Women Dominate Italy’s David di Donatello Awards: ‘Vermiglio’ Sweeps, ‘Art of Joy’ and ‘Gloria!’ Emerge as Big Winners

Women Dominate Italy’s David di Donatello Awards: ‘Vermiglio’ Sweeps, ‘Art of Joy’ and ‘Gloria!’ Emerge as Big Winners

Women dominated Italy’s 70th David di Donatello Awards with Maura Delpero’s Venice Silver Lion winner “Vermiglio” taking top honors and Valeria Golino’s female empowerment drama “The Art of Joy” and Margherita Vicario’s directorial debut “Gloria!” also scoring multiple statuettes. “Vermiglio,” which is set at the end of World War II in an Alpine village where the arrival of a soldier causes disruption in the dynamics between three sisters, was…

David Di Donatellos: ‘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 a 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, Casti…