It’s one of the oldest cinema awards in the word, given out by the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists, the association of Italian film critics.
In fact, they are the oldest film awards in Europe, and they’ll be given out tomorrow at the Teatro Antico in Taormina. We announced the 5 candidates for each category of the “Silver Ribbons” on May 29.
Just this morning a winner was announced: Noi E La Giulia is this year’s BEST COMEDY. Noi E La Giulia was directed by Edoardo Leo and stars Leo, Luca Argentero, Carlo Buccirosso, Anna Foglietta, and Stefano Fresi.
This year, the five directors up for Best Director are Saverio Costanzo for Hungry Hearts, Matteo Garrone for Il Racconto dei Racconti (Tale of Tales), Nanni Moretti for Mia Madre (My Mother), Francesco Munzi for Anime Nere (Black Souls) and Paolo Sorrentino for La Giovinezza (Youth).
The record holder for that prize is Federico Fellini, but here are all the Best Directors since 1946:
1946
Alessandro Blasetti – Un giorno nella vita
Vittorio De Sica – Shoeshine
1947 – Roberto Rossellini – Paisan
1948
Alberto Lattuada – Flesh Will Surrender
Giuseppe De Santis – Tragic Hunt
1949 – Vittorio De Sica – Bicycle Thieves
1950s[edit]
1950 – Augusto Genina – Heaven over the Marshes
1951 – Alessandro Blasetti – Prima comunione
1952 – Renato Castellani – Two Cents Worth of Hope
1953 – Luigi Zampa – The City Stands Trial
1954 – Federico Fellini – I Vitelloni
1955 – Federico Fellini – La Strada
1956 – Michelangelo Antonioni – Le Amiche
1957 – Pietro Germi – The Railroad Man
1958 – Federico Fellini – Nights of Cabiria
1959 – Pietro Germi – A Man of Straw
1960s[edit]
1960 – Roberto Rossellini – General della Rovere
1961 – Luchino Visconti – Rocco and His Brothers
1962 – Michelangelo Antonioni – La Notte
1963
Nanni Loy – The Four Days of Naples
Francesco Rosi – Salvatore Giuliano
1964 – Federico Fellini – 8½
1965 – Pier Paolo Pasolini – The Gospel According to St. Matthew
1966 – Antonio Pietrangeli – Io la conoscevo bene
1967 – Gillo Pontecorvo – The Battle of Algiers
1968 – Elio Petri – We Still Kill the Old Way
1969 – Franco Zeffirelli – Romeo and Juliet
1970s[edit]
1970 – Luchino Visconti – The Damned
1971 – Elio Petri – Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
1972 – Luchino Visconti – Death in Venice
1973 – Bernardo Bertolucci – Last Tango in Paris
1974 – Federico Fellini – Amarcord
1975 – Luchino Visconti – Conversation Piece
1976 – Michelangelo Antonioni – The Passenger
1977 – Valerio Zurlini – The Desert of the Tartars
1978 – Paolo and Vittorio Taviani – Padre Padrone
1979 – Ermanno Olmi – The Tree of Wooden Clogs
1980s[edit]
1980 – Federico Fellini – City of Women
1981 – Francesco Rosi – Tre fratelli
1982 – Marco Ferreri – Tales of Ordinary Madness
1983 – Paolo and Vittorio Taviani – The Night of the Shooting Stars
1984
Pupi Avati – Una gita scolastica
Federico Fellini – And the Ship Sails On
1985 – Sergio Leone – Once Upon a Time in America
1986 – Mario Monicelli – Speriamo che sia femmina
1987 – Ettore Scola – The Family
1988 – Bernardo Bertolucci – The Last Emperor
1989 – Ermanno Olmi – The Legend of the Holy Drinker
1990s[edit]
1990 – Pupi Avati – The Story of Boys & Girls
1991 – Gianni Amelio – Open Doors
1992 – Gabriele Salvatores – Mediterraneo
1993 – Gianni Amelio – The Stolen Children
1994 – Nanni Moretti – Caro diario
1995 – Gianni Amelio – Lamerica
1996 – Giuseppe Tornatore – The Star Maker
1997 – Maurizio Nichetti – Luna e l’altra
1998 – Roberto Benigni – Life Is Beautiful
1999 – Giuseppe Tornatore – The Legend of 1900
2000s[edit]
2000 – Silvio Soldini – Bread and Tulips
2001 – Nanni Moretti – The Son’s Room
2002 – Marco Bellocchio – My Mother’s Smile
2003 – Gabriele Salvatores – I’m Not Scared
2004 – Marco Tullio Giordana – The Best of Youth
2005 – Gianni Amelio – The Keys to the House
2006 – Michele Placido – Romanzo Criminale
2007 – Giuseppe Tornatore – The Unknown Woman
2008 – Paolo Virzì – Tutta la vita davanti
2009 – Paolo Sorrentino – Il Divo
2010s[edit]
2010 – Paolo Virzì – The First Beautiful Thing
2011 – Nanni Moretti – Habemus Papam
2012 – Paolo Sorrentino – This Must Be the Place
2013 – Giuseppe Tornatore – The Best Offer
2014 – Paolo Virzì – Human Capital
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