# 54th David di Donatello

The 54th David di Donatello ceremony, presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano, was held on 8 May 2009.

## Winners and nominees

| Best Film Gomorrah, directed by Matteo Garrone Il divo, directed by Paolo Sorrentino Many Kisses Later, directed by Fausto Brizzi Your Whole Life Ahead of You, directed by Paolo Virzì We Can Do That, directed by Giulio Manfredonia | Best Producer Domenico Procacci – Gomorrah Augusto Allegra, Isabella Cocuzza, Giuliana Gamba, Arturo Paglia – Cover Boy Andrea Occhipinti, Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima, Maurizio Coppolecchia – Il divo Matteo Garrone – Mid-August Lunch Angelo Rizzoli – We Can Do That |
| Best Director Matteo Garrone – Gomorrah Pupi Avati – Giovanna's Father Paolo Sorrentino – Il divo Fausto Brizzi – Many Kisses Later Giulio Manfredonia – We Can Do That | Best New Director Gianni Di Gregorio – Mid-August Lunch Marco Amenta – The Sicilian Girl Umberto Carteni – Different from Whom? Tony D'Angelo – Una notte Marco Pontecorvo – Pa–ra–da |
| Best Actor Toni Servillo – Il divo Luca Argentero – Different from Whom? Claudio Bisio – We Can Do That Valerio Mastandrea – Don't Think About It Silvio Orlando – Giovanna's Father | Best Actress Alba Rohrwacher – Giovanna's Father Donatella Finocchiaro – The Brave Men Claudia Gerini – Different from Whom? Valeria Golino – Giulia Doesn't Date at Night Ilaria Occhini – Black Sea |
| Best Supporting Actor Giuseppe Battiston – Don't Think About It Claudio Bisio – Many Kisses Later Carlo Buccirosso – Il divo Luca Lionello – Cover Boy Filippo Nigro – Different from Whom? | Best Supporting Actress Piera Degli Esposti – Il divo Sabrina Ferilli – Your Whole Life Ahead of You Maria Nazionale – Gomorrah Micaela Ramazzotti – Your Whole Life Ahead of You Carla Signoris – Many Kisses Later |
| David di Donatello for Best Screenplay Maurizio Braucci, Ugo Chiti, Gianni Di Gregorio, Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso, Roberto Saviano – Gomorrah Paolo Sorrentino – Il divo Fausto Brizzi, Marco Martani, Massimiliano Bruno – Many Kisses Later Fabio Bonifacci, Giulio Manfredonia – We Can Do That Francesco Bruni, Paolo Virzì – Your Whole Life Ahead of You | Best Cinematography Luca Bigazzi – Il divo Arnaldo Catinari – The Demons of St. Petersberg Marco Onorato – Gomorrah Italo Petriccione – As God Commands Vittorio Storaro – Caravaggio |
| Best Sets and Decorations Francesco Frigeri – The Demons of St. Petersberg Giancarlo Basili – Sanguepazzo Paolo Bonfini – Gomorrah Giantito Burchiellaro – Caravaggio Lino Fiorito – Il divo | Best Score Teho Teardo – Il divo Bruno Zambrini – Many Kisses Later Baustelle – Giulia Doesn't Date at Night Paolo Buonvino – Italians Pivio and Aldo De Scalzi – We Can Do That |
| Best Original Song "Herculaneum" from Gomorrah – Robert Del Naja, Neil Davidge "Il cielo ha una porta sola" from Many Kisses Later – Biagio Antonacci "Piangi Roma" from Giulia Doesn't Date at Night – Baustelle, Valeria Golino "Per fare a meno di te" from Solo un padre – Giorgia, Fabrizio Campanelli "Senza farsi male" from The Man Who Loves – Carmen Consoli | Best Editing Marco Spoletini – Gomorrah Esmeralda Calabria – Giulia Doesn't Date at Night Luciana Pandolfelli – Many Kisses Later Cristiano Travaglioli – Il divo Cecilia Zanuso – We Can Do That |
| Best Sound Maricetta Lombardo – Gomorrah Emanuele Cecere – Il divo Marco Fiumara – Many Kisses Later Gaetano Carito, Marco Grillo, Bruno Pupparo – Italians Bruno Pupparo – We Can Do That | Best Costumes Elisabetta Montaldo – The Demons of St. Petersberg Alessandra Cardini – Gomorrah Mario Carlini, Francesco Crivellini – Giovanna's Father Daniela Ciancio – Il divo Lia Morandini – Caravaggio |
| Best Visual Effects Nicola Sganca, Rodolfo Migliari for Vision – Il divo EDI Effetti Digitali Italiani – As God Commands Frame by Frame – The Demons of St. Petersberg Giuseppe Squillaci – Italians Proxima – Your Whole Life Ahead of You | Best Make-up Artist Vittorio Sodano – Il divo Alessandro Bertolazzi – Caravaggio Enrico Iacoponi – Sanguepazzo Vincenzo Mastrantonio – Due partite Luigi Rocchetti – The Demons of St. Petersberg |
| Best Hairstylist Aldo Signoretti – Il divo Enzo Cera – Caravaggio Maria Teresa Corridoni – Wild Blood Mirella Ginnoto – The Demons of St. Petersberg Ferdinando Merolla – The Ladies Get Their Say | Best Documentary Feature Rata nece biti (La guerra non ci sarà), directed by Daniele Gaglianone 211: Anna, directed by Giovanna Massimetti and Paolo Serbandini Come un uomo sulla terra, directed by Andrea Segre, Dagmawi Yimer, Riccardo Biadene Diario di un curato di montagna, directed by Stefano Saverioni Non tacere, directed by Fabio Grimaldi |
| Best Short Film L'arbitro, directed by Paolo Zucca L'amore è un giogo, directed by Andrea Rovetta Bisesto, directed by Giovanni Esposito and Francesco Prisco Cicatrici, directed by Eros Achiardi La Madonna della frutta, directed by Paolo Randi | Best European Film Slumdog Millionaire, directed by Danny Boyle The Class, directed by Laurent Cantet Lemon Tree, directed by Eran Riklis The Reader, directed by Stephen Daldry Waltz with Bashir, directed by Ari Folman |
| Best Foreign Film Gran Torino, directed by Clint Eastwood Milk, directed by Gus Van Sant The Visitor, directed by Tom McCarthy The Wrestler, directed by Darren Aronofsky WALL•E, directed by Andrew Stanton | David Youth Award We Can Do That, directed by Giulio Manfredonia Many Kisses Later, directed by Fausto Brizzi Pa–ra–da, directed by Marco Pontecorvo The Sicilian Girl, directed by Marco Amenta Solo un padre, directed by Luca Lucini |
| Special David Awards Christian De Sica Paolo Villaggio, Career David Virna Lisi, Career David Fulvio Lucisano, Career David |