The 49th Angoulême International Comics Festival, originally scheduled for January 27 to 30 but postponed due to the health crisis, will take place from March 17 to 20, the event announced on Friday.
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Adapting has become a key word for everyone, the organization of the Festival is part of this dynamic
", declared the organizers in a press release.
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All the components of the Festival have been postponed to these new dates: the artistic program, the announcement of the Official Prize Winners and the 2022 Grand Prix, as well as the editorial offer and the presence of the authors... current outlook allows us to hope for a significant ebb of the pandemic
,” they posted on Twitter.
Tickets already reserved will be valid for the postponed dates, depending on the festival.
Major exhibitions
At the end of December, faced with the outbreak of Covid-19 contamination and the establishment of gauges for major events, the organizers had decided to postpone this flagship event in the world of the ninth art. The festival had already seen its 2021 edition severely disrupted by the pandemic. It had been moved from the end of January to the end of June in order to welcome the general public, which was ultimately not possible, again due to the health crisis.
As for the festivities, major exhibitions will celebrate Chris Ware (president of this 49th edition), Christophe Blain, Simon Roussin, Aude Picault, Loo Hui Fang, René Goscinny, to name but a few. Not to mention the earthy children's series
Mortelle Adèle
, a phenomenon by Antoine Dole, alias Mr Tan, and Diane Le Feyer, or the manga exhibition on Tatsuki Fujimoto, author of
Fire Punch
and
Chainsaw Man
. Finally, this year, the jury responsible for awarding the Fauve d'or is chaired by Fanny Michaëlis, author published by Cornélius, accompanied by the author Pierre Alary, the bookseller Mathilde Llobet, journalists Florence Aubenas (
Le Monde
) and Romain Brethes (
Le Point
) as well as director Michel Hazanavicius and singer Pomme.
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