David di Donatello
| David di Donatello Awards | |
|---|---|
| Current: 70th David di Donatello | |
A David di Donatello awarded in 2014 | |
| Awarded for | The best of Italian and foreign motion picture productions |
| Date | 1955 |
| Country | Italy |
| Presented by | Academy of Italian Cinema |
| First award | 5 June 1956 |
| Website | www |
The David di Donatello Awards, named after Donatello's David, a symbolic statue of the Italian Renaissance, are film awards given out each year by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (the Academy of Italian Cinema). There are 26 award categories, as of 2023. The industry-voted awards are considered the Italian equivalent of the American Academy Awards.