14TH INTERNATIONAL COMICS FESTIVAL BELGRADE 2016 BOOKLET OF THE FESTIVAL FOR DOWNLOAD

Total number of works submitted to the contest: 292
Total number of participants: 325
Total number of countries: 33

Countries:
Argentina, Austria, Australia, Bosnia And Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Cuba, France, Germany, Greece,  Hungary, Iran, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Uruguay, USA, Uzbekistan

Jury:

Željko Pahek, comics artist and scriptwriter (chairman)
Dragana Stojiljković, scriptwriter
Milan Miletić, comics artist, painter
Aleksandar Zograf, comics artist
Boban Savić Geto, comics artist and illustrator

A WORD FROM THE JURY

This year’s contest of the International comics festival was marked by a continuity and by a peculiarity. The continuity is reflected in the rise of the number of the participants. In total, 325 participants from 33 countries sent entries to the fourteenth contest organized by Student Cultural Center, Belgrade.  The list of the countries from which the comics arrived is now enriched by Moldavia. The peculiarity is revealed in the fact that a significantly larger number of ladies were among the participants. Due to the sensibility and quality of their works, the Festival shined in new splendor. Therefore, it is not accidental that this year's Grand Prix went into the hands of a lady.
The jury was faced with unrewarding, and by no means an easy task, to select just a few of the multitude of various visual manuscripts and contents. Therefore, on behalf of all the members of the jury, I wish to remind you of something that I find very important. The purpose of artistic awards is not a celebration of an individual, but the artistic media as a whole. There is something in these awards that to some extent contradicts the very essence of art. Art is not a competitive discipline. Achievements of an artist, no matter how exalted they are, do not devalue the efforts of his colleagues in a way such as it is in sports. The authors are not mutual competitors, but comrades in a common struggle for beauty. In this struggle there are neither defeated, nor victors, but only winners. And the winners are all those who through their work embody the beauty of art, as well as all of us who enjoy their work.

B.S. Geto

AWARDS & PRIZES

JURY AWARDS:

∙ GRAND PRIX:
Daniele Giardini, Italy (script), Jelena Đorđević, Serbia (art & script), “TPORG”

Daniele Giardini
He was born in 1976 in Rome, where he spent most of his life. He studied psychology, before he began to work as an illustrator, comics writer/artist, and as a satirical cartoonist. His caricatures and commics were published in numerous magazines and journals, among them Boxer, Blue, La Repubblica and Lettere. Currently, he is mostly engaged as a game developer, and as a teacher. Occasionally, he writes short stories for Jelena Đorđević.

Jelena Đorđević
She was born in 1975 in Niš, Serbia, but grew up in the city of Bor. She studied psychology at Belgrade University and graduated in Novi Sad. Since 2010, she has worked intensively on comics and illustrations. She published comics titled Ulix Reload in 2012, as well as numerous works in American magazines and commics anthologies. Currently, she is working on the series The Pros (scripted by Steve Stormoen) and Hordentown (scripted by Erick Freitas) for American independent publisher Buno. She lives in Niš.

∙ AWARD FOR THE BEST TRADITIONAL STYLE COMIC:
Vlastimir Mandić, Serbia,“All Quiet in Serbia”

∙ AWARD FOR THE BEST ALTERNATIVE COMIC:
Riccardo Micoli, Italy, “Kryos”

∙ AWARD FOR THE BEST SCRIPT:
Senka Milutinović, Serbia, “Pencil & Eraser”  (art & color: Marko Šerer, Serbia)

∙ AWARD FOR THE BEST GRAPHICS:
Ianos Dan Catalin, Romania, “Selma”,  (script: Marko Stojanović, Serbia, color: Aljoša Tomić, Serbia)

∙ SPECIAL JURY AWARD FOR INVENTIVENESS:
Nikola Radosavljević, Serbia, “EKV – We are Sinking”

JURY AWARDS FOR THE AUTHORS UP TO 15 YEARS OF AGE:

∙ YOUNG LION SPECIAL AWARD:
Aleksandra Jovanović (2006), Serbia,“Grandmas”

∙ SPECIAL JURY AWARD FOR THE BEST IDEA:
Darko Radovanović (2002), Serbia, “Wooden Love”

∙ SPECIAL JURY AWARD FOR MATURITY AND IMAGINATION:
Nina Khmelyova (2006), Russia, “Escape”

∙ SPECIAL JURY AWARD FOR THE YOUNGEST AUTHOR:
Jovan Đorđević (2011), Gornji Milanovac, Serbia, “Minions”

AWARDS OF THE FRIENDS OF THE FESTIVAL:

∙ CRATER vfx Training Center, Belgrade AWARD:
Uroš Stojanović, Serbia (script), Dijana Škorić, Serbia (art & color), “Pirate Hunter”

∙ STRIPOTEKA MAGAZINE AWARD:
Marko Stojanović, Serbia (script), Velibor Stanojević, Serbia (art), “Geography Play”

∙ SYSTEM COMICS PUBLISHING HOUSE AWARD:
Daniele Giardini, Italy (script), Jelena Đorđević, Serbia (art & script), “TPORG”

∙ DARKWOOD PUBLISHING HOUSE AWARDS:
Senka Milutinović, Serbia (script & art), Marko Šerer, Serbia (art & color), “Pencil & Eraser”
Nevena Berberović (2004), Serbia, “Dreaming”
Milica Stevanović (2001), Serbia, “Swallow”

∙ DELFI BOOKSTORE AWARD:
Marko Stojanović, Serbia (script), Velibor Stanojević, Serbia (art), “Geography Play”

∙ AWARD OF MAKONDO & BELI PUT PUBLISHING HOUSES:
Stefan Katanić, Serbia,“Deus Ex Dust”

∙ BESNA KOBILA PUBLISHING HOUSE AWARD:
Mirjana Popović, Serbia, “Raviola”

∙ MODESTY STRIPOVI PUBLISHING HOUSE AWARD:
Valentina Briški, Croatia, “Osalian Aquarel”

∙ SIRIUS PRODUCTION PUBLISHING HOUSE AWARD:
Đorđe Aranđelović, Serbia, “The Young King”

∙ AWARD OF COLLECTIONERS CLUB "S" & LITTLE SHOP OF RARITIES:
Milica Lučić (2002), Serbia, “Shoes in Love”

∙ AWARD OF "KEN STRIPOVI" COMICS STORE:
Ana Zdravković (2002), Serbia, “Global Warming”

∙ ALAN FORD BOOKSTORE AWARD:
Milica Kačar, Serbia, “Vincent”