Milan wins prix Italia again.

After an almost 30-year absence, Prix Italia, the Italy-based international radio, television and Web competition, returns to Milan, September 18-24, for its 57th incarnation. The event is sponsored by RAI, the Italian state broadcasting organization. Its award categories cover the fields of drama (plays and serials), documentaries (culture and current affairs), the performing arts and music.

Close to 200 entries have been submitted from around the world: 79 for radio, 92 for television and 11 for the Web. Festivities begin September 18 on Lake Como--at the Villa Erba at Cernobbio--with a concert honoring music from Luchino Visconti's films. The closing ceremony will be held at the new Auditorium Giuseppe Verdi, with a concert by the Symphonic Orchestra and Symphonic Chorus of Milan.

Caroline Thomson, BBC director of Policy and Legal, will act as president of the international awards, a post her father held in the 1980s.