The 70th David di Donatello ceremony, presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano, was held on 7 May 2025 at Cinecittà Studios in Rome, to honour the best Italian films of 2024. It was hosted by actress Elena Sofia Ricci and singer Mika.
Winners and nominees
The nominations were announced on 7 April 2025. The Great Ambition and Parthenope received the most nominations with fifteen, followed by The Art of Joy and Vermiglio with fourteen. Vermiglio went on to win seven awards, more than any other film in the ceremony, including Best Film.
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ()
Vermiglio – directed by Maura Delpero The Art of Joy – directed by Valeria Golino The Great Ambition – directed by Andrea Segre Parthenope – directed by Paolo Sorrentino The Time It Takes – directed by Francesca Comencini | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Maura Delpero – Vermiglio Francesca Comencini – The Time It Takes Valeria Golino – The Art of Joy Andrea Segre – The Great Ambition Paolo Sorrentino – Parthenope Margherita Vicario – Gloria! Loris Lai – How Kids Roll Neri Marcorè – Zamora Edgardo Pistone – Ciao bambino Gianluca Santoni – My Killer Buddy Vermiglio – Maura Delpero Gloria! – Anita Rivaroli and Margherita Vicario The Great Ambition – Marco Pettenello and Andrea Segre El paraíso – Enrico Maria Artale Parthenope – Paolo Sorrentino The Time It Takes – Francesca Comencini |- | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| The Art of Joy – Valeria Golino, Luca Infascelli, Francesca Marciano, Valia Santella and Stefano Sardo Battlefield – Gianni Amelio and Alberto Taraglio The Boy with Pink Pants – Roberto Proia Familia – Adriano Chiarelli, Francesco Costabile and Vittorio Moroni Naples to New York – Gabriele Salvatores | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Vermiglio – Francesca Andreoli, Leonardo Guerra Seràgnoli, Santiago Fondevila Sancet, and Maura Delpero, producers; Cinedora, Charades (France), Rai Cinema, and Versus (Belgium), production companies Ciao bambino – Giovanna Crispino, Gianluca Curti, Walter De Majo, Antonella De Martino, Gaetano Di Vaio, Alessandro Elia, Andrea Leone, and Santo Versace, producers; Anemone Film, Bronx Film, Mosaicon Film, Minerva Pictures, production companies Gloria! – Carlo Cresto-Dina, Valeria Jamonte, Manuela Melissano, and Katrin Renz, producers; Tellfilm and Tempesta, production companies The Great Ambition – Francesco Bonsembiante, Martichka Bozhilova, Marta Donzelli, Gregorio Paonessa, and Joseph Rouschop, producers; Agitprop, Jolefilm, Rai Cinema, Tarantula, and Vivo Film, production companies Vittoria – Lorenzo Cioffi, Giorgio Giampà, Nanni Moretti, and Alessandra Stefani, producers |- | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Tecla Insolia – The Art of Joy Celeste Dalla Porta – Parthenope Romana Maggiora Vergano – The Time It Takes Barbara Ronchi – Familia Martina Scrinzi – Vermiglio Elio Germano – The Great Ambition Francesco Gheghi – Familia Fabrizio Gifuni – The Time It Takes Silvio Orlando – Parthenope Tommaso Ragno – Vermiglio Valeria Bruni Tedeschi – The Art of Joy Geppi Cucciari – Diamonds Tecla Insolia – Familia Luisa Ranieri – Parthenope Jasmine Trinca – The Art of Joy Francesco Di Leva – Familia Guido Caprino – The Art of Joy Roberto Citran – The Great Ambition Pierfrancesco Favino – Naples to New York Peppe Lanzetta – Parthenope Vermiglio – Maurilio Mangano and Stefania Rodà The Art of Joy – Anna Maria Sambucco and Francesco Vedovati Familia – Anna Pennella Gloria! – Massimo Appolloni The Great Ambition – Stefania De Santis ''Vermiglio – Mikhail Krichman The Art of Joy – Fabio Cianchetti Battlefield – Luan Amelio Ujkaj Dostoevskij – Matteo Cocco Hey Joe – Daniele Ciprì Parthenope – Daria D'Antonio |- | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Gloria! – Margherita Vicario and Davide Pavanello The Children's Train – Nicola Piovani Confidenza – Thom Yorke The Great Ambition – Iosonouncane Sicilian Letters – Colapesce | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| "Aria!" from Gloria! – Music and lyrics by Margherita Vicario, Davide Pavanello, Edwyn Roberts, Andrea Bonomo and Gianluigi Fazio; Performed by Margherita Vicario "Atomos" from Familia – Music and lyrics by Valerio Vigliar; Performed by Greta Zuccoli "Diamanti" from Diamonds – Music by Giuliano Taviani and Carmelo Travia; Lyrics and performed by Giorgia "Knife Edge" from Confidenza – Music, lyrics, and performed by Thom Yorke "La malvagità" from Sicilian Letters – Music, lyrics, and performed by Colapesce |- | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| The Flood – Production Design: Tonino Zera; Set Decoration: Carlotta Desmann and Maria Grazia Schirripa The Art of Joy – Production Design: Luca Merlini; Set Decoration: Giulietta Rimoldi The Great Ambition – Production Design: Alessandro Vannucci; Set Decoration: Laura Casalini Parthenope – Production Design: Carmine Guarino; Set Decoration: Iole Autero Vermiglio – Production Design: Pirra and Vito Giuseppe Zito; Set Decoration: Sara Pergher | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| The Flood – Massimo Cantini Parrini The Art of Joy – Maria Rita Barbera Gloria! – Mary Montalto Parthenope – Carlo Poggioli Vermiglio – Andrea Cavalletto |- | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| The Flood – Alessandra Vita and Valentina Visintin The Art of Joy – Maurizio Fazzini The Great Ambition – Sara Morlando, Rossella Sicignano, Leonardo Cruciano and Viola Moneta Parthenope – Paola Gattabrusi and Lorenzo Tamburini Vermiglio – Frédérique Foglia | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| The Flood – Aldo Signoretti and Domingo Santoro Gloria! – Marta Iacoponi and Carla Indoni The Great Ambition – Desiree Corridoni Parthenope – Marco Perna Vermiglio – Tiziana Argiolas |- | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| The Great Ambition – Jacopo Quadri The Art of Joy – Giogiò Franchini Dostoevskij – Walter Fasano Parthenope – Cristiano Travaglioli Vermiglio – Luca Mattei | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Vermiglio – Dana Farzanehpour, Hervé Guyader and Emmanuel de Boissieu Battlefield – Emanuele Cicconi, Alessandro Feletti, Alessandro Giacco and Marco Falloni Gloria! – Xavier Lavorel, Daniela Bassani, Francois Wolf and Maxence Ciekawy The Great Ambition – Alessandro Palmerini, Marc Bastien, Vincent Grégorio and Franco Piscopo Parthenope – Emanuele Cecere, Silvia Moraes, Mirko Perri and Michele Mazzucco |- | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Naples to New York – Víctor Pérez The Art of Joy – Francesco Niolu and Rodolfo Migliari The Great Ambition – Tristan Lilien and Michel Denis Limonov: The Ballad – Fabio Tomassetti and Daniele Tomassetti Parthenope – Rodolfo Migliari and Lena Di Gennaro | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Lirica Ucraina – directed by Francesca Mannocchi Il cassetto segreto – directed by Costanza Quatriglio Duse, The Greatest – directed by Sonia Bergamasco L'occhio della gallina – directed by Antonietta De Lillo Prima della fine. Gli ultimi giorni di Enrico Berlinguer – directed by directed by Samuele Rossi |- | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Domenica sera – directed by Matteo Tortone La confessione – directed by Nicola Sorcinelli The Eggregores' Theory – directed by Andrea Gatopoulos Majonezë – directed by Giulia Grandinetti La ragazza di Praga – directed by Andree Lucini | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Anora (United States) – directed by Sean Baker Conclave (United Kingdom / United States) – directed by Edward Berger Juror No. 2 (United States) – directed by Clint Eastwood Perfect Days (Japan / Germany) – directed by Wim Wenders The Zone of Interest (United Kingdom / Poland / United States) – directed by Jonathan Glazer |- | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Naples to New York – directed by Gabriele Salvatores The Boy with Pink Pants – directed by Margherita Ferri Familia – directed by Francesco Costabile The Great Ambition – directed by Andrea Segre The Time It Takes – directed by Francesca Comencini | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Pupi Avati Ornella Muti Timothée Chalamet|- | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Diamonds'', directed by Ferzan Özpetek for garnering 2,222,126 spectators Federico Cesari Celeste Dalla Porta Carlotta Gamba Matteo Oscar Giuggioli Tecla Insolia Emanuele Palumbo
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