Inspirational comics meetups!

Between October 5 and 9, 2022, the Tinta International Comics Festival will take place at various venues in Ljubljana, celebrating the richness of expressions of contemporary comic creativity and presenting amazing domestic and international comics artists – from talented young people to the biggest names in the field! This year, the programme spotlight shines on the enfant terrible of the European comics scene, Belgian Brecht Evens, the versatile Berlin visual artist ATAK, the rising star of Swedish comics Moa Romanova, the famous American comics master Peter Kuper and the renowned independent comic book publisher kuš! from Latvia. The festival offers a colourful range of comics exhibitions and other events – talks, lectures, workshops, a children’s program and the traditional comics fair at Kino Šiška, which attracts a wide and diverse audience every year and concludes with the awarding of the Zlatirepec Awards to the best original and translated comics editions of the year. The side programme provides a comic book atmosphere for almost a whole month, with Tinta “spilling over” to Novo Mesto this year as well.

The International TINTA Comics Festival, which takes place every October at Kino Šiška and other venues in Ljubljana and elsewhere in Slovenia, is the central comics event in Slovenia. Founded in 2013, the Tinta Festival (formerly Stripolisfest) brings together various actors of the domestic comics, cultural and art scene in order to popularize comics creativity, and presents the highlights and diversity of domestic comics production and projects that go beyond comics and enter into a lively dialogue with other artistic genres. By hosting established foreign comics creators and experts, it provides insight into the lively international scene and trends in the field of contemporary comics in the world, and with an educational program in the form of lectures, masterclasses, workshops and debates, it aims to develop, expand and deepen the domestic comics creativity and scene.

Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture
www.kinosiska.si

Stripburger/Forum Ljubljana
www.stripburger.org

Zavod Stripolis

Slovene Ethnographic Museum, Equrna Gallery, Zorica, University of Ljubljana / Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Švicarija / International Centre of Graphic Arts, Divja misel/Vodnik Homestead Šiška, Slovenian Cinematheque, Simulaker Gallery/Lokalpatriot, Goga Bookshop, Glavan Antiquarian Bookshop, GUMB Association

City of Ljubljana, Ministry of Culture, Slovenian Book Agency,, U.S. Embassy in Slovenia, Flanders Literature, Latvian Literature

Outfit7, Gostilnica 5–6 kg

Radio Študent, TAM-TAM, DPG, Mladina, Europlakat

Tanja Skale (Kino Šiška)
e: tanja.skale@kinosiska.si
m: +386 41 679 577

Anja Pia Biščak (Kino Šiška)
e: anjapia.biscak@kinosiska.si
m: +386 30 310 105

Katerina Mirović, Izar Lunaček, Tanja Skale, Pia Nikolič

We would like to thank Anja Zver, Dora Trček, Ema Kobal, Ajda Kocutar, Lara Mejač (Kino Šiška/DobraVaga), Katja Preša (Vodnik Homestead), Igor Prassel (Slovenian Cinematheque), Bojana Rogelj Škafar (Slovene Ethnographic Museum), as well as all other partners and venues involved in the programme for their generous participation.

Design: Lealudvik
Visuals: © avtorji
Translations, proofreading: Daniel Sheppard
Social media: Luka Jare
Website: Smail Jušić