ABOUT THE FESTIVAL

From 4th to 8th October 2023, the Tinta Comics Festival, celebrating ten years of comics gatherings this autumn, will again feature the highlights of contemporary comics creativity! A colourful range of events for comics lovers of all ages will take place at various venues around Ljubljana, including exhibitions, lectures, talks, workshops, a children’s programme, the traditional comics fair at Kino Šiška, and meeting top Slovenian and foreign guests.

Among others, we will host the notorious French comics artist and animator Winshluss, the famous French underground graphics publishing house Le Dernier Cri, the internationally established Finnish comics collective Kutikuti, the multiple award-winning German authors Mikael Ross and Philip Waechter, the traveling international exhibition WOMCOM (Women Power in Comics), and the international project Remix Comix: Comics for Heritage. In addition to the artist-in-residence programme, exhibitions, and other events at AKC Metelkova City, Remix Comix will hold the conference Comics and Community, dedicated to the multifaceted roles and importance of comics in the wider society. We will hear a keynote lecture by Paul Gravett, the legendary British comics historian and renowned expert on the global comics scene, and get to know the various protagonists and explorers of the contemporary European comics scene.

The festival will conclude with the Zlatirepec Awards for the Best Original and Best Translated Comic Books of the Year, along with a comics concert, where the popular Zagreb musician Miki Solus and comic artist Izar Lunaček will join forces.

MISSION

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.

PRODUCTION

PARTNERS

KUD Mreža, Equrna Gallery, Azil Bookshop/ZRC SAZU, Divja Misel/Vodnik Homestead, Slovenian Cinematheque, Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House, Aristej Publishing House, MGLC Švicarija, Ljubljana City Library, GUMB Association

SUPPORTERS

City of Ljubljana, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Public Administration, Slovenian Book Agency, French Institute in Slovenia, FILI – Finnish Literature Exchange, Outfit7

The Remix Comix and WOMCOM projects are supported by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union.

MEDIA PARTNERS

Radio Študent, TAM-TAM, DPG, Mladina

PROJECT MANAGER AND PROGRAMME COORDINATOR

HEAD OF PUBLIC RELATIONS

PROGRAMME TEAM

Katerina Mirović, Izar Lunaček, Pia Nikolič, Tanja Skale

We would like to thank Maša Žekš, Ema Kobal (Kino Šiška/DobraVaga), Katja Preša (Vodnik Homestead), Igor Prassel (Slovenian Cinematheque), Katja Štesl (Stripburger/Forum Ljubljana), Nataša Serec (KUD Mreža), as well as all other partners and venues involved in the programme for their generous participation.

DESIGN

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

LOCATIONS

Kino Šiška
DobraVaga
Equrna Gallery
Alkatraz Gallery
AKC Metelkova mesto
ZRC Atrium
Vodnik Homestead Centre
Slovenian Cinematheque
Ljubljana City Library