Gianni Amelio's The HouseKeys and Paolo Sorrentino's The Consequences Of Love have receivedthe lion's share of nominations for Italy's Nastri d'Argento, the country'ssecond biggest awards.

Amelio's film, which isItaly's foreign Oscar candidate, and Sorrentino's film, which premiered inCannes last year, each earned eight nominations - including for best director,best producer and best editor.

Both Kim Rossi Stuart andToni Servillo picked up best actor nods for their roles respectively in TheHouse Keys and The Consequences Of Love, while Luca Bigazzi earned abest cinematography nomination for his work on both films.

Actor-director SergioCastellitto's Don't Move received six nominations, including for bestdirector and best screenplay. Matteo Garrone's First Love, whichpremiered in Berlin last year, also earned six nods.

Among the directorsreceiving nominations for best first film was Saverio Costanzo, whoseMiddle-East set drama, Private, has been sold to 22 territories afterwinning the Locarno Film Festival last year.

Films competing in the bestforeign film category include Shrek 2, Pedro Almodovar's BadEducation, Kim Ki-Duk's 3-Iron and Fatih Akin's Head On (GegenDie Wand).

The Nastri d'Argento arevoted for by Italy's national critics union, SNCCI. The awards ceremony, whichhas been brought forward by two months in an attempt to boost the fortunes ofItalian cinema at the local box office, will take place on February 4 in Rome.

Best director
Gianni Amelio - The House Keys
Sergio Castellitto - Don't Move
Davide Ferrario - After Midnight
Matteo Garrone - First Love
Paolo Sorrentino - The Consequences Of Love

Best new director
Antonio Bocola, Paolo Vari - Fame chimica
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi - It's Easier For A Camel
Saverio Costanzo - Private
Paolo Franchi - La Spettatrice
David Grieco - Evilenko

Producer
Donatella Botti, Bianca Film - Mi piace lavorare (with Bim Distribuzioneand RaiCinemaFiction) / L'amore ritorna (with Warner Bros)
Aurelio De Laurentiis, Filmauro - Che ne sarà di noi / Tutto in quella notte
Enzo Porcelli, Achab Film - The House Keys (with RaiCinema)
Domenico Procacci, Fandango - First Love/ The Consequences of Love (withIndigo Film, in collaboration with Medusa) / Lavorare con lentezza (withMedusa)
Riccardo Tozzi, Giovanni Stabilini and Marco Chimenz Cattleya - Non timuovere (with Medusa) and Tre metri sopra il cielo (with WarnerBros)

Story
Assunta Cestaro, Francesca Comencini, Daniele Ranieri - Mi piace lavorare
Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso, Vitaliano Trevisan - First Love
Vincenzo Marra - Vento di terra
Sergio Rubini, Domenico Starnone, Carla Cavalluzzi - L'amore ritorna
Paolo Sorrentino - The Consequences of Love

Screenplay
Gianni Amelio, Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli - The House Keys
Pupi Avati - La rivincita di Natale
Davide Ferrario - After Midnight
Andrea Frazzi, Antonio Frazzi, Marcello Fois, Diego De Silva, FerdinandoVicentini Orgnani - Certi bambini
Margaret Mazzantini, Sergio Castellitto - Don't Move

Best actress
Nicoletta Braschi - Mi piace lavorare
Margherita Buy - Il siero della vanità
Michela Cescon - First Love
Francesca Inaudi - After Midnight
Laura Morante - Love is Eternal For as Long as It Lasts

Best actor
Fabrizio Bentivoglio - L'amore ritorna
Giorgio Pasotti - After Midnight/ Volevo solo dormirle addosso
Toni Servillo - The Consequences of Love
Kim Rossi Stuart - The House Keys
Carlo Verdone - Love is Eternal for as Long as It Lasts

Best supporting actress
Monica Bellucci, Rosalinda Celentano, Claudia Gerini - The Passion of Christ
Cristiana Capotondi - Christmas in love / Volevo solo dormirle addosso
Giovanna Mezzogiorno - L'amore ritorna
Vincenza Modica - Vento di terra
Teresa Saponangelo - Te lo leggo negli occhi

Best supporting actor
Valerio Binasco - Lavorare con lentezza
Pierfrancesco Favino - The House Keys
Elio Germano - Che ne sarà di noi
Luca Lionello, Mattia Sbragia - The Passion of Christ
Raffaele Pisu - The Consequences of Love

Cinematography
Cesare Accetta - L'odore del sangue
Luca Bigazzi - The House Keys/ The Consequences of Love/ Ovunque sei
Maurizio Calvesi - Segui le ombre
Dante Cecchin - After Midnight
Marco Onorato - First Love

Sound
Gaetano Carito - Love is Eternal as Long as it Lasts
Mauro Lazzaro - Certi bambini
Roberto Mozzarelli - Fame chimica
Remo Ugolinelli - Lavorare con lentezza
Alessandro Zanon - La vita che vorrei /The House Keys

Set design
Giancarlo Basili - L'amore ritrovato
Marco Dentici - La vita che vorrei
Francesco Frigeri - The Passion of Christ/ Don't Move
Antonello Geleng - Il cartaio
Stefano Giambanco - Volevo solo dormirle addosso

Costumes
Maria Rita Barbera - La vita che vorrei
Maurizio Millenotti - The Passion of Christ
Lia Morandini - Pontormo / L'amore di Marja
Silvia Nebiolo - Agata e la tempesta
Gabriella Pescucci, Carlo Poggioli - Van Helsing

Editor
Francesca Calvelli - Private / Radio West
Daniele Cipri', Franco Maresco, Claudia Uzzo - Come inguaiammo il cinemaitaliano - La vera storia di Franco e Ciccio
Giogiò Franchini - The Consequences of Love
Patrizio Marone - Don't Move
Simona Paggi - The House Keys

Music
Almamegretta - Certi bambini
Banda Osiris - First Love
Pasquale Catalano - The Consequences of Love
Luca Persico "Zulù" - Fame chimica
Teho Teardo - Lavorare con lentezza

Best foreign film
Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, Conrad Vernon - Shrek 2
Fatih Akin - Head On (Gegen DieWand).
Pedro Almodovar - Bad Education
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - 21 grams
Kim Ki-Duk - Iron-3