On the same day that Italian film lost its greatest musical composer Ennio Morricone, the sector is trying to raise itself up, after months of Coronavirus-related inactivity and uncertainty, by celebrating the very best of the talent among its ranks. And it was the younger nominees who triumphed this year at the 74^th edition of the Silver Ribbons, the awards ceremony of which took place yesterday evening, dedicated to the late master, at Rome’s National Museum of 21^st Century Arts (MAXXI), attended solely by the prize-winners and unfolding in line with health and safety guidelines. The 2020 Nastro for Best Film went to Bad Tales [+lee también:
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entrevista: Fabio y Damiano D'Innocenzo
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The second biggest Nastro - that of Best Director - was won by Matteo Garrone for Pinocchio, which the Italian film journalists honoured with five additional gongs: Best Supporting Actor (Oscar-award winner Roberto Benigni in the role of Gepetto), Best Set Design (Dimitri Capuani), Best Editing (Marco Spoletini), Best Soundtrack (Maricetta Lombardo) and Best Costumes (Cantini Parrini).

Pierfrancesco Favino enjoyed an encore (after the Nastro he won last year for The Traitor [+lee también:
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Q&A: Marco Bellocchio
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ficha de la película] by Ferzan Özpetek, a role which already bagged her a David di Donatello award in May of this year. Valeria Golino was crowned Best Supporting Actress (for 5 Is The Perfect Number [+lee también:
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The Comedy of the Year, in the eyes of the Italian film journalists, is Figli [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Giuseppe Bonito, a film thought up by the late screenwriter Mattia Torre, which also earned its two protagonists, Paola Cortellesi (who’s now on her third consecutive Nastro) and Valerio Mastandrea, the Best Comedy Actors accolade. Marco D’Amore, meanwhile, was named Best New Director for The Immortal [+lee también:
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Of the various special prizes in the offing, the most memorable included Film of the Year, which went to Hidden Away [+lee también:
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The full list of 2020 Nastri d’Argento winners is as follows:

Best Film
Bad Tales [+lee también:
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Best Director
Matteo Garrone – Pinocchio [+lee también:
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Best New Director
Marco D’Amore – The Immortal [+lee también:
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Best Comedy
Figli [+lee también:
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Best Producer
Agostino, Giuseppe and Mariagrazia Saccà - Pepito Produzioni with Rai Cinema, in co-production with Vision Distribution – Bad Tales; and with Rai Cinema, in association with Minerva Pictures Group, Evolution People - Hammamet [+lee también:
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Best Actor
Pierfrancesco Favino – Hammamet

Best Actress
Jasmine Trinca – The Fortune Goddess [+lee también:
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Best Supporting Actor
Roberto Benigni – Pinocchio

Best Supporting Actress
Valeria Golino – 5 Is The Perfect Number [+lee también:
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entrevista: Céline Sciamma
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Best Comedy Actor
Valerio Mastandrea – Figli

Best Comedy Actress
Paola Cortellesi – Figli

Best Story
Pupi, Antonio and Tommaso Avati – Il Signor Diavolo [+lee también:
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Best Screenplay
Damiano and Fabio D’Innocenzo – Bad Tales

Best Photography
Paolo Carnera – Bad Tales

Best Set Design
Dimitri Capuani – Pinocchio

Best Editing
Marco Spoletini – Pinocchio, Guests in the Villa [+lee también:
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Best Costume Design
Massimo Cantini Parrini – Pinocchio, Bad Tales

Best Sound
Maricetta Lombardo – Pinocchio

Best Soundtrack (tied)
Brunori Sas – Odio l’estate [+lee también:
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Pasquale Catalano – The Fortune Goddess

Best Original Song
“Che vita meravigliosa” by Diodato – The Fortune Goddess

Special Prizes (awarded by the Executive of the National Council)

Film of the Year
Hidden Away [+lee también:
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Lifetime Achievement Nastro
Toni Servillo

European Nastro
Pedro Almodóvar – Pain and Glory [+lee también:
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Golden Nastro
Vittorio Storaro – A Rainy Day in New York (US)

Special Nastro
Lorenzo Mattotti – The Bears’ Famous Invasion of Sicily [+lee también:
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Law and Order Nastro
Aspromonte: Land of the Forgotten [+lee también:
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Best Casting Director
Davide Zurolo – The Immortal

Guglielmo Biraghi Award (for the year’s most promising talent)
Giulio Pranno – Volare [+lee también:
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Special Mention for Federico Ielapi – Pinocchio

Graziella Bonacchi Award
Barbara Chichiarelli

Nino Manfredi Award
Claudio Santamaria – Volare, The Best Years [+lee también:
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Nastri d’Argento - SIAE Award (for screenwriting)
Emanuele Rossi – Darkness [+lee también:
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Nastri d’Argento – New IMAIE Award (for dubbing)
Stefano De Sando – Robert De Niro in The Irishman
Claudia Catani - Angelina Jolie/Emanuela Rossi - Michelle Pfeiffer in Maleficent

Cameo of the Year
Barbara Alberti – The Fortune Goddess