David di Donatello 2026: nominations for Capovilla, Reznor and Brunori Sas. Here are all the nominees

The nominations for the 71st David di Donatello awards have been announced. Leading the pack is “Le città di pianura” by Francesco Sossai, with 16 nominations, many of them in the major categories (best film, director and screenplay), followed by “La grazia” by Paolo Sorrentino with 14.

In the music categories, a varied lineup brings together Italian composers and international names. For best composer, alongside established figures such as Mauro Pagani (“Le assaggiatrici“) and Fabio Massimo Capogrosso (“Primavera”), there's room for Franco Amurri (“La città proibita”), the KRANO project for “Le città di pianura” and the duo made up of Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, already established on the international stage, nominated for “Queer“. On the best original song front, the shortlist of five alternates between singer-songwriter craft and pop forays: Brunori Sas writes and performs “Arrivederci tristezza”, while Checco Zalone lends his voice to “Buen Camino”, co-written with Antonio Iammarino. Rounding out the category are Levante with “Follemente”, KRANO with the track “Ti” for “Le città di pianura” and the international collaboration between Reznor, Ross and Caetano Veloso for “Vaster than Empires”.

A musician, Pierpaolo Capovilla, frontman of Teatro degli Orrori, is meanwhile in the running for Best Actor, thanks to his performance in “Le città di pianura“.

The race for best film comes down to five titles: “Cinque secondi”, “Fuori”, “La grazia”, “Le assaggiatrici” and “Le città di pianura” itself, which together account for most of the heavyweight nominations.

On the acting front, the nominees for best actor include Valerio Mastandrea (“Cinque secondi”), Claudio Santamaria (“Il nibbio”), Toni Servillo (“La grazia”), as well as Pierpaolo Capovilla and Sergio Romano for “Le città di pianura”. Among the best actress nominees are Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (“Duse“), Barbara Ronchi (“Elisa“), Valeria Golino (“Fuori”), Aurora Quattrocchi (“Gioia mia”), Anna Ferzetti (“La grazia”) and Tecla Insolia (“Primavera”).

For best international film, the selection includes “I'm Still Here” by Walter Salles, “The Voice of Hind Rajab” by Kaouther Ben Hania, “The Brutalist” by Brady Corbet, “A Simple Accident” by Jafar Panahi and “One Battle After Another” by Paul Thomas Anderson.

Best Film

• Cinque secondi by Paolo Virzì
• Fuori by Mario Martone
• La grazia by Paolo Sorrentino
• Le assaggiatrici by Silvio Soldini
• Le città di pianura by Francesco Sossai

Best Director

• Fuori — Mario Martone
• La città proibita — Gabriele Mainetti
• La grazia — Paolo Sorrentino
• Le assaggiatrici — Silvio Soldini
• Le città di pianura — Francesco Sossai

Best Directorial Debut

• Breve storia d'amore — Ludovica Rampoldi
• Gioia mia — Margherita Spampinato
• La vita da grandi — Greta Scarano
• Paternal leave — Alissa Jung
• Tienimi presente — Alberto Palmiero

Best Original Screenplay

• Cinque secondi — Francesco Bruni, Carlo Virzì, Paolo Virzì
• Duse — Letizia Russo, Guido Silei, Pietro Marcello
• Gioia mia — Margherita Spampinato
• La grazia — Paolo Sorrentino
• Le città di pianura — Francesco Sossai, Adriano Candiago

Best Adapted Screenplay

• 40 secondi — Vincenzo Alfieri, Giuseppe G. Stasi
• Elisa — Leonardo Di Costanzo, Bruno Oliviero, Valia Santella
• Fuori — Mario Martone, Ippolita Di Majo
• Le assaggiatrici — Doriana Leondeff, Silvio Soldini, Lucio Ricca, Cristina Comencini, Giulia Calenda, Ilaria Macchia
• Primavera — Ludovica Rampoldi

Best Producer

• Duse — Carlo Degli Esposti, Nicola Serra, Marco Grifoni for Palomar (Mediawan Company), Benedetta Cappon for Avventurosa, with Rai Cinema, in collaboration with Piperfilm, Alexandra Henochsberg, Pierre-François Piet for Ad Vitam Films
• Gioia mia — Benedetta Scagnelli, Alessio Pasqua, Gianluca Arcopinto, Claudio Cofrancesco for Yagi Media, in collaboration with Paolo Butini, Ivan Caso, Filippo Barracco
• Le assaggiatrici — Lionello Cerri and Cristiana Mainardi for Lumière & Co., in collaboration with Joseph Rouschop for Tarantula, Katrin Renz and Stefan Jäger for Tellfilm
• Le città di pianura — Marta Donzelli and Gregorio Paonessa for Vivo Film, with Rai Cinema, in collaboration with Philipp Kreuzer for Maze Pictures, Cecilia Trautvetter
• Un film fatto per bene — Andrea Occhipinti for Lucky Red, Marco Alessi for Dugong Films, in collaboration with Beatrice Bulgari for Eolo Film Productions

Best Actress

• Duse — Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
• Elisa — Barbara Ronchi
• Fuori — Valeria Golino
• Gioia mia — Aurora Quattrocchi
• La grazia — Anna Ferzetti
• Primavera — Tecla Insolia

Best Actor

• Cinque secondi — Valerio Mastandrea
• Il nibbio — Claudio Santamaria
• La grazia — Toni Servillo
• Le città di pianura — Pierpaolo Capovilla
• Le città di pianura — Sergio Romano

Best Supporting Actress

• Breve storia d'amore — Valeria Golino
• Cinque secondi — Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
• Diva Futura — Barbara Ronchi
• Fuori — Matilda De Angelis
• La grazia — Milvia Marigliano
• Tre ciotole — Silvia D'Amico

Best Supporting Actor

• 40 Seconds — Francesco Gheghi
• Killing Is Tiring – Autobiography of a Killer — Vinicio Marchioni
• Duse — Fausto Russo Alesi
• Small-Town Chronicles — Roberto Citran
• Small-Town Chronicles — Andrea Pennacchi
• Nonostante — Lino Musella

Best Casting

• 40 Seconds — Marco Matteo Donat-Cattin, Federica Baglioni
• Gioia mia — Margherita Spampinato, Giulia Tarquini
• La grazia — Anna Maria Sambucco, Massimo Appolloni
• The Tasters — Laura Muccino, Liza Stutzky
• Small-Town Chronicles — Adriano Candiago

Best Cinematography

• Duse — Marco Graziaplena
• The Forbidden City — Paolo Carnera
• La grazia — Daria D'Antonio
• The Tasters — Renato Berta
• Le città di pianura — Massimiliano Kuveiller

Best Composer

• La città proibita — Franco Amurri
• Le assaggiatrici — Mauro Pagani
• Le città di pianura — Krano
• Primavera — Fabio Massimo Capogrosso
• Queer — Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross

Best Original Song

• Arrivederci tristezza (Arrivederci tristezza) — Brunori Sas (music, lyrics and performance)
• La prostata enflamada (Buen Camino) — music and lyrics by Luca Medici, Antonio Iammarino — performed by Checco Zalone
• Follemente (Follemente) — music and lyrics by Claudia Lagona — performed by Levante
• Ti (Le città di pianura) — music and lyrics by Krano — performed by Krano
• Vaster than empires (Queer) — music by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, lyrics by Trent Reznor, William Burroughs, Atticus Ross — performed by Caetano Veloso, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross

Best Production Design

• Duse — Gaspare De Pascali (set design), Carlotta Desmann (set decoration)
• La città proibita — Andrea Castorina (set design), Marco Martucci (set decoration)
• La grazia — Ludovica Ferrario (set design), Laura Casalini (set decoration)
• Le assaggiatrici — Paola Bizzarri, Igor Gabriel (set design)
• Le città di pianura — Paula Meuthen (production design), Emilia Bonsembiante (set decoration)

Best Costume Design

• Duse — Ursula Patzak
• La città proibita — Susanna Mastroianni
• La grazia — Carlo Poggioli
• Le assaggiatrici — Marina Roberti
• Primavera — Maria Rita Barbera, Gaia Calderone

Best Makeup

• Duse — Maurizio Fazzini
• La grazia — Paola Gattabrusi
• Le assaggiatrici — Esmé Sciaroni
• Primavera — Vincenzo Mastrantonio (prosthetics: Adele Di Trani, Emanuele De Luca)
• Queer — Fernanda Perez (prosthetics: Jason Hamer)

Best Hair & Makeup

• Fuori — Marco Perna
• Il maestro — Teresa Di Serio
• Le assaggiatrici — Samankta Mura
• Primavera — Marta Iacoponi
• Queer — Massimo Gattabrusi

Best Editing

• 40 secondi (40 Seconds) — Vincenzo Alfieri
• Fuori (Outside) — Jacopo Quadri
• Il maestro (The Maestro) — Giogiò Franchini
• La città proibita (The Forbidden City) — Francesco Di Stefano
• La grazia (Grace) — Cristiano Travaglioli
• Le città di pianura (The Cities of the Plain) — Paolo Cottignola

Best Sound

• Fuori (Outside) — production sound Maricetta Lombardo; sound editing Silvia Moraes; sound design Piergiorgio De Luca; mix Giancarlo Rutigliano
• La città proibita (The Forbidden City) — production sound Angelo Bonanni; sound editing Giulio Previ; sound design Mirko Perri; mix Michele Mazzucco
• Le assaggiatrici (The Tasters) — production sound Antoine Vandendriessche; sound editing Daniela Bassani; sound design Stefano Grosso; mix Giancarlo Rutigliano
• Le città di pianura (The Cities of the Plain) — production sound Marco Zambrano; sound editing Francesco Mauro; sound design Sebastian Pablo Poloni; mix Francesco Tumminello
• Primavera (Spring) — production sound Gianluca Scarlata; sound editing Davide Favargiotti; sound design Daniele Quadrioli; mix Nadia Paone

Best Visual Effects – VFX

• Itaca – Il ritorno (Ithaca – The Return) — supervisor Gaia Bussolati; producer Enrico Bernocchi
• La città proibita (The Forbidden City) — supervisor Stefano Leoni; producer Andrea Lo Priore
• La grazia (Grace) — supervisor Rodolfo Migliari; producer Lena Di Gennaro
• La valle dei sorrisi — supervisor Giuseppe Squillaci; producer Daniele Mischianti
• Queer — supervisor Marco Fiorani Parenzi; producer Virginia Cefaly

Best Short Film

• Astronauta — by Giorgio Giampà
• Ciao, Varsavia — by Diletta Di Nicolantonio
• Everyday in Gaza — by Omar Rammal
• Festa in famiglia — by Nadir Taji
• Tempi supplementari — by Matteo Memè

Best Documentary Film

• Bobò — by Pippo Delbono
• Ferdinando Scianna – Il fotografo dell'ombra — by Roberto Andò
• Roberto Rossellini – More Than One Life — by Ilaria De Laurentis, Andrea Paolo Massara, Raffaele Brunetti
• Sotto le nuvole — by Gianfranco Rosi
• Toni, mio padre — by Anna Negri

Best International Film

• Io sono ancora qui — by Walter Salles
• La voce di Hind Rajab — by Kaouther Ben Hania
• The Brutalist — by Brady Corbet
• A Simple Accident — by Jafar Panahi
• One Battle After Another — by Paul Thomas Anderson

Young David

• 40 secondi — by Vincenzo Alfieri
• La grazia — by Paolo Sorrentino
• Le assaggiatrici — by Silvio Soldini
• Le città di pianura — by Francesco Sossai
• Per te — by Alessandro Aronadio

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