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
Italian President Ciampi shows the prize at the 2005 awards ceremony.
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
