48th David di Donatello

48th David di Donatello
Date	9 April 2003
Site	Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome
Hosted by	Lorella Cuccarini Massimo Ghini
Highlights
Best Picture	Facing Windows
Most awards	Facing Windows (5)
Most nominations	Facing Windows (11)
Television coverage
Network	Rai 2

The 48th David di Donatello ceremony, presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano, was held on 9 April 2003.^[1][2][3]

Winners and nominees

Best Film Facing Windows, directed by Ferzan Özpetek Remember Me, My Love, directed by Gabriele Muccino The Embalmer, directed by Matteo Garrone My Mother's Smile, directed by Marco Bellocchio Respiro, directed by Emanuele Crialese	Best Producer Domenico Procacci – Respiro Domenico Procacci – Remember Me, My Love Elda Ferri – The Soul Keeper Domenico Procacci – The Embalmer Gianni Romoli, Tilde Corsi – Facing Windows
Best Director Pupi Avati – Incantato Gabriele Muccino – Remember Me, My Love Marco Bellocchio – My Mother's Smile Matteo Garrone – The Embalmer Ferzan Özpetek – Facing Windows	Best New Director Daniele Vicari – Maximum Velocity (V-Max) Francesco Falaschi – I Am Emma Michele Mellara, Alessandro Rossi – Fortezza Bastiani Marco Simon Puccioni – Quello che cerchi Spiro Scimone, Francesco Sframeli – Two Friends
Best Actor Massimo Girotti – Facing Windows Roberto Benigni – Pinocchio Fabrizio Bentivoglio – Remember Me, My Love Sergio Castellitto – My Mother's Smile Neri Marcorè – Incantato Fabio Volo – Casomai	Best Actress Giovanna Mezzogiorno – Facing Windows Donatella Finocchiaro – Angela Valeria Golino – Respiro Laura Morante – Remember Me, My Love Stefania Rocca – Casomai
Best Supporting Actor Ernesto Mahieux – The Embalmer Antonio Catania – It Can't Be All Our Fault Pierfrancesco Favino – El Alamein: The Line of Fire Giancarlo Giannini – Incantato Kim Rossi Stuart – Pinocchio	Best Supporting Actress Piera Degli Esposti – My Mother's Smile Monica Bellucci – Remember Me, My Love Nicoletta Romanoff – Remember Me, My Love Francesca Neri – Happiness Costs Nothing Serra Yılmaz – Facing Windows
David di Donatello for Best Screenplay Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso, Ugo Chiti – The Embalmer Gabriele Muccino, Heidrun Schleef – Remember Me, My Love Anna Pavignano, Alessandro D'Alatri – Casomai Gianni Romoli, Ferzan Özpetek – Facing Windows Piero De Bernardi, Pasquale Plastino, Fiamma Satta, Carlo Verdone – It Can't Be All Our Fault Marco Bellocchio – My Mother's Smile	Best Cinematography Daniele Nannuzzi – El Alamein: The Line of Fire Maurizio Calvesi – The Soul Keeper Gianfilippo Corticelli – Facing Windows Marco Onorato – The Embalmer Dante Spinotti – Pinocchio Fabio Zamarion – Respiro
Best Sets and Decorations Danilo Donati – Pinocchio Paolo Bonfini – The Embalmer Giantito Burchiellaro – The Soul Keeper Marco Dentici – My Mother's Smile Simona Migliotti – Incantato	Best Score Andrea Guerra – Facing Windows Banda Osiris – The Embalmer Pivio and Aldo De Scalzi – Casomai Riz Ortolani – Incantato Nicola Piovani – Pinocchio
Best Editing Cecilia Zanuso – El Alamein: The Line of Fire Claudio Di Mauro – Remember Me, My Love Patrizio Marone – Facing Windows Amedeo Salfa – Incantato Marco Spoletini – The Embalmer	Best Sound Andrea Giorgio Moser – El Alamein: The Line of Fire Maurizio Argentieri – Casomai Gaetano Carito – Remember Me, My Love Gaetano Carito – Maximum Velocity (V-Max) Marco Grillo – Facing Windows
Best Costumes Danilo Donati – Pinocchio Mario Carlini, Francesco Crivellini – Incantato Elena Mannini – A Journey Called Love Francesca Sartori – The Soul Keeper Andrea Viotti – El Alamein: The Line of Fire	Best Short Film Racconto di guerra, directed by Mario Amura (ex aequo) Rosso fango, directed by Paolo Ameli (ex aequo) Radioportogutenberg, directed by Alessandro Vannucci Regalo di Natale, directed by Daniele De Plano Space off, directed by Tino Franco
Best Foreign Film The Pianist, directed by Roman Polański Chicago, directed by Rob Marshall Talk to Her, directed by Pedro Almodóvar The Hours, directed by Stephen Daldry The Man on the Train, directed by Patrice Leconte	David Scuola Facing Windows, directed by Ferzan Özpetek Special David Awards Gregory Peck Isabelle Huppert

References

1. Rodier, Melanie (19 March 2003). "Facing Windows leads Italian Oscar race". Screen International. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
2. Menzione, Paolo (10 April 2003). "Ozpetek's Victory". Cineuropa. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
3. "Vincitori David di Donatello del cinema 2003". MYmovies . Retrieved 1 October 2024.