48th David di Donatello

48th David di Donatello
48th David di Donatello
Date	9 April 2003
Site	Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome
Hosted by	Lorella Cuccarini; Massimo Ghini
Highlights
Best Picture	Facing Windows
Most awards	Facing Windows (5)
Most nominations	Facing Windows (11)
Television coverage
Network	Rai 2
	← 47th; David di Donatello; 49th →;

The 48th David di Donatello ceremony, presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano, was held on 9 April 2003.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Winners and nominees

Best Film

Facing Windows, directed by Ferzan Özpetek
Remember Me, My Love, directed by Gabriele Muccino
The Embalmer, directed by Matteo Garrone
My Mother's Smile, directed by Marco Bellocchio
Respiro, directed by Emanuele Crialese

Best Producer

Domenico Procacci – Respiro
Domenico Procacci – Remember Me, My Love
Elda Ferri – The Soul Keeper
Domenico Procacci – The Embalmer
Gianni Romoli, Tilde Corsi – Facing Windows

Best Director

Pupi Avati – Incantato
Gabriele Muccino – Remember Me, My Love
Marco Bellocchio – My Mother's Smile
Matteo Garrone – The Embalmer
Ferzan Özpetek – Facing Windows

Best New Director

Daniele Vicari – Maximum Velocity (V-Max)
Francesco Falaschi – I Am Emma
Michele Mellara, Alessandro Rossi – Fortezza Bastiani
Marco Simon Puccioni – Quello che cerchi
Spiro Scimone, Francesco Sframeli – Two Friends

Best Actor

Massimo Girotti – Facing Windows
Roberto Benigni – Pinocchio
Fabrizio Bentivoglio – Remember Me, My Love
Sergio Castellitto – My Mother's Smile
Neri Marcorè – Incantato
Fabio Volo – Casomai

Best Actress

Giovanna Mezzogiorno – Facing Windows
Donatella Finocchiaro – Angela
Valeria Golino – Respiro
Laura Morante – Remember Me, My Love
Stefania Rocca – Casomai

Best Supporting Actor

Ernesto Mahieux – The Embalmer
Antonio Catania – It Can't Be All Our Fault
Pierfrancesco Favino – El Alamein: The Line of Fire
Giancarlo Giannini – Incantato
Kim Rossi Stuart – Pinocchio

Best Supporting Actress

Piera Degli Esposti – My Mother's Smile
Monica Bellucci – Remember Me, My Love
Nicoletta Romanoff – Remember Me, My Love
Francesca Neri – Happiness Costs Nothing
Serra Yılmaz – Facing Windows

David di Donatello for Best Screenplay

Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso, Ugo Chiti – The Embalmer
Gabriele Muccino, Heidrun Schleef – Remember Me, My Love
Anna Pavignano, Alessandro D'Alatri – Casomai
Gianni Romoli, Ferzan Özpetek – Facing Windows
Piero De Bernardi, Pasquale Plastino, Fiamma Satta, Carlo Verdone – It Can't Be All Our Fault
Marco Bellocchio – My Mother's Smile

Best Cinematography

Daniele Nannuzzi – El Alamein: The Line of Fire
Maurizio Calvesi – The Soul Keeper
Gianfilippo Corticelli – Facing Windows
Marco Onorato – The Embalmer
Dante Spinotti – Pinocchio
Fabio Zamarion – Respiro

Best Production Design

Danilo Donati – Pinocchio
Paolo Bonfini – The Embalmer
Giantito Burchiellaro – The Soul Keeper
Marco Dentici – My Mother's Smile
Simona Migliotti – Incantato

Best Score

Best Editing

Cecilia Zanuso – El Alamein: The Line of Fire
Claudio Di Mauro – Remember Me, My Love
Patrizio Marone – Facing Windows
Amedeo Salfa – Incantato
Marco Spoletini – The Embalmer

Best Sound

Andrea Giorgio Moser – El Alamein: The Line of Fire
Maurizio Argentieri – Casomai
Gaetano Carito – Remember Me, My Love
Gaetano Carito – Maximum Velocity (V-Max)
Marco Grillo – Facing Windows

Best Costumes

Danilo Donati – Pinocchio
Mario Carlini, Francesco Crivellini – Incantato
Elena Mannini – A Journey Called Love
Francesca Sartori – The Soul Keeper
Andrea Viotti – El Alamein: The Line of Fire

Best Short Film

Racconto di guerra, directed by Mario Amura (ex aequo)
Rosso fango, directed by Paolo Ameli (ex aequo)
Radioportogutenberg, directed by Alessandro Vannucci
Regalo di Natale, directed by Daniele De Plano
Space off, directed by Tino Franco

Best Foreign Film

The Pianist, directed by Roman Polański
Chicago, directed by Rob Marshall
Talk to Her, directed by Pedro Almodóvar
The Hours, directed by Stephen Daldry
The Man on the Train, directed by Patrice Leconte

David Scuola

Facing Windows, directed by Ferzan Özpetek

Special David Awards

Gregory Peck
Isabelle Huppert

References

^ Rodier, Melanie (19 March 2003). "Facing Windows leads Italian Oscar race". Screen International. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
^ Menzione, Paolo (10 April 2003). "Ozpetek's Victory". Cineuropa. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
^ "Vincitori David di Donatello del cinema 2003". MYmovies . Retrieved 1 October 2024.

[1] Rodier, Melanie (19 March 2003). "Facing Windows leads Italian Oscar race". Screen International. Retrieved 1 October 2024.

[2] Menzione, Paolo (10 April 2003). "Ozpetek's Victory". Cineuropa. Retrieved 1 October 2024.

[3] "Vincitori David di Donatello del cinema 2003". MYmovies . Retrieved 1 October 2024.

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