David Di Donatello Winners: Matteo Garrone’s ‘Io Capitano’ Wins Best Film & Director At Top Italian Awards

Matteo Garrone’s Oscar-nominated drama I am Captain triumphed in Italy‘s David di Donatello film awards on Friday evening, winning best film and best director.

The film about the trials and tribulations of two Senegalese teenagers as they try to make it to Europe via the Sahara desert and the Mediterranean Sea, also won best producer for companies Archimede, Rai cinema, Pathé and Tarantula, best sound, best special effects, cinematography and editing.

Other top winners included Italian actress and director Paola Cortellesi’s There’s Still Tomorrow which clinched best new director, actress, original screenplay for Cortellesi as well as best supporting actress Emanuela Fanelli.

David di Donatello 2024 Nominations and Winners (in bold)

Best Film

There’s Still Tomorrow, Paola Cortellesi
A Brighter Tomorrow, Nanni Moretti
I Captain, Matteo Garrone
The Chimera, Alice Rohrwacher
Kidnapped, Marco Bellocchio

Best Director

Nanni Moretti, A Brighter Tomorrow, Nanni Moretti
Matteo Garrone, I Captain
Andrea di Stefano, Last Night Of Love
Alice Rohrwacher, The Chimera
Marco Bellocchio, Kidnapped

Best New Director

There’s Still Tomorrow, Paola Cortellesi
Disco Boy, Giacomo Abbruzzese
Happiness, Micaela Ramazzotti
Palazzina Laf, Michele Riondino
Fireworks, Giuseppe Fiorello

Best Original Script

There’s Still Tomorrow, Furio AndreottI, Giulia calenda, Paola Cortellesi
A Brighter Tomorrow, Francesca Marciano, Nanni MorettI, Federica Pontremoli, Valia Santella
I captain, Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso, Massimo CeccherinI, Andrea Tagliaferri
The Chimera, Alice Rohrwacher
Palazzina LAF, Maurizio Braucci, Michele Riondi

Best Adapted Screenplay

Scarlet, Pietro Marcello, Maurizio Braucci, Maud Ameline
Lubo, Giorgio DirittI, Fredo Valla
Mercy, Emma Dante, Elena Stancanelli, Giorgio Vasta
Mixed by Erry, Armando Festa, Sydney Sibilia
Kidnapped, Marco Bellocchio, Susanna Nicchiarelli

Best Producer

There’s Still Tomorrow, Mario Gianani, Lorenzo Gangarossa
Commander, Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima, Carlotta CalorI, Viola PrestierI for INDIGO FILM
Disco Boy, Giulia Achilli, Frame AlessI, Lionel Massol, Pauline Seigland, Andrew Logie
I Captain, Archimede, Rai cinema, Pathé, Tarantula
The chimera, Carlo Cresto Dina

Best Actress

There’s Still Tomorrow, Paola Cortellesi
Like Sheep Among Wolves, Isabella Ragonese
Happiness, Micaela Ramazzotti
Last Night Of Love, Linda Caridi
Kidnapped, Barbara Ronchi

Best Actor

There’s Still Tomorrow, Valerio Mastandrea
A Hundred Sundays, Antonio Albanese
Commander, Pierfrancesco Favino
La Chimera, Josh O’Connor
Palazzina LAF, Michele Riondino

Supporting Actress

There’s Still Tomorrow, Emanuela Fanelli
There’s Still Tomorrow, Romana Maggiora vergano
A Brighter Tomorrow, Barbora Bobulova
La Chimera, Alba Rohrwacher
The Chimera, Isabella Rossellini

Supporting Actor

Adagio, Adriano Giannini
There’s Still Tomorrow, Giorgio Colangeli
There’s Still Tomorrow, Vinicio Marchioni
A Brighter Tomorrow, Silvio Orlando
Palazzina LAF, Elio Germano

Cinematography

There’s Still Tomorrow, Davide Leone
Commander, Ferran Paredes Rubio
I Captain, Paolo Carnera
La Chimera, Hélène Louvart
Kidnapped, Francesco Di Giacomo

Composer

Adagio, Subsonica
There’s Still Tomorrow, Lele Marchitelli
A Brighter Tomorrow, Franco Piersanti
I Captain, Andrea Farri
The Last Night Of Love, Santi Pulvirenti

Best International Film

Anatomy of a Fall, Justine Triet
The Beasts, Rodrigo Sorogoyen
Fallen Leaves, Aki Kaurismäki
Killers of the Flower Moon, Martin Scorsese
Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan

Sound

There’s Still Tomorrow, Filippo Porcari, Alessandro Feletti, Luca Anzellotti, Paolo Segat
Commander, Valentino Giannì, Alessandro Feletti, Mirko Perri, Giancarlo Rutigliano
A Brighter Tomorrow, Alessandro Zanon, Marta Billingsley, Fabrizio Quadroli, Paolo Segat
I Captain, Maricetta Lombardo, Daniela Bassani, Mirko Perri, Gianni Pallotto
La Chimera, Xavier Lavorel, Marta Billingsley, Maxence Curious

Set Design