🇷🇺 The organizing committee of the XI International Cartoon Festival “Smile of the Sea – 2026” has announced the official results of the competition, honoring cartoonists from Russia and around the world in two main categories: Family Values and Office Romance.
🌊 The festival organizers expressed their sincere gratitude to all participating artists, emphasizing that every cartoon represents an individual voice and a unique perspective on the world. The winning works were praised for their strong ideas, precise imagery, bold artistic approaches, and refined sense of humor.
🏆 The Winners
1️⃣ "Family Values" Category:
🥇 1st Prize:
🇷🇺 Igor Smirnov, Russia
🇨🇳 Yang Lijie, China
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| 🇷🇺 Igor Smirnov, Russia |
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| 🇨🇳 Yang Lijie, China |
🥈 2nd Prize:
🇷🇺 Sergey Nechaev, Russia
🇷🇺 Alexey Kivokurtsev, Russia
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| 🇷🇺 Sergey Nechaev, Russia |
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| 🇷🇺 Alexey Kivokurtsev, Russia |
🥉 3rd Prize:
🇵🇱 Dariusz Dabrowski, Poland
🇮🇷 Fereshte Ramshini, Iran
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| 🇵🇱 Dariusz Dabrowski, Poland |
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| 🇮🇷 Fereshte Ramshini, Iran |
2️⃣ "Office Romance" Category:
🥇 1st Prize: 🇷🇺 Alexander Schmidt, Russia
🥈 2nd Prize: 🇷🇺 Nikolai Sviridenko, Russia
🥉 3rd Prize: 🇨🇳 Wang Da Peng, China
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| 🇷🇺 Alexander Schmidt, Russia |
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| 🇷🇺 Nikolai Sviridenko, Russia |
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| 🇨🇳 Wang Da Peng, China |
👏 Audience Award:
🥇 1st Prize: 🇧🇾 Marina Gorelova, Belarus
🥈 2nd Prize: 🇵🇱 Dariusz Dabrowski, Poland
🥉 3rd Prize: 🇨🇳 Wang Yiyang, China
🏅 Festival Special Prize "For Mastery": 🇷🇴 Gogu Neagoe, Romania
🎖️ Laureates of the competition — Adult Section:
🇷🇺 Nikolay Chernyshev, Russia
🇷🇺 Alexander Bogdanov, Russia
🇨🇴 Ángel Ramiro Zapata Mora, Colombia
🇷🇺 Alexey Kivokurtsev, Russia
🇨🇳 Fan Lintao, China
🇮🇷 Neda Khodaverdi, Iran
🇮🇷 Naser Nargessi, Iran
🇨🇳 Shen Hong Li, China
-- Boris Ehrenburg
🇩🇪 Anatoliy Lerner, Germany
🇮🇷 Salar Eshratkhah, Iran
🇩🇪 Steffen Jahsnowski, Germany
🇮🇷 Yalda Hasheminezhad, Iran
🇮🇹 Giorgio Gino Giunta, Italy
🇷🇸 Miroslav Jakovljev, Serbia
📅 The festival director, Tatyana Saprikina, announced that the themes of the 12th edition will be revealed on April 1, 2027.