The Nastro d'Argento (Silver Ribbon) is a film award assigned each year, since 1948, by Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani, the association of Italian film critics.
History The union of film journalists was founded in the same year in which the Nastri were born, 1946, by a group of film journalists and essayists, some of whom later became directors (Steno and Mario Soldati, who was its first president) and authors (Michelangelo Antonioni, Antonio Pietrangeli). The first regulation motivated the establishment of the Silver Ribbon to "promote the continuous artistic, technical and industrial improvement of Italian cinema and pay homage to its relevant acquisitions".
It was delivered for the first time in 1946 in Rome, at the Hotel de Russie. The editions were held mainly between Rome and Taormina, with the exception of some particular editions (in Florence, after the 1966 flood, as a sign of solidarity) and, always in its first years of life, also in Sorrento.
In the first editions, the prizes were awarded to the films presented during the year considered by the industry, the one that ends with the end of the season; they were then attributed to the films released in the calendar year, while subsequently they were again assigned to the films released in theaters within the days immediately following the Cannes Film Festival, therefore within the last days of May, when the 'five' finalists are announced to which an event with all the candidates for the awards is dedicated.
After a few editions in the headquarters of the French Academy in Villa Medici, it is held, also in Rome, in the space of the MAXXI Museum. The prizes are awarded on the basis of 'five' proposed by the national board of the Union to the vote (notarial) of the members of the union, film journalists of the press, television, radio and Internet.
The delivery of the Silver Ribbons is combined with the Guglielmo Biraghi prizes awarded since 2001, destined for the best of the young new actors in the cinema of the year.
1940s and 1950s
1948: Gaspare Cataldo, Pala & Alberto Vecchietti - The Brothers Karamazov 1949: Vittorio De Sica, Cesare Zavattini, Suso Cecchi D'Amico, Oreste Biancoli, Adolfo Franci & Gerardo Guerrieri – Bicycle Thieves 1950: Suso Cecchi D'Amico, Cesare Zavattini & Renato Castellani – It's Forever Springtime 1951: Cesare Zavattini & Alessandro Blasetti – Father's Dilemma 1952: Ettore Maria Margadonna, Titina De Filippo & Renato Castellani – Two Cents Worth of Hope 1953: not assigned 1954: Vitaliano Brancati, Sergio Amidei, Vincenzo Talarico & Luigi Zampa – Easy Years 1955: not assigned 1956: Pasquale Festa Campanile, Massimo Franciosa & Giuseppe Mancione – Wild Love 1957: Cesare Zavattini – The Roof 1958: Valerio Zurlini, Leo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi & Alberto Lattuada – Guendalina 1959: Age & Scarpelli, Suso Cecchi D'Amico & Mario Monicelli – Big Deal on Madonna Street
1960s 1960: Ennio De Concini, Alfredo Giannetti & Pietro Germi – The Facts of Murder 1961: Pasquale Festa Campanile, Suso Cecchi D'Amico, Massimo Franciosa, Enrico Medioli & Luchino Visconti- Rocco and His Brothers 1962: Ennio De Concini, Alfredo Giannetti & Pietro Germi – Divorce Italian Style 1963: Pasquale Festa Campanile, Massimo Franciosa, Carlo Bernari & Nanni Loy- The Four Days of Naples 1964: Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli, Brunello Rondi & Federico Fellini – 8½ 1965: Age & Scarpelli, Luciano Vincenzoni & Pietro Germi – Seduced and Abandoned 1966: Ruggero Maccari, Ettore Scola & Antonio Pietrangeli – I Knew Her Well 1967: Age & Scarpelli, Luciano Vincenzoni & Pietro Germi – The Birds, the Bees and the Italians 1968: Ugo Pirro & Elio Petri – We Still Kill the Old Way 1969: Dino Maiuri, Massimo De Rita & Carlo Lizzani – Bandits in Milan
1970s 1970: Fabio Carpi & Nelo Risi – Diary of a Schizophrenic Girl 1971: , Tullio Kezich, Alberto Lattuada & Piero Chiara – Come Have Coffee with Us 1972: Leo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi & Nino Manfredi – Between Miracles 1973: Alberto Bevilacqua – Questa specie d'amore 1974: Tonino Guerra & Federico Fellini – Amarcord 1975: Age & Scarpelli & Ettore Scola – We All Loved Each Other So Much 1976: Tullio Pinelli, Leo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi & Pietro Germi – Amici miei 1977: Sergio Amidei & Mario Monicelli – An Average Little Man 1978: Ruggero Maccari, Ettore Scola & Maurizio Costanzo – A Special Day 1979: Ermanno Olmi – The Tree of Wooden Clogs
1980s 1980: Age & Scarpelli & Ettore Scola – La terrazza 1981: Ruggero Maccari & Ettore Scola – Passion of Love 1982: Tullio Pinelli, Leo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi, Bernardino Zapponi & Mario Monicelli- Il Marchese del Grillo 1983: Paolo & Vittorio Taviani, Tonino Guerra & Giuliani G. De Negri – The Night of the Shooting Stars 1984: Elvio Porta & Nanni Loy – Where's Picone? 1985: Paolo & Vittorio Taviani & Tonino Guerra – Kaos 1986: Tullio Pinelli, Leo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi, Suso Cecchi D'Amico & Mario Monicelli- Let's Hope It's a Girl 1987: Ruggero Maccari, Ettore Scola & Furio Scarpelli – The Family 1988: Massimo Troisi & Anna Pavignano – Le vie del Signore sono finite 1989: Tullio Kezich & Ermanno Olmi – The Legend of the Holy Drinker
1990s 1990: Pupi Avati – The Story of Boys & Girls 1991: Suso Cecchi D'Amico & Tonino Guerra – Dark Illness 1992: Andrea Barbato & Emidio Greco – A Simple Story 1993: Stefano Rulli, Sandro Petraglia & Gianni Amelio – The Stolen Children 1994: Francesca Archibugi – The Great Pumpkin 1995: Alessandro D'Alatri – No Skin 1996: Leone Pompucci, Filippo Pichi & Paolo Rossi – Camerieri 1997: Giovanni Veronesi & Leonardo Pieraccioni – The Cyclone 1998: Vincenzo Cerami & Roberto Benigni – Life Is Beautiful 1999: Giuseppe Tornatore – The Legend of 1900
2000s 2000: & Silvio Soldini – Bread and Tulips & Pupi Avati – Midsummer Night's Dance Bernardo Bertolucci & Clare Peploe – Besieged Enzo Monteleone & Angelo Orlando – Outlaw Gabriele Muccino & Adele Tulli – But Forever in My Mind 2001: Claudio Fava, Marco Tullio Giordana & Monica Zapelli – One Hundred Steps Francesca Archibugi – Domani Leonardo Fasoli & Gianluca Maria Tavarelli – This Is Not Paradise Linda Ferri, Nanni Moretti & – The Son's Room Ferzan Ozpetek & – The Ignorant Fairies 2002: Giulia Calenda, Cristina Comencini & Lucilla Schiaffino – The Best Day of My Life Marco Bellocchio – My Mother's Smile Emanuele Crialese – Respiro Enzo D'Alò & – Momo Paolo Sorrentino – One Man Up 2003: Gabriele Muccino & – Remember Me, My Love Niccolò Ammaniti & Francesca Marciano – I'm Not Scared Massimo D'Anolfi & Roberta Torre – Angela Roberto Faenza – The Soul Keeper Enzo Monteleone – El Alamein - The Line of Fire Ferzan Ozpetek & – Facing Windows 2004: Sandro Petraglia & Stefano Rulli – The Best of Youth Franco Battiato & Manlio Sgalambro Lost Love Marco Bellocchio – Good Morning, Night Salvatore Mereu – Three-Step Dance Francesco Bruni & Paolo Virzì – Caterina in the Big City 2005: Sergio Castellitto & Margaret Mazzantini – Don't Move Gianni Amelio, Sandro Petraglia & Stefano Rulli – The Keys to the House Pupi Avati – Christmas Rematch Davide Ferrario – After Midnight , , Marcello Fois, & – Certi bambini 2006: Ugo Chiti & Giovanni Veronesi – Manual of Love Alessandro D'Alatri, Gennaro Nunziante & Domenico Starnone – The Fever Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli, Giancarlo De Cataldo & Michele Placido – Romanzo criminale Giuseppe Rocca, Laura Sabatino & Antonietta De Lillo – The Remains of Nothing Gabriele Salvatores & Fabio Scamoni – Quo Vadis, Baby? 2007: Ferzan Ozpetek & – Saturn in Opposition Antonio Capuano – Mario's War Emanuele Crialese – Golden Door Linda Ferri, Federico Starnone, Francesco Giammusso & Kim Rossi Stuart – Along the Ridge Mario Monicelli, & – The Roses of the Desert Giuseppe Tornatore – The Unknown Woman 2008: Sandro Petraglia – The Girl by the Lake with Daniele Luchetti & Stefano Rulli – My Brother Is an Only Child Francesco Bruni & Paolo Virzì – Your Whole Life Ahead of You Peter Del Monte & Michele Pellegrini – In Your Hands , Francesco Piccolo, & Silvio Soldini – Days and Clouds Michele Pellegrini & Gianni Zanasi – Don't Think About It 2009: Paolo Sorrentino – Il Divo Francesca Archibugi – A Question of the Heart Maurizio Braucci, Ugo Chiti, Gianni Di Gregorio & Matteo Garrone – Gomorrah Fausto Brizzi, Massimiliano Bruno & – Ex Jim Carrington, Andrea Purgatori & Marco Risi – Fort Apache Napoli
2010s 2010: Francesco Bruni, Francesco Piccolo & Paolo Virzì – The First Beautiful Thing Ivan Cotroneo, Ferzan Ozpetek – Loose Cannons Alessandro Genovesi & Gabriele Salvatores – Happy Family Gabriele Muccino – Baciami ancora Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli & Daniele Luchetti – La nostra vita 2011: Massimo Gaudioso – Benvenuti al Sud Massimiliano Bruno & Edoardo Falcone with the collaboration of Fausto Brizzi – Escort in Love Antonio Capuano – Dark Love (L'amore buio) Daniele Gaglianone – Pietro Pasquale Scimeca & Nennella Buonaiuto with the collaboration of Tonino Guerra – Malavoglia 2012: Marco Tullio Giordana, Sandro Petraglia & Stefano Rulli – Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy Carlo Verdone, & Maruska Albertazzi – A Flat for Three Daniele Vicari & Laura Paolucci – Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood Paolo Sorrentino & – This Must Be the Place Francesco Bruni – Scialla! (Stai sereno) 2013: Roberto Andò & – Long Live Freedom Marco Bellocchio, Veronica Raimo & Stefano Rulli – Dormant Beauty Giuseppe Piccioni & Francesca Manieri – The Red and the Blue Paolo Sorrentino & – The Great Beauty Giuseppe Tornatore – La migliore offerta 2014: Francesco Bruni, Francesco Piccolo & Paolo Virzì – Human Capital Daniele Luchetti, Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli and Caterina Venturini – Those Happy Years Nicola Lusuardi, Marco Simon Puccioni and Heidrun Schleef – Like the Wind Asia Argento and Barbara Alberti – Misunderstood Alice Rohrwacher – The Wonders 2015: Francesco Munzi, Fabrizio Ruggirello, Maurizio Braucci and Gioacchino Criaco – Black Souls Nanni Moretti, Francesco Piccolo and Valia Santella – Mia Madre Francesca Archibugi and Francesco Piccolo – An Italian Name Matteo Garrone, Edoardo Albinati, Ugo Chiti and Massimo Gaudioso – Tale of Tales Paolo Sorrentino – Youth 2016: Paolo Virzì & Francesca Archibugi – Like Crazy Sergio Rubini, Carla Cavalluzzi and Diego De Silva – Let's Talk Nicola Guaglianone and Menotti – They Call Me Jeeg Filippo Bologna, Paolo Costella, Paolo Genovese, Paola Mammini and Rolando Ravello – Perfect Strangers Francesca Marciano, Stefano Mordini and Valia Santella – Pericle 2017: Francesco Bruni – Friends by Chance Claudio Giovannesi, Filippo Gravino and Antonella Lattanzi – Fiore Margaret Mazzantini – Fortunata Ugo Chiti, Gianfranco Cabiddu, Salvatore De Mola and Francesco Marino – La stoffa dei sogni Alex Infascelli and Francesca Manieri – Piccoli crimini coniugali 2018: Paolo Sorrentino and Umberto Contarello – Loro Gabriele Muccino, Paolo Costella and Sabrina Impacciatore – There's No Place Like Home Matteo Garrone, Ugo Chiti and Massimo Gaudioso – Dogman Leonardo Di Costanzo, Maurizio Braucci and Bruno Oliviero – The Intruder Susanna Nicchiarelli – Nico, 1988 2019: Marco Bellocchio, Ludovica Rampoldi, Valia Santella, Francesco Piccolo and Francesco La Licata – The Traitor Francesca Marciano, Valia Santella, Valeria Golino and Walter Siti – Euphoria Edoardo De Angelis and Umberto Contarello – The Vice of Hope Claudio Giovannesi, Roberto Saviano and Maurizio Braucci – Piranhas Roberto Andò, Angelo Pasquini and Giacomo Bendotti – The Stolen Caravaggio
2020s 2020: Damiano and Fabio D'Innocenzo – Bad Tales Mario Martone and Ippolita Di Majo - The Mayor of Rione Sanità Gianni Romoli, Silvia Ranfagni and Ferzan Özpetek - The Goddess of Fortune Pietro Marcello and Maurizio Braucci - Martin Eden Umberto Contarello and Sara Mosetti - Volare