12/04/2005

Giovanni Veronesi is up against Ferzan Ozpetek heading the list of the most nominations for the prestigious David di Donatello awards, the Italian equivalent of the Oscars. Manuale d'amore and Cuore sacro both have 12 nominations apiece.

Also competing in the Best Film category are Paolo Sorrentino with Le conseguenze dell'amore and Davide Ferrario with After Midnight. They both have a total of 10 nominations. Following on is Gianni Amelio with The Keys to the House (7 nominations) and the Frazzi twins with Certi bambini, nominated in 4 categories.

The Davids' award ceremony will be on April 29, broadcast live on RAI Uno.

Here are the nominations in the main categories:

BEST DIRECTORIAL DEBUT

Saverio Costanzo (Private)

Paolo Franchi (La spettatrice)

David Greco (Evilenko)

Stefano Mordini (Provincia Meccanica)

Paolo Vari and Antonio Bocola (The Munchies)

BEST ACTOR

Stefano Accorsi (Provincia Meccanica)

Giorgio Pasotti (After Midnight)

Kim Rossi Stuart (The Keys to the House)

Toni Servillo (Le conseguenze dell'amore)

Luca Zingaretti (Alla luce del sole).

BEST ACTRESS

Barbora Bobulova (Cuore sacro)

Sandra Ceccarelli (La vita che vorrei)

Valentina Cervi (Provincia Meccanica)

Maya Sansa (L'amore ritrovato)

Maria de Medeiros (Il resto di niente)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Carlo Verdone (Manuale d'amore)

Silvio Muccino (Manuale d'amore)

Raffaele Pisu (Le conseguenze dell'amore)

Fabio Troiano (Dopo mezzanotte)

Johnny Dorelli (Ma quando arrivano le ragazze?)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Margherita Buy (Manuale d'amore)

Erica Blanc (Cuore sacro)

Lisa Gastoni (Cuore sacro)

Giovanna Mezzogiorno (L'amore ritorna)

Galatea Ranzi (La vita che vorrei)

BEST SCREENPLAY

Ugo Chiti e Giovanni Veronesi (Manuale d'amore)

Paolo Sorrentino (Le conseguenze dell'amore)

Gianni Romoli e Ferzan Ozpetek (Cuore Sacro)

Davide Ferrario (Dopo mezzanotte)

Gianni Amelio, Stefano Rulli and Sandro Petraglia (The Keys to the House)

BEST FOREIGN FILM

Million Dollar Baby by Clint Eastwood

2046 by Wong Kar-wai

3 Iron by Kim Ki-duk

Hotel Rwanda by Terry George

Ray by Taylor Hackford

BEST FILM FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION

The Choir by Christophe Barratier

The Sea Inside by Alejandro Amenabar

The Merchant of Venice by Michael Radford

Vera Drake by Mike Leigh

Head-On by Fatih Akin