheep Among Wolves 1 | debut, Shark Teeth 1 | debut, The most beautiful century of my life 1 | debut, The last time we were children 1 | debut, The scarlet sails 1, Lubo 1, Misericordia 1.
The David di Donatello Awards are organized by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano Foundation – David di Donatello Awards and by Rai, in collaboration with Cinecittà SpA Piera Detassis is President and Artistic Director of the Academy, the Board of Directors is made up of Nicola Borrelli, Francesca Cima, Edoardo De Angelis, Domenico Dinoia, Francesco Giambrone, Valeria Golino, Giancarlo Leone, Luigi Lonigro, Mario Lorini, Francesco Ranieri Martinotti, Francesco Rutelli. The David di Donatello Awards are held under the High Patronage of the President of the Republic, with the contribution of the MiC Ministry of Culture – General Directorate of Cinema and Audiovisual, in agreement with Agis and Anica, with the participation, as Founding Supporting Members , by Siae and Nuovo Imaie.
