The 48th David di Donatello ceremony, presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano, was held on 9 April 2003.

Winners and nominees

Facing Windows, directed by Ferzan Özpetek Remember Me, My Love, directed by Gabriele Muccino The Embalmer, directed by Matteo Garrone My Mother's Smile, directed by Marco Bellocchio Respiro, directed by Emanuele Crialese Domenico Procacci – Respiro Domenico Procacci – Remember Me, My Love Elda Ferri – The Soul Keeper Domenico Procacci – The Embalmer Gianni Romoli, Tilde Corsi – Facing Windows

Pupi Avati – Incantato Gabriele Muccino – Remember Me, My Love Marco Bellocchio – My Mother's Smile Matteo Garrone – The Embalmer Ferzan Özpetek – Facing Windows Daniele Vicari – Maximum Velocity (V-Max) Francesco Falaschi – I Am Emma Michele Mellara, Alessandro Rossi – Fortezza Bastiani Marco Simon Puccioni – Quello che cerchi Spiro Scimone, Francesco Sframeli – Two Friends Massimo Girotti – Facing Windows Roberto Benigni – Pinocchio Fabrizio Bentivoglio – Remember Me, My Love Sergio Castellitto – My Mother's Smile Neri Marcorè – Incantato Fabio Volo – Casomai Giovanna Mezzogiorno – Facing Windows Donatella Finocchiaro – Angela Valeria Golino – Respiro Laura Morante – Remember Me, My Love Stefania Rocca – Casomai Ernesto Mahieux – The Embalmer Antonio Catania – It Can't Be All Our Fault Pierfrancesco Favino – El Alamein: The Line of Fire Giancarlo Giannini – Incantato Kim Rossi Stuart – Pinocchio Piera Degli Esposti – My Mother's Smile Monica Bellucci – Remember Me, My Love Nicoletta Romanoff – Remember Me, My Love Francesca Neri – Happiness Costs Nothing Serra Yılmaz – Facing Windows Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso, Ugo Chiti – The Embalmer Gabriele Muccino, Heidrun Schleef – Remember Me, My Love Anna Pavignano, Alessandro D'Alatri – Casomai Gianni Romoli, Ferzan Özpetek – Facing Windows Piero De Bernardi, Pasquale Plastino, Fiamma Satta, Carlo Verdone – It Can't Be All Our Fault Marco Bellocchio – My Mother's Smile

Daniele Nannuzzi – El Alamein: The Line of Fire Maurizio Calvesi – The Soul Keeper Gianfilippo Corticelli – Facing Windows Marco Onorato – The Embalmer Dante Spinotti – Pinocchio Fabio Zamarion – Respiro Danilo Donati – Pinocchio Paolo Bonfini – The Embalmer Giantito Burchiellaro – The Soul Keeper Marco Dentici – My Mother's Smile Simona Migliotti – Incantato Andrea Guerra – Facing Windows Banda Osiris – The Embalmer Pivio and Aldo De Scalzi – Casomai Riz Ortolani – Incantato Nicola Piovani – Pinocchio Cecilia Zanuso – El Alamein: The Line of Fire Claudio Di Mauro – Remember Me, My Love Patrizio Marone – Facing Windows Amedeo Salfa – Incantato Marco Spoletini – The Embalmer

Andrea Giorgio Moser – El Alamein: The Line of Fire Maurizio Argentieri – Casomai Gaetano Carito – Remember Me, My Love Gaetano Carito – Maximum Velocity (V-Max) Marco Grillo – Facing Windows Danilo Donati – Pinocchio Mario Carlini, Francesco Crivellini – Incantato Elena Mannini – A Journey Called Love Francesca Sartori – The Soul Keeper Andrea Viotti – El Alamein: The Line of Fire Racconto di guerra, directed by Mario Amura (ex aequo) Rosso fango, directed by Paolo Ameli (ex aequo) Radioportogutenberg, directed by Alessandro Vannucci Regalo di Natale, directed by Daniele De Plano Space off, directed by Tino Franco The Pianist, directed by Roman Polański Chicago, directed by Rob Marshall Talk to Her, directed by Pedro Almodóvar The Hours, directed by Stephen Daldry The Man on the Train, directed by Patrice Leconte Facing Windows, directed by Ferzan Özpetek

Gregory Peck Isabelle Huppert

References