52nd David di Donatello Awards Nominations

Recently the nominations for the 2007-08 Awards were announced and here they are.

Best Italian Film
Caos Calmo, Antonello Grimaldi
Giorni e Nuvole, Silvio Soldini
La Giusta Distanza, Carlo Mazzacurat
La Ragazza del Lago, Andrea Molaioli
Il Vento Fa Il Suo Giro, Giorgio Diritti

Best Director
Bianco e Nero, Cristina Comencini
Caos Calmo, Antonello Grimaldi
La Giusta Distanza, Carlo Mazzacurat
La Ragazza del Lago, Andrea Molaioli
Giorni e Nuvole, Silvio Soldini

Best Actress
Anna Bonaiuto for La Ragazza del Lago, Andrea Molaioli
Margherita Buy for Giorni e Nuvole, Silvio Soldini
Antonia Liskova for Riparo, Marco S. Puccioni
Valentina Lodovini for La Giusta Distanza, Carlo Mazzacurat
Valeria Solarino for Signorina Effe, Wilma Labate

Best Actor
Antonio Albanese, Giorne e Nuvole, Silvio Soldini
Lando Buzzanca, I Viceré, Roberto Faenza
Nanni Moretti, Caos Calmo, Antonello Grimaldi
Kim Rossi Stuart, Piano, Solo, Riccardo Milani
Toni Servillo, La Ragazza del Lago, Andrea Molaioli

Best European Film
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, Cristian Mungiu, Romania
La Graine et le Mulet, Abdellatif Keniche, France
Elizabeth - The Golden Age, Shekhar Kapur, UK and France
Irina Palm, Sam Garbaski, UK, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany and France
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Julian Schnabel, France and USA

Best Foreign Film
Across The Universe, Julie Taymor, USA and UK
Into The Wild, Sean Penn, USA
In the Valley of Elah, Paul Haggis, USA
No Country for Old Men, Joel and Ethan Coen, USA
There Will Be Blood, Paul Thomas Anderson, USA

To check all the categories go here. There are some movies that I’m looking forward to see, as they seem quite interesting. The awards ceremony will be on April 18, 2008.