Paolo Sorrentinos Parthenope, the directors sumptuous, occasionally surreal tribute to his hometown of Naples, and Andrea Segres The Great Ambition, a political biopic about Italian Communist Party leader Enrico Berlinguer, are the frontrunners for this years David Di Donatello awards, Italys version of the Oscars.

Parthenope and The Great Ambition picked up 15 nominations each, including for best film and best director. In the best film category, they will face up against Maura Delperos Italian WW2 drama Vermiglio and Valeria Golino and Nicolangelo Gelorminis Larte della gioia (The Art of Joy), which received 14 nominations each, and the Francesca Comencini-directed drama The Time It Takes, which received four nominations. Other multiple nominees include Margherita Vicarios debut feature Gloria!, about women musicians at a Church-run establishment in early-1800s Italy, which scored nine nominations, and Francesco Costabiles crime thriller Familia, with eight. In the best international film category, Sean Bakers multi-Oscar winner Anora is up against Edward Bergers Conclave, Clint Eastwoods Juror #2, Jonathan Glazers 2024 Oscar-winner The Zone of Interest and Wim Wenders Perfect Days.

The 70th David Di Donatello awards will be handed out at Romes historic Cinecitt film studio on May 7.

Check out the full list of 2025 David Di Donatello nominees below.

Best Film

The Great Ambition, dir: Andrea Segre

The Time It Takes, dir: Francesca Comencini

Larte della gioia prodotto, dir: Valeria Golino

Parthenope, dir: Paolo Sorrentino

Vermiglio, dir: Maura Delpero

Best Director

Andrea Segre for The Great Ambition

Francesca Comencini for The Time It Takes

Valeria Golino for Larte della gioia

Paolo Sorrentino for Parthenope

Maura Delpero for Vermiglio

Best Directorial Debut

Ciao bambino Edgardo Pistone

Gloria! Margherita Vicario

I bambini di Gaza Loris Lai

Io e il Secco Gianluca Santoni

Zamora Neri Marcor

Best Original Screenplay

Andrea Segre, Marco Pettenello for The Great Ambition

Enrico Maria Artale for El Paraiso

Margherita Vicario, Anita Rivaroli for Gloria!

Francesca Comencini for The Time It Takes

Paolo Sorrentino for Parthenope

Maura Delpero for Vermiglio

Best Adapted Screenplay

Gianni Amelio, Alberto Taraglio for Battlefield

Francesco Costabile, Vittorio Moroni, Adriano Chiarelli for Familia

Roberto Proia for The Boy With Pink Trousers

Valeria Golino, Francesca Marciano, Valia Santella, Luca Infascelli, Stefano Sardo for Larte della gioia

Gabriele Salvatores for Napoli New York

Best Producer

The Great Ambition: Marta Donzelli, Gregorio Paonessa for Vivo Film, Francesco Bonsembiante for Jolefilm, Rai Cinema, Joseph Rouschop for Tarantula, Martichka Bozhilova for Agitprop

Ciao bambino: Gaetano Di Vaio, Giovanna Crispino for Bronx Film, Alessandro Elia, Walter De Majo for Anemone Film, Andrea Leone, Antonella Di Martino for Mosaicon Film, Santo Versace, Gianluca Curti for Minerva Pictures

Gloria!: Valeria Jamonte, Manuela Melissano, Carlo Cresto-Dina for Tempesta, Rai Cinema, Katrin Renz for Tellfilm

Vermiglio: Francesca Andreoli, Leonardo Guerra Sergnoli, Santiago Fondevila Sancet, Maura Delpero for Cinedora, Rai Cinema, Charades (coproduction with la Francia), Versus (coproduction with il Belgio)

Vittoria: Nanni Moretti, Lorenzo Cioffi, Giorgio Giamp, in collaboration with Alessandra Stefani

Best Actress

Barbara Ronchi for Familia

Romana Maggiora Vergano for The Time It Takes

Tecla Insolia for Larte della gioia

Celeste Dalla Porta for Parthenope

Martina Scrinzi for Vermiglio

Best Actor

Elio Germano for The Great Ambition

Francesco Gheghi for Familia

Fabrizio Gifuni for Il tempo che ci vuole

Silvio Orlando for Parthenope

Tommaso Ragno for Vermiglio

Best Supporting Actress

Geppi Cucciari for Diamanti

Tecla Insolia for Familia

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi for Larte della gioia

Jasmine Trinca for Larte della gioia

Luisa Ranieri for Parthenope

Best Supporting Actor

Roberto Citran for The Great Ambition

Francesco Di Leva for Familia

Guido Caprino for Larte della gioia

Pierfrancesco Favino for Napoli New York

Peppe Lanzetta for Parthenope

Best Casting

Stefania De Santis for The Great Ambition

Anna Pennella for Familia

Massimo Appolloni for Gloria!

Francesco Vedovati, Anna Maria Sambucco, Massimo Appolloni for Larte della gioia

Stefania Rod, Maurilio Mangano for Vermiglio

Best Cinematography

Luan Amelio Ujkaj for Battlefield

Matteo Cocco for Dostoevskij

Daniele Cipr for Hey Joe

Fabio Cianchetti for Larte della gioia

Daria DAntonio for Parthenope

Mikhail Krichman for Vermiglio

Best Score

Iosonouncane for The Great Ambition

Thom Yorke for Trust

Margherita Vicario, Davide Pavanello for Gloria!

Colapesce for Sicilian Letters

Nicola Piovani for The Childrens Train

Best Original Song

Knife Edge Music, Thom Yorke text and interpretation, for Trust

Diamanti Music Giuliano Taviani, Carmelo Travia, text Giorgia Todrani, interpretation Giorgia for Diamanti

Atoms Music and text Valerio Vigliar, interpretation Greta Zuccoli for Familia

Aria! Music and text Margherita Vicario, Davide Pavanello, Edwyn Clark Roberts, Andrea Bonomo, Gianluigi Fazio, interpretation Margherita Vicario for Gloria!

La malvagit Music and text Colapesce for The Sicilian Letters

Best Production Design

Alessandro Vannucci, Laura Casalini for The Great Ambition

Luca Merlini, Giulietta Rimoldi for Larte della gioia

Tonino Zera, Maria Grazia Schirripa, Carlotta Desmann for The Flood

Carmine Guarino, Iole Autero for Parthenope

Pirra, Vito Giuseppe Zito, Sara Pergher for Vermiglio

Best Costume

Mary Montalto for Gloria!

Maria Rita Barbera for Larte della gioia

Massimo Cantini Parrini for The Flood

Carlo Poggioli for Parthenope

Andrea Cavalletto for Vermiglio

Best Makeup

Sara Morlando, Rossella Sicignano, Leonardo Cruciano, Viola Moneta for The Great Ambition

Maurizio Fazzini for Larte della gioia

Alessandra Vita, Valentina Visintin for The Flood

Paola Gattabrusi, Lorenzo Tamburini for Parthenope

Frdrique Foglia for Vermiglio

Best Hair

Desiree Corridoni for The Great Ambition

Marta Iacoponi, Carla Indoni for Gloria!

Aldo Signoretti, Domingo Santoro for The Flood

Marco Perna for Parthenope

Tiziana Argiolas for Vermiglio

Best Editing

Jacopo Quadri for The Great Ambition

Walter Fasano for Dostoevskij

Giogi Franchini for Larte della gioia

Cristiano Travaglioli for Parthenope

Luca Mattei for Vermiglio

Best Sound

Alessandro Palmerini, Marc Bastien, Vincent Grgorio, Franco Piscopo for The Great Ambition

Emanuele Cicconi, Alessandro Feletti, Alessandro Giacco, Marco Falloni for Battlefield

Xavier Lavorel, Daniela Bassani, Franois Wolf, Maxence Ciekawy for Gloria!

Emanuele Cecere, Silvia Moraes, Mirko Perri, Michele Mazzucco for Parthenope

Dana Farzanehpour, Herv Guyader, Herv Guyader, Emmanuel De Boissieu for Vermiglio

Best Visual Effects

Tristan Lilien, Michel Denis for The Great Ambition

Francesco Niolu, Rodolfo Migliari for Larte della gioia

Fabio Tomassetti, Daniele Tomassetti for Limonov

Victor Perez for Napoli New York

Rodolfo Migliari, Lena Di Gennaro for Parthenope

Best Documentary

Duse The Greatest, dir: Sonia Bergamasco

The Secret Drawer, dir: Costanza Quatriglio

Locchio della gallina, dir: Antonietta De Lillo

Lirica Ucraina, dir: Francesca Mannocchi

Prima della fine Gli ultimi giorni di Enrico Berlinguer, dir: Samuele Rossi

Best International Film

Anora, dir: Sean Baker

Conclave, dir: Edward Berger

Juror #2, dir: Clint Eastwood

The Zone of Interest, dir: Jonathan Glazer

Perfect Days, dir: Wim Wenders