David di Donatello
The David di Donatello Award is a film award. It is presented each year by L'accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI). There are 24 categories as of 2006.
| Description | to honour the best of each year’s Italian and foreign motion picture productions |
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Trophy
The trophy is a gold David statuette like Donatello's famous sculpture. It is on a square malachite base. A gold plaque shows the award category, year and winner.
The 1956 David awarded to Gina Lollobrigida for Beautiful but Dangerous was auctioned at Sothebys in 2013.[1]
David Di Donatello Media
The Italian studio complex Cinecittà, where the David di Donatello award ceremony has been held several times.
Sophia Loren, Alberto Sordi and Charlton Heston, David di Donatello 1961
Italian President Ciampi shows the prize at the 2005 awards ceremony.
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References
- ↑ "Gold and malachite 'David'". Sotheby.
Other websites
- Official website Archived 2013-05-27 at the Wayback Machine (in English)
- David di Donatello Awards Archived 2010-03-15 at the Wayback Machine at Internet Movie Database
