๐ญ Festival Director Gani Sunduri has officially announced the list of 250 selected artists chosen from 750 participants representing 71 countries who entered the first selection round of the 22nd International Comics and Cartoon Festival – Kosovo 2025.
๐ Sunduri added that the winners will be announced soon, praising the high artistic quality and creativity reflected in this year’s entries.
๐ Selected Artists:
๐ฒ๐ฐ Keti Radevska – North Macedonia
๐ฎ๐ฉ Jitet Kustana – Indonesia
๐ฆ๐ฒ Mirtat Gazazian – Armenia
๐จ๐บ Pedro Jose – Cuba
๐ง๐ท Ronaldo Cunha Dias – Brazil
๐ฎ๐ช Darry Martinez – Ireland
๐ท๐บ Igor Smirnov – Russia
๐ท๐บ Yury Kosarev – Russia
๐ฒ๐ฆ Jamal Sahif
๐ท๐ด Aleksandar Bogdanov – Romania
๐จ๐ณ Zhao Yunsheng Hi – China
๐จ๐ณ Weng Lifeng – China
๐จ๐ณ Qijing Yan – China
๐ฎ๐ท Mahdieh Sabbaghkar – Iran
๐น๐ญ Tawan Chuntraskawvong – Thailand
๐จ๐ณ Dai Peiqeng – China
๐จ๐ฑ Jaime Huerta Galo – Chile
๐ฎ๐ท Babak Pouladi Faraz – Iran
๐ฎ๐ท Naemie Nikooray – Iran
๐ฎ๐ท Hossein Abdollahi Adli – Iran
๐ท๐ด Gogu Neagoe – Romania
๐ฎ๐ท Roham Amirpour Amraee – Iran
๐จ๐บ Javier Cubero Torres – Cuba
๐ฒ๐ฝ Arturo Rosas – Mexico
๐จ๐ณ Yu Shixin – China
๐ด Alexei Talimonov – England
๐ธ๐พ Abd Alkareem Fatoom – Syria
๐ธ๐พ Morhaf Youssef – Syria
๐ฎ๐ณ Anand Dilip Ankush – India
๐ฎ๐ท Mehdi Askari – Iran
๐จ๐ด Elena Ospina – Colombia
๐ธ๐ฆ Ameen Alhabarah – Saudi Arabia
๐ฎ๐ท Ali Dousti – Iran
๐ช๐ฌ Dr. Hader Yehia – Egypt
๐จ๐บ Jorge Sรกnchez Armas (JORGE) – Cuba
๐จ๐ณ Li Ji Chuan – China
๐ฎ๐ท Bani Shariat – Iran
๐ซ๐ท Gรฉrald Peigneux – France
๐ฎ๐ท Shahram Shirzadi – Iran
๐จ๐ฆ Franรงois Ruel – Canada
๐ฎ๐ท Mozhdeh Malek Oghli – Iran
๐จ๐ณ Cai Weidong – China
๐ฎ๐ท Nooshin Tahvildari – Iran
๐ฉ๐ช Torsten Neuhof – Germany
๐จ๐ณ Qigong Huang – China
๐ต๐ฑ Marcin Bondarowicz – Poland
๐จ๐บ Josรฉ Alberto Rodrรญguez Avila – Cuba
๐ฎ๐ท Seyedeh Fatemeh Zahra Hoseyni – Iran
๐ง๐ช Patrick Heymans – Belgium
๐ฎ๐น Friedrich Tasser – Italy
๐บ๐ฆ Michael Mayevsky – Ukraine
๐ฎ๐ท Javad Abdolhoseini – Iran
๐ฎ๐ท Amir Ababaf – Iran
๐ฎ๐ท Sohrab Kheiri – Iran
๐ต๐ฑ Tadeusz Krotos – Poland
๐ฎ๐ฉ Budi Hari Buijono – Indonesia
๐บ๐ฆ Eugene Grigoriev – Ukraine
๐จ๐ณ Tao Yong – China
๐จ๐ฟ Jiri Srna – Czech Republic
๐จ๐ณ Xiaoqiang Hou – China
๐จ๐บ Osvaldo Gutiรฉrrez Gรณmez – Cuba
๐ฎ๐ท Sajad Alizadeh – Iran
๐ง๐ท Acacio Alves Pinto Junior – Brazil
๐ฆ๐น Hule Hanuลกiฤ – Austria
๐ฎ๐น Virginia Cabras – Italy
๐จ๐ณ Hong Xue – China
๐ฆ๐ฟ Soltan Soltanli – Azerbaijan
๐ฎ๐ท Mahmoud Barkhordari – Iran
๐ง๐ฌ Alexander Lyubormirov Simov – Bulgaria
๐ฝ๐ฐ Imri Musliu – Kosovo
๐ฎ๐ท Lida Fazli – Iran
๐ฎ๐ท Shahram Yaghoubi Majd – Iran
๐จ๐ณ Feng Youbin – China
๐ง๐ท รngelo Pastro – Brazil
๐ฎ๐ท Vandad Majdar – Iran
๐ฎ๐ท Ebrahim Ghadrdan – Iran
๐จ๐ณ Zhu Zizun – China
๐จ๐ณ Wang Da Peng – China
๐ท๐ด Marian Avramescu – Romania
๐ฎ๐ฉ Yustinus Anang Jatmiko – Indonesia
๐ฎ๐ท Armin Ganjdeh – Iran
๐ท๐ด Liviu Stanila – Romania
๐ท๐ด Cornel Chiorean – Romania
๐ฒ๐ฐ Vojdan Andonov – North Macedonia
๐ฎ๐ท Leily Salimi – Iran
๐ญ๐ท Slobodan Butir – Croatia
๐ฒ๐ฐ Zlatko Krstevski – North Macedonia
๐ฎ๐ท Davood Afrazi – Iran
๐ฎ๐ท Amin Montazeri – Iran
๐ฎ๐ท Elham Khoshanjam – Iran
๐จ๐ฆ Peter Radacina – Canada
๐ฎ๐ท Mahshid Hashemi – Iran
๐ฎ๐ณ Rishi Chakraborty – India
๐ท๐ด Bartis Silviu – Romania
๐ฎ๐น Polina Morgunov – Italy
๐ฎ๐ท Louisa Hedayati – Iran
๐ฎ๐ฉ Jitet Kustana – Indonesia
๐ต๐ฑ Tomasz Rogowski – Poland
๐จ๐ณ Jin Xiao Xing – China
๐ฎ๐ท Mobina Fattahi – Iran
๐ฝ๐ฐ Arben Morina – Kosovo
๐ฎ๐ท Elnaz Tizjang – Iran
๐ฎ๐ท Mohammad Mahan Molazadeh – Iran
๐ง๐ท Josรฉ Adnael Silva – Brazil
๐ฆ๐ท Sergio Alejandro Villalobo – Argentina
๐จ๐ณ Huang Qigong – China
๐ฎ๐ท Mojtaba Heidarpanah – Iran
๐ฉ๐ช Hossein Eskandary – Germany
๐ฑ๐น Vladimiras Beresniovas – Lithuania
๐ฎ๐ท Hossein Kazem – Iran
๐ฎ๐ท Sami Sawari – Iran
๐จ๐ณ Guangjun Li – China
๐ฏ๐ต Daniel Kenji Serrano Furukawa – Japan
๐ง๐ช Luc Descheemaeker – Belgium
๐ฎ๐ท Mohsen Rafiee – Iran
๐ท๐ธ Goran Celicanin – Serbia
๐ฎ๐ท Mohammad Mahmoudi – Iran
๐ฎ๐ท Esmaeil Janblaghi – Iran
๐น๐ท Eda Uzunoฤlu – Turkey
๐จ๐ด Fernando Pica – Colombia
๐น๐ท Bedirhan Akagรผndรผz – Turkey
๐ฎ๐ท Ehsan Cheraghi Iranshahi – Iran
๐ฆ๐ท Ernesto Moyano – Argentina
๐ฎ๐ท Baharak Zarei – Iran
๐ฎ๐ท Mohsen Gholami – Iran
๐ฎ๐ณ B.V. Panduranga Rao – India
๐ฎ๐ท Monireh Ahmadi – Iran
๐ง๐ท Rafael Anderson – Brazil
๐จ๐ณ Qiu Yong – China
๐ฎ๐ท Fateme Bagheri Hafshejani – Iran
๐ฆ๐ท Alberto Jose Femia – Argentina
๐บ๐ฆ Oleh Smal – Ukraine
๐ฎ๐ท Fateme Dehbozorgi – Iran
๐ฎ๐ท Ahmad Reza Sohrabi – Iran
๐ฎ๐ท Saeb Ziayi – Iran
๐จ๐ณ Kuang Zuhai – China
๐ฉ๐ฟ Naser Eddine – Algeria
๐ฎ๐ท Zahra Saeidi Goraghani – Iran
๐ฎ๐น Daniele Zordan – Italy
๐จ๐พ Musa Kayra – Cyprus
๐ฎ๐ท Elham Jahanfard – Iran
๐ฎ๐ท Sohrab Kheiri – Iran
๐ฎ๐ท Farid Amirsardari – Iran
๐ฎ๐ท Javad Shahmoradi – Iran
๐ธ๐ฆ Ameen Alhabarah – Saudi Arabia
๐ท๐ธ Dr. Severin ล ikanja – Serbia
๐ฎ๐ณ Kishor Panditrao Shuttle – India
๐ฝ๐ฐ Qazim Tmava – Kosovo
๐ฎ๐ท Nastaran Telim Khani – Iran
๐ท๐บ Kokarev Sergey – Russia
๐จ๐ณ Shen Hong Li – China
๐ฆ๐ท Nilda Torija – Argentina
๐ง๐ท Alisson Affonso – Brazil
๐ท๐บ Sergey Sokolov – Russia
๐ง๐ฆ Haris Varajiฤ – Bosnia and Herzegovina
๐บ๐ฟ Makhmud Eshonqulov – Uzbekistan
๐น๐ท ฤฐlker Mansuroฤlu – Turkey
๐น๐ท Tuna Ceylan – Turkey
๐จ๐ณ Ning Bin – China
๐ฉ๐ฟ Abdelghani Benhariza – Algeria
๐ฎ๐ฉ Atmaja Septa Miyosa – Indonesia
๐ฎ๐ท Yalda Hasheminezhad – Iran
๐ฒ๐ฆ Aziz Bouzekri – Morocco
๐น๐ท Seyit Saatci – Turkey
๐บ๐ฆ Alexander Dubovsky – Ukraine
๐ฎ๐ท Masoumeh Rahimi – Iran
๐ฎ๐ท Esmaeil Babaei – Iran
Boris Erenburg
๐ฎ๐ฉ Munadi Hp – Indonesia
๐ฎ๐ท Mahmoud Barkhordari – Iran
๐บ๐ฟ Husan M. Sodiqov – Uzbekistan
๐ฎ๐ท Leily Salimi-Davil – Iran
๐น๐ท Mustafa Yฤฑldฤฑz – Turkey
๐ฉ๐ช Steffen Jahsnowski-Herschel – Germany
๐จ๐ณ Fan Lintao – China
๐น๐ท Halit Kurtulmuล Aytoslu – Turkey
๐ฎ๐ฉ Darsono – Indonesia
๐ฌ๐ท Demetrios Coutarelli – Greece
๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ช Salma Majed Almansoori – Saudi Arabia / UAE
๐ท๐บ Sergey Sokolov – Russia
๐ธ๐พ Reed Khalil – Syria
๐ฎ๐ท Mohammad Khouban – Iran
๐ช๐ช Roman Matkiewicz – Estonia
๐ฎ๐ท Davood Kamali – Iran
๐ธ๐ช Paul Sullivan – Sweden
๐จ๐ฟ Evลพen David – Czech Republic
๐น๐ท Mehmet Tubay – Turkey
๐ง๐ท Luis Fernando Werle – Brazil
๐ฎ๐ท Neda Khodaverdi – Iran
๐ต๐ฑ Zbigniew Piszczako – Poland
๐ฎ๐ท Hossein Kazem – Iran
๐ฒ๐ฆ Khalid Baha – Morocco
๐ต๐ฑ Henryk Cebula – Poland
๐บ๐ฟ Muzaffar Yulchiboev – Uzbekistan
๐ญ๐ท Emil Strniลกa – Croatia
๐ฎ๐ท Elham Khalili Mehr – Iran
๐ฎ๐ท Tayebe Khalil Mehr – Iran
๐ซ๐ท Bernard Bouton – France
๐ฎ๐ท Salar Eshratkhah – Iran
๐จ๐ณ Liu Xihua – China
๐ฎ๐ท Yalda Hasheminezhad – Iran
๐น๐ท Mehmet Zeber – Turkey
๐ฎ๐ท Marjan Hashemi – Iran
๐ช๐ธ Juan Gabriel Benavides – Spain
๐ท๐ด Marian Lupu-Lupino – Romania
๐ท๐บ Zlatkovsky Mikhail – Russia
๐ฝ๐ฐ Agron Sejdiu – Kosovo
๐ฎ๐ท Abbas Naaseri – Iran
๐ต๐ช Berly Rivadeneira Sanqez – Peru
๐ท๐บ Alexander Didenko – Russia
๐ฎ๐ท Youna Radfarnia – Iran
๐ฎ๐ท Alireza Radfarnia – Iran
๐ฆ๐ฑ Jona Mondi – Albania
๐ท๐บ Aleksei Kivokurtcev – Russia
๐ธ๐ฐ Roman Sika – Slovakia
๐บ๐ฆ Igor Haraksym – Ukraine
๐ง๐ฌ Tsocho Peev – Bulgaria
๐ฎ๐ท Fereshte Ramshini – Iran
๐ฎ๐ท Mahdieh Sabbaghkar – Iran
๐ง๐ช Danny De Haes – Belgium
๐ฎ๐ถ Qasim Ahmed Qapalan – Iraq
๐ฎ๐ท Naser Nargessi – Iran
๐ง๐ซ Arnaud Christian Bassole – Burkina Faso
๐ช๐ฌ Khedr Hassan – Egypt
๐จ๐ณ Liu Qiang – China
๐จ๐ณ Guo Yihui – China
๐ฎ๐ท Hamid Soufi – Iran
๐จ๐ณ Wang Xuewei – China
๐ฎ๐ท Mohammad Raei – Iran
๐ฝ๐ฐ Miranda Shala – Kosovo
๐ฎ๐ท Sepideh Aghaei – Iran
๐น๐ท Serpil Kar – Turkey
๐ฆ๐ท Santiago Cornejo – Argentina
๐ง๐ท Evaldo Oliveira – Brazil
๐ฎ๐ท Pooya Abdoli – Iran
๐น๐ท ฤฐsmail Kar – Turkey
๐ฎ๐ท Narges Bakhtiri – Iran
๐ฌ๐ง Paul Lander – England
๐ฌ๐ง Dan McConnell – England
๐ฎ๐ท Guilda Khalife – Iran
๐ฎ๐น Francesco Lesu – Italy
๐ฎ๐น Alessio Sale – Italy
๐บ๐ฆ Viacheslav Kapreliants – Ukraine
๐ฎ๐ท Hamed Mortazavi Alavi – Iran
๐น๐ท Oฤuz Gรผrel – Turkey
๐จ๐บ Roberto Castillo Rodriguez – Cuba
๐น๐ท Irem Eroglu – Turkey
๐บ๐ธ David Hafez – USA
๐ญ๐ท Damir Novak – Croatia
๐ต๐น Dini-Dinildomar das Chagas de Moura – Portugal
๐ฎ๐ท Ali Mohsani – Iran
๐The festival will take place in Prizren, Kosovo, in October 2025, continuing its legacy as one of the world’s most prominent events celebrating cartoon and comic art.