The 55th David di Donatello ceremony, presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano, was held on 7 May 2010.

Winners and nominees

The Man Who Will Come – directed by Giorgio Diritti Baarìa – directed by Giuseppe Tornatore The First Beautiful Thing – directed by Paolo Virzì Loose Cannons – directed by Ferzan Özpetek Vincere – directed by Marco Bellocchio

Simone Bachini, Giorgio Diritti – The Man Who Will Come Giampaolo Letta, Mario Spedaletti – Baarìa Angelo Barbagallo, Gianluca Curti – Fort Apache Napoli Domenico Procacci – Loose Cannons Mario Gianani – Vincere

Marco Bellocchio – Vincere Giuseppe Tornatore – Baarìa Giorgio Diritti – The Man Who Will Come Paolo Virzì – The First Beautiful Thing Ferzan Özpetek – Loose Cannons Valerio Mieli – Ten Winters Susanna Nicchiarelli – Cosmonaut Claudio Noce – Good Morning Aman Marco Chiarini – L'uomo fiammifero Giuseppe Capotondi – The Double Hour Valerio Mastandrea – The First Beautiful Thing Antonio Albanese – A Question of the Heart Libero De Rienzo – Fort Apache Napoli Kim Rossi Stuart – A Question of the Heart Filippo Timi – Vincere Micaela Ramazzotti – The First Beautiful Thing Greta Zuccheri Montanari – The Man Who Will Come Stefania Sandrelli – The First Beautiful Thing Margherita Buy – The White Space Giovanna Mezzogiorno – Vincere|- | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Ennio Fantastichini – Loose Cannons The whole cast of supporting actors – Baarìa Pierfrancesco Favino – Kiss Me Again Marco Giallini – Io, loro e Lara Marco Messeri – The First Beautiful Thing

| style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Ilaria Occhini – Loose Cannons Anita Kravos – Raise Your Head Alba Rohrwacher – The Man Who Will Come Claudia Pandolfi – The First Beautiful Thing Elena Sofia Ricci – Loose Cannons

| style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Francesco Bruni, Francesco Piccolo, Paolo Virzì – The First Beautiful Thing Jim Carrington, Andrea Purgatori, Marco Risi, Maurizio Cerino – Fort Apache Napoli Giorgio Diritti, Giovanni Galavotti, Tania Pedroni – The Man Who Will Come Ivan Cotroneo, Ferzan Özpetek – Loose Cannons Marco Bellocchio, Daniela Ceselli – Vincere

| style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Daniele Ciprì – Vincere Enrico Lucidi – Baarìa Roberto Cimatti – The Man Who Will Come Nicola Pecorini – The First Beautiful Thing Maurizio Calvesi – Loose Cannons

| style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Marco Dentici – Vincere Maurizio Sabatini – Baarìa Giancarlo Basili – The Man Who Will Come Tonino Zera – The First Beautiful Thing Andrea Crisanti – Loose Cannons

| style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Ennio Morricone – Baarìa Marco Biscarini, Daniele Furlati – The Man Who Will Come Carlo Virzì – The First Beautiful Thing Pasquale Catalano – Loose Cannons Carlo Crivelli – Vincere

| style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| "Baciami ancora" from Kiss Me Again – Composed and performed by Jovanotti "Angela" from Cado dalle nubi – Composed and performed by Checco Zalone "21st Century Boy" from The First Beautiful Thing – Composed by Valerio Casini, performed by Bad Love Experience "'Sogno" from Loose Cannons – Composed by Marco Giacomelli, Fabio Petrillo, Ilaria Cortese, performed by Patty Pravo "Canzone in prigione" from Tutta colpa di Giuda – Composed by Cristiano Godano, Gian Luca Bergia, Riccardo Tesio, performed by Marlene Kuntz

| style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Francesca Calvelli – Vincere Massimo Quaglia – Baarìa Giorgio Diritti, Paolo Marzoni – The Man Who Will Come Simone Manetti – The First Beautiful Thing Patrizio Marone – Loose Cannons |- | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Carlo Missidenti – The Man Who Will Come Faouzi Thabet – Baarìa Bruno Pupparo – Parents and Children: Shake Well Before Using Mario Iaquone – The First Beautiful Thing Gaetano Carito – Vincere

| style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Sergio Ballo – Vincere Luigi Bonanno – Baarìa Lia Francesca Morandini – The Man Who Will Come Gabriella Pescucci – The First Beautiful Thing Alessandro Lai – Loose Cannons

| style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Paola Trisoglio, Stefano Marinoni – Vincere Mario Zanot – Baarìa LIMINA – The Man Who Will Come Ermanno Di Nicola – L'uomo fiammifero EDI – Effetti Digitali Italiani – The First Beautiful Thing

| style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Franco Corridoni – Vincere Gino Zamprioli – Baarìa Amel Ben Soltane – The Man Who Will Come Paola Gattabrusi – The First Beautiful Thing Luigi Rocchetti, Erzsébet Forgács – Mi Ricordo Anna Frank

| style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Alberta Giuliani – Vincere Giusy Bovino – Baarìa Aldo Signoretti, Susana Sanchez Nunez – I, Don Giovanni Daniela Tartari – The Man Who Will Come Massimo Gattabrusi – The First Beautiful Thing

| style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| The Mouth of the Wolf – directed by Pietro Marcello Hollywood on the Tiber – directed by Marco Spagnoli L'isola dei sordobimbi – directed by Stefano Cattini The One Man Beatles – directed by Cosimo Messeri Valentina Postika in attesa di partire – directed by Caterina Carone

| style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Passing Time – directed by Laura Bispuri L'altra metà – directed by Pippo Mezzapesa Buonanotte – directed by Riccardo Banfi Nuvole, mani – directed by Simone Massi Uerra – directed by Paolo Sassanelli

| style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Le Concert – directed by Radu Mihăileanu The White Ribbon – directed by Michael Haneke A Prophet – directed by Jacques Audiard Soul Kitchen – directed by Fatih Akın Welcome – directed by Philippe Lioret |- | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Inglourious Basterds – directed by Quentin Tarantino A Serious Man – directed by Coen brothers Avatar – directed by James Cameron Invictus – directed by Clint Eastwood Up in the Air – directed by Jason Reitman

| style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Baarìa'' – directed by Giuseppe Tornatore Kiss Me Again – directed by Gabriele Muccino Parents and Children: Shake Well Before Using – directed by Giovanni Veronesi Io, loro e Lara – directed by Carlo Verdone The Man Who Will Come – directed by Giorgio Diritti

| style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Lina Wertmüller, Career DavidBud Spencer, Career DavidTerence Hill, Career DavidTonino Guerra''', Career David

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