Ciak

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Ciak
Logo Ciak.png
Ciak's official logo
Categories Film magazine
FrequencyMonthly
Circulation 100,000
Founded1985;39 years ago (1985)
Company Arnoldo Mondadori Editore
Country Italy
Based in Milan
LanguageItalian

Ciak is a popular Italian film magazine published in Milan, Italy. It is the most popular film magazine in Italy. The title is the Italian word (also spelled ciac, for a film clapperboard.

Contents

History and profile

Ciak was established in 1985 by Arnoldo Mondadori Editore. [1] Each year the magazine publishes the Power List. [2]

Ciak d'oro

The Ciak d'oro (Golden Ciak) is an Italian annual film award. It was established in 1986 by the magazine Ciak. It is the only award of Italian cinema that has the audience as jury: [3] the readers of the magazine vote the best film, the best director, the best leading actors and the best foreign film of the season, instead the best supporting actors and the winners of the Ciak d'oro for technical categories and for Best Debut are designed by a jury of film critics and specialized journalists. [4]

Film categories

Public voted categories

  • Best Motion Picture - Drama
  • Best Motion Picture - Comedy
  • Best Director
  • Best Emerging Director
  • Best Lead Actor
  • Best Lead Actress
  • Best Original Song
  • Best Reveleation of the Year
  • BestPlaybill

Judge categories

  • Best Supporting Actor
  • Best Supporting Actress
  • Best Producer
  • Best Screenplay
  • Best Cinematography
  • Best Sound
  • Best Product Design
  • Best Editing
  • Best Soundtrack
  • Best Costume Design

Television Series Awards

Public voted categories

Special awards

See also

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References

  1. "The most important Italian magazines". Life in Italy. Archived from the original on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  2. Catherine O'Rawe (18 June 2014). Stars and Masculinities in Contemporary Italian Cinema. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 1. ISBN   978-1-137-38147-7 . Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  3. Panorama , Issues 1989-1992. Mondadori, 2004.
  4. Enrico Lancia. I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. pp. 274–281. ISBN   88-7742-221-1.