# 55th David di Donatello

The 55th David di Donatello ceremony, presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano, was held on 7 May 2010.

## Winners and nominees

| Best Film The Man Who Will Come – directed by Giorgio Diritti Baarìa – directed by Giuseppe Tornatore The First Beautiful Thing – directed by Paolo Virzì Loose Cannons – directed by Ferzan Özpetek Vincere – directed by Marco Bellocchio | Best Producer Simone Bachini, Giorgio Diritti – The Man Who Will Come Giampaolo Letta, Mario Spedaletti – Baarìa Angelo Barbagallo, Gianluca Curti – Fort Apache Napoli Domenico Procacci – Loose Cannons Mario Gianani – Vincere |
| Best Director Marco Bellocchio – Vincere Giuseppe Tornatore – Baarìa Giorgio Diritti – The Man Who Will Come Paolo Virzì – The First Beautiful Thing Ferzan Özpetek – Loose Cannons | Best New Director Valerio Mieli – Ten Winters Susanna Nicchiarelli – Cosmonaut Claudio Noce – Good Morning Aman Marco Chiarini – L'uomo fiammifero Giuseppe Capotondi – The Double Hour |
| Best Actor Valerio Mastandrea – The First Beautiful Thing Antonio Albanese – A Question of the Heart Libero De Rienzo – Fort Apache Napoli Kim Rossi Stuart – A Question of the Heart Filippo Timi – Vincere | Best Actress Micaela Ramazzotti – The First Beautiful Thing Greta Zuccheri Montanari – The Man Who Will Come Stefania Sandrelli – The First Beautiful Thing Margherita Buy – The White Space Giovanna Mezzogiorno – Vincere' |
| Best Supporting Actor Ennio Fantastichini – Loose Cannons The whole cast of supporting actors – Baarìa Pierfrancesco Favino – Baciami ancora Marco Giallini – Io, loro e Lara Marco Messeri – The First Beautiful Thing | Best Supporting Actress Ilaria Occhini – Loose Cannons Anita Kravos – Raise Your Head Alba Rohrwacher – The Man Who Will Come Claudia Pandolfi – The First Beautiful Thing Elena Sofia Ricci – Loose Cannons |
| David di Donatello for Best Screenplay Francesco Bruni, Francesco Piccolo, Paolo Virzì – The First Beautiful Thing Jim Carrington, Andrea Purgatori, Marco Risi, Maurizio Cerino – Fort Apache Napoli Giorgio Diritti, Giovanni Galavotti, Tania Pedroni – The Man Who Will Come Ivan Cotroneo, Ferzan Özpetek – Loose Cannons Marco Bellocchio, Daniela Ceselli – Vincere | Best Cinematography Daniele Ciprì – Vincere Enrico Lucidi – Baarìa Roberto Cimatti – The Man Who Will Come Nicola Pecorini – The First Beautiful Thing Maurizio Calvesi – Loose Cannons |
| Best Sets and Decorations Marco Dentici – Vincere Maurizio Sabatini – Baarìa Giancarlo Basili – The Man Who Will Come Tonino Zera – The First Beautiful Thing Andrea Crisanti – Loose Cannons | Best Score Ennio Morricone – Baarìa Marco Biscarini, Daniele Furlati – The Man Who Will Come Carlo Virzì – The First Beautiful Thing Pasquale Catalano – Loose Cannons Carlo Crivelli – Vincere |
| Best Original Song "Baciami ancora" from Kiss Me Again – Composed and performed by Jovanotti "Angela" from Cado dalle nubi – Composed and performed by Checco Zalone "21st Century Boy" from The First Beautiful Thing – Composed by Valerio Casini, performed by Bad Love Experience "'Sogno" from Loose Cannons – Composed by Marco Giacomelli, Fabio Petrillo, Ilaria Cortese, performed by Patty Pravo "Canzone in prigione" from Tutta colpa di Giuda – Composed by Cristiano Godano, Gian Luca Bergia, Riccardo Tesio, performed by Marlene Kuntz | Best Editing Francesca Calvelli – Vincere Massimo Quaglia – Baarìa Giorgio Diritti, Paolo Marzoni – The Man Who Will Come Simone Manetti – The First Beautiful Thing Patrizio Marone – Loose Cannons |
| Best Sound Carlo Missidenti – The Man Who Will Come Faouzi Thabet – Baarìa Bruno Pupparo – Parents and Children: Shake Well Before Using Mario Iaquone – The First Beautiful Thing Gaetano Carito – Vincere | Best Costumes Sergio Ballo – Vincere Luigi Bonanno – Baarìa Lia Francesca Morandini – The Man Who Will Come Gabriella Pescucci – The First Beautiful Thing Alessandro Lai – Loose Cannons |
| Best Visual Effects Paola Trisoglio, Stefano Marinoni – Vincere Mario Zanot – Baarìa LIMINA – The Man Who Will Come Ermanno Di Nicola – L'uomo fiammifero EDI – Effetti Digitali Italiani – The First Beautiful Thing | Best Make-up Artist Franco Corridoni – Vincere Gino Zamprioli – Baarìa Amel Ben Soltane – The Man Who Will Come Paola Gattabrusi – The First Beautiful Thing Luigi Rocchetti, Erzsébet Forgács – Mi Ricordo Anna Frank |
| Best Hairstylist Alberta Giuliani – Vincere Giusy Bovino – Baarìa Aldo Signoretti, Susana Sanchez Nunez – I, Don Giovanni Daniela Tartari – The Man Who Will Come Massimo Gattabrusi – The First Beautiful Thing | Best Documentary Feature The Mouth of the Wolf – directed by Pietro Marcello Hollywood on the Tiber – directed by Marco Spagnoli L'isola dei sordobimbi – directed by Stefano Cattini The One Man Beatles – directed by Cosimo Messeri Valentina Postika in attesa di partire – directed by Caterina Carone |
| Best Short Film Passing Time – directed by Laura Bispuri L'altra metà – directed by Pippo Mezzapesa Buonanotte – directed by Riccardo Banfi Nuvole, mani – directed by Simone Massi Uerra – directed by Paolo Sassanelli | Best European Film Le Concert – directed by Radu Mihăileanu The White Ribbon – directed by Michael Haneke A Prophet – directed by Jacques Audiard Soul Kitchen – directed by Fatih Akın Welcome – directed by Philippe Lioret |
| Best Foreign Film Inglourious Basterds – directed by Quentin Tarantino A Serious Man – directed by Coen brothers Avatar – directed by James Cameron Invictus – directed by Clint Eastwood Up in the Air – directed by Jason Reitman | David Youth Award Baarìa – directed by Giuseppe Tornatore Kiss Me Again – directed by Gabriele Muccino Parents and Children: Shake Well Before Using – directed by Giovanni Veronesi Io, loro e Lara – directed by Carlo Verdone The Man Who Will Come – directed by Giorgio Diritti |
| Special David Awards Lina Wertmüller, Career David Bud Spencer, Career David Terence Hill, Career David Tonino Guerra, Career David |