The 53rd David di Donatello ceremony, presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano, was held on 18 April 2008.
Winners and nominees
The Girl by the Lake – directed by Andrea Molaioli Quiet Chaos – directed by Antonello Grimaldi Days and Clouds – directed by Silvio Soldini The Wind Blows Round – directed by Giorgio Diritti The Right Distance – directed by Carlo Mazzacurati Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima – The Girl by the Lake Domenico Procacci – Quiet Chaos Lionello Cerri – Days and Clouds Andrea Occhipinti, Gianluca Arcopinto – Sonetàula Simone Bachini, Mario Chemello, Giorgio Diritti – The Wind Blows Round Andrea Molaioli – The Girl by the Lake Cristina Comencini – Black and White Antonello Grimaldi – Quiet Chaos Silvio Soldini – Days and Clouds Carlo Mazzacurati – The Right Distance Andrea Molaioli – The Girl by the Lake Fabrizio Bentivoglio – Don't Waste Your Time, Johnny! Giorgio Diritti – The Wind Blows Round Marco Martani – Concrete Romance Silvio Muccino – Parlami d'amore Toni Servillo – The Girl by the Lake Antonio Albanese – Days and Clouds Lando Buzzanca – I Viceré Nanni Moretti – Quiet Chaos Kim Rossi Stuart – Piano, solo Margherita Buy – Days and Clouds Anna Bonaiuto – The Girl by the Lake Antonia Liskova – Riparo Valentina Lodovini – The Right Distance Valeria Solarino – Miss F Alessandro Gassmann – Quiet Chaos Giuseppe Battiston – Days and Clouds Fabrizio Gifuni – The Girl by the Lake Ahmed Hafiene – The Right Distance Umberto Orsini – The Early Bird Catches the Worm Alba Rohrwacher – Days and Clouds Paola Cortellesi – Piano, solo Carolina Crescentini – Parlami d'amore Isabella Ferrari – Quiet Chaos Valeria Golino – Quiet Chaos Sabrina Impacciatore – Miss F Sandro Petraglia – The Girl by the Lake Nanni Moretti, Laura Paolucci, Francesco Piccolo – Quiet Chaos Doriana Leondeff, Francesco Piccolo, Federica Pontremoli, Silvio Soldini – Days and Clouds Doriana Leondeff, Carlo Mazzacurati, Marco Pettenello, Claudio Piersanti – The Right Distance Giorgio Diritti, Fredo Valla – The Wind Blows Round
Ramiro Civita – The Girl by the Lake Luca Bigazzi – The Right Distance Maurizio Calvesi – I Viceré Arnaldo Catinari – Parlami d'amore Alessandro Pesci – Quiet Chaos Francesco Frigeri – I Viceré Paola Bizzarri – Days and Clouds Giada Calabria – Quiet Chaos Alessandra Mura – The Girl by the Lake Tonino Zera – Hotel Meina Paolo Buonvino – Quiet Chaos Lele Marchitelli – Piano, solo Fausto Mesolella – Don't Waste Your Time, Johnny! Teho Teardo – The Girl by the Lake Giovanni Venosta – Days and Clouds "L'amore trasparente" from Quiet Chaos – Ivano Fossati "Senza fiato" from Concrete Romance – Paolo Buonvino "Amore fermati" from Don't Waste Your Time, Johnny! – Bernardino Zapponi, Gorni Kramer, Italo Terzoli "L'arrivo a Milano" from Milano Palermo – Il ritorno – Pino Donaggio "Tear Down These Houses" from Parlami d'amore – Andrea Guerra, Skin "La rabbia" from La rabbia – Luis Bacalov Giogiò Franchini – The Girl by the Lake Paolo Cottignola – The Right Distance Carlotta Cristiani – Days and Clouds Eduardo Crespo, Giorgio Diritti – The Wind Blows Round Angelo Nicolini – Quiet Chaos Alessandro Zanon – The Girl by the Lake Gaetano Carito – Quiet Chaos François Musy – Days and Clouds Bruno Pupparo – Black and White Remo Ugolinelli – The Right Distance Milena Canonero – I Viceré Ortensia De Francesco – Don't Waste Your Time, Johnny! Catia Dottori – Hotel Meina Maurizio Millenotti – Parlami d'amore Silvia Nebiolo, Patrizia Mazzon – Days and Clouds Alessandra Toesca – Quiet Chaos Paola Trisoglio, Stefano Marinoni for Visualogie – The Girl by the Lake Proxima – Quiet Chaos Marbea – Concrete Romance Lee Wilson – Mother of Tears Corrado Virgilio, Vincenzo Nisco – Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom Gino Tamagnini – I Viceré Martinas Cossu – Come tu mi vuoi Gianfranco Mecacci – Quiet Chaos Fernanda Perez – The Girl by the Lake Esmé Sciaroni – Days and Clouds Maria Teresa Corridoni – I Viceré Aldina Governatori – Days and Clouds Giorgio Gregorini – Scusa ma ti chiamo amore Ferdinando Merolla – Hotel Meina Sharim Sabatini – Quiet Chaos Madri – directed by Barbara Cupisti Centravanti nato – directed by Gianclaudio Guiducci La minaccia – directed by Silvia Luzi, Luca Bellino Crossing the Line – directed by Pietro Marcello We Want Roses Too – directed by Alina Marazzi Uova – directed by Alessandro Celli Adil & Yusuf – directed by Claudio Noce Il bambino di Carla – directed by Emanuela Rossi Ora che Marlene – directed by Giovanna Nazarena Silvestri Tramondo – directed by Giacomo Agnetti, Davide Bazzali Irina Palm – directed by Sam Garbarski 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days – directed by Cristian Mungiu The Secret of the Grain – directed by Abdellatif Kechiche Elizabeth: The Golden Age – directed by Shekhar Kapur The Diving Bell and the Butterfly – directed by Julian Schnabel No Country for Old Men – directed by Coen brothers Across the Universe – directed by Julie Taymor Into the Wild – directed by Sean Penn In the Valley of Elah – directed by Paul Haggis There Will Be Blood – directed by Paul Thomas Anderson Parlami d'amore – directed by Silvio Muccino The Right Distance – directed by Carlo Mazzacurati Lessons in Chocolate – directed by Claudio Cupellini Piano, solo – directed by Riccardo Milani I Viceré – directed by Roberto Faenza Carlo Verdone Luigi Magni Gabriele Muccino
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