Awards 2012
Golden Hat: Krzysztof Konopelski (Poland)
Silver Hat: Ahmet Aykanat (Turkey)
Bronze Hat: Markus Grolik (Germany)
Davidsfonds Cartoon Prize: Jo Van Damme (Belgium)
Public Prize: Virgil Militaru (Romania)
The Cartoon Festival of Knokke-Heist (Dutch: Cartoonfestival Knokke-Heist) is an annual, international festival in the Belgian municipality Knokke-Heist where visitors can see cartoons from all over the world. [1] Various prizes are also awarded during the festival, the most important of which is the Golden Hat (Dutch: Gouden hoed). Furthermore, the Silver Hat (Dutch: Zilveren hoed) and the Bronze Hat (Dutch: Bronzen hoed) will also be awarded. It is the oldest Cartoonfestival in the world, as the first edition was in 1962. [2] [3] Yearly a book of 100 selected cartoons is also published.
The first festival was organized in 1962 with the theme of tourists. About 25 Belgian cartoonists were approached. Among them are the cartoonists Bob de Moor and Marc Sleen. Other participants included Cram, dani, GAL, GoT, hugOKE, Pil en Ploeg. The first festival was attended by 17,136 visitors. The first jury included Jos Ghysen, Gaston Durnez, Rik Sabbick and Luc Verstraete. [4]
Theme exhibition: Choose life [3]
Winners to be announced in July. Nominees known. [3]
Theme: Really? [1]
Host: Inge Heremans
Golden Hat: Doede Okkema (Netherlands)
Silver Hat: Ghislain Vermote (Belgium)
Bronze Hat: Ludo Goderis (Belgium)
The Davidsfonds Prize: Ludo Goderis (Belgium)
Golden Hat: Evandro Alves (Brazil)
Silver Hat: 'Fhoomp!' (Belgium)
Bronze Hat: Ba Bilig (China)
The Davids Fund Prize: Stefaan Provijn (Belgium)
Golden Hat: Javad Takjoo (Iran)
Silver Hat: Philipp Sturm (Germany)
Bronze Hat: Engin Selçuk (Turkey)
The Davidsfonds prize: 'Fhoomp!' (Belgium)
Golden Hat: Doede Okkema (Netherlands)
Silver Hat: Hamid Ghalijari (Iran)
Bronze Hat: Luis Demetrio Calvo Solis (Costa Rica)
The Davidsfonds Prize: Luc Vernimmen (Belgium)
Golden Hat: 'Nirgen' (Israel)
Silver Hat: Dimitrios Georgopalis (Greece)
Bronze Hat: Agim Sulaj (Italy)
The Davidsfonds Prize: Alfons Vos (Belgium)
Golden Hat: Saeed Sadeghi (Iran)
Silver Hat: Vasco Cargalo (Portugal)
Bronze Hat: Ivailo Tsvetkov (Bulgaria)
The Davidsfonds prize: 'Fhoomp!' (Belgium)
Golden Hat: Xavier Bonilla
Silver Hat: Pole Zbigniew
Bronze Hat: Alexandrov Vasiliy
The David Fund Prize - Luc Descheemaeker
Golden Hat: Dalcio Machado
Silver Hat: Engin Selçuk
Bronze Hat: Slawomir Makal (Poland)
Golden Hat: Vladimir Stankovski (Serbia)
Silver Hat: Klaus Pitter (Austria)
Bronze Hat: Mark Lynch (Australia)
The David Fund Prize - Alfons Vos - Belgium
Golden Hat: Dieter Bevers
Silver Hat:
Bronze Hat:
Golden Hat: Spiro Radulovic (Serbia)
Silver Hat: Nikola Hendrickx (Belgium)
Bronze Hat: Victor Crudu (Moldova)
Golden Hat: Krzysztof Konopelski (Poland)
Silver Hat: Ahmet Aykanat (Turkey)
Bronze Hat: Markus Grolik (Germany)
Davidsfonds Cartoon Prize: Jo Van Damme (Belgium)
Public Prize: Virgil Militaru (Romania)
Golden Hat: Pol Leurs (Luxembourg)
Silver Hat: Stefaan Provijn (Belgium)
Bronze Hat: Mohamad Ali Khoshman (Iran)
Knack Award: Vladimir Stankouski (Serbia)
Audience Award: Felipe Galindo (United States)
Davidsfonds Cartoon Prize: Herman Danneels (Belgium)
Golden Hat: Ludo Goderis (Belgium)
Silver Hat: Pawel Kuczynsk (Poland)
Bronze Hat: Constantin Sunnerberg (Belgium)
Knack Award: Ren Jian (Cuba)
Public Prize: Pedro Mendez suarez (Cuba)
Davidsfonds Cartoon Prize: Luc Vernimmen (Belgium)
Golden Hat: Musa Gümüs (Turkey)
Silver Hat: Ludo Goderis (Belgium)
Bronze Hat: Allessandro Gatto (Italy)
Knack Award: Michael Kountouris (Greece)
Public Prize: Pedro Mendez suarez (Cuba)
Davidsfonds Cartoon Prize: Luc Vermeersch (Belgium)
Golden Hat: Pawel Kuczynski (Poland)
Silver Hat: Moacrir Gutteres (Brazil)
Bronze Hat: Pol Leurs (Luxembourg)
Knack Award: Masafumi Kikuchi (Japan)
Public Prize: Jean Uytterelst (Belgium)
Davidsfonds Cartoon Prize: Kenny Zoutendijk (Belgium)
Golden Hat: Alessandro Gatto (Italy)
Silver Hat: Ari Plikat (Germany)
Bronze Hat: Yuriy Kosobukin (Ukraine)
Knack Award: Igor Kiyko (Kazakhstan)
Audience Award: Stefaan Provijn (Belgium)
Davidsfonds Cartoon Prize: Dieter Bevers (Belgium)
Golden Hat: Yuri Ochakovsky (Israel)
Silver Hat: Khodayar Naroei (Iran)
Bronze Hat: Pol Leurs (Luxembourg)
Knack Award: Michael Permyakov (Russia)
Audience Award: Toon Beuckels (Belgium)
Davidsfonds Cartoon Prize: Ludo Goderis (Belgium)
Golden Hat: Ciosu Constantin (Romania)
Silver Hat: Dieter Bevers (Belgium)
Bronze Hat: Hermann Poppe (Belgium)
Knack Award: Pawel Kuczynski (Poland)
Public Prize: Virgil Militaru (Romania)
Davidsfonds Cartoon Prize: Luc Vermeersch (Belgium)
Golden Hat: Yuri Ochakovsky (Israel/Russia)
Silver Hat: Janusz Stefaniak (Poland)
Bronze Hat: Yevgeniy Samoylov (Ukraine)
Public Prize: Ludo Goderis (Belgium)
Knack Award: Osmani Simanca (Brazil)
Davidsfonds Prize for young talent: Sven De Bock (Belgium)
Golden Hat: Michael Kontouris, Greece
Silver Hat: Ross Thomson, United Kingdom
Bronze Hat: Domenico Sicolo, Italy
Knack Award:: Constantin Ciosu, Romania
Audience Award: Liviu Stanilla, Romania
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