David di Donatello 2022: all the nominations

After a particularly difficult year due to the pandemic, Italian cinema restarts and celebrates, thanks to the new edition of the David di Donatello, an art that is slowly being reborn from its ashes thanks to titles and names that have managed to monopolize the attention of an audience that is rediscovering the joy of going to the theater after months behind too small screens and too insidious distractions. The handover ceremony, which will take place on Tuesday 3 May in prime time on Rai1 for the conduct of Carlo Conti and Drusilla Foerfresh from the great success in Sanremo, it is very likely that he will return to Paolo Sorrentino what he could not taste at the Oscars: It was the hand of God, premiered in Venice and available on Netflix, it has all the credentials to take home the most important prizes, from best film to best director.

We are ready to bet that Freaks Out by Gabriele Mainetti, one of the films that we have waited the longest to see in theaters, will triumph in the technical categories, while the attention now seems almost entirely concentrated on the performances of the actors. Will Toni Servillo do the dubbed with his masterful interpretation in Here I laugh by Mario Martone and with that of Fabietto’s father in It was the hand of God? And it will succeed Miriam Leoneabsolute protagonist of Diabolik of the Manetti Bros., to get the better of the other candidates? And while the game for the best supporting actress is wide open between Luisa Ranieri and Teresa Saponangelo, always for Sorrentino, it is probable that the David di Donatello will reserve some surprises even for the most promising categories for the future, such as that for the best rookie director – which sees Francesco Costabile and Gianluca Jodice in pole position respectively for A female And The bad poet – and the best original song – that could end up in the hands of Francesca Michielin for a beautiful film like Marilyn has black eyes for which Stefano Accorsi would have deserved the nomination.

Here is the complete list of nominations for the David di Donatello 2022:

Best Film
Still air
It was the hand of God
Ennio
Freaks Out
Here I laugh

Best Director
Leonardo Di Costanzo (Still air)
Gabriele Mainetti (Freaks Out)
Mario Martone (Here I laugh)
Paolo Sorrentino (It was the hand of God)
Giuseppe Tornatore (Ennio)

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Elio Germano (Latin America)
Silvio Orlando (Still air)
Franz Rogowski (Freaks Out)
Filippo Scotti (It was the hand of God)
Toni Servillo (Here I laugh)

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Aurora Giovinazzo (Freaks Out)
Miriam Leone (Diabolik)
Maria National (Here I laugh)
Rosa Palasciano (Giulia)
Swamy Roll (To Chiara)

Best Supporting Actor
Pietro Castellitto (Freaks Out)
Fabrizio Ferracane (Still air)
Valerio Mastandrea (Diabolik)
Eduardo Scarpetta (Here I laugh)
Toni Servillo (It was the hand of God)

Best Supporting Actress
Susy Del Giudice (The De Filippo brothers)
Cristiana Dell’Anna (Here I laugh)
Luisa Ranieri (It was the hand of God)
Teresa Saponangelo (It was the hand of God)
Vanessa Scalera (The Arminuta)

Best Original Screenplay
To Chiara – Jonas Carpignano
Still air
It was the hand of God
Freaks Out
Here I laugh

Best Non-Original Screenplay
The Arminuta
Diabolik
A female
The Catholic school
The land of children
Three floors

Best Directorial Debut
Francesco Costabile (A female)
Gianluca Jodice (The bad poet)
Maura Delpero (Maternal)
Laura Samani (Small body)
Alessio Rigo de Righi, Matteo Zoppis (King Crab)