Festival Internacional de Quadrinhos

Festival Internacional de Quadrinhos (FIQ) is a comic convention held in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, every two years.

Festival Internacional de Quadrinhos
StatusActive
Genrecomics
VenueSerraria Souza Pinto
Location(s)Belo Horizonte
CountryBrazil
Inaugurated1999

History

In 1997, the third edition of Bienal Internacional de Quadrinhos (International Comics Biennial) was held in Belo Horizonte. This was an annual comic event held previously in Rio de Janeiro in 1991 and 1993 (the 1995 edition didn't happen because it lost the financial support of the Rio de Janeiro City Hall, which made the event change to Belo Horizonte). With the definitive cancellation of Bienal after the 1997 edition, the Festival Internacional de Quadrinhos (International Comics Festival) was created in 1999, with the same proposal of the previous event that was to present exhibitions of comic artists from all over the world and give the opportunity for independent Brazilian authors to present their works.[1]

The first edition of FIQ was organized by the Belo Horizonte City Hall and had exhibitions, debates, conferences and a comic book fair. The event took place mainly in the Cultural Center of UFMG, besides having exhibitions in libraries over the city. France was the first honored country, counting on special exhibitions, including one in honor of the artist François Boucq. The guest of honor of this edition was the cartoonist Angeli.[2] From then on, the event maintained the biennial periodicity. By 2011, in addition to the guest of honor, there was also a country honored. As of the 2013 edition, the event didn't have honored countries, having instead exhibitions and guests from many different countries. In every edition, a Brazilian artist is chosen as a guest of honor, with exhibitions about his work. This guest, generally, is also responsible for the illustration of the event's poster.[3][4] In 2017, the event was not held due to lack of money from the city of Belo Horizonte. The edition of that year was transferred to the first semester of 2018, happening to be realized biennial in the even years from then on.[5]

Awards

The Festival Internacional de Quadrinhos won Troféu HQ Mix, the main Brazilian comic award, in the "Best Event" category in 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014. Some of the exhibitions held at FIQ were also awarded in the "Best Exhibition" category: "Angeli, o matador" (2000), "Mozart Couto" (2004), "Batman 70 Anos" (2010), "Criando Quadrinhos - da ideia à página impressa" (2012) e "Ícones dos Quadrinhos" (2014).[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

The festival also received, in 2012, the Jayme Cortez Trophy, destined to reward great contributions to Brazilian comics.[13]

Locations and dates
No. Dates Location Guest of honor Honored country Reference
1 December 1–5, 1999 UFMG's Cultural Center Angeli  France [2]
2 October 10–14, 2001 Matriz Casa Cultural Jô Oliveira  Argentina [14]
3 September 24–28, 2003 Casa do Conde Mozart Couto  Italy [15]
4 October 5–9, 2005 Casa do Conde Lourenço Mutarelli  Spain [16]
5 October 16–21, 2007 Serraria Souza Pinto Júlio Shimamoto  Japan [17]
6 October 6–12, 2009 Palácio das Artes / Parque Municipal Renato Canini  France [18]
7 November 9–13, 2011 Serraria Souza Pinto Mauricio de Sousa  South Korea [3]
8 November 13–17, 2013 Serraria Souza Pinto Laerte Coutinho – [4]
9 November 11–15, 2015 Serraria Souza Pinto Antonio Cedraz – [19]
10 May 30–June 3, 2018 Serraria Souza Pinto Érica Awano – [20]

References
  1. "Bienal Internacional passa a ser itinerante" (in Portuguese). Folha de S. Paulo. November 3, 1997.
  2. "BH tem o 1º Festival Internacional de Quadrinhos" (in Portuguese). Diário do Grande ABC. November 30, 1999.
  3. "7º Festival Internacional de Quadrinhos de BH" (in Portuguese). Select. November 3, 2011.
  4. "Festival Internacional de Quadrinhos começa hoje em BH" (in Portuguese). Terra. November 13, 2013.
  5. "FIQ é adiado para 2018" (in Portuguese). Universo HQ. July 10, 2017.
  6. "12º Troféu HQ Mix e os melhores de 99" (in Portuguese). Omelete. July 21, 2000.
  7. "Universo HQ é tetracampeão do HQ Mix em duas categorias" (in Portuguese). Universo HQ. June 23, 2004. Archived from the original on February 3, 2010. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
  8. "Universo HQ e Sidney Gusman são hexacampeões do HQ Mix" (in Portuguese). Universo HQ. June 5, 2006. Archived from the original on January 7, 2011. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
  9. "Universo HQ é octacampeão do HQ Mix; confira todos os premiados" (in Portuguese). Universo HQ. July 17, 2008. Archived from the original on September 7, 2011. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
  10. "Conheça os vencedores do 22º Troféu HQ Mix" (in Portuguese). Universo HQ. September 29, 2010. Archived from the original on October 27, 2011. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
  11. "Divulgados os vencedores do prêmio HQ Mix 2012" (in Portuguese). Universo HQ. June 19, 2012. Archived from the original on August 4, 2012. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
  12. "A lista dos vencedores do 26° Troféu HQ Mix" (in Portuguese). Universo HQ. September 8, 2014.
  13. "Veja os ganhadores do Prêmio Angelo Agostini 2011" (in Portuguese). Revista O Grito. January 15, 2012.
  14. "2º Festival Internacional de Quadrinho" (in Portuguese). Omelete. October 9, 2001.
  15. "3º Festival Internacional de Quadrinhos de Belo Horizonte" (in Portuguese). Omelete. September 5, 2003.
  16. "Vem aí o 4º FIQ - Festival Internacional de Quadrinhos" (in Portuguese). Omelete. September 30, 2005.
  17. "BH recebe a partir de terça o 5º Festival Internacional de Quadrinhos" (in Portuguese). Omelete. October 11, 2007.
  18. "6ª edição do Festival Internacional de Quadrinhos de Belo Horizonte presta homenagem a França" (in Portuguese). Correio Braziliense. October 2, 2009.
  19. "Festival Internacional de Quadrinhos é realizado em Belo Horizonte" (in Portuguese). G1. November 13, 2015.
  20. "Festival de Quadrinhos movimenta Belo Horizonte nesta semana" (in Portuguese). G1. May 30, 2018.
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