# 48th David di Donatello

The 48th David di Donatello ceremony, presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano, was held on 9 April 2003.

## Winners and nominees

| Best Film Facing Windows, directed by Ferzan Özpetek Remember Me, My Love, directed by Gabriele Muccino The Embalmer, directed by Matteo Garrone My Mother's Smile, directed by Marco Bellocchio Respiro, directed by Emanuele Crialese | Best Producer Domenico Procacci – Respiro Domenico Procacci – Remember Me, My Love Elda Ferri – The Soul Keeper Domenico Procacci – The Embalmer Gianni Romoli, Tilde Corsi – Facing Windows |
| Best Director Pupi Avati – Incantato Gabriele Muccino – Remember Me, My Love Marco Bellocchio – My Mother's Smile Matteo Garrone – The Embalmer Ferzan Özpetek – Facing Windows | Best New Director Daniele Vicari – Maximum Velocity (V-Max) Francesco Falaschi – I Am Emma Michele Mellara, Alessandro Rossi – Fortezza Bastiani Marco Simon Puccioni – Quello che cerchi Spiro Scimone, Francesco Sframeli – Two Friends |
| Best Actor Massimo Girotti – Facing Windows Roberto Benigni – Pinocchio Fabrizio Bentivoglio – Remember Me, My Love Sergio Castellitto – My Mother's Smile Neri Marcorè – Incantato Fabio Volo – Casomai | Best Actress Giovanna Mezzogiorno – Facing Windows Donatella Finocchiaro – Angela Valeria Golino – Respiro Laura Morante – Remember Me, My Love Stefania Rocca – Casomai |
| Best Supporting Actor Ernesto Mahieux – The Embalmer Antonio Catania – It Can't Be All Our Fault Pierfrancesco Favino – El Alamein: The Line of Fire Giancarlo Giannini – Incantato Kim Rossi Stuart – Pinocchio | Best Supporting Actress Piera Degli Esposti – My Mother's Smile Monica Bellucci – Remember Me, My Love Nicoletta Romanoff – Remember Me, My Love Francesca Neri – Happiness Costs Nothing Serra Yılmaz – Facing Windows |
| David di Donatello for Best Screenplay Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso, Ugo Chiti – The Embalmer Gabriele Muccino, Heidrun Schleef – Remember Me, My Love Anna Pavignano, Alessandro D'Alatri – Casomai Gianni Romoli, Ferzan Özpetek – Facing Windows Piero De Bernardi, Pasquale Plastino, Fiamma Satta, Carlo Verdone – It Can't Be All Our Fault Marco Bellocchio – My Mother's Smile | Best Cinematography Daniele Nannuzzi – El Alamein: The Line of Fire Maurizio Calvesi – The Soul Keeper Gianfilippo Corticelli – Facing Windows Marco Onorato – The Embalmer Dante Spinotti – Pinocchio Fabio Zamarion – Respiro |
| Best Sets and Decorations Danilo Donati – Pinocchio Paolo Bonfini – The Embalmer Giantito Burchiellaro – The Soul Keeper Marco Dentici – My Mother's Smile Simona Migliotti – Incantato | Best Score Andrea Guerra – Facing Windows Banda Osiris – The Embalmer Pivio and Aldo De Scalzi – Casomai Riz Ortolani – Incantato Nicola Piovani – Pinocchio |
| Best Editing Cecilia Zanuso – El Alamein: The Line of Fire Claudio Di Mauro – Remember Me, My Love Patrizio Marone – Facing Windows Amedeo Salfa – Incantato Marco Spoletini – The Embalmer | Best Sound Andrea Giorgio Moser – El Alamein: The Line of Fire Maurizio Argentieri – Casomai Gaetano Carito – Remember Me, My Love Gaetano Carito – Maximum Velocity (V-Max) Marco Grillo – Facing Windows |
| Best Costumes Danilo Donati – Pinocchio Mario Carlini, Francesco Crivellini – Incantato Elena Mannini – A Journey Called Love Francesca Sartori – The Soul Keeper Andrea Viotti – El Alamein: The Line of Fire | Best Short Film Racconto di guerra, directed by Mario Amura (ex aequo) Rosso fango, directed by Paolo Ameli (ex aequo) Radioportogutenberg, directed by Alessandro Vannucci Regalo di Natale, directed by Daniele De Plano Space off, directed by Tino Franco |
| Best Foreign Film The Pianist, directed by Roman Polański Chicago, directed by Rob Marshall Talk to Her, directed by Pedro Almodóvar The Hours, directed by Stephen Daldry The Man on the Train, directed by Patrice Leconte | David Scuola Facing Windows, directed by Ferzan Özpetek Special David Awards Gregory Peck Isabelle Huppert |