31/05/2019 - Romulus & Remus - The First King, Piranhas and The Vice of Hope follow with 8 nominations. Italy's National Union of Film Journalists will be awarding prizes on 29 June in Taormina

Applauded, but not awarded, at the latest Cannes Film Festival, Marco Bellocchio’s The Traitor [+see also:
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Q&A: Marco Bellocchio
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Matteo Rovere’s Romulus & Remus - The First King [+see also:
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interview: Roberto Saviano
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interview: Mario Martone
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Beside Favino, others in the running for the Best Actor award are Alessandro Borghi (Romulus & Remus - The First King), Andrea Carpenzano (The Champion [+see also:
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interview: Leonardo D’Agostini
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making of
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Nominees for the Nastro award for Best Debut Director this year are Leonardo D’Agostini (The Champion), Ciro D’Emilio (If Life Gives You Lemons), Margherita Ferri (Zen in the Ice Rift [+see also:
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interview: Valerio Mastandrea
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film profile]). The five nominees for Best Comedy are Bangla [+see also:
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The 2019 Nastri d'Argento Awards Ceremony is due to take place on 29 June, at the Teatro Antico in Taormina.

Complete list of nominees:

Best Film
Euphoria [+see also:
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making of
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Romulus & Remus - The First King [+see also:
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The Traitor [+see also:
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Q&A: Marco Bellocchio
film profile] - Marco Bellocchio (Italy/France/Germany/Brazil)
Piranhas [+see also:
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interview: Roberto Saviano
film profile] - Claudio Giovannesi
Suspiria [+see also:
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trailer
film profile] - Luca Guadagnino (Italy/United States)

Best Director
Marco Bellocchio - The Traitor
Edoardo De Angelis - The Vice of Hope [+see also:
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Claudio Giovannesi - Piranhas
Valeria Golino – Euphoria
Luca Guadagnino – Suspiria
Mario Martone - Capri-Revolution [+see also:
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interview: Mario Martone
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Matteo Rovere - Romulus & Remus - The First King

Best Debut Director
Leonardo D’Agostini - The Champion [+see also:
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interview: Leonardo D’Agostini
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Ciro D’Emilio - If Life Gives You Lemons [+see also:
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trailer
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Margherita Ferri - Zen sul ghiaccio sottile [+see also:
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Valerio Mastandrea – Ride [+see also:
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interview: Valerio Mastandrea
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Michela Occhipinti - Flesh Out [+see also:
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Best Subject Matter
Carla Cavalluzzi, Diego De Silva, Angelo Pasquini, Sergio Rubini - The Great Spirit [+see also:
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Stefano Massini - La prima pietra [+see also:
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Andrea Bassi, Nicola Guaglianone, Menotti - Non ci resta che il crimine [+see also:
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Bonifacio Angius - Wherever You Are [+see also:
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Paola Randi - Little Tito and the Aliens [+see also:
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interview: Paola Randi
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Best Screenplay
Francesca Marciano, Valia Santella, Valeria Golino, with the collaboration of Walter Siti – Euphoria
Edoardo De Angelis, Umberto Contarello - The Vice of Hope
Marco Bellocchio, Ludovica Rampoldi, Valia Santella, Francesco Piccolo, with the collaboration of Francesco La Licata- The Traitor
Maurizio Braucci, Roberto Saviano, Claudio Giovannesi - Piranhas
Roberto Andò, Angelo Pasquini, with the collaboration of Giacomo Bendotti - Una storia senza nome [+see also:
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Migliore commedia
Bangla [+see also:
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Welcome Back Mr. President [+see also:
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trailer
film profile] - Giancarlo Fontana, Giuseppe G. Stasi
An Almost Ordinary Summer [+see also:
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film profile] - Simone Godano
Dolceroma [+see also:
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film profile] - Fabio Resinaro
Lucia's Grace [+see also:
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trailer
film profile] - Gianni Zanasi

Best Producer
Bibi Film - Ricordi? [+see also:
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making of
interview: Valerio Mieli
film profile](Italy/France), Una storia senza nome, Lo spietato [+see also:
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film profile] (Italy/France)
Groenlandia Film - Romulus & Remus - The First King, The Champion
IBC Movie, Kavak Film - The Traitor
Indigo Film - Capri-Revolution
Palomar - Piranhas

Best Actor
Alessandro Borghi - Romulus & Remus - The First King
Andrea Carpenzano - The Champion
Pierfrancesco Favino - The Traitor
Marco Giallini, Valerio Mastandrea - Tomorrow's a New Day [+see also:
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making of
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Riccardo Scamarcio - Euphoria, The Invisible Witness, Lo spietato

Best Actress
Anna Foglietta - If Life Gives You Lemons
Marianna Fontana - Capri-Revolution
Micaela Ramazzotti - Una storia senza nome
Thony - Ordinary Happiness [+see also:
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Pina Turco - The Vice of Hope

Best Supporting Actor
Stefano Accorsi - The Champion
Alessio Lapice - Romulus & Remus - The First King
Luigi Lo Cascio, Fabrizio Ferracane - The Traitor
Edoardo Pesce - I'm not a Murderer [+see also:
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Benito Urgu - The Man Who Bought The Moon [+see also:
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film profile] (Italy/Albania/Argentina)

Best Supporting Actress
Marina Confalone - The Vice of Hope
Isabella Ferrari – Euphoria
Valeria Golino - The Summer House [+see also:
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interview: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
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Maria Paiato - The Invisible Witness
Anna Ferzetti - Tomorrow's a New Day

Best Comedy Actor
Stefano Fresi - C’è tempo [+see also:
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Paolo Calabresi, Guglielmo Poggi - Welcome Back Mr. President
Corrado Guzzanti - La prima pietra
Fabio De Luigi - When Mom Is Away [+see also:
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film profile], Let Me Introduce You to Sofia [+see also:
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Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Alessandro Gassmann - An Almost Ordinary Summer

Best Comedy Actress
Margherita Buy - The King's Musketeers [+see also:
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Paola Cortellesi - Ma cosa ci dice il cervello [+see also:
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Lucia Mascino - Favola [+see also:
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film profile], La prima pietra
Paola Minaccioni, Carla Signoris - Ma cosa ci dice il cervello
Alba Rohrwacher - Lucia's Grace

Best Photography
Daniele Ciprì - Romulus & Remus - The First King, Piranhas
Daria D'Antonio - Ricordi?
Michele D'Attanasio - Capri-Revolution
Alberto Fasulo – Menocchio the Heretic [+see also:
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Vlada Radovic - The Traitor

Best Set Design
Giancarlo Muselli - Capri-Revolution
Dimitri Capuani – Favola
Carmine Guarino - The Vice of Hope
Tonino Zera -             The King's Musketeers
Daniele Frabetti - Piranhas

Best Costume Design
Giulia Piersanti – Suspiria
Alessandro Lai - The King's Musketeers
Alberto Moretti - Non ci resta che il crimine
Ursula Patzak - Capri-Revolution
Daria Calvelli - The Traitor

Best Editing
Giorgio’ Franchini – Euphoria
Francesca Calvelli - The Traitor
Giuseppe Trepiccione - Piranhas
Walter Fasano – Suspiria
Desideria Rayner - Ricordi?

Best Live Sound
Alessandro Zanon - Capri-Revolution
Angelo Bonanni - Romulus & Remus - The First King

Gaetano Carito, Adriano Di Lorenzo - The Traitor
Emanuele Cicconi - Piranhas
Vincenzo Urselli - The Vice of Hope

Best Soundtrack
Gratis Dinner (Checco Zalone) - The King's Musketeers
Danilo Rea - C’è tempo
Enzo Avitabile - The Vice of Hope
Andrea Farri - Romulus & Remus - The First King
Nicola Piovani - The Traitor

Best Original Song
“La vitaaa” - Achille Tarallo [+see also:
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“L’anarchico” - Il banchiere anarchico [+see also:
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“A' speranza” - The Vice of Hope
“Nascosta in piena vista” - Lucia's Grace
“Tic tac” - We’ll Be Young and Beautiful [+see also:
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interview: Letizia Lamartire
film profile]

(Translated from Italian)