The Flaiano Prizes () are a set of Italian international awards recognizing achievements in the fields of creative writing, cinema, theater and radio-television. Established to honour the Italian author and screenwriter Ennio Flaiano (1910-1972), the prizes have been awarded annually since 1974 at the Teatro Monumentale Gabriele D'Annunzio in Pescara, Flaiano's hometown in Abruzzo, as well as D'Annunzio's. Since 2001 the cinema section has become a true film festival, consisting of several events and film selections presented in cinemas around the town and open to the general public. The Flaiano Film Festival is one of Italy's International Film Festivals. The Festival lasts one month (between June and July of each year), with the presentation of films in competition and out of competition, allowing the participation of thousands of spectators. The festival is enriched by several smaller festivals each year and is divided into several sections for which prizes are awarded. These include best film, best foreign film, male and female actors, director, photographer, editing, soundtrack, set design and costumes. A special jury prize is awarded, best film of onset and also the premium carriera. The highest award given is the Flaiano gold for the film which is reserved to writers for film, directors, performers Italian and foreign critics. Award winners Literary Prize 1976: Emma Giammattei, Renato Minore 1977: Goffredo Parise 1978: Guido Ceronetti 1979: Mario Praz 1980: Mario Soldati 1981: Roberto Ridolfi 1982: Carlo Betocchi, Pietro Citati 1983: Mimì Zorzi, Gino Bacchetti 1984: Antonio Altomonte, Gesualdo Bufalino 1985: Francesco Burdin, Raffaele La Capria 1986: Piero Chiara, Paolo Barbaro, Mario Rigoni Stern 1987: Gian Luigi Piccioli, Franca Rossi, Gaetano Afeltra 1988: Lorenzo Mondo, Giorgio Soavi 1989: Maria Corti, Fruttero & Lucentini 1990: Luigi Malerba, Claudio Magris 1991: John Banville, Francesca Sanvitale, Antonio Tabucchi, Antonio Cibotto 1992: Peter Handke, Giuliana Morandini, José Saramago 1993: Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, Domenico Rea, Luis Sepúlveda 1994: Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Marie NDiaye, Giuseppe Pontiggia 1995: Daniele Del Giudice, Allan Folsom, Jostein Gaarder 1996: Enzo Bettiza, Paulo Coelho, Tahar Ben Jelloun, Daniel Pennac, Abraham B. Yehoshua, Ken Saro-Wiwa (in his memory) 1997: Tom Clancy, Dacia Maraini, Patrick Robinson 1998: Andrea Camilleri, Daniel Chavarría, Ian McEwan 1999: Vincenzo Consolo, Edwidge Danticat, Max Gallo 2000: Alex Garland, Javier Marías, Daniel Picouly, Fabrizia Ramondino 2001: Michèle Desbordes, Patrick McGrath, Roberto Pazzi 2002: Peter Carey, Silvana Grasso, Per Olov Enquist 2003: John Crowley, Antonio Munoz Molina, Harry Mulish, Elisabetta Rasy, Nikolaj