Created in 2019 by the European Press Prize and Studio Europa Maastricht following the New York Instances announcement that they might cease publishing press cartoons, the European Cartoon Award is designed to reward “braveness and high quality within the subject of cartooning and foster dialog on the subject of Europe”. These are two goals which are on the coronary heart of Voxeurop’s mission.
This 12 months, as soon as once more, I had the honour of being a member and the chair of the jury, and main the debates. Choice is likely one of the most enjoyable duties, but in addition one of the crucial arduous, particularly when the 2024 harvest was so wealthy, different, and shocking. All of us needed to battle exhausting to defend our favourites… and attain settlement on the finalists. All through the summer season, behind closed doorways, we met with Ben Jennings, winner of the 2023 ECA; Iranian cartoonist Sanaz Bagheri; Dutch cartoonist Jip van den Toorn; and Dutch thinker Stine Jensen. These choice periods have been a chance to debate the main occasions of the previous 12 months and their distinctive journalistic therapy via the eyes of press cartoonists.
Of the 475 press cartoons from 24 international locations that I evaluated with my 4 co-judges, three have been shortlisted: Tjeerd Royaards (Netherlands), Steven Lectrr Degryse (Belgium) and Victor Solís (Mexico), who we current right here.
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The winner will likely be introduced on the second ECA Cartoons Day in The Hague on Thursday 17 October. The awards ceremony will happen within the Central Library, and all it’s a must to do to attend is register. The ceremony will likely be preceded by two discussions: on the phenomenon of polarisation, and the way press cartoons are chosen by editors-in-chief. These discussions will likely be moderated by yours actually and Gian-Paolo Accardo respectively. See you there!
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