David di Donatello for Best New Director

David di Donatello Award for Best New Director
CountryItaly
Presented byAccademia del Cinema Italiano
First awarded1982 (for directorial debut films released during the 1981/1982 film season)
Currently held byPaola Cortellesi — There's Still Tomorrow (2024)
Websitedaviddidonatello.it

The David di Donatello Award for Best New Director (Italian: David di Donatello per il miglior regista esordiente) is a film award presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI, Academy of Italian Cinema) to recognize the outstanding feature-film directorial debut of a film director who has worked within the Italian film industry during the year preceding the ceremony.[1] The award was first handled out in 1982.[2]

Nominees and winners are selected via runoff voting by all members of the Accademia.[3][4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference chrono was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Lancia, Enrico (1998). I premi del cinema [The awards of cinema] (in Italian). Rome, Italy: Gremese Editore. pp. 251–252. ISBN 8877422211.
  3. ^ "Regolamento". daviddidonatello.it (in Italian). Accademia del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  4. ^ Niola, Gabriele (12 December 2018). "Ecco i nuovi David di Donatello: nuova giuria, nuovo sistema di votazione, nuovi possibili candidati. Fuori lo streaming". Badtaste.it (in Italian). Retrieved 12 December 2018.