The road movie, which premiered in Un Certain Regard at CAnnes in 2025, stars Sergio Romano and Pierpaolo Capovilla as two fiftysomething men from Italy’s northern Veneto area who befriend a timid student from Naples, played by Filippo Scotti.
Having led at the nomination stage making it into 16 categories, the picture also won Best Actor for Romano, Original Screenplay, Editing, Original Song, Casting and Producer.
Paul Thomas Anderson’s Oscar-winning picture One Battle After Another won the Best International Film Prize, beating contenders I’m Still Here, The Voice of Hind Rajab, The Brutalist and It Was Just an Accident, but the director did not make it to Italy to pick up the prize.
Director Gianni Amelio was celebrated with an honorary career prize, while the Special David Prize went to animator and director Bruno Bozzetto. Gennaro Nunziante’s record-breaking box office hit comedy Buen Camino starring Checco Zalone won the Spectator prize but neither the film’s director or its star made it to the awards ceremony.
Here are the winners at the 2026 David di Donatello Awards:
Best FilmThe Last One For The Road, Francesco Sossai
Best DirectorFrancesco Sossai, The Last One For The Road
Best First FilmMargherita Spampinato, Sweetheart
Best Original ScreenplayThe Last One For The Road,Francesco Sossai, Adriano Candiago
Best Adapted ScreenplayThe Tasters, Doriana Leondeff, Silvio Soldini, Lucio Ricca, Cristina Comencini, Giulia Calenda, Ilaria Macchia
Best ProducerThe Last One For The Road, Marta Donzelli and Gregorio Paonessa for Vivo Film, with Rai Cnema, in collaboration with Philipp Kreuzer for Maze Pictures, Cecilia Trautvetter
Best ActressAurora Quattrocchi, Sweetheart
Best ActorSergio Romano, The Last One For The Road
Best Actress in a Supporting RoleMatilda De Angelis, Fuori
Best Actor in a Supporting RoleLino Musella, Feeling Better
Best International FilmOne Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson
Best CastingAdriano Candiago, The Last One For The Road
Best CinematographyPaolo Carnera, Forbidden City
Best ComposerPrimavera, Fabio Massimo Capogrosso
Best Original SongKrano, The Last One For The Road
Best Art DirectionAndrea Castorina, Marco Martucci, Forbidden City
Best CostumesPrimavera, Maria Rita Barbera, Gaia Calderone
Best Make-upEsmé Sciaroni, The Tasters
Best EditingPaolo Cottignola, The Last One For The Road
Best SoundGianluca Scarlata, Davide Favargiotti, Daniele Quadroli, Nadia Paone, Primavera
Best Special EffectsForbidden City, Stefano Leoni, Andrea Lo Priore
Best DocumentaryRoberto Rossellini, Living Without a Script, Ilaria de Laurentiis, Andrea Paolo Massara, Raffaele Brunetti
Source: deadline.com