8th International Comics Festival will be held from September 30th to October 3rd, 2010. More info is available here
International Comics Festival is an event organized and led by Belgrade’s Student Cultural Centre (SKC) Happy Gallery in the past seven years. The Festival is the biggest comics event in Serbia, and one of the most important in the entire region. Each year, the Festival is being held during the last week of September (from Thursday to Sunday) in all SKC galleries. Festival is based on: the open international competition for authors of all ages from around the world, worldwide most important comic authors presentations with their personal appearances, revalorization of domestic comic scene from early beginning to present days, young talents recognition and support, popularization of comics and similar artistic expressions such as animation and illustration through the various exhibitions and educational programs.
GUESTS OF THE FESTIVAL: Brian Bolland (United Kingdom), Jean-Marc Thevenet (France), Adrian Smith (United Kingdom), Olivier Ledroit (France), John Higgins (United Kingdom), Igor Kordej (Croatia), David Lloyd (United Kingdom), Esad T. Ribić (Croatia), Matt Hollingsworth (USA), Gyorgy Palfi (Hungary), Kostas Aronis (Greece), Gregg Cox (USA), Aleksandar Sotirovski (Macedonia), Tihomir Tikulin (Croatia), Darijo Antunović (Croatia), Marko Šunjić (Croatia), Iztok Sitar (Slovenia), Bart Nauwelaerts (Belgium), Rufus Dayglo (United Kingdom), R.M. Guera (Serbia/Spain)
SPECIAL AWARD FOR GENERAL CONTRIBUTION TO SERBIAN COMICS The most important domestic authors and comic book pioneers, well renowned beyond the Serbian borders, won the Festival life achievement award: Zoran Janjetov and Aleksandar Zograf (2004), Bane Kerac (2005), Željko Pahek (2006), Žika Bogdanović (2007), Srećko Jovanović (2008), Rajko Milošević Gera (2009)
FESTIVAL CONTEST (2003-2009) In the first six years, over a 1500 authors from 45 countries worldwide including Serbia took part in the International Comics Festival competition. Among them, over 500 were in the “15 years of age or below” contest category. From 2003 to 2009, contestants represented following countries: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Holland, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Serbia, Turkey, Spain, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan and United Kingdom.
WINNERS OF THE CONTEST Previous winners of the Festival contest were: Nebojša Cvetković (Belgrade, Serbia, 2003); Maja Veselinović (Belgrade, Serbia, 2004); Mijat Mijatović (Gornji Milanovac, Serbia, 2005); Miroslav Marić (Čačak, Serbia, 2006), Siniša Banović / Dejan Vujić (Belgrade, Serbia, 2007); Alem Ćurin (Split, Croatia, 2008), Marian Mirescu / Cristian Ioan Pacurariu (Romania, 2009)
TEAM OF THE FESTIVAL: Miki Pješčić, Editor of the Festival Vladimir Vesović, Review of Domestic Authors Dejan Nikolaj Kraljačić, Manager of the International Program Bojan M. Đukić, Manager of the International Program Aleksandar Uzelac, Technical Assistant Predrag Mladenović, Art Editor of the Festival
Catalog of 7th International Comics Festival (2009) Download PDF file
MEĐUNARODNI SALON STRIPA
Osmi Međunarodni salon stripa biće održan od 30.09. do 03.10. 2010. godine, a sve informacije dostupne su ovde
Međunarodni salon stripa je festival koji već sedam godina organizuje i vodi „Srećna galerija” Studentskog Kulturnog Centra u Beogradu. Salon je najmasovniji i najveći strip događaj u Srbiji, i jedna od najznačajnijih smotri devete umetnosti u regionu. Kao tradicionalna manifestacija, Salon se svake godine održava u periodu od četvrtka do nedelje, tokom poslednje sedmice Septembra, u svim prostorima SKC-a. Koncepcijski je zasnovan na: takmičenju po međunarodnom konkursu autora svih uzrasta iz svih zemalja sveta, gostovanju najrelevantnijih svetskih strip autora, revalorizaciji domaćeg strip stvaralaštva od njegovog početka do danas, afirmaciji mladih, popularizaciji stripa i srodnih izraza poput animiranog filma i ilustracije, te kroz izlagački i edukativni program.
GOSTI SALONA: Brian Bolland (Velika Britanija), Jean-Marc Thevenet (Francuska), Adrian Smith (Velika Britanija), Olivier Ledroit (Francuska), Igor Kordej (Hrvatska), John Higgins (Velika Britanija), David Lloyd (Velika Britanija), Esad T. Ribić (Hrvatska), Matt Hollingsworth (SAD), Gyorgy Palfi (Mađarska), Kostas Aronis (Grčka), Gregg Cox (SAD), Aleksandar Sotirovski (Makedonija), Tihomir Tikulin (Hrvatska), Darijo Antunović (Hrvatska), Marko Šunjić (Hrvatska), Iztok Sitar (Slovenija), Bart Nauwelaerts (Belgija), Rufus Dayglo (Velika Britanija), R.M. Gera (Srbija/Španija)
SPECIJALNO PRIZNANJE SALONA ZA DOPRINOS SRPSKOM STRIPU Najznačajniji domaći autori i pioniri stripa, eminencije strip umetnosti kako kod nas tako i u svetskim okvirima dobijali su Specijalno priznanje Salona za životno delo: Zoran Janjetov i Aleksandar Zograf (2004), Bane Kerac (2005), Željko Pahek (2006), Žika Bogdanović (2007), Srećko Jovanović (2008), Rajko Milošević Gera (2009)
TAKMIČARI SALONA U prvih sedam godina na Međunarodnom salonu stripa takmičilo se preko 1500 strip autora iz 45 zemalja sveta i Srbije. Od njih oko 500 u kategoriji takmičara do 15 godina starosti. Od 2003. do 2009. na konkurse Salona stripa slali su svoje radove umetnici iz sledećih zemalja: Argentine, Australije, Austrije, Belgije, Bosne i Hercegovine, Brazila, Bugarske, Crne Gore, Češke, Ekvadora, Estonije, Finske, Francuske, Grčke, Holandije, Hrvatske, Indije, Irana, Irske, Italije, Izraela, Japana, Kanade, Kine, Kipra, Litvanije, Mađarske, Makedonije, Nemačke, Poljske, Portugala, Rumunije, Rusije, Singapura, Sjedinjenih Američkih Država, Slovačke, Slovenije, Singapura, Srbije, Turske, Španije, Ukrajine, Urugvaja, Uzbekistana, Velike Britanije….
POBEDNICI SALONA Dosadašnji dobitnici GRAND PRIX Salona: Nebojša Cvetković (Beograd, Srbija, 2003), Maja Veselinović (Beograd, Srbija, 2004), Mijat Mijatović (Gornji Milanovac, Srbija, 2005), Miroslav Marić (Čačak, Srbija, 2006), Siniša Banović / Dejan Vujić (Beograd, Srbija, 2007), Alem Ćurin (Split, Hrvatska, 2008), Marijan Miresku / Kristijan Joan Pakurariu (Rumunija, 2009)
ORGANIZACIONI TIM SALONA Miki Pješčić, urednik Salona Vladimir Vesović, koordinator programa domaćih autora Dejan Nikolaj Kraljačić, koordinator međunarodnog programa Bojan M. Đukić, koordinator međunarodnog programa Aleksandar Uzelac, tehnički saradnik Predrag Mladenović, umetnički urednik Salona
