# 52nd David di Donatello

The 52nd David di Donatello ceremony, presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano, was held on 14 June 2007.

## Winners and nominees

| Best Film The Unknown Woman – directed by Giuseppe Tornatore Along the Ridge – directed by Kim Rossi Stuart Golden Door – directed by Emanuele Crialese My Brother Is an Only Child – directed by Daniele Luchetti One Hundred Nails – directed by Ermanno Olmi | Best Producer Donatella Botti for BIANCAFILM and Rai Cinema – Salty Air Fabrizio Mosca – Golden Door Medusa Film – The Unknown Woman Cattleya – My Brother Is an Only Child Luigi Musini, Roberto Cicutto for Cinemaundici – One Hundred Nails |
| Best Director Giuseppe Tornatore – The Unknown Woman Ermanno Olmi – One Hundred Nails Marco Bellocchio – The Wedding Director Emanuele Crialese – Golden Door Daniele Luchetti – My Brother Is an Only Child | Best New Director Kim Rossi Stuart – Along the Ridge Alessandro Angelini – Salty Air Francesco Amato – Ma che ci faccio qui Giambattista Avellino, Ficarra e Picone – Il 7 e l'8 Davide Marengo – Night Bus |
| Best Actor Elio Germano – My Brother Is an Only Child Vincenzo Amato – Golden Door Michele Placido – The Unknown Woman Giacomo Rizzo – The Family Friend Kim Rossi Stuart – Along the Ridge | Best Actress Kseniya Rappoport – The Unknown Woman Margherita Buy – Saturn in Opposition Donatella Finocchiaro – The Wedding Director Giovanna Mezzogiorno – Flying Lessons Laura Morante – Liscio |
| Best Supporting Actor Giorgio Colangeli – Salty Air Ninetto Davoli – One Out of Two Ennio Fantastichini – Saturn in Opposition Valerio Mastandrea – Napoleon and Me Riccardo Scamarcio – My Brother Is an Only Child | Best Supporting Actress Ambra Angiolini – Saturn in Opposition (ex aequo) Angela Finocchiaro – My Brother Is an Only Child (ex aequo) Michela Cescon – Salty Air Sabrina Impacciatore – Napoleon and Me Francesca Neri – A Dinner for Them to Meet |
| David di Donatello for Best Screenplay Daniele Luchetti, Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli – My Brother Is an Only Child Linda Ferri, Francesco Giammusso, Kim Rossi Stuart, Federico Starnone – Along the Ridge Emanuele Crialese – Golden Door Giuseppe Tornatore – The Unknown Woman Ermanno Olmi – One Hundred Nails | Best Cinematography Fabio Zamarion – The Unknown Woman Alessandro Pesci – Napoleon and Me Luca Bigazzi – The Family Friend Agnès Godard – Golden Door Fabio Olmi – One Hundred Nails |
| Best Sets and Decorations Carlos Conti – Golden Door Francesco Frigeri – Napoleon and Me Tonino Zera – The Unknown Woman Giuseppe Pirrotta – One Hundred Nails Andrea Crisanti – The Lark Farm | Best Score Ennio Morricone – The Unknown Woman Teho Teardo – The Family Friend Neffa – Saturn in Opposition Franco Piersanti – My Brother Is an Only Child Fabio Vacchi – One Hundred Nails |
| Best Original Song "La paranza" and "Mi persi" from Night Bus – Daniele Silvestri "Fascisti su Marte" from Fascisti su Marte – Corrado Guzzanti "Eppur sentire (un senso di te)" from Manual of Love 2 – Paolo Buonvino, Elisa Toffoli "Passione" from Saturn in Opposition – Neffa "One Hundred Nails" from One Hundred Nails – Paolo Fresu | Best Editing Mirco Garrone – My Brother Is an Only Child Francesca Calvelli – The Wedding Director Maryline Monthieux – Golden Door Massimo Quaglia – The Unknown Woman Patrizio Marone – Saturn in Opposition |
| Best Sound Bruno Pupparo – My Brother Is an Only Child Mario Iaquone – Along the Ridge Pierre Yves Labouè – Golden Door Gilberto Martinelli – The Unknown Woman Marco Grillo – Saturn in Opposition | Best Costumes Mariano Tufano – Golden Door Maurizio Millenotti – Napoleon and Me Nicoletta Ercole – The Unknown Woman Mariarita Barbera – My Brother Is an Only Child Lina Nerli Taviani – The Lark Farm |
| Best Visual Effects L'ètude et la supervision des trucages – Golden Door Stefano Coccia, Massimo Contini, Frame by frame, Rebel think, Sirenae Film Post, Spark digital entertainment, Martina Venettoni, VISION – Fascisti su Marte Proxima – Napoleon and Me LUMIQ STUDIOS – The Stone Merchant FX Italia Digital Group – The Lark Farm | Best Documentary Feature Il mio paese – directed by Daniele Vicari 100 anni della nostra storia – directed by Gianfranco Pannone and Marco Simon Puccioni Bellissime (seconda parte) – directed by Giovanna Gagliardo Souvenir Srebrenica – directed by Luca Rosini L'udienza è aperta – directed by Vincenzo Marra |
| Best Short Film Meridionali senza filtro – directed by Michele Bia Armando – directed by Massimiliano Camaiti La cena di Emmaus – directed by Josè Corvaglia Solo cinque minuti – directed by Filippo Soldi Travaglio – directed by Lele Biscussi | Best European Film The Lives of Others – directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Notes on a Scandal – directed by Richard Eyre My Best Friend – directed by Patrice Leconte The Queen – directed by Stephen Frears Volver – directed by Pedro Almodóvar |
| Best Foreign Film Babel – directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu Letters from Iwo Jima – directed by Clint Eastwood Little Miss Sunshine – directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris The Pursuit of Happyness – directed by Gabriele Muccino The Departed – directed by Martin Scorsese | David Youth Award Red Like the Sky – directed by Cristiano Bortone Golden Door – directed by Emanuele Crialese Saturn in Opposition – directed by Ferzan Özpetek Notte prima degli esami – Oggi – directed by Fausto Brizzi |
| Special David Awards Armando Trovajoli Giuliano Montaldo Carlo Lizzani |