Until the 17th July you can submit your work for the international comics contest CAN FOR BALKANS – minimum 2 pages, max 9 with the theme “Balkans throughout history”. Prizes: 1.000 euros, 800, 500, 300 + 5 x mentions 200 euros each. There are a variety of subjects and presonalities …
The theme of this year’s festival and the theme of the Can for Balkans contest is “Balkans through history”! Many personalities have marked the course of history in this part of Europe, but among the kings, warriors, outlaws and revolutionaries, real symbols of world peace have been noticed, such as …
The artist and the goddess! Who is the hunter and who is the trophy? We are waiting for your answers! But until then, we appreciate Ionut’s inspiration to choose Diana, the goddess of hunting, from the ancient mythology of the Balkans!
The story of the 2022 edition of the Brașov International Historical Comics Festival poster. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 is the theme of the 5th edition of the Brașov International Historical Comics Festival. Popescu, (https://www.facebook.com/popescool/), multiple winner of the festival will draw the poster for this edition. Ionut sharpened his pencils …
Thank you Creative Europe Desk Deutschland – Kultur for sharing and helping us with promoting our Open Call. You can find more about our Open Call here: https://www.canforbalkans.eu/call/
About the unconventional forms used by Muzeul Judetean de Istorie Brasov in presenting history and especially about CAN for BALKANS, the album “Stories from 89 in comics” and the Festivalul de Benzi Desenate Istorice Brașov appeared in Bulgaria an extensive interview given by manager Nicolae Pepene. We thank Mrs. Elena …
CAN for Balkans at Peleș Castle! We are happy to present you one of the most amazing places where our project was promoted-Peleș Castle, Sinaia, Romania, the cradle of Romanian royalty, today the most visited museum in Romania. Next to it there was build a smaller castle, Pelișor, that became …
17 October 2021 | Brasov, Romania Yes, WE CAN ! The last day in Brasov also brought the end of the first part of the project. In the work meeting there was the evaluation of the project activities that had just passed and the planning of the following steps. More …
16 October 2021 | Brasov, Romania CAN between the castle of the kings of Romania and … the castle of Dracula 😊 As at each meeting the partners did get to discover some of the culture and history of Brasov and some places nearby. They visited Peleș Castle, the cradle …
16 October 2021 | Brasov, Romania One of the most anticipated moments was the launching of the festival catalog which contains all the participating works and the competition prize giving ceremony.
15-16 October 2021 | Brasov, Romania As a comics work is not complete without all the scenes, so our project couldn’t be complete without so many people coming together for the same reason and for the same big passion for comics. This year Brasov International Historical Comic Strips Festival wasn’t …
15 October 2021 | Brasov, Romania Comics in the service of communist propaganda? In the festivities hall of the Brasov County Council headquarters there was the the press conference of the Brasov International Historical Comic Strips Festival and the debate “Cultural and social clichés and stereotypes in the Balkans”, the …
