David Di Donatello Awards: ‘Vermiglio’ Wins Best Film & Director As Timothée Chalamet Feted With Honorary Award
Maura Delpero’s Vermiglio took home Best Film and Director at the 70th edition of Italy’s David di Donatello Awards on Wednesday evening, in an historic win for a female director.
Delpero is the first woman to win the David di Donatello Best Director prize in the history of the awards, and only the third female filmmaker to win Best Film.
The film picked up seven David di Donatellos in total which also included Best Original Screenplay, Casting, Producer, Cinematography and Sound.
Set in a remote mountain village in 1944, Vermiglio revolves around a family whose life is disrupted by the arrival of a deserted soldier. The feature world premiered in Venice where it won the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize and went on to be Italy’s 2025 Oscars submission.
It was an historically strong night for female directors.
Other big winners included Italian actress and singer-songwriter Margherita Vicario who won Best First Film,...
Delpero is the first woman to win the David di Donatello Best Director prize in the history of the awards, and only the third female filmmaker to win Best Film.
The film picked up seven David di Donatellos in total which also included Best Original Screenplay, Casting, Producer, Cinematography and Sound.
Set in a remote mountain village in 1944, Vermiglio revolves around a family whose life is disrupted by the arrival of a deserted soldier. The feature world premiered in Venice where it won the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize and went on to be Italy’s 2025 Oscars submission.
It was an historically strong night for female directors.
Other big winners included Italian actress and singer-songwriter Margherita Vicario who won Best First Film,...
- 5/7/2025
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
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