David Di Donatello Awards: ‘The Last One For The Road’ Leads Nominations For 71st Edition

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The Last One For The Road leads the nominations for the 71st edition of Italy‘s David di Donatello awards which were announced at the historic Cinecittà studios in Rome on Thursday.

The road movie by Francesco Sossai, which originally world premiered in Cannes Un Certain Regard in 2025, is nominated in 16 categories.

Sergio Romano and Pierpaolo Capovilla star as two fifty-something men from Italy’s northern Veneto area who befriend a timid student from Naples, played by Filippo Scotti.

Following its debut in Cannes, the film played in a slew of festivals including New York, Munich and Thessaloniki.

Other frontrunners include Paolo Sorrentino’s Venice opener La Grazia with 14 nominations and Silvio Soldini’s WW2 drama The Tasters with 13.

Gennaro Nunziante’s record-breaking box office hit comedy Buen Camino starring Checco Zalone scored just one nomination for Best Original Song.

The 71st David di Donatello awards will take place in Cinecittà on May 6.

Key Nominations:

Best Film

Five Seconds, Paolo Virzì
Fuori, Mario Martone
La Grazia, Paolo Sorrentino
The Tasters, Silvio Soldini
The Last One For The Road, Francesco Sossai

Best Director

Mario Martone, Fuori
Gabriele Mainetti, Forbidden City
Paolo Sorrentino, La Grazia
Silvio Soldini, The Tasters
Francesco Sossai, The Last One For The Road

Best First Film

A Brief Affair, Ludovica Rampoldi
Sweetheart, Margherita Spampinato
Siblings, Greta Scarano
Paternal Leave, Alissa Jung
Tienimi presente, Alberto Palmiero

Best Original Screenplay

Five Second, Francesco Bruni, Carlo Virzì, Paolo Virzì
Duse Letizia Russo, Guido Silei, Pietro Marcello
Sweetheart, Margherita Spampinato
La grazia, Paolo Sorrentino
The Last One For The Road, Francesco Sossai, Adriano Candiago

Best Adapted Screenplay

40 seconds, Vincenzo Alfieri, Giuseppe G. Stasi
Elisa, Leonardo Di Costanzo, Bruno Oliviero, Valia Santella
Fuori, Mario Martone, Ippolita Di Majo
The Tasters, Doriana Leondeff, Silvio Soldini, Lucio Ricca, Cristina Comencini, Giulia Calenda, Ilaria Macchia
Primavera, Ludovica Rampoldi

Best Producer

Duse, Carlo Degli Esposti, Nicola Serra, Marco Grifoni for Palomar (Mediawan Company), Benedetta Cappon per Avventurosa, with Rai Cinema, in collaboration Piperfilm, Alexandra Henochsberg, Pierre-François Piet for Ad Vitam Films
Sweetheart, Benedetta Scagnelli, Alessio Pasqua, Gianluca Arcopinto, Claudio Cofrancesco for YAGI MEDIA, in collaboration with Paolo Butini, Ivan Caso, Filippo Barracco
The Tasters, Lionello Cerri and Cristiana Mainardi for Lumière & Co., in collaboration with Joseph Rouschop for Tarantula (Belgium), Katrin Renz and Stefan Jäger for Tellfilm (Switzerland)
The Last One For The Road, Marta Donzelli and Gregorio Paonessa for Vivo Film, with Rai Cnema, in collaboration with Philipp Kreuzer for Maze Pictures, Cecilia Trautvetter
Bravo Bene!, Andrea Occhipinti for Lucky Red, Marco Alessi for Dugong Films, in collaboration with Beatrice Bulgari for Eolo Film Productions

Best Actress