All the nominations for the Nastri d’Argento Awards 2018 to be held on June 30 in Taormina, Italy. Paolo Sorrentino alone has received 12 nominations.
The National Union of Italian Film Journalists (SNGC) has revealed the nominations for this year’s Awards edition. The star of this edition is Paolo Sorrentino with 12 nominations for Loro: Best Picture, Best Direction, Screenplay, Best Leading Actor and Actress (respectively for Toni Servillo and Elena Sofia Ricci) and Best Supporting Actor/Actress (Riccardo Scamarcio and Kasia Smutniak). Matteo Garrone’s Dogman has obtained a total of 8 nominations, including Best Director and Best Leading Actor for the couple of Marcello Fonte and Edoardo Pesce. Manetti Bros’ musical Love and Bullets (“Ammore e malavita”) has also received several nominations.
Here is the full nominations line-up for the Nastri d’Argento Awards 2018:
Best film
A Ciambra – Jonas Carpignano (Italy/Brasil/USA/France/Germany/Sweden)
Dogman – Matteo Garrone (Italy/France)
Call Me By Your Name (Chiamami col tuo nome) – Luca Guadagnino (Italy/France/USA/Brasil)
Happy as Lazzaro (Lazzaro Felice) – Alice Rohrwacher (Italy/Switzerland/France/Germany)
Loro – Paolo Sorrentino (Italy/France)
Best Director
Paolo Franchi – Where I’ve Never Lived (Dove non ho mai abitato)
Matteo Garrone – Dogman
Luca Guadagnino – Call Me By Your Name
Gabriele Muccino – There Is No Place Like Home
Susanna Nicchiarelli – Nico, 1988 (Italy/Belgium)
Ferzan Ozpetek – Napoli velata
Paolo Sorrentino – Loro
Best Supporting Director
Dario Albertini – Manuel
Valerio Attanasio – Il tuttofare
Donato Carrisi – The Girl In The Fog (La ragazza nella nebbia) (Italy/France/Germany)
Fabio and Damiano D’Innocenzo – Boys Cry (La terra dell’abbastanza)
Annarita Zambrano – Après la Guerre (Dopo la guerra) (France/Italy/Switzerland)
Best Producer
Matteo Garrone and Paolo Del Brocco for Archimede and Rai Cinema – Dogman
Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima, Carlotta Calori and Viola Prestieri for Indigo – Loro, The Invisible Boy – Second Generation (Il ragazzo invisibile – Seconda generazione)
Marco Belardi for Lotus Production – There Is No Place Like Home, Hotel Gagarin
Carlo Macchitella, Antonio and Marco Manetti for Madeleine and Manetti Bros Film – Love and Bullets
Giampaolo Letta for Medusa Film – The Place
Agostino, Maria Grazia and Giuseppe Saccà for Pepito Produzioni – Where I’ve Never Lived, Boys Cry
Marta Donzelli and Gregorio Paonessa for Vivo Film – Nico, 1988, Daughter of Mine (Figlia mia) (Italy/Germany/Switzerland)
Best Comedy
Love and Bullets – Manetti Bros
Benedetta follia – Carlo Verdone
Ugly Nasty People (Brutti e Cattivi) – Cosimo Gomez
Like a Cat on a Highway (Come un gatto in tangenziale) – Riccardo Milani
Io sono tempesta – Daniele Luchetti
Put Grandma in the Freezer (Metti la nonna in freezer) – Giancarlo Fontana, Giuseppe G. Stasi
I Can Quit Whenever I Want 3 – Ad Honorem (Smetto quando voglio 3 – Ad Honorem) – Sydney Sibilia
Best Plot
Daughter of Mine – Laura Bispuri, Francesca Manieri
Io c’è – Alessandro Aronadio, Renato Sannio, Edoardo Leo
L’equilibrio – Vincenzo Marra
L’esodo – Ciro Formisano
The Order of Things (L’ordine delle cose) – Marco Pettenello, Andrea Segre (Italy/France)
Made in Italy – Luciano Ligabue
A family (Una famiglia) – Andrea Cedrola, Stefano Grasso, Sebastiano Riso (Italy/France)
Best Screenplay
The Is No Place Like Home – Gabriele Muccino, Paolo Costella with the collaboration of Sabrina Impacciatore
Dogman – Ugo Chiti, Massimo Gaudioso, Matteo Garrone
The Intruder (L’intrusa) – Leonardo Di Costanzo, Maurizio Braucci, Bruno Oliviero (Italy/Switzerland/France)
Loro – Paolo Sorrentino, Umberto Contarello
Nico, 1988 – Susanna Nicchiarelli
Best Leading Actor
Giuseppe Battiston – After the War (Dopo la guerra), As long as there is prosecco there is hope (Finché c’è prosecco c’è speranza)
Alessio Boni – The Girl in the Fog, Breaths (Respiri) (Italy/Poland)
Marcello Fonte, Edoardo Pesce – Dogman
Valerio Mastandrea – The Place
Toni Servillo – Loro
Best Leading Actress
Valeria Golino, Alba Rohrwacher – Daughter of Mine
Lucia Mascino – Stories of Love that Cannot Belong to this World (Amori che non sanno stare al mondo)
Giovanna Mezzogiorno – Napoli velata
Luisa Ranieri – Poison (Veleno)
Elena Sofia Ricci – Loro
Best Supporting Actor
Peppe Barra – Napoli velata
Stefano Fresi – I Can Quit Whenever I Want 3 – Ad Honorem, Nove lune e mezza (Italy/Spain)
Vinicio Marchioni – Il contagio, The Place
Riccardo Scamarcio – Loro
Thomas Trabacchi- Stories of Love that Cannot Belong to this World, Nico, 1988
Best Supporting Actress
Adriana Asti – Nome di donna (Italy/France)
Nicoletta Braschi – Happy as Lazzaro
Sabrina Ferilli – The Place
Anna Foglietta – Il contagio, Il premio
Kasia Smutniak – Loro
For the tenth anniversary of Nastro d’Argento:
Best Comedy Actor 2018
Antonio Albanese – Like a Cat on a Highway
Carlo Buccirosso, Giampaolo Morelli – Love and Bullets
Sergio Castellitto – Il tuttofare
Edoardo Leo – I Can Quit Whenever I Want 3, Io c’è
Marco Giallini – Io sono tempesta
Massimo Popolizio – Sono tornato
Carlo Verdone – Benedetta follia
Best Comedy Actress 2018
Sonia Bergamasco – Like a cat on a highway
Barbara Bouchet – Put Grandma in the Freezer
Paola Cortellesi – Like a cat on a highway
Claudia Gerini, Serena Rossi – Love and Bullets
Miriam Leone – Put Grandma in the Freezer
Ilenia Pastorelli – Benedetta follia
Sara Serraiocco – Ugly Nasty People
Best Photography
Francesca Amitrano – Love and Bullets
Marco Bassano – Made in Italy
Luca Bigazzi – Loro, Ella & John – The Leisure Seeker
Gian Filippo Corticelli – Napoli velata (winner)
Vladan Radovic – Daughter of Mine, I Can Quit Whenever I Want – Ad Honorem
Best Scenography
Giorgio Barulo – Where I’ve Never Lived (Dove non ho mai abitato)
Dimitri Capuani – Dogman (winer)
Emita Frigato – Happy as Lazzaro
Ivana Gargiulo – Napoli velata
Rita Rabassini – The Invisible Boy – Second Generation
Best Costume Design
Massimo Cantini Parrini – Dogman, Boys Cry
Alessandro Lai – Napoli velata
Carlo Poggioli – Loro
Daniela Salernitano – Love and Bullets
Nicoletta Taranta Agadah – A Ciambra (winner)
Best Editing
Claudio Di Mauro – There is No Place Like Home
Walter Fasano – Call Me By Your Name (winner ex aequo)
Giogio’ Franchini – Made in Italy, Riccardo va all’inferno
Marco Spoletini – Dogman (winner ex aequo)
Cristiano Travaglio – Loro
Best Live Sound
Lavinia Burcheri – Love and Bullets
Stefano Campus – Daughter of Mine
Fabio Conca – Napoli velata
Adriano Di Lorenzo – Nico, 1988
Maricetta Lombardo – Dogman, The Intruder (winner)
Best Soundtrack
Pasquale Catalano – Napoli velata
Antonio Fresa, Luigi Scialdone – Cinderella the Cat
Gatto ciliegia contro il grande freddo – Nico, 1988
Luciano Ligabue – Made in Italy
Lele Marchitelli – Loro
Nicola Piovani – There is No Place Like Home
Pivio e Aldo De Scalzi – Love and Bullets
Best Original Song
“Amori che non sanno stare al mondo” – Stories of Love that Cannot Belong to this World
“Arrivano i prof” – Arrivano i Prof
“Bang bang” – Love and Bullets
“Durango blues” – Benedetta follia
“Fidati di me” – Riccardo va all’Inferno
“Ho cambiato i piani” – Nove lune e mezza
“Proof” – Il premio
“Sconnessi” – Disconnected (Sconnessi)
“The Place” – The Place
“Tiemp’e veleno” – Poison
