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David di Donatello for Best International Film

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The David di Donatello for Best International Film (Italian: David di Donatello per il miglior film internazionale), known as the David di Donatello for Best Foreign Film (Italian: David di Donatello per il miglior film straniero) prior to 2022, is a category in the David di Donatello Awards, described as "Italy’s answer to the Oscars",[1] presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI, Academy of Italian Cinema) since the 1959 edition. The category is specifically for films not competing for European honours. No awards were granted during the 1960 and 1961 editions, from 1965 to 1971, and in 1981.[2] Starting from the 2019 edition, the award also includes films that previously would have belonged to the category of Best European Film.

Winners and nominees

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Winners are indicated in bold.

1950s-1960s

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1958 The Prince and the Showgirl, directed by Laurence Olivier
1959 Gigi, directed by Vincente Minnelli
1960 No Award
1961 Ben Hur, directed by William Wyler
1962 Judgment at Nuremberg, directed by Stanley Kramer
1963 The Longest Day, produced by Darryl F. Zanuck
1964 Lawrence of Arabia, directed by David Lean
1965 My Fair Lady, directed by George Cukor
1966 The Agony and the Ecstasy, directed by Carol Reed
1967 Doctor Zhivago, directed by David Lean
1968 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, directed by Stanley Kramer
1969 2001: A Space Odyssey, directed by Stanley Kubrick

1970s

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1970 The Lion in Winter, directed by Anthony Harvey
1971 Ryan's Daughter, directed by David Lean
1972 The French Connection, directed by William Friedkin
1973 The Godfather, directed by Francis Ford Coppola
1974 Jesus Christ Superstar, directed by Norman Jewison
1975 The Towering Inferno, directed by Irwin Allen
1976 Nashville, directed by Robert Altman
1977 Marathon Man, directed by John Schlesinger
1978 Close Encounters of the Third Kind, directed by Steven Spielberg
1979 The Wishing Tree (ნატვრის ხე / Natvris khe), directed by Tengiz Abuladze

1980s

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1980

1981

  • No Award

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990s

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1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000s

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2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010s

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2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020s

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2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

Awards by nation

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Country Number of
winning films
Number of
nominated films
United States United States of America 34 80
United Kingdom United Kingdom 11 16
France France 8 8
Canada Canada 1 3
Spain Spain 1 2
Poland Poland 1 1
South Korea South Korea 1 1
Sweden Sweden 1 1
China China 1 0
Hungary Hungary 1 0
Iran Iran 1 0
Republic of Ireland Ireland 1 0
Mexico Mexico 1 0
Soviet Union Union of Soviet Socialist Republics[nb 1] 1 0
Russia Russia 0 3
Germany Germany[nb 2] 0 2
Hong Kong Hong Kong 0 2
Japan Japan 0 2
Argentina Argentina 0 1
Australia Australia 0 1
Brazil Brazil 0 1
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 1
Lebanon Lebanon 0 1
South Africa South Africa 0 1
Turkey Turkey 0 1
New Zealand New Zealand 0 1

Notes

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  1. ^ The Soviet Union received its nomination for a Georgian-language film and was formally dissolved on 26 December 1991.
  2. ^ Includes films of West Germany.

References

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  1. ^ Ariston Anderson, "'Spotlight,' 'Inside Out' Among Nominees for Italian Oscars," The Hollywood Reporter, 22 March 2016, URL accessed 24 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Cronologia dei premi David di Donatello" [Chronology of David di Donatello awards]. daviddidonatello.it (in Italian). Retrieved 19 December 2019.
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