Paola Cortellesi’s ‘There’s Still Tomorrow’ Leads Italy’s Donatello Awards Nominations

Scott Roxborough
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Paola Cortellesi’s There’s Still Tomorrow, a black-and-white feminist comedy that became the top-grossing film in Italy last year, is the frontrunner for the 2024 David Di Donatello Awards, Italy’s equivalent to the Oscars, with 19 nominations, including for best film.

Cortellesi picked up a Donatello nomination for best directorial debut for There’s Still Tomorrow, which outpaced Barbie at the local box office and became an Italian cultural phenomenon. She also scored noms for best actress and best original script for the film, which she co-wrote with Furio Andreotti and Giulia Calenda.

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Matteo Garrone’s refugee drama Io Capitano, an Oscar nominee this year for Italy in the best international feature category, picked up 15 Donatello nominations, including for best film and best director for Garrone.

Alice Rohrwacher’s grave robber drama La Chimera received 13 nominations, including for best film, best director, and a best actor for star Josh O’Connor. Marco Bellocchio’s Kidnapped, a drama about the true story of a Jewish boy taken from his family and forced to convert to Catholicism, picked up 11 nominations, including for best film and best director. Completing the best film nominees is Nanni Moretti’s latest, A Brighter Tomorrow, which napped a total of 7 nominations.

The Donatello’s best international film nominees include Christopher Nolan and Justine Triet’s Oscar winners Oppenheimer and Anatomy of a Fall, up against Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, Aki Kaurismäki’s droll Finnish dramedy Fallen Leaves, and the Spanish-set thriller The Beasts from director Rodrigo Sorogoyen.

The 69th David di Donatello Awards will be held on May 3 at the legendary Cinecittà studios in Rome and broadcast live on Italian public broadcaster Rai 1.

Check out the full list of nominees below:

Best Film

There’s Still Tomorrow
A Better Tomorrow
Io Capitano
La Chimera
Kidnapped

Best Director

A Better Tomorrow Nanni Moretti
Io Capitano Matteo Garrone
Last Night of Amore Andrea Di Stefano
La Chimera Alice Rohrwacher
Kidnapped Marco Bellocchio

Best Directorial Debut

There’s Still Tomorrow Paola Cortellesi
Disco Boy Giacomo Abbruzzese
Felicita Micaela Ramazzotti
Palazzina Laf Michele Riondino
Fireworks Giuseppe Fiorello

Best Original Screenplay

There’s Still Tomorrow Furio Andreotti, Giulia Calenda, Paola Cortellesi
A Better Tomorrow Francesca Marciano, Nanni Moretti, Federica Pontremoli, Valia Santella
Io Capitano Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso, Massimo Ceccherini, Andrea Tagliaferri
La Chimera Alice Rohrwacher
Palazzina Laf Maurizio Braucci, Michele Riondino

Best Non-Original Screenplay

Scarlet Pietro Marcello, Maurizio Braucci, Maud Ameline
Lubo Giorgio Diritti, Fredo Valla
Misericordia Emma Dante, Elena Stancanelli, Giorgio Vasta
Mixed By Erry Armando Festa, Sydney Sibilia
Kidnapped Marco Bellocchio, Susanna Nicchiarelli

Best Producer

There’s Still Tomorrow Mario Gianani and Lorenzo Gangarossa for Wildside/ Fremantle; Vision Distribution, in collaboration with Sky and Netflix
Comandante Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima, Carlotta Calori, Viola Prestieri for Indigo Film; Pierpaolo Verga and Edoardo De Angelis for O’ Groove; Paolo Del Brocco for Rai Cinema; Attilio De Razza for Tramp Limited; Mariagiovanna De Angelis for Vgroove; Antonio Miyakawa for Wise Pictures
Disco Boy Giulia Achilli, Marco Alessi, Lionel Massol, Pauline Seigland, André Logie
Io Capitano Archimede, Rai Cinema, Pathé, Tarantula
La Chimera Carlo Cresto-Dina for Rai Cinema

Best Actress in a Leading Role

There’s Still Tomorrow Paola Cortellesi
Like Sheep Among Wolves Isabella Ragonese
Felicita Micaela Ramazzotti
Last Night of Amore Linda Caridi
Kidnapped Barbara Ronchi

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Valerio Mastandrea for There’s Still Tomorrow
Antonio Albanese for Cento Domeniche
Pierfrancesco Favino for Comandante
Josh O’Connor for La Chimera
Michele Riondino for Palazzina Laf

Best Supporting Actress

Emanuela Fanelli for There’s Still Tomorrow
Romana Maggiora Vergano for There’s Still Tomorrow
Barbora Bobulova for A Better Tomorrow
Alba Rohrwacher for La Chimera
Isabella Rossellini for La Chimera

Best Supporting Actor

Adriano Giannini for Adagio
Giorgio Colangeli for There’s Still Tomorrow
Vinicio Marchioni for There’s Still Tomorrow
Silvio Orlando for A Better Tomorrow
Elio Germano for Palazzina Laf

Best Cinematography

Davide Leone for There’s Still Tomorrow
Ferran Paredes Rubio for Comandante
Paolo Carnera for Io Capitano
Hélène Louvart for La Chimera
Francesco Di Giacomo for Kidnapped

Best Composer

Subsonica for Adagio
Lele Marchitelli for There’s Still Tomorrow
Franco Piersanti for A Better Tomorrow
Andrea Farri for Io Capitano
Santi Pulvirenti for Last Night of Amore

Best Original Song

Adagio
Il più bel secolo della mia vita
Io Capitano
Mixed by Erry
Palazzina Laf

Best Production Design

Paola Comencini, Fiorella Cicolini for There’s Still Tomorrow
Carmine Guarino, Iole Autero for Comandante
Dimitri Capuani, Roberta Troncarelli for Io Capitano
Emita Frigato, Rachele Meliadò for La Chimera
Andrea Castorina, Valeria Vecellio for Kidnapped

Best Costume

Alberto Moretti for There’s Still Tomorrow
Massimo Cantini Parrini for Comandante
Stefano Ciammitti for Io Capitano
Loredana Buscemi for La Chimera
Sergio Ballo, Daria Calvelli for Kidnapped

Best Make Up

Antonello Resch, Lorenzo Tamburini, Michele Salgaro Vaccaro, Francesca Galafassi for Adagio
Ermanno Spera for There’s Still Tomorrow
Paola Gattabrusi, Lorenzo Tamburini for Comandante
Dalia Colli, Roberta Martorina for Io Capitano
Enrico Iacoponi for Kidnapped

Best Hairstyle

Teresa Di Serio for There’s Still Tomorrow
Massimo Gattabrusi for Comandante
Stefano Ciammitti, Dalia Colli for Io Capitano
Daniela Tartari for La Chimera
Alberta Giuliani for Kidnapped

Best Costume Design

Valentina Mariani for There’s Still Tomorrow
Marco Spoletini for Io Capitano
Giogio’ Franchini for The Last Night of Amore
Nelly Quettier for La Chimera
Francesca Calvelli, Stefano Mariotti for Kidnapped

Best Sound

There’s Still Tomorrow
Comandante
A Brighter Tomorrow
Io Capitano
La Chimera

Best VFX

Stefano Leoni, Flaminia Maltese for Adagio
Kevin Tod Haug, Stacey Dodge for Comandante
Fabio Tomassetti, Daniele Tomassetti for Denti da squalo
Laurent Creusot, Massimo Cipollina for Io Capitano
Rodolfo Migliari, Lena Di Gennaro for Kidnapped

Best Documentary

Enzo Jannacci: Vengo Anch’io Giorgio Verdelli
Io noi e Gaber Riccardo Milani
Laggiù qualcuno mi ama Mario Martone
MUR Kasia Smutniak
Roma Santa e Dannata Daniele Ciprì

Best International Film

Anatomy of a Fall Justine Triet
The Beasts Rodrigo Sorogoyen
Fallen Leaves Aki Kaurismäki
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
Oppenheimer Christopher Nolan

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