Tom Janssen è il vincitore della seconda edizione degli European Cartoon Award

Tom Janssen è il vincitore della seconda edizione degli European Cartoon Award.

The European Press Prize and Studio Europa Maastricht, fondatori della seconda edizione degli European  Cartoon Award, hanno annunciato il nome del vincitore dell'edizione di quest'anno dell'ECA. Con il suo lavoro “EU and Bielorussia "pubblicato sul quotidiano Trouw, il fumettista olandese Tom Janssen ha vinto il primo premio. I due secondi classificati a pari merito sono un altro olandese, Hajo de Reijger, e l'artista turco Musa Gumus - entrambi pubblicati dal media internazionale Cartoon Movement. 

I lavori del vincitore e dei secondi classificati sono stati selezionati tra quasi 300 opere, provenienti da 28 paesi, europei e non da una giuria composta di cartoonist pluripremiati, candidati dell'anno precedente, attivisti ed esperti.

Janet Anderson, presidente della giuria:

"I vignettisti editoriali ci hanno mostrato ancora una volta come creano potenti commenti politici con i loro disegni. Il 2020 è stato l'anno della pandemia in Europa e la nostra selezione della rosa dei candidati e il nostro vincitore riflettono inevitabilmente gran parte dei dibattiti economici, sociali e politici in tutto il mondo. Ma nelle nostre altre scelte principali, volevamo che la giuria riflettesse anche sull'enorme storia politica che si sta svolgendo in Bielorussia e sulla realtà politica di come l'Europa si impegna con ciò che è appena oltre i suoi confini, e sottolineare l'importanza della libertà del media e le violente minacce che la stampa deve affrontare".

La giuria dell'European Cartoon award 2021 era composta da: Anne Derenne (vincitore 2020), Janet Anderson, Khalid Albahi, Gian-Paolo Accardo, Paulo Jorge Fernandes. E, per la prima fase di selezione, una giuria composta da cinque precedenti candidati dell'anno: Mette Dreyer, Claudio Antonio Gomes, Costel Patrascan, Halit Kurtulmuş e Tomás Serrano.

EU and Belarus - Tom Janssen.

Dutch cartoonist Tom Janssen is the winner of the second edition of the European Cartoon Award

Amsterdam, NL (October 6, 2021) The European Press Prize and Studio Europa Maastricht, founders of the second edition of the European Cartoon Award, are glad to announce the name of the winner and runners-up of this year’s edition of the ECA. With his work “EU and Belarus” published in the newspaper Trouw, the Dutch cartoonist Tom Janssen won the first prize. The two runners-up are another Dutch cartoonist, Hajo de Reijger, and the Turkish artist Musa Gumus - both published by the international media outlet Cartoon Movement.

The works of the winner and runners-up were selected from almost 300 submissions, coming from 28 countries, European and beyond, by a jury composed of award-winning cartoonists, previous year’s nominees, activists, and experts.

Janet Anderson, chair of the Panel of judges:

"Editorial Cartoonists have shown us again how they make powerful political commentaries with their drawings. 2020 was the year of the pandemic in Europe, and our shortlist selection and our prize-winner inevitably reflect much of the worldwide economic, social and political debates.  But in our other top choices, we wanted as a jury to also reflect on the huge political story taking place in Belarus, and the political reality of how Europe engages with what is just over its borders, and to highlight the importance of the freedom of the media and the violent threats the press faces."

The jury of the European Cartoon award 2021 was composed of: Anne Derenne (2020 winner), Janet Anderson, Khalid Albahi, Gian-Paolo Accardo, Paulo Jorge Fernandes. And, for the first round of selection, a jury composed of five previous year’s nominees: Mette Dreyer, Claudio Antonio Gomes, Costel Patrascan, Halit Kurtulmuş, and Tomás Serrano.

Sixteen nominated cartoons

After 2 rounds of evaluation, the two juries identified a batch of 16 cartoons that qualified for the final selection. Here is the list of the 14 nominees the cartoons belong to:

Vitor Neves - Portugal

Vasco Gargalo - Portugal

André Carrilho - Portugal

Pedro Silva - Portugal

Niels Bo Bojesen - Denmark

Musa Gumus - Tukey

Marco De Angelis - Italy

Hajo de Reijger - Netherlands

Tom Janssen - Netherlands

Tjeerd Royaards - Netherlands

Saeed Sadeghi - Turkey

DINO - Konstantinos Tsanakas - Greece

Osama Hajjaj - Jordan

Tchavdar Nikolov - Bulgaria

Here, the cartoons of the two runners-up, Hajo de Reijger, with “It’s Chinese!” and Musa Gumus, with “Blood”.

It's Chinese - Hajo.

Blood - Musa Gumus.

About the European Cartoon Award

The European Cartoon Award was founded in 2019 by European Press Prize and Studio Europa Maastricht to encourage cartoonists in their essential work for freedom of expression.

"Cartoonists are an 'endangered species': they have to deal with increasing resistance, censorship, and even threats and violence. Their space is shrinking, both in available publications and in the themes they can tackle. That is not only happening far away but also right here in Europe,” says director of the European Press Prize Thomas van Neerbos.

For the full list of nominated cartoons, and information on the ECA, visit https://europeancartoonaward.com/ or contact emanuele@europeanpressprize.com