If this 2022 edition took place in conditions ” practically unexpected “, according to a press release, the FIBD team assures that ” this March Festival will have been in tune with the major developments in comics and current events in the world ».
The covid, certainly less present than in 2021, and the budgetary restrictions linked to the war in Ukraine will have somewhat tarnished the results of this 49th edition. 50% fewer school groups, and probably several visitors impacted by the rising price of fuel, caused a ” attendance […] down from 2020 ».
The Festival will all the same have offered a “ high density of artistic programming (nearly a dozen exhibitions) and editorial (about 300 exhibitors)“. The awarding of the 2022 FIBD Grand Prize to Julie Doucet will have carried the female delegation of this edition: three women in the running for the second round of this prize, and, among others, the author Zainab Fasiki rewarded with the Couilles au Cul Prize for Hshouma.
The international context, impacting on morale, will also have influenced this edition: “ this year’s awards embrace the concerns of a complex, often torn world that calls for reflection, unity, and different forms of resistance “. The presentation of the Fauve d’Or to Marcello Quintanilha for Listen pretty Marcia is one of the main proofs of this.
This 2022 edition will extend outside the walls throughout the year. The “Building Chris Ware” exhibition will be presented at the BPI Center Pompidou from June 8 to October 10, 2022; the exhibitions “René Goscinny, screenwriter, what a job! » and « Loo Hui Phang, writing is a profession » will meet at the Château de Malbrouck (Moselle) from April 9 to November 13, 2022. « Mortelle Adèle, the exhibition forbidden to nazebroques » will travel to different cities.
Credits: Angoulême Festival / © 9eART+
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