After the success of Marco Bellocchio with Il Traditore who in early May ai DAVID 2020 in a surreal atmosphere of the ceremony broadcast by RAI with a solo Paolo Conte he repeated the recognition obtained at Taormina applications for TAPES have now been announced last year 2020 promoted by the union of film journalists. The Traitor leaves the scene supplanted by the new that advances impersonated by the brothers D'Innocenzo awarded in Berlin just in time before the Film Industry (the western one) stopped completely because of CORONAVIRUS. The film that highlights the potential of young Roman directors is now recognized also in Italy after the good performance in Berlin. On that occasion, he did not reach the maximum podium, surpassed by an Iranian authorial film that could not fail to win. Fables with nine nominations together with Matteo Garrone goes back to his homeland, while Pinocchio looks for a ransom from DAVID where he had to "settle" for technical prizes. The Goddess Fortuna is also proposed, already awarded to DAVID (Jasmine Trinca and the song of the timeless Diodato) flanked by Muccino With the Most Beautiful Years both with 8 candidature. As well as we try again The Mayor of the Rione Sanità and Martin Eden who, however, have to deal with Hammamet by Gianni Amelio, Come back to Comencini and All my Crazy Love by Salvatores.

Among the first works My Brother chases the Dinosaurs and 5 is the Perfect number, both winners at DAVID, now they contend yes contest the prize with , Marco D’Amore with the Immortal, Roberto De Feo with Nest, Ginevra Elkann with Magari, Carlo Sironi with Sole.

Among the actors in the competition, we would like to point out Pierfrancesco Favino who, after winning the DAVID, is about to repeat this time with the interpretation of another controversial figure of the Italian society of the last century: Bettino Craxi. While at Jasmine Trinca we try again with the sticky character of the Ozptek film The Goddess Fortuna.

A separate mention for Roberto Benigni who competes as a supporting actor and which is unquestionably the pillar of Matteo Garrone's PINOCCHIO.

Barbara Chichiarelli is not the protagonist (Favolacce), Matilde Gioli (The golden men), Valeria Golino (5 it's the perfect number - Portrait of the young woman on fire), Benedetta Porcaroli (18 presents) and Alba Rohrwacher (Maybe).

And we close the voice actresses and actors remembering that the Board assigns a Ribbon to the best Casting Director. The candidates are: Stefania De Santis for Martin Eden, Gabriella Giannattasio and Davide Zurolo for Favolacce, Davide Zurolo again for L'Immortale, Laura Muccino and Francesco Vedovati for The Most Beautiful Years and Pino Pellegrino for La Dea Fortuna.

New entry together with signatures repeatedly nominated in the five Ribbons for photography: Luan Amelio, newcomer, for Hammamet, Paolo Carnera for Favolacce, Daniele Ciprì for the first Christmas, Italo Petriccione for All my crazy love and Daria D’Antonio for Return and The thief of days.

In detail, the candidates arriving in the final of the most important Ribbons:

BEST PICTURE

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL YEARS Gabriele MUCCINO, HAMMAMET Gianni AMELIO, THE GODDESS FORTUNE Ferzan OZPETEK, FABOLACCE Damiano and Fabio D’INNOCENZO and PINOCCHIO Matteo GARRONE

BEST DIRECTOR

Gianni AMELIO HAMMAMET, Pupi AVATI THE DEVIL LORD, Cristina COMENCINI GO BACK, Damiano and Fabio D'INNOCENZO FAVOLACCE, Matteo GARRONE PINOCCHIO, Pietro MARCELLO MARTIN EDEN, Mario MARTONE THE MAYOR OF THE HEALTH WARD, Gabriele MUCCINO THE MOST BEAUTIFUL YEARS, Ferzan OZPETEK LA DEA FORTUNA and Gabriele SALVATORES ALL MY FOLLE LOVE

BEST DIRECTOR BEGINNER, Stefano CIPANI MY BROTHER CHASES THE DINOSAURS, Marco D'AMORE THE IMMORTAL, Roberto DE FEO THE NEST, Geneva ELKANN MAGARI, Carlo SIRONI SOLE, and Igor TUVERI (Igor) 5 IT IS THE PERFECT NUMBER

BEST COMEDY

CHILDREN Giuseppe BONITO, FIRST CHRISTMAS Except FICARRA, Valentino PICONE, FAR AWAY Gianni DI GREGORIO, I HATE SUMMER Massimo VENIER and TOLO TOLO Luca MEDICI

BEST ACTOR

Stefano ACCORSI - Edoardo LEO THE DEA FORTUNA, Pierfrancesco FAVINO HAMMAMET, Luca MARINELLI MARTIN EDEN, Francesco DI LEVA THE MAYOR OF THE HEALTH WARD and Kim ROSSI STUART THE MOST BEAUTIFUL YEARS

BEST ACTRESS

Giovanna MEZZOGIORNO RETURN, Micaela RAMAZZOTTI THE MOST BEAUTIFUL YEARS, PINK SAVINO bezel, Lucia SARDO PICCIRIDDA and Jasmine TRINCA LA DEA FORTUNA

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Roberto BENIGNI PINOCCHIO, Carlo BUCCIROSSO 5 IT IS THE PERFECT NUMBER, Carlo CECCHI MARTIN EDEN

Massimiliano GALLO, Roberto DE FRANCESCO THE MAYOR OF THE HEALTH WARD and Massimo POPOLIZIO THE FIRST CHRISTMAS , THE THIEF OF DAYS

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Barbara CHICHIARELLI FAIRY TALES, Matilde GIOLI THE GOLDEN MEN, Valeria GOLINO 5 IT IS THE PERFECT NUMBER, PORTRAIT OF YOUNG MAN IN FLAMES, Benedetta PORCAROLI 18 GIFTS and Alba ROHRWACHER MAGARI.

BEST COMEDY ACTOR

Luca ARGENTERO BRAVE GIRLS, Giorgio COLANGELI FAR AWAY FAR, Valerio MASTANDREA SONS, Giampaolo MORELLI 7 HOURS TO LET YOU LOVE, Gianmarco TOGNAZZI ARE ONLY GHOSTS

BEST COMEDY ACTRESS

Antonella ATTILI TOLO TOLO, Paola CORTELLESI SONS, Anna FOGLIETTA D.N.A.-Definitely Not Suitable, Lucia MASCINO I HATE SUMMER and Serena ROSSI BRAVE GIRLS, 7 HOURS TO LET YOU LOVE

We can not make predictions as the audience of the jurors has a different extraction between DAVID and RIBBONS, the first representatives of all the professionals of the world of Italian cinema, the latter formed by film journalists.

Having said that, we would like to point out that the Silver Ribbon for Lifetime Achievement goes to Toni Servillo 2020, recognition that the Board of Film Journalists traditionally assigns, in addition to the verdict that annually rewards the best of the year through the vote of the members of the National Union of Italian Film Journalists who assigns the Tapes from the 1946. “A protagonist who continues to leave his mark by giving us always unforgettable characters and interpretations, in cinema this year with The man of the labyrinth by Donato Carrisi, 5 it's the perfect number, Igort's debut film e, even in dubbing, with the beautiful voice of Leonzio in a small jewel like Lorenzo Mattotti's Invasion of the bears in Sicily ", it reads in the motivation. “It is a perfectionism, his, which continues to fascinate us and also makes a difference in quality, born beyond the screen and before the screen, in his making theater ". "Characters like the Sorrentine Tony Pisapia from L’uomo in più, The Divo Giulio or Jep Gambardella that Hollywood likes even for the jackets or the Titta of The consequences of love, they are icons in a forty years of performance that, between theater and cinema, they continue to surprise the public as the press and critics ”, he underlines, on behalf of the Film Journalists, Laura Delli Colli "without forgetting the concerns of certain investigators who - from the Commissioner of The Girl of the Lake to the Agent Vogel of The Girl in the Mist to the investigator Genko of The Man of the Maze - give us, between yellow and noir, another range of his interpretations ".

Together with Toni Servillo Nastro for his career too Giorgio Rights' film I Wanted to Hide with Elio Germano - will receive the Ribbon of the Year during the awards ceremony scheduled for the end of June in Rome.

The 'special' awards

The Board as always, will also award some special awards: the European Ribbon and the Legality Ribbon, the SIAE Award for the screenplay and the Nuovoimaie destined since last year to professional voice actors and, finally, the Biraghi and Bonacchi Awards for young actresses and actors.

Will complete, finally, soon, he winners 2020 the announcement of nominations and awards for documentaries and the Silver Courts, this year moved forward in the usual calendar due to the lockdown for Covid 19.

Nominations have been selected this year, like special prizes, by the Executive chaired by Laura Delli Colli and composed of: Fulvia Caprara (vice president), Oscar Cosulich, Paolo Sommaruga, Stefania Ulivi. They joined them in the National Council: Maurizio di Rienzo, delegate for documentaries and short films, Fabio Falzone, Watch Fiore, Miriam mauti, Susanna Rotunno and Maurizio Turrioni. Council, in which the FNSI is also represented, former president Mario Di Francesco is part. Completing the Romano Milani Board, Secretary General and Franco Mariotti, Mayor.