International Comics Festival is an event organized and led by Belgrade’s Student Cultural Centre (SKC) Happy Gallery in the past ten 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.

On occasion of the 10th anniversary of International Comics Festival, lovers of the ninth art will have opportunity to attend special program that consists of several promotions and a comics workshop.

COMPETITION AND FESTIVAL PROGRAM
SEPTEMBER 27-30 th, 2012
OPENING AND AWARDS CEREMONY OF THE 10th INTERNATIONAL COMICS FESTIVAL:
September 27th , 2012 (19:00)

GUESTS OF THE FESTIVAL 2012

Roberto DISO (Italy)
Sylvain CORDURIÉ (France)
Dražen KOVAČEVIĆ (Serbia)
Leonid PILIPOVIĆ (Serbia)
Živorad RADIVOJEVIĆ (Serbia)
Vladimir KRSTIĆ LACI (Serbia)
Antonio ALTARRIBA (Spain) Guest of the Cervantes Institute, Belgrade
Andriana RUŽIĆ (Serbia)
Zoran ĐUKANOVIĆ (Serbia)


PROGRAM OF THE FESTIVAL, September 27-30, 2012

Thursday, Seoptember 27th, 2012
15:00 – 22:00, SKC Happy Center: COMIC BOOK MARKETPLACE
19:00, OPENING OF THE FESTIVAL EXHIBITIONS:
• Happy Gallery: CONTEST 2012 – EXHIBITION OF THE AWARDED COMICS
• Small Hall: CONTEST 2012 – EXHIBITION OF THE COMICS SELECTED BY THE JURY
• Gallery of SKC: Sylvain CORDURIE – HIS COOPERATION WITH SERBIAN ARTISTS: Dražen KOVAČEVIĆ, Leonid PILIPOVIĆ, Živorad RADIVOJEVIĆ, Vladimir KRSTIĆ LACI, selection by Marko Stojanović
• Main Hall: Roberto DISO, selection from the series MOHICAN (Paolo Morales, Roberto Diso)
• Circus Gallery: „PETAR RADIČEVIĆ – winner of the Award for general contribution to the Serbian comic strip, documentary exhibition, edited by Zdravko Zupan
• Art@Art Gallery: 20th ANNIVERSARY OF THE COMICS SCHOOL “ĐORĐE LOBAČEV”, documentary exhibition
19:30, Main Hall: Music event
20:00, Main Hall: OPENING AND AWARDS CEREMONY OF THE 10th INTERNATIONAL COMICS FESTIVAL

Friday, September 28 th, 2012
11:00 – 22:00, SKC Happy Center: COMIC BOOK MARKETPLACE
16:00, Main Hall: KOMIKO Novi Sad, promotion of the publisher
16:30, Main Hall: ANNIVERSARIES: 20 years of COMICS SCHOOL “ĐORĐE LOBAČEV” (1992-2012) / 20 years since the launch of TRON comics magazine / 80 years since the launch of VESELI ČETVRTAK illustrated journal
17:15, Main Hall: ANNIVERSARIES: 5 years since the beginning of comics series VEKOVNICI
18:00, Main Hall: ANNIVERSARIES: 60 years since the launch of new edition of POLITIKIN ZABAVNIK
19:00, Main Hall: Roberto DISO (Italy), introducing Festival’s Guest
20:00, Main Hall: Sylvain CORDURIE (France), introducing Festival’s Guest

Saturday, September 29 th, 2012
11:00 – 22:00, SKC Happy Center: COMIC BOOK MARKETPLACE
11:00 – 14:00, Main Hall: ARTISTS SKETCH FOR YOU, workshop
14:00 – 16:30, Main Hall: STRIP GRAFF SESSION, comics masters at work, moderated by Bojan M. Đukić
16:30, Main Hall: ROSENCRANTZ, Novi Sad, promotion of the publisher
17:00, Main Hall: CULTURAL CENTER PANČEVO, promotion of the publisher
17:30, Main Hall: “Lieutenant BLUEBERRY“, MARKETPRINT,Novi Sad, promotion of the publisher
18:00, Main Hall: Zoran Đukanović, “Cities of the Fantastic” by Benoit Peeters & Francois Shuiten, lecture
19:00, Main Hall: “OMNIBUS“, Belgrade, promotion of the publisher with Živojin TAMBURIĆ & Dejan VLAŠKALIĆ
20.00, Main Hall: Program of the Cervantes Institute Belgrade - Antonio ALTARRIBA (SPAIN), “Spanish Comics – From comic strip to the graphic novel”, lecture
21.00, Main Hall: Program of the Cervantes Institute Belgrade –
DE PROFUNDIS, screening
Scripted & directed by Miguelanxo Prado; Production: Pancho Casal; Music: Nani Garcia; Spain 2006; Genre: animation, drama; duration: 75 min

Sunday, September 30 th, 2012
11:00 – 22:00, SKC Happy Center: COMIC BOOK MARKETPLACE
11:00 – 14:00, Main Hall: ARTISTS SKETCH FOR YOU, workshop
14:00 – 16:30, Main Hall: STRIP GRAFF SESSION, comics masters at work, moderated by Bojan M. Đukić
16:30, Main Hall: Dragan Bosnić, LJUBITELJNIK KRATEŽ, launch
17:00, Main Hall: Zlatko AHMIĆ, New Look Entertainment, “Digital publishing of comics”, lecture
17:30, Main Hall: MAKONDO, Belgrade, promotion of the publisher
18:00, Main Hall: Tomislav Čegir (Croatia), “Western in comics”, lecture
19:00, Main Hall: Andriana RUŽIĆ: The films of John and Faith Hubley, lecture and screening: The Adventures of an Asterisk (1957), The Tender Game (1958), Moonbird (1959), Windy Day (1968).
20.30, Main Hall: FILMFORUM of SKC – The films of Miodrag MILOŠEVIĆ, discussion / screening
„BANE KERAC'S CITY CAT”; scripted and directed by Miodrag Milošević; cameraman: Pal Strajnić; production: RTS TV Novi Sad, 1992; duration: 30 min
“ZORAN JANJETOV”; scripted, filmed and directed by Miodrag Milošević; production: RTS TV Novi Sad, 1992; duration: 30 min

(International Comics Festival reserves the right to modify the program)
(Galleries are open from 10:00 to 20:00)