48th David di Donatello

The 48th David di Donatello ceremony, presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano, was held on 9 April 2003.

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

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