March 7, 2009

PICCA Festival
Mood:  cool

This is the first! A colorful ambitious event celebrating the arts of cartooning, comics creation, and animation. Four days of exhibits, competition, workshops, talks, caricature sessions, book launching, recognition awards, spiced up with music and dance. Rread more below!

When: October 15-18, 2009
Where: SM MegaMall Atrium, SM MegaMall Art Galleries, PowerBooks, Poveda, Philippines

DAY ONE, October 15 Thursday

Morning

Opening of Samahang Kartunista ng Pilipinas and Friends Exhibit
Opening of Competition Entries Exhibits
Start of Talks on Cartooning and Comics
Afternoon
Continuation of Talks on Cartooning and Comics
Cartoon Workshop for Children
Launch of “One Hundred Years of Filipino Comics” coffee table book

Evening

Parangal sa mga Tagapaglikha ng Komiks

DAY TWO, October 16 Friday

Whole Day

Samahang Kartunista and Friends exhibit
Competition Entries exhibits
Caricature Sessions at the Atrium
Talks on Animation and Intellectual Property Rights
Screening of “Urduja: and other animation shorts

Evening

Awards and Culture Night

DAY THREE, October 17 Saturday

Whole Day

Trip to Tagaytay for foreign guests and Cartoon, Comics, and Animation VIPs and friends for a taste of Pinoy cuisine and holding of on-the-spot sketching and caricaturing
The exhibits at the SM Megamall continue

DAY FOUR, October 18 Sunday

KOMIKON More exhibits, comicbook launches, merchandizes
Last day of exhibits at SM Megamall

NOTE: More details to be announced soon. There might be slight changes in the activities as the festival days approach.For more info, click here!