67th David di Donatello explained

Number:	67
Award:	David di Donatello
Date:	3 May 2022
Site:	Cinecittà Rome, Italy
Host:	Carlo Conti Drusilla Foer
Best Picture:	The Hand of God
Most Wins:	Freaks Out (6)
Network:	Rai 1
Most Nominations:	The Hand of God and Freaks Out (16)
Duration:	2 hours, 37 minutes^[1]
Last:	66th
Next:	68th

The 67th David di Donatello ceremony, presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano, honored the best in Italian cinema released from 1 March 2021 to 28 February 2022 at Cinecittà Studios in Rome.^[2] The ceremony was hosted by presenters Carlo Conti and Drusilla Foer.^[3]

Drama film The Hand of God won five awards, including Best Film.^[4] Meanwhile, historical-fantasy film Freaks Out won the most awards with six.^[5]

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).^[6] The nominations were announced on 4 April 2022.^[7]

The Hand of God – Paolo Sorrentino, director Ennio – Giuseppe Tornatore, director Freaks Out – Gabriele Mainetti, director The Inner Cage – Leonardo Di Costanzo, director The King of Laughter – Mario Martone, director	Freaks Out – Andrea Occhipinti, Stefano Massenzi, Mattia Guerra and Gabriele Mainetti, producers; Goon Films, Lucky Red, Rai Cinema and Gapbusters, production companies A Chiara – Jon Coplon, Ryan Zacarias, Paolo Carpignano and Jonas Carpignano, producers; Stayblack Productions and Rai Cinema, production companies The Hand of God – Paolo Sorrentino and Lorenzo Mieli, producers; The Apartment, production company The Inner Cage – Carlo Cresto-Dina and Michela Pini, producers; Tempesta, AMKA and Rai Cinema, production companies The King of Laughter – Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima and Carlotta Calori, producers; Indigo Film and Rai Cinema, production companies
Paolo Sorrentino – The Hand of God Gabriele Mainetti – Freaks Out Giuseppe Tornatore – Ennio Leonardo Di Costanzo – The Inner Cage Mario Martone – The King of Laughter	Laura Samani – Small Body Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis – The Tale of King Crab Francesco Costabile – Gianluca Jodice – The Bad Poet Maura Delpero – Maternal
Silvio Orlando – The Inner Cage as Carmine Lagidia Elio Germano – America Latina as Massimo Sisti Filippo Scotti – The Hand of God as Fabietto Schisa Franz Rogowski – Freaks Out as Franz Toni Servillo – The King of Laughter as Eduardo Scarpetta	Swamy Rotolo – A Chiara as Chiara Aurora Giovinazzo – Freaks Out as Matilde Maria Nazionale – The King of Laughter as Rosa de Filippo-Scarpetta Miriam Leone – Diabolik as Eva Kant Rosa Palasciano – Giulia as Giulia
Eduardo Scarpetta – The King of Laughter as Vincenzo Scarpetta Fabrizio Ferracane – The Inner Cage as Franco Coletti Pietro Castellitto – Freaks Out as Cencio Toni Servillo – The Hand of God as Saverio Schisa Valerio Mastandrea – Diabolik as Ginko	Teresa Saponangelo – The Hand of God as Maria Schisa Cristiana Dell'Anna – The King of Laughter as Luisa de Filippo Luisa Ranieri – The Hand of God as Patrizia Susy Del Giudice – I fratelli De Filippo as Luisa de Filippo Vanessa Scalera – A Girl Returned as Mother
The Inner Cage – Leonardo Di Costanzo, Bruno Oliviero and Valia Santella A Chiara – Jonas Carpignano Freaks Out – Nicola Guaglianone and Gabriele Mainetti The Hand of God – Paolo Sorrentino The King of Laughter – Mario Martone and Ippolita di Majo	A Girl Returned – Monica Zapelli and Donatella Di Pietrantonio; based on the novel by Di Pietrantonio The Catholic School – Massimo Gaudioso, Luca Infascelli and Stefano Mordini; based on the novel by Edoardo Albinati Diabolik – Manetti Bros. and Michelangelo La Neve; based on the comic series by Angela and Luciana Giussani Land of the Sons – Filippo Gravino, Guido Iuculano and Claudio Cupellini; based on the graphic novel by Gipi Three Floors – Nanni Moretti, Valia Santella and Federica Pontremoli; based on the novel Shalosh Qomot by Eshkol Nevo – Lirio Abbate, Serena Brugnolo, Adriano Chiarelli and Francesco Costabile; based on the book Fimmine ribelli by Abbate
Freaks Out – Michele D'Attanasio The Hand of God – Daria D'Antonio America Latina – Paolo Carnera The Inner Cage – Luca Bigazzi The King of Laughter – Renato Berta	Freaks Out – Massimiliano Sturiale and Ilaria Fallacara Diabolik – Noemi Marchica and Maria Michela De Domenico The Hand of God – Carmine Guarino and Iole Autero The Inner Cage – Luca Servino and Susanna Abenavoli The King of Laughter – Giancarlo Muselli, Carlo Rescigno, Laura Casalini and Francesco Fonda
I fratelli De Filippo – Nicola Piovani America Latina – Verdena A Chiara – Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin Diabolik – Pivio and Aldo De Scalzi Freaks Out – Michele Braga and Gabriele Mainetti The Inner Cage – Pasquale Scialo	"La profondità degli abissi" from Diabolik – Music, Lyrics and Performed by Manuel Agnelli "Faccio 'A Polka" from I fratelli De Filippo – Music by Nicola Piovani; Lyrics by Nicola Piovani and Dodo Gagliarde; Performed by Anna Ferraioli Ravel "Just You" from A Girl Returned – Music and Lyrics by Giuliano Taviani and Carmelo Travia; Performed by Marianna Travia "Nei tuoi occhi" from Marilyn's Eyes – Music by Francesca Michielin and Andrea Farri; Lyrics and Performed by Francesca Michielin "Piccolo corpo" from Small Body – Music by Fredrika Stahl; Lyrics by Laura Samani; Performed by Celeste Cescutti and choir
Ennio – Massimo Quaglia and Annalisa Schillaci A Chiara – Affonso Gonçalves The Hand of God – Cristiano Travaglioli The Inner Cage – Carlotta Cristiani The King of Laughter – Jacopo Quadri	Ennio – Gilberto Martinelli, Fabio Venturi, Francesco Vallocchia and Gianni Pallotto Freaks Out – Angelo Bonanni, Diego de Santis, Davide Favargiotti, Mirko Perri and Franco Piscopo The Hand of God – Emanuele Cecere, Francesco Sabez, Silvia Moraes, Mirko Perri and Michele Mazzucco The Inner Cage – Xavier Lavorel, Pierre Collodin, Daniela Bassani and Maxence Ciekawy The King of Laughter – Alessandro Zanon, Alessandro Palmerini, Silvia Moraes, Gianluca Gasparrini and Giancarlo Rutigliano
The King of Laughter – Ursula Patzak Diabolik – Ginevra De Carolis Freaks Out – Mary Montalto The Hand of God – Mariano Tufano I fratelli De Filippo – Maurizio Millenotti	Freaks Out – Stefano Leoni A Classic Horror Story – Nuccio Canino Diabolik – Simone Silvestri The Hand of God – Rodolfo Migliari Land of the Sons – Rodolfo Migliari and Roberto Saba
Freaks Out – Diego Prestopino, Emanuele de Luca and Davide de Luca Diabolik – Francesca Lodoli The Hand of God – Vincenzo Mastrantonio I fratelli De Filippo – Maurizio Nardi The King of Laughter – Alessandro D'Anna	Freaks Out – Marco Perna 7 Women and a Murder – Alberta Giuliani A Chiara – Giuseppina Rotolo Diabolik – Luca Pompozzi I fratelli De Filippo – Francesco Pegoretti
Ennio – Giuseppe Tornatore, director Atlantide – Yuri Ancarani, director Futura – Alice Rohrwacher, Francesco Munzi and Pietro Marcello, directors Marx Can Wait – Marco Bellocchio, director Onde radicali – Gianfranco Pannone, director	Maestrale – Nico Bonomolo, director Closing Time – Tommaso Santambrogio, director Diorama – Camilla Carè, director Pilgrims – Farnoosh Samadi and Ali Asgari, directors Roman Nights – Valerio Ferrara, director
Belfast – Kenneth Branagh, director Don't Look Up – Adam McKay, director Drive My Car – Ryusuke Hamaguchi, director Dune – Denis Villeneuve, director The Power of the Dog – Jane Campion, director	The Hand of God – Paolo Sorrentino, director Diabolik – Manetti Bros., directors Ennio – Giuseppe Tornatore, director Freaks Out – Gabriele Mainetti, director Like a Cat on a Highway 2 – Riccardo Milani, director
Giovanna Ralli (Career David) Sabrina Ferilli Antonio Capuano	Me contro Te: Il film - Il mistero della scuola incantata for garnering 805,559 spectators^[8]

Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations

Nominations	Film
16	Freaks Out
	The Hand of God
14	The King of Laughter
11	Diabolik
	The Inner Cage
6	A Chiara
	Ennio
	I fratelli De Filippo
3	America Latina
	A Girl Returned
2	Small Body
	Land of the Sons

Films that received multiple awards

Awards	Film
6	Freaks Out
5	The Hand of God
3	Ennio
2	The Inner Cage
	The King of Laughter

Notes and References

1. Web site: David di Donatello 2022. 15 November 2022.
2. Web site: David di Donatello 2022, tutte le candidature. RAI. 14 November 2022. 4 April 2022.
3. Web site: David di Donatello 2022, cosa c'è da sapere sulla cerimonia in diretta tv con Carlo Conti e Drusilla Foer. Today. 3 May 2022. 14 November 2022.
4. Web site: Paolo Sorrentino's 'The Hand Of God' Named Best Film At Italy's David Di Donatello Awards. Deadline Hollywood. 3 May 2022. 14 November 2022. Nancy. Tartaglione.
5. Web site: 'The Hand Of God', 'Freaks Out' triumph at Italy's David di Donatello awards. Screen International. 4 May 2022. 14 November 2022. Gabriele. Niola.
6. Web site: David di Donatello 2022: la lista completa dei vincitori. Rolling Stone Italia. 4 May 2022. 14 November 2022.
7. Web site: David di Donatello Awards 2022 – Nominees. Variety. 30 April 2022. 15 November 2022. Nick. Vivarelli.
8. Web site: 'Me contro Te', il film si aggiudica il David dello Spettatore. La Repubblica. 25 April 2022. 15 November 2022.