12th Hungarian Cartoon Festival: European Year of Intercultural Dialogue

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Republic of Hungary and the Hungarian Culture Foundation organize the 12th Hungarian Cartoon Festival between 3-30 November, 2008 in the building of the Hungarian Culture Foundation, at Budapest
.The title of the Festival is "Intercultural dialogue".We invite Hungarian and foreign tenders in the following topics:
I. Defined theme:“European Year of Intercultural Dialogue”
II. Optional theme:Valid only with the defined theme.Prizes:The first prize of the defined theme is 200.000,- HUF
*The prize of the Secretariat of International Affairs of the Ministry of Education and Culture within the theme "about/for youth" is 100.000,- HUF
*Other prizes are draws.The maximum size of the cartoon is A/3.
Deadline: 22 October, 2008.
Address: Magyar Kultura Alapitvany "Intercultural Dialogue - Cartoon Festival", 1014 Budapest, Szentharomsag ter 6, HUNGARY
The jury consists of Hungarian and foreign artist and professionals.You can apply for the Cartoon Festival if you filled, signed and send the attached application form as well. (Application form in English can be obtained by e-mail)The organizers publish the catalogue of the Festival.After the exhibition of Budapest we represent the best cartoons in different Hungarian and European cities.Rules and applicatian form in Hungarian:
http://www.mka.hu/karikatura2008.pdf
More information: Hungarian Culture Foundation: Szilvia Baba, Marica Godolloi
Telephone: (+36-) 224-8122; (+36-1) 224-8113
E-mail: bsz@mka.hu; gm@mka.hu*The prizes are taxable incomes.
Topics:Intercultural dialogue is a wide-ranging transversal priority of the European Union.To illustrate more concretely what it may cover in the context of the EIYD 2008, eight major topics have been selected:* Culture and the media* Education / Science* Migration* Minorities* Multilingualism* Religion* The workplace* Youth