Cartoonfestival Knokke-Heist
The Cartoon Festival of Knokke-Heist (Dutch: Cartoonfestival Knokke-Heist) is an annual international festival in the Belgian municipality Knokke-Heist showcasing cartoons from all over the world.[1] Various prizes are also awarded during the festival, including the Golden Hat (Dutch: Gouden hoed), the most prestigious, as well as the Silver Hat (Dutch: Zilveren hoed) and the Bronze Hat (Dutch: Bronzen hoed). It is the oldest cartoon festival in the world, with the first edition taking place in 1962.[2][3] A book of 100 selected cartoons is published annually.
History
The first festival was organized in 1962 with the theme of tourists. About 25 Belgian cartoonists were approached. Among them were the cartoonists Bob de Moor and Marc Sleen. Other participants included Cram, Dani, GAL, GoT, Hugoké, 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]
Awards
| Year | Golden Hat | Silver Hat | Bronze Hat | Knack Award | Audience Prize | Davidsfonds
Cartoon Prize |
Davids fonds Prize
for Young Talent |
The Davidsfonds
Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Michael Kountouris
(Greece) |
Ross Thomson | Domenico Sicolo
(Italy) |
Ciosu Constantin
(Romania) |
Liviu Stanilla
(Romania) |
N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2004 | Yuri Ochakovsky | Janusz Stefaniak
(Poland) |
Yevgeniy Samoylov
(Ukraine) |
Osmani Simanca
(Brazil) |
Ludo Goderis
(Belgium) |
N/A | Sven De Bock
(Belgium) |
N/A |
| 2005 | Ciosu Constantin
(Romania) |
Dieter Bevers
(Belgium) |
Herman Poppe
(Belgium) |
Pawel Kuczynski
(Poland) |
Virgil Militaru
(Romania) |
Luc Vermeersch
(Belgium) |
N/A | N/A |
| 2006 | Yuri Ochakovsky | Khodayar Naroei
(Iran) |
Pol Leurs | Michael Permyakov
(Russia) |
Toon Beuckels
(Belgium) |
Ludo Goderis
(Belgium) |
N/A | N/A |
| 2007 | Alessandro Gatto
(Italy) |
Ari Plikat
(Germany) |
Yuriy Kosobukin
(Ukraine) |
Igor Kiyko | Stefaan Provijn
(Belgium) |
Dieter Bevers
(Belgium) |
N/A | N/A |
| 2008 | Pawel Kuczynski
(Poland) |
Moacrir Gutteres
(Brazil) |
Pol Leurs | Masafumi Kikuchi
(Japan) |
Jean Uytterelst
(Belgium) |
Kenny Zoutendijk
(Belgium) |
N/A | N/A |
| 2009 | Musa Gümüs
(Turkey) |
Ludo Goderis
(Belgium) |
Alessandro Gatto
(Italy) |
Michael Kountouris
(Greece) |
Pedro Mendez Suarez
(Cuba) |
Luc Vermeersch
(Belgium) |
N/A | N/A |
| 2010 | Ludo Goderis
(Belgium) |
Pawel Kuczynski
(Poland) |
Constantin Sunnerberg
(Belgium) |
Ren Jian
(Cuba) |
Pedro Mendez Suarez
(Cuba) |
Luc Vernimmen
(Belgium) |
N/A | N/A |
| 2011 | Pol Leurs | Stefaan Provijn
(Belgium) |
Mohamad Ali Khoshman
(Iran) |
Vladimir Stankovski
(Serbia) |
Felipe Galindo | Herman Danneels
(Belgium) |
N/A | N/A |
| 2012 | Krzysztof Konopelski
(Poland) |
Ahmet Aykanat
(Turkey) |
Markus Grolik
(Germany) |
N/A | Virgil Militaru
(Romania) |
Jo Van Damme
(Belgium) |
N/A | N/A |
| 2013 | Spiro Radulovic
(Serbia) |
Nicola Hendrickx
(Belgium) |
Victor Crudu
(Moldova) |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2014 | Dieter Bevers
(Belgium) |
Kiliçaslan Musa*
(Turkey) |
Katz Grigori
(Israel) |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| 2015 | Vladimir Stankovski
(Serbia) |
Klaus Pitter
(Austria) |
Mark Lynch | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Alfons Vos
(Belgium) |
| 2016 | Dalcio Machado
(Brazil) |
Engin Selçuk
(Turkey) |
Slawomir Makal
(Poland) |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| 2017 | Xavier Bonilla
(Ecuador) |
Zbigniew Wowniak
(Poland) |
Alexandrov Vasiliy
(Russia) |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Luc Descheemaeker
(Belgium) |
| 2018 | Saeed Sadeghi
(Iran) |
Vasco Cargalo
(Portugal) |
Ivailo Tsvetkov
(Bulgaria) |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ‘Fhoomp!’
(Belgium) |
| 2019 | 'Nirgen'
(Israel) |
Dimitrios Georgopalis
(Greece) |
Agim Sulaj
(Italy) |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Alfons Vos
(Belgium) |
| 2020 | Doede Okkema | Hamid Ghalijari
(Iran) |
Luis Demetrio Calvo Solis | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Luc Vernimmen
(Belgium) |
| 2021 | Javad Takjoo
(Iran) |
Philipp Sturm
(Germany) |
Engin Selçuk
(Turkey) |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ‘Fhoomp!’
(Belgium) |
| 2022 | Elvandro Alves
(Brazil) |
‘Fhoomp!’
(Belgium) |
Ba Bilig
(China) |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Stefaan Provijn
(Belgium) |
| 2023 | Doede Okkema | Ghislain Vermote
(Belgium) |
Ludo Goderis
(Belgium) |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Ludo Goderis
(Belgium) |
| 2024 | Ernst
(Austria) |
Jona Jamart
(Belgium) |
Oleksiy Kustovsky
(Ukraine) |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
* The 2014 Silver Hat was initially awarded to Iranian Mohammadreza Babaei, who was later disqualified as the cartoon he submitted was plagiarized from a design by Milton Graser.[5]
Panel/jury
- 2003: Guido Depraetere, Peter van Straaten, Stefan Verwey, Dirk Denoyelle, Kim Duchateau, Zaza
- 2004: Guido Depreatere, Inge Heremans, Bart Schoofs, Karl Meersman, Carry Goossens, Peter Frison
- 2005: Guido Depraetere, Jeroom, Canary Pete, Steve, Marec
- 2006: Guido Depraetere, Karl Meersman, Lies Maertens, Quirit, Ilah, Katrien De Vreese
- 2007: Marec, Kim, Peter Nieuwendijk, Bob Vincke, Hein De Meyere, Katrien De Vreese
- 2008: Bob Vincke, Ludo Goderis, Kurt Defrancq, Katrien De Vreese, Dieter Bevers
- 2009: Karl Meersman, Kim Duchateau, Steven Degryse, Katrien De Vreese, Rudy Gheysens
- 2010: Rudy Gheysens, Katrien De Vreese, Steven Degryse, Guido Packolet, Pieter De Poortere, Bart Stolle
- 2011: Frank JMA Castelyns, Kurt Valkeneers, Steven Degryse, Steve Michiels, Luc Janssen, Katrien De Vreese, Guido Packolet
- 2012: Geert Hoste, Fleur Van Groningen, Jonas Geirnaert, Sam De Graeve, Inge Heremans, Urbanus, Katrien De Vreese
- 2024: Pieter De Poortere, Steven Degryse, Laura Janssens, Karl Meersman, Prudence Geerts, Tine Anthoni, Steve Michiels, Kim Duchateau, cartoonist KIM, Toon Horsten
References
- ^ NWS, VRT (2023-07-08). ""Echt?": Cartoonfestival Knokke-Heist opent de deuren". vrtnws.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-03-06.
- ^ "CARTOONFESTIVAL KNOKKE-HEIST | Knokke Heist". www.knokke-heist.be. Archived from the original on 2024-03-06. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
- ^ "CARTOONFESTIVAL KNOKKE-HEIST | Knokke Heist". 2024-03-06. Archived from the original on 2024-03-06. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
- ^ "CARTOONFESTIVAL KNOKKE-HEIST | Knokke Heist" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-04-02.
- ^ NWS, VRT (2014-04-10). "Iraanse laureaat cartoonfestival gediskwalificeerd na plagiaat | VRT NWS: nieuws". VRTNWS (in Dutch). Retrieved 2025-06-17.