The 41st David di Donatello ceremony, presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano, was held on 8 June 1996.

Winners and nominees

August Vacation, directed by Paolo Virzì Celluloide, directed by Carlo Lizzani Stealing Beauty, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci The Star Maker, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore

Pietro Innocenzi, Roberto Di Girolamo – Palermo – Milan One Way

Angelo Barbagallo, Nanni Moretti – The Second Time Amedeo Pagani – Ulysses' Gaze Giuseppe Tornatore - The Star Maker Bernardo Bertolucci – Stealing Beauty Carlo Lizzani – Celluloide Paolo Virzì – August Vacation Stefano Incerti – The Meter Reader Mimmo Calopresti – The Second Time Leonardo Pieraccioni – The Graduates Giancarlo Giannini – Celluloide Sergio Castellitto – The Star Maker Ennio Fantastichini – August Vacation Giancarlo Giannini – Palermo – Milan One Way Valeria Bruni Tedeschi – The Second Time Virna Lisi – Follow Your Heart Laura Morante – August Vacation Lina Sastri – Celluloide Leopoldo Trieste – The Star Maker Raoul Bova – Palermo – Milan One Way Alessandro Haber – The Graduates Marina Confalone – The Second Time Stefania Sandrelli – The Nymph Lina Sastri – Strangled Lives Furio Scarpelli, Ugo Pirro, Carlo Lizzani – Celluloide Francesco Bruni, Paolo Virzì – August Vacation Fabio Rinaudo, Giuseppe Tornatore – The Star Maker

Alfio Contini – Beyond the Clouds Darius Khondji – Stealing Beauty Dante Spinotti – The Star Maker Francesco Bronzi – The Star Maker Enrico Job – The Nymph Gianni Silvestri – Stealing Beauty Manuel De Sica – Celluloide Ennio Morricone – The Star Maker Armando Trovaioli – The Story of a Poor Young Man Cecilia Zanuso – Who Killed Pasolini? Ugo De Rossi – Palermo – Milan One Way Massimo Quaglia – The Star Maker Pietro Scalia – Stealing Beauty Carla Simoncelli – Strangled Lives

Giancarlo Laurenzi – Palermo – Milan One Way Massimo Loffredi – The Star Maker Alessandro Zanon – The Second Time Jenny Beavan – Jane Eyre Beatrice Bordone – The Star Maker Luciano Sagoni – Celluloide Nelly and Mr. Arnaud, directed by Claude Sautet Mighty Aphrodite, directed by Woody Allen Smoke, directed by Wayne Wang Harvey Keitel – Smoke Michel Serrault – Nelly and Mr. Arnaud Woody Allen – Mighty Aphrodite

Susan Sarandon – Dead Man Walking Emmanuelle Béart – Nelly and Mr. Arnaud Emma Thompson – Sense and Sensibility Virna Lisi Rita Cecchi Gori Aurelio De Laurentiis Giovanni Di Clemente Vittorio Gassman Gina Lollobrigida

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