61st David di Donatello explained

Number:	61
Award:	David di Donatello
Date:	18 April 2016
Site:	De Paolis Studios, Rome, Italy
Host:	Alessandro Cattelan
Best Picture:	Perfect Strangers
Most Wins:	They Call Me Jeeg (8)
Network:	Sky Cinema
Most Nominations:	They Call Me Jeeg (17)
Last:	60th
Next:	62nd

The 61st David di Donatello ceremony, presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano, was held on 18 April 2016 to honor the best in Italian cinema in 2015.^{[1] [2]}

Winners and nominees

Perfect Strangers – directed by Paolo Genovese. Don't Be Bad – directed by Claudio Caligari Fire at Sea – directed by Gianfranco Rosi Tale of Tales – directed by Matteo Garrone Youth – directed by Paolo Sorrentino	They Call Me Jeeg – Gabriele Mainetti for Goon Films with Rai Cinema Don't Be Bad – Paolo Bogna, Simone Isola and Valerio Mastandrea for Kimerafilm, Rai Cinema and Taodue Film, associate producer Pietro Valsecchi, in collaboration with Leone Film Group Fire at Sea – 21uno Film, Stemal Entertainment, Istituto Luce Cinecittà, Rai Cinema, and Les Films d'Ici with Arte France Cinéma Tale of Tales – Archimede and Rai Cinema Youth – Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima and Carlotta Calori for Indigo Film
Matteo Garrone – Tale of Tales Claudio Caligari – Don't Be Bad Paolo Genovese – Perfect Strangers Gianfranco Rosi – Fire at Sea Paolo Sorrentino – Youth	Gabriele Mainetti – They Call Me Jeeg Alberto Caviglia – Burning Love Carlo Lavagna – Arianna Piero Messina – The Wait Francesco Miccichè and Fabio Bonifacci – Them Who? Adriano Valerio – Banat
Claudio Santamaria – They Call Me Jeeg as Enzo Ceccotti Alessandro Borghi – Don't Be Bad as Vittorio Marco Giallini – Perfect Strangers as Rocco Luca Marinelli – Don't Be Bad as Cesare Valerio Mastandrea – Perfect Strangers as Lele	Ilenia Pastorelli – They Call Me Jeeg as Alessia Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey – Alaska as Nadine Juliette Binoche – The Wait as Anna Paola Cortellesi – The Last Will Be the Last as Luciana Colacci Sabrina Ferilli – Me, Myself and Her as Marina Baldi Anna Foglietta – Perfect Strangers as Carlotta Valeria Golino – Per amor vostro as Anna Ruotolo
Luca Marinelli – They Call Me Jeeg as Fabio Cannizzaro / Zingaro Giuseppe Battiston – The Complexity of Happiness as Carlo Bernini Fabrizio Bentivoglio – The Last Will Be the Last as Antonio Zanzotto Valerio Binasco – Alaska as Sandro Alessandro Borghi – Suburra as Aureliano Adami / Number 8	Antonia Truppo – They Call Me Jeeg as Nuniza Sonia Bergamasco – Quo vado? as Dr. Sironi Claudia Cardinale – Ultima fermata as Rosa Piera Degli Esposti – Solo as Dr. Grunewald Elisabetta De Vito – Don't Be Bad as Madre di Cesare
Perfect Strangers – Filippo Bologna, Paolo Costella, Paolo Genovese, Paola Mammini and Rolando Ravello Don't Be Bad – Claudio Caligari, Giordano Meacci and Francesca Serafini Tale of Tales – Edoardo Albinati, Ugo Chiti, Matteo Garrone and Massimo Gaudioso They Call Me Jeeg – Nicola Guaglianone and Menotti Youth – Paolo Sorrentino	Tale of Tales – Peter Suschitzky Don't Be Bad – Maurizio Calvesi Suburra – Paolo Carnera They Call Me Jeeg – Michele D'Attanasio Youth – Luca Bigazzi
Tale of Tales – Dimitri Capuani and Alessia Anfuso The Correspondence – Maurizio Sabatini Don't Be Bad – Giada Calabria Suburra – Paki Meduri They Call Me Jeeg – Massimiliano Sturiale Youth – Ludovica Ferrario	Youth – David Lang The Correspondence – Ennio Morricone Don't Be Bad – Paolo Vivaldi and Alessandro Sartini Tale of Tales – Alexandre Desplat They Call Me Jeeg – Michele Braga and Gabriele Mainetti
"Simple Song #3" from Youth – Music and lyrics by David Lang; performed by Sumi Jo "A cuor leggero" from Don't Be Bad – Music, lyrics and performed by Riccardo Sinigallia "Perfetti sconosciuti" from Perfect Strangers – Music by Bungaro and Cesare Chiodo; lyrics and performed by Fiorella Mannoia "La prima Repubblica" from Quo Vado? – Music, lyrics and performed by Checco Zalone "Torta di noi" from The Complexity of Happiness – Music, lyrics and performed by Niccolò Contessa	They Call Me Jeeg – Andrea Maguolo and Federico Conforti Fire at Sea – Jacopo Quadri Perfect Strangers – Consuelo Catucci Suburra – Patrizio Marone Youth – Cristiano Travaglioli
Don't Be Bad – Angelo Bonanni Perfect Strangers – Umberto Montesanti Tale of Tales – Maricetta Lombardo They Call Me Jeeg – Valentino Giannì Youth – Emanuele Cecere	Tale of Tales – Massimo Cantini Parrini The Correspondence – Gemma Mascagni Don't Be Bad – Chiara Ferrantini They Call Me Jeeg – Mary Montalto Youth – Carlo Poggioli
Tale of Tales – Makinarium Game Therapy – EDI Italian Digital Effects Suburra – Visualogie They Call Me Jeeg – Chromatica Youth – Peerless	Tale of Tales – Gino Tamagnini, Valter Casotto and Luigi D'Andrea The Correspondence – Enrico Iacoponi Don't Be Bad – Lidia Minì They Call Me Jeeg – Giulio Pezza Youth – Maurizio Silvi
Tale of Tales – Francesco Pegoretti The Correspondence – Elena Gregorini Don't Be Bad – Sharim Sabatini They Call Me Jeeg – Angelo Vannella Youth – Aldo Signoretti	S Is for Stanley – directed by Alex Infascelli I bambini sanno – directed by Walter Veltroni Harry's Bar – directed by Carlotta Cerquetti The Other Side – directed by Roberto Minervini Revelstoke: A Kiss in the Wind – directed by Nicola Moruzzi
Bellissima – directed by Alessandro Capitani A metà luce – directed by Laura Gigante Per Anna – directed by Andrea Zuliani La ballata dei senzatetto – directed by Monica Manganelli Where Water Comes Together with Other Water – directed by Gianluca Mangiasciutti and Massimo Loi	Son of Saul (Hungary) – directed by László Nemes 45 Years (United Kingdom) – directed by Andrew Haigh The Brand New Testament (Belgium/France/Luxembourg) – directed by Jaco Van Dormael The Danish Girl (United Kingdom / United States) – directed by Tom Hooper A Perfect Day (Spain) – directed by Fernando León de Aranoa
Bridges of Spies (United States/Germany/UK) – directed by Steven Spielberg Carol (United States/UK) – directed by Todd Haynes Inside Out (United States) – directed by Pete Docter Remember (Canada/Germany) – directed by Atom Egoyan Spotlight (United States) – directed by Todd Haynes	The Correspondence – directed by Giuseppe Tornatore Alaska – directed by Claudio Cupellini Don't Be Bad – directed by Claudio Caligari The Last Will Be the Last – directed by Massimiliano Bruno Quo Vado? – directed by Gennaro Nunziante
Gina Lollobrigida Taviani Brothers

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2016-03-22 . Sorpresa David: pieno di nomination "Jeeg Robot" e "Non essere cattivo" . Spettacoli - La Repubblica.
2. Web site: 'Jeeg Robot', 'Tale Of Tales' win big at Italy's David di Donatello Awards. screendaily.