GREETINGS FROM CARTOONIA AT THE 6th INTERNATIONAL COMICS FESTIVAL BEJA / PORTUGAL

Between 29th May and 13th June the international cartoon festival will once again turn BEJA into a Portuguese comics capital, there will be well known authors present as well as some freshly baked talents. After the international comics festival in Amadora, the festival in Beja is the second biggest of this kind in Portugal.

Besides the exhibitions there will be much of interesting things going on: presentations of various projects, conferences, shows, presentations of new book editions, signing sessions, film projections,
workshops etc.

An eclectic festival that turns to all kinds of public will show many directions that can be felt in the field of the contemporary comics.

STRIPBURGER will participate at the festival with the international project GREETINGS FROM CARTOONIA, and will be represented by JAKOB KLEMENCIC. Artists on the exhibition: Andrea Bruno (IT), Bendik Kaltenborn (NO), Mateusz Skutnik (PL), Jyrkki Heikkinen (FI), Matei Branea (RO), Filipe Abranches (PT), Marko Kociper, Jakob Klemencic, Kaja Avbersek, Matej Stupica, Matej Lavrencic, Gasper Rus.

– Strip Core c/o Forum Ljubljana
Institute for Art and Cultural Production
Metelkova 6, SI – 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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http://www.ljudmila.org/stripcore