# 61st David di Donatello

The 61st David di Donatello ceremony, presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano, was held on 18 April 2016 to honor the best in Italian cinema in 2015.

## Winners and nominees

| Best Film Perfect Strangers – directed by Paolo Genovese‡. Don't Be Bad – directed by Claudio Caligari Fire at Sea – directed by Gianfranco Rosi Tale of Tales – directed by Matteo Garrone Youth – directed by Paolo Sorrentino | Best Producer They Call Me Jeeg – Gabriele Mainetti for Goon Films with Rai Cinema‡ Don't Be Bad – Paolo Bogna, Simone Isola and Valerio Mastandrea for Kimerafilm, Rai Cinema and Taodue Film, associate producer Pietro Valsecchi, in collaboration with Leone Film Group Fire at Sea – 21uno Film, Stemal Entertainment, Istituto Luce Cinecittà, Rai Cinema, and Les Films d'Ici with Arte France Cinéma Tale of Tales – Archimede and Rai Cinema Youth – Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima and Carlotta Calori for Indigo Film |
| Best Director Matteo Garrone – Tale of Tales‡ Claudio Caligari – Don't Be Bad Paolo Genovese – Perfect Strangers Gianfranco Rosi – Fire at Sea Paolo Sorrentino – Youth | Best New Director Gabriele Mainetti – They Call Me Jeeg‡ Alberto Caviglia – Burning Love Carlo Lavagna – Arianna Piero Messina – The Wait Francesco Miccichè and Fabio Bonifacci – Them Who? Adriano Valerio – Banat |
| Best Actor Claudio Santamaria – They Call Me Jeeg as Enzo Ceccotti‡ Alessandro Borghi – Don't Be Bad as Vittorio Marco Giallini – Perfect Strangers as Rocco Luca Marinelli – Don't Be Bad as Cesare Valerio Mastandrea – Perfect Strangers as Lele | Best Actress Ilenia Pastorelli – They Call Me Jeeg as Alessia‡ Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey – Alaska as Nadine Juliette Binoche – The Wait as Anna Paola Cortellesi – The Last Will Be the Last as Luciana Colacci Sabrina Ferilli – Me, Myself and Her as Marina Baldi Anna Foglietta – Perfect Strangers as Carlotta Valeria Golino – Per amor vostro as Anna Ruotolo |
| Best Supporting Actor Luca Marinelli – They Call Me Jeeg as Fabio Cannizzaro / Zingaro‡ Giuseppe Battiston – The Complexity of Happiness as Carlo Bernini Fabrizio Bentivoglio – The Last Will Be the Last as Antonio Zanzotto Valerio Binasco – Alaska as Sandro Alessandro Borghi – Suburra as Aureliano Adami / Number 8 | Best Supporting Actress Antonia Truppo – They Call Me Jeeg as Nuniza‡ Sonia Bergamasco – Quo vado? as Dr. Sironi Claudia Cardinale – Ultima fermata as Rosa Piera Degli Esposti – Solo as Dr. Grunewald Elisabetta De Vito – Don't Be Bad as Madre di Cesare |
| David di Donatello for Best Screenplay Perfect Strangers – Filippo Bologna, Paolo Costella, Paolo Genovese, Paola Mammini and Rolando Ravello‡ Don't Be Bad – Claudio Caligari, Giordano Meacci and Francesca Serafini Tale of Tales – Edoardo Albinati, Ugo Chiti, Matteo Garrone and Massimo Gaudioso They Call Me Jeeg – Nicola Guaglianone and Menotti Youth – Paolo Sorrentino | Best Cinematography Tale of Tales – Peter Suschitzky‡ Don't Be Bad – Maurizio Calvesi Suburra – Paolo Carnera They Call Me Jeeg – Michele D'Attanasio Youth – Luca Bigazzi |
| Best Sets and Decorations Tale of Tales – Dimitri Capuani and Alessia Anfuso‡ The Correspondence – Maurizio Sabatini Don't Be Bad – Giada Calabria Suburra – Paki Meduri They Call Me Jeeg – Massimiliano Sturiale Youth – Ludovica Ferrario | Best Score Youth – David Lang‡ The Correspondence – Ennio Morricone Don't Be Bad – Paolo Vivaldi and Alessandro Sartini Tale of Tales – Alexandre Desplat They Call Me Jeeg – Michele Braga and Gabriele Mainetti |
| Best Original Song "Simple Song #3" from Youth – Music and lyrics by David Lang; performed by Sumi Jo ‡ "A cuor leggero" from Don't Be Bad – Music, lyrics and performed by Riccardo Sinigallia "Perfetti sconosciuti" from Perfect Strangers – Music by Bungaro and Cesare Chiodo; lyrics and performed by Fiorella Mannoia "La prima Repubblica" from Quo Vado? – Music, lyrics and performed by Checco Zalone "Torta di noi" from The Complexity of Happiness – Music, lyrics and performed by Niccolò Contessa | Best Editing They Call Me Jeeg – Andrea Maguolo and Federico Conforti‡ Fire at Sea – Jacopo Quadri Perfect Strangers – Consuelo Catucci Suburra – Patrizio Marone Youth – Cristiano Travaglioli |
| Best Sound Don't Be Bad – Angelo Bonanni‡ Perfect Strangers – Umberto Montesanti Tale of Tales – Maricetta Lombardo They Call Me Jeeg – Valentino Giannì Youth – Emanuele Cecere | Best Costumes Tale of Tales – Massimo Cantini Parrini‡ The Correspondence – Gemma Mascagni Don't Be Bad – Chiara Ferrantini They Call Me Jeeg – Mary Montalto Youth – Carlo Poggioli |
| Best Visual Effects Tale of Tales – Makinarium‡ Game Therapy – EDI Italian Digital Effects Suburra – Visualogie They Call Me Jeeg – Chromatica Youth – Peerless | Best Make-up Artist Tale of Tales – Gino Tamagnini, Valter Casotto and Luigi D'Andrea‡ The Correspondence – Enrico Iacoponi Don't Be Bad – Lidia Minì They Call Me Jeeg – Giulio Pezza Youth – Maurizio Silvi |
| Best Hairstylist Tale of Tales – Francesco Pegoretti‡ The Correspondence – Elena Gregorini Don't Be Bad – Sharim Sabatini They Call Me Jeeg – Angelo Vannella Youth – Aldo Signoretti | Best Documentary Feature S Is for Stanley – directed by Alex Infascelli‡ I bambini sanno – directed by Walter Veltroni Harry's Bar – directed by Carlotta Cerquetti The Other Side – directed by Roberto Minervini Revelstoke: A Kiss in the Wind – directed by Nicola Moruzzi |
| Best Short Film Bellissima – directed by Alessandro Capitani‡ A metà luce – directed by Laura Gigante Per Anna – directed by Andrea Zuliani La ballata dei senzatetto – directed by Monica Manganelli Where Water Comes Together with Other Water – directed by Gianluca Mangiasciutti and Massimo Loi | Best European Film Son of Saul (Hungary) – directed by László Nemes‡ 45 Years (United Kingdom) – directed by Andrew Haigh The Brand New Testament (Belgium/France/Luxembourg) – directed by Jaco Van Dormael The Danish Girl (United Kingdom / United States) – directed by Tom Hooper A Perfect Day (Spain) – directed by Fernando León de Aranoa |
| Best Foreign Film Bridges of Spies (United States/Germany/UK) – directed by Steven Spielberg‡ Carol (United States/UK) – directed by Todd Haynes Inside Out (United States) – directed by Pete Docter Remember (Canada/Germany) – directed by Atom Egoyan Spotlight (United States) – directed by Todd Haynes | David Youth Award The Correspondence – directed by Giuseppe Tornatore‡ Alaska – directed by Claudio Cupellini Don't Be Bad – directed by Claudio Caligari The Last Will Be the Last – directed by Massimiliano Bruno Quo Vado? – directed by Gennaro Nunziante |
| Special David Awards Gina Lollobrigida Taviani Brothers |