07/02/2006

Crime Novel [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Michele Placido
film profile] (Romanzo criminale) by Michele Placido was the big winner at the 2006 Nastri d’Argento Awards, winning five of its ten nominations. Italian journalists awarded it Best Director (Michele Placido), a first-time ever collective Best Actor (to Kim Rossi Stuart, Pierfrancesco Favino and Claudio Santamaria, all three of whom had been nominated as one entry), Best Editor (Esmeralda Calabria), Best Sound (Mario Iaquone) and Best Film. The film’s producers, Riccardo Tozzi, Giovanni Stabilini and Marco Chimenz of Cattleya (along with Warner) were also voted Best Producers of the year, chosen for Crime Novel as well their two other 2005 films (produced together with RAI Cinema): Don’t Tell [+see also:
trailer
film profile] (La bestia nel cuore) by Cristina Comencini, nominated for an Oscar, When You Are Born, You Can No Longer Hide [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Marco Tullio Giordana
interview: Riccardo Tozzi
film profile] (Quando sei nato non puoi più nasconderti) di Marco Tullio Giordana.

Francesco Munzi won Best Debut Director award for Saimir [+see also:
trailer
film profile]. Three Nastri awards went to The Tiger and the Snow [+see also:
trailer
film profile] (La tigre e la neve): Roberto Benigni and Vincenzo Cerami won for Best Original Story, Nicola Piovani was given a Special Nastro for the music and Fabio Cianchetti picked up Best Cinematography, for both this film and Don’t Tell.

The latter film also walked away with Best Supporting Actress (Angela Finocchiaro), while Pupi Avati’s La seconda notte di nozze [+see also:
trailer
film profile] won Best Actress (Katia Ricciarelli) and Best Costume Design (Francesco Crivellini). Other two-time winners included Manual of Love (Carlo Verdone for Best Supporting Actor and Ugo Chiti and Giovanni Veronesi for Best Screenplay), La febbre [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Alessandro D’Alatri (Best Music and Best Song for Negramaro, together with Fabio Barovero, Roy Paci, Simone Fabbroni, Luis Siciliano). The Nastro for Best Documentary went to Viva Zapatero! [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Sabina Guzzanti.

BEST ITALIAN FILM
Michele Placido Crime Novel

BEST NEWCOMING DIRECTOR
Francesco Munzi Saimir

BEST PRODUCERS
Riccardo Tozzi, Marco Chimenz, Giovanni Stabilini - CATTLEYA Don't Tell by Cristina Comencini (in coproduction with RaiCinema and Sky); Crime Novel (in coproduction with Warner Bros); Once You Were Born, You Can No Longer Hide de Marco Tullio Giordana (in coproduction with Rai Cinema)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Roberto Begnini, Vincenzo Cerami The Tiger and The Snow by Roberto Benigni

SCREENPLAY
Ugo Chiti, Giovanni Veronesi Manual of Love by Giovanni Veronesi

BEST LEADING FEMALE ROLE
Katia Ricciarelli La seconda notte di nozze by Pupi Avati

BEST LEADING MALE ROLE
Kim Rossi Stuart, Pierfrancesco Favino, Claudio Santamaria Crime Novel by Michele Placido

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE ROLE
Angela Finocchiaro Don't Tell by Cristina Comencini

BEST SUPPORTING MALE ROLE
Carlo Verdone Manual of Love by Giovanni Veronesi

BEST DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Fabio Cianchetti The Tiger and the Snow by Roberto Benigni, Don't Tell by Cristina Comencini

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Francesco Crivellini La seconda notte di nozze by Pupi Avati

BEST SET DESIGN
Bruno Rubeo Merchant of Venice by Michael Radford

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Negramaro and Fabio Barovero, Roy Paci, Simone Fabbroni, Luis Siciliano La febbre by Alessandro D'Alatri

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Mentre tutto scorre", Negramaro La febbre by Alessandro D'Alatri

BEST EDITING
Esmeralda Calabria Crime Novel by Michele Placido

BEST SOUND
Mario Laquone Crime Novel by Michele Placido

BEST FORGEIN DIRECTOR
Clint Eastwood Million Dollar Baby

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Viva Zapatero! by Sabina Guzzanti

Special mention spéciale from the union of cinema journalists (direttivo Sngci) Stefano Rulli for Un silenzio particolare

DUBBLING (by the union of cinema journalists)
Adalberto Maria Merli (Clint Eastwood) Million Dollar Baby
Alessandra Korompay (Juliette Binoche) Hidden by Michael Haneke

SPECIALS AWARDS 2006

"NASTRO D'ONORE" 2006 (Honorary Nastro)
Stefania Sandrelli

SPECIAL NASTRI d'ARGENTO
Set Design
Dante Ferreti The Aviator

Costume Design
Gabriella Pescucci Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Score
Nicola Piovani The Tiger and the Snow

Editor
Pietro Scalia Memoirs of a Geisha

NASTRO EUROPEO
Barbora Bobulova

Award FENDI FILM – 2006 TALENT
Valeria Solarino

(Translated from Italian)