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| David di Donatello Awards | |
|---|---|
| Current: 69th David di Donatello | |
 A David di Donatello awarded in 2014 | |
| Awarded for | The best of Italian and foreign motion picture productions |
| Date | 1955 |
| Country | Italy |
| Presented by | Academy of Italian Cinema |
| First awarded | 5 June 1956 |
| Website | www |
The David di Donatello Awards, named after Donatello's David, a symbolic statue of the Italian Renaissance,[1] are film awards given out each year by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (the Academy of Italian Cinema).[2] There are 26 award categories, as of 2023. The industry-voted awards are considered the Italian equivalent of the American Academy Awards.[3]
- ^ "Trionfante e sereno nella sua nudità, David, simbolo del Rinascimento" (in Italian). Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ Daniele Dottorini. "Festival e premi cinematografici" [Film festivals and awards] (in Italian). Treccani. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ "Oscar's Foreign Cousins". Variety. Variety Media. 9 December 1998. Retrieved 26 March 2016.