# 51st David di Donatello

The 51st David di Donatello ceremony, presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano, was held on 21 April 2006.

## Winners and nominees

| Best Film The Caiman, directed by Nanni Moretti My Best Enemy, directed by Carlo Verdone Notte prima degli esami, directed by Fausto Brizzi Romanzo Criminale, directed by Michele Placido Our Land, directed by Sergio Rubini | Best Producer Angelo Barbagallo, Nanni Moretti for Sacher Film – The Caiman Domenico Procacci, Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima – Mario's War Aurelio De Laurentiis – My Best Enemy Fulvio Lucisano and Federica Lucisano for IFF, Gianandrea Pecorelli for Aurora Film e TV – Notte prima degli esami Riccardo Tozzi, Giovanni Stabilini, Marco Chimenz – Romanzo Criminale |
| Best Director Nanni Moretti – The Caiman Antonio Capuano – Mario's War Michele Placido – Romanzo Criminale Sergio Rubini – Our Land Carlo Verdone – My Best Enemy | Best New Director Fausto Brizzi – Notte prima degli esami Vittorio Moroni – You Must Be the Wolf Francesco Munzi – Saimir Fausto Paravidino – Texas Stefano Pasetto – Tartarughe sul dorso |
| Best Actor Silvio Orlando – The Caiman Antonio Albanese – The Second Wedding Night Fabrizio Bentivoglio – Our Land Kim Rossi Stuart – Romanzo Criminale Carlo Verdone – My Best Enemy | Best Actress Valeria Golino – Mario's War Margherita Buy – The Caiman Cristiana Capotondi – Notte prima degli esami Giovanna Mezzogiorno – Don't Tell Ana Caterina Morariu – My Best Enemy |
| Best Supporting Actor Pierfrancesco Favino – Romanzo Criminale Giorgio Faletti – Notte prima degli esami Neri Marcorè – The Second Wedding Night Nanni Moretti – The Caiman Sergio Rubini – Our Land | Best Supporting Actress Angela Finocchiaro – Don't Tell Isabella Ferrari – The Goodbye Kiss Marisa Merlini – The Second Wedding Night Stefania Rocca – Don't Tell Jasmine Trinca – The Caiman |
| David di Donatello for Best Screenplay Stefano Rulli, Sandro Petraglia, Giancarlo De Cataldo, Michele Placido – Romanzo Criminale Nanni Moretti, Francesco Piccolo, Federica Pontremoli – The Caiman Silvio Muccino, Pasquale Plastino, Silvia Ranfagni, Carlo Verdone – My Best Enemy Fausto Brizzi, Massimiliano Bruno, Marco Martani – Notte prima degli esami Angelo Pasquini, Carla Cavalluzzi, Sergio Rubini – Our Land | Best Cinematography Luca Bigazzi – Romanzo Criminale Arnaldo Catinari – The Caiman Fabio Cianchetti – Our Land Danilo Desideri – My Best Enemy Marcello Montarsi – Notte prima degli esami |
| Best Sets and Decorations Paola Comencini – Romanzo Criminale Giancarlo Basili – The Caiman Andrea Crisanti – The Goodbye Kiss Carlo De Marino – Fire at My Heart Maurizio Marchitelli – My Best Enemy | Best Score Franco Piersanti – The Caiman Goran Bregović – The Days of Abandonment Paolo Buonvino – Romanzo Criminale Negramaro, Fabio Barovero, Simone Fabroni, Roy Paci, Louis Siciliano – The Fever Bruno Zambrini – Notte prima degli esami |
| Best Song Insieme a te non ci sto più from The Goodbye Kiss – Paolo Conte, Michele Virano, Vito Pallavicini, Caterina Caselli Forever Blues from Forever Blues – Lino Patruno The Days of Abandonment from The Days of Abandonment – Goran Bregović Solo per te from The Fever – Giuliano Sangiorgi You Can Never Hold Back Spring from The Tiger and the Snow – Tom Waits, Kathleen Brennan | Best Editing Esmeralda Calabria – Romanzo Criminale Osvaldo Bargero – The Fever Claudio Di Mauro – My Best Enemy Luciana Pandolfelli – Notte prima degli esami Cecilia Zanuso – Don't Tell |
| Best Sound Alessandro Zanon – The Caiman Benito Alchimede, Maurizio Grassi – Notte prima degli esami Gaetano Carito – My Best Enemy Mario Iaquone – Romanzo Criminale Bruno Pupparo – Don't Tell | Best Costumes Nicoletta Taranta – Romanzo Criminale Francesco Crivellini – The Second Wedding Night Annalisa Giacci – Fire at My Heart Tatiana Romanoff – My Best Enemy Lina Nerli Taviani – The Caiman |
| Best Visual Effects Proxima – Romanzo Criminale Francesco Sabelli for RSG Effetti speciali – Don't Tell E.D.I. – The Fever Guido Pappadà – Fire at My Heart Simone Silvestri – Floor 17 UBIK – The Tiger and the Snow | Best Documentary Feature The Wise Cat Catches Mice, directed by Francesco Conversano and Nene Grignaffini In un altro paese, directed by Marco Turco L'isola di Calvino, directed by Roberto Giannarelli Piccolo Sole – Vita e morte di Henri Crolla, directed by Nino Bizzarri Primavera in Kurdistan, directed by Stefano Savona Volevo solo vivere, directed by Mimmo Calopresti |
| Best Short Film Un inguaribile amore, directed by Giovanni Covini Codice a sbarre, directed by Ivano De Matteo Dentro Roma, directed by Francesco Costabile Tanalibera tutti, directed by Vito Palmieri Zakaria, directed by Gianluca & Massimiliano De Serio | Best European Film Match Point, directed by Woody Allen L'Enfant, directed by Dardenne brothers Mrs. Henderson Presents, directed by Stephen Frears March of the Penguins, directed by Luc Jacquet Caché, directed by Michael Haneke |
| Best Foreign Film Crash, directed by Paul Haggis A History of Violence, directed by David Cronenberg Good Night, and Good Luck., directed by George Clooney Brokeback Mountain, directed by Ang Lee Tsotsi, directed by Gavin Hood | David Youth Award Romanzo Criminale, directed by Michele Placido Don't Tell, directed by Cristina Comencini Never Again as Before, directed by Giacomo Campiotti My Best Enemy, directed by Carlo Verdone Notte prima degli esami, directed by Fausto Brizzi |
| Torino Piemonte Film Commission Award Mario's War, directed by Antonio Capuano The Caiman, directed by Nanni Moretti Once You're Born You Can No Longer Hide, directed by Marco Tullio Giordana Saimir, directed by Francesco Munzi Our Land, directed by Sergio Rubini | Special David Awards Gina Lollobrigida Piero Tosi Giuseppe Rotunno Ennio Morricone Dino De Laurentiis Francesco Rosi Suso Cecchi D'Amico Mario Garbuglia |