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🔸 The Organizing Committee of the 10th International Cartoon Festival Kolašin has officially announced the list of selected artists for this year’s edition — a highly anticipated event in the Balkan art calendar.
✏️ Hundreds of works poured in from across the globe, competing in two distinct themes:
1️⃣ Caricature Portrait of the great Montenegrin artist Vojo Stanić.
2️⃣ The Funniest Cartoon.
🎭 An expert jury — composed entirely of professional cartoonists and visual artists from Montenegro — reviewed the submissions, focusing on originality, technical skill, and creative humor.
1️⃣ 40 Finalists in the Caricature Portrait Category:
1. Amin Montazeri, Iran
2. Andrey Selivanov, Russia
3. Antonio Santos, Portugal
4. Behtash Hezaveh, Iran
5. Borta Ambrozie Ovidiu, Romania
6. Carlos Muluba, Portugal
7. Cesar Leal, Uruguay
8. Cristinel Vecerdea Criv, Romania
9. Dusan Gadjanski, Serbia
10. Eda Uzunoğlu, Turkey
11. Gerardo Pérez, Argentina
12. Guo Ye, China
13. Feng Jun Rong, China
14. Jalil Saberi, Iran
15. Jiri Srna, Czech Republic
16. Klaus Pitter, Austria
17. Luis Haro Domínguez, Uruguay
18. Manu Mohan, India
19. Nikola Ojdanic, Serbia
20. Oleg Dergachov, France
21. Oleh Smal, Ukraine
22. Olexandr Sydorenko, Ukraine
23. Omar Figueroa Turcios, Spain
24. Omar Zevallos, Peru
25. Paraskevi Magkavetsos, Greece
26. Petar Pismestrovic, Austria
27. Radu Chiruță, Romania
28. Salidjon Mamatkulov, Uzbekistan
29. Senad Nadarevic, Bosnia & Herzegovina
30. Swathi Jaikumar, India
31. Valentin Georgiev, Bulgaria
32. Vladimiro Di Stefano-(Diste), Italy
33. Tovirac Zoran Toco, Serbia
34. Fernando Pica, Colombia
35. Rahman Dadgostar, Iran
36. Walter Toscano, Peru
37. Wilber Chavarria, Nicaragua
38. Yustinus Anang Jatmiko, Indonesia
39. Dina Abdelgawad Shosha, Egypt
40. Marvin figueroa, USA
2️⃣ Another 40 Finalists in the Free Theme Category:
1. Agus Eko Santoso, Indonesia
2. Alexander Shmidt, Russia
3. Amir Ababaf, Iran
4. Bagher hemmati, Iran
5. Cenk Alparslan, Turkey
6. Derkaoui, Morocco
7. Elham Khalili Mehr, Iran
8. Fan Lintao, China
9. Goran Ćelicanin, Serbia
10. Goran Divac, Serbia
11. Grigori Katz ..
12. Hamid Soufi, Iran
13. Hassan Omidi, Iran
14. Hule Hanušić, Austria
15. Ilja Bereznickas, Lithuania
16. Julio Carrion, Peru
17. Marko Ivic, Croatia
18. Mehdi Afradi, Iran
19. Mehdi Azizi, Iran
20. Milorad Rankov, Serbia
21. Nikola Ojdanic, Serbia
22. Petar Pismestrovic, Austria
23. Raed Khalil, Syria
24. Sergey Sichenko ..
25. Sergiy Kokarev, Russia
26. Slobodan Butir, Croatia
27. Soltan Sontanli, Azerbaijan
28. Valerii Momot, Ukraine
29. Vladimir Kazanevsky, Ukraine
30. Vladimiras Beresniovas, Lithuania
31. Wilber Chavarria, Nicaragua
32. Zhu Zizun, China
33. Luc Descheemaeker, Belgium
34. Amir Dehghan, Iran
35. Damir Novak, Croatia
36. Dragimir Djukic Charly, Montenegro
37. Dusan Smiljanic, Serbia
38. Ilja Bereznickas, Lithuania
39. Josip Kovacevic Enco, Croatia
40. Serhii Fedko, Ukraine
The Kolašin Cartoon Festival continues to be a vibrant platform for international visual dialogue, celebrating the power of satire and artistic expression.
An official exhibition of the selected works will take place this August at the Cultural Center of Kolašin, culminating in an award ceremony attended by representatives from the Ministry of Culture, the Municipality of Kolašin, and international art institutions.