71st David di Donatello

71st David di Donatello
Date	6 May 2026
Site	Cinecittà, Rome, Italy
Hosted by	Bianca Balti Flavio Insinna
Organized by	Accademia del Cinema Italiano
Highlights
Best Picture	The Last One for the Road
Most awards	The Last One for the Road (8)
Most nominations	The Last One for the Road (16)
Television coverage
Network	Rai 1

The 71st David di Donatello ceremony, presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano, was held on 6 May 2026 at Cinecittà Studios in Rome.^[1] It will be hosted by Flavio Insinna and Bianca Balti.^[2] ^[3]

Winners and nominees

All nominees are listed below,^[4] and the winners are listed in bold.^[5]

Best Film The Last One for the Road; directed by Francesco Sossai The Tasters; directed by Silvio Soldini Five Seconds; directed by Paolo Virzì Fuori; directed by Mario Martone La grazia; directed by Paolo Sorrentino	Best Director Francesco Sossai – The Last One for the Road Gabriele Mainetti – Forbidden City Mario Martone – Fuori Silvio Soldini – The Tasters Paolo Sorrentino – La grazia
Best Directorial Debut Margherita Spampinato – Sweetheart Alissa Jung – Paternal Leave Alberto Palmiero – Tienimi presente Ludovica Rampoldi – Breve storia d'amore Greta Scarano – Siblings	Best Original Screenplay Francesco Sossai, Adriano Candiago – The Last One for the Road Francesco Bruni, Carlo Virzì, Paolo Virzì – Five Seconds Letizia Russo, Guido Silei, Pietro Marcello – Duse Paolo Sorrentino – La grazia Margherita Spampinato – Sweetheart
Best Adapted Screenplay Doriana Leondeff, Silvio Soldini, Lucio Ricca, Cristina Comencini, Giulia Calenda, Ilaria Macchia – The Tasters Vincenzo Alfieri, Giuseppe G. Stasi – 40 secondi Leonardo Di Costanzo, Bruno Oliviero, Valia Santella – Elisa Mario Martone, Ippolita Di Majo – Fuori Ludovica Rampoldi – Primavera	Best Producer Marta Donzelli, Gregorio Paonessa (Vivo Film) in collaboration with Philipp Kreuzer (Maze Pictures), Cecilia Trautvetter – The Last One for the Road Lionello Cerri, Cristiana Mainardi (Lumière & Co.); in collaboration with Joseph Rouschop (Tarantula); Katrin Renz, Stefan Jäger (Tellfilm) – The Tasters Carlo Degli Esposti, Nicola Serra, Marco Grifoni (Palomar), Benedetta Cappon (Avventurosa) in collaboration with Alexandra Henochsberg, Pierre-François Piet (Ad Vitam Films) – Duse Benedetta Scagnelli, Alessio Pasqua, Gianluca Arcopinto, Claudio Cofrancesco (Yagi Media); in collaboration with Paolo Butini, Ivan Caso, Filippo Barracco – Sweetheart Andrea Occhipinti (Lucky Red), Marco Alessi (Dugong Films); in collaboration with Beatrice Bulgari (Eolo Film Productions) – Bravo Bene!
Best Actress Aurora Quattrocchi – Sweetheart Valeria Bruni Tedeschi – Duse Anna Ferzetti – La grazia Valeria Golino – Fuori Tecla Insolia – Primavera Barbara Ronchi – Elisa	Best Actor Sergio Romano – The Last One for the Road Pierpaolo Capovilla – The Last One for the Road Valerio Mastandrea – Five Seconds Claudio Santamaria – Il nibbio Toni Servillo – La grazia
Best Supporting Actress Matilda De Angelis – Fuori Valeria Golino – Breve storia d'amore Valeria Bruni Tedeschi – Five Seconds Silvia D'Amico – Three Goodbyes Milvia Marigliano – La grazia Barbara Ronchi – Diva Futura	Best Supporting Actor Lino Musella – Feeling Better Roberto Citran – The Last One for the Road Francesco Gheghi – 40 secondi Vinicio Marchioni – Tired of Killing: Autobiography of an Assassin Andrea Pennacchi – The Last One for the Road Fausto Russo Alesi – Duse
Best Casting Adriano Candiago – The Last One for the Road Marco Matteo Donat-Cattin, Federica Baglioni – 40 secondi Laura Muccino, Liza Stutzky – The Tasters Anna Maria Sambucco, Massimo Appolloni – La grazia Margherita Spampinato, Giulia Tarquini – Sweetheart	Best Cinematography Paolo Carnera – Forbidden City Renato Berta – The Tasters Daria D'Antonio – La grazia Marco Graziaplena – Duse Massimiliano Kuveiller – The Last One for the Road
Best Composer Fabio Massimo Capogrosso – Primavera Franco Amurri – Forbidden City Krano – The Last One for the Road Mauro Pagani – The Tasters Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross – Queer	Best Original Song "Ti" – Marco Spigariol (Krano) from The Last One for the Road "Arrivederci tristezza" – Brunori Sas from Arrivederci tristezza "La prostata enflamada" – Luca Medici (Checco Zalone), Antonio Iammarino from Buen Camino "Follemente" – Claudia Lagona (Levante) from Madly "Vaster than Empires" – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, William Burroughs, Caetano Veloso from Queer
Production Design Andrea Castorina, Marco Martucci – Forbidden City Paula Muthen, Emilia Bonsembiante – The Last One for the Road Paola Bizzarri, Igor Gabriel – The Tasters Gaspare De Pascali, Carlotta Desmann – Duse Ludovica Ferrario, Laura Casalini – La grazia	Best Costumes Maria Rita Barbera, Gaia Calderone – Primavera Susanna Mastroianni – Forbidden City Ursula Patzak – Duse Carlo Poggioli – La grazia Marina Roberti – The Tasters
Best Make-up Esmé Sciaroni – The Tasters Maurizio Fazzini – Duse Paola Gattabrusi – La grazia Vincenzo Mastrantonio, Adele Di Trani, Emanuele De Luca – Primavera Fernanda Perez, Jason Hamer – Queer	Best Hairstyling Marta Iacoponi – Primavera Teresa Di Serio – My Tennis Maestro Massimo Gattabrusi – Queer Samankta Mura – The Tasters Marco Perna – Fuori
Best Editing Paolo Cottignola – The Last One for the Road Vincenzo Alfieri – 40 secondi Francesco Di Stefano – Forbidden City Giogiò Franchini – My Tennis Maestro Jacopo Quadri – Fuori Cristiano Travaglioli – La grazia	Best Sound Gianluca Scarlata, Davide Favargiotti, Daniele Quadroli, Nadia Paone – Primavera Angelo Bonanni, Giulio Previ, Mirko Perri, Michele Mazzucco – Forbidden City Maricetta Lombardo, Silvia Moreas, Piergiorgio De Luca, Giancarlo Rutigliano – Fuori Antoine Vandendriessche, Daniela Bassan, Stefano Grosso, Giancarlo Rutigliano – The Tasters Marco Zambrano, Francesco Mauro, Sebastian Pablo Poloni, Francesco Tumminello – The Last One for the Road
Best Visual Effects Stefano Leoni, Andrea Lo Priore – Forbidden City Gaia Bussolati, Enrico Bernocchi – The Return Marco Fiorani Parenzi, Virginia Cefaly – Queer Rodolfo Migliari, Lena Di Gennaro – La grazia Giuseppe Squillaci, Daniele Mischianti – The Holy Boy	Best Documentary Roberto Rossellini - Più di una vita by Ilaria De Laurentiis, Andrea Paolo Massara, Raffaele Brunetti Bobò by Pippo Delbono Ferdinando Scianna - Il fotografo dell'ombra by Roberto Andò Below the Clouds by Gianfranco Rosi Toni, mio padre by Anna Negri
Best Short Film Everyday in Gaza by Omar Rammal Astronauta by Giorgio Giampà Ciao, Varsavia by Diletta Di Nicolantonio Festa in famiglia by Nadir Taji Tempi supplementari by Matteo Memè	Best International Film One Battle After Another The Brutalist I'm Still Here It Was Just an Accident The Voice of Hind Rajab
Young David The Tasters by Silvio Soldini 40 secondi by Vincenzo Alfieri La grazia by Paolo Sorrentino The Last One for the Road by Francesco Sossai Per te by Alessandro Aronadio

References

Goodfellow, Melanie (1 April 2026). "David Di Donatello Awards: 'The Last One For The Road' Leads Nominations For 71st Edition". Deadline Hollywood.
"David di Donatello 2026, Bianca Balti e Flavio Insinna conduttori: i film candidati, le nomination e dove vederlo". Il Messaggero. 1 April 2026.
Goodfellow, Melanie (6 May 2026). "David di Donatello 2026 Winners". Deadline. Retrieved 7 May 2026.
Ciofani, Lorenzo (1 April 2026). "David di Donatello 2026, Le città di pianura in testa con 16 candidature". Cinematografo.it.
"Vincitori David di Donatello 2026, tutti i premi". Sky TG24 (in Italian). 7 May 2026. Retrieved 7 May 2026.

External links

Official website