Bea Lema

Invitado de Honor

She is an illustrator and comic author. She uses embroidery and weaving as mediums to transfer her images. Her work, generally autobiographical, addresses themes related to madness, trauma, family relationships, religion, and popular rituals.

In 2018, she published O Corpo de Cristo, which won the XII Premio Castelao from the Diputación de A Coruña. El cuerpo de Cristo (Astiberri, 2023), based on the previous edition, has been published in France and Italy, and will be released in Portugal soon. The project was awarded a grant for a graphic novel residency at the Maison des Auteurs in 2022, thanks to Acción Cultural Española (AC/E) and the Cité Internationale de la Bande dessinée et de L’image, with the collaboration of the French Embassy in Spain. In 2024, she received the France Télévisions Public Award for this work at the Angoulême International Comics Festival, a globally recognized event.

Other activities involving the participant:

Illustrating, Narrating: From Comics to Film

Idalia Candelas

Illustrator, comic book author, contributor to El Chamuco and the Children of Hell and El País.

Pablo Guerra

Screenwriter, editor and comic book critic. Editor-in-chief of Cohete Comics.

Jessie Yokai

Jessie AriasYokai, Jalisco, illustrator, graphic novel author and audio-visual developer, specialized in character design, has worked on channels and children's programming such as The Walt Disney Company, Cartoon Network, Plaza Sésamo, BAN DAI and Discovery Kids among others. Among her most outstanding works as art direction are the cineminute FICG34 | International Film Festival in Guadalajara, six episodes of the web series KleptoCats and her first graphic novel "El Círculo Rojo" for the national scholarship JÓVENES CREADORES from "El Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes", AMERICAN CITIZENS in the area of ​​art, character design and animation production CLEANUP, Chapter "IMMIGRATION" for NETFLIX, short directed by director JORGE R. GUTIERREZ, UNTOLD LOKI from Disney Plus and MARVEL as well as several projects for BAN DAI Mexico Japan. founder of her own publishing house Vamphir.Comicx, her first physical publication “Girls also make noise”.

Sara Miau

An illustrator by vocation and a designer by profession, Sara Arámburo, known in the illustration and fashion world as Sara Miau, works in various facets of creativity, from the world of publishing, fashion, design, beauty and culture.

Sara studied Integral Design in Mexico (2004 to 2009) and Fashion Illustration and Styling in Barcelona (2009-2010) and a fashion design course at Central Saint Martins, London (2018).

Over the last almost 15 years, Sara has collaborated with different brands, publishers and institutions such as La Secretaría de Educación Pública, Nylon Latinoamerica, El Instituto Cabañas, Iteso, CUAAD, Ferragamo, La Mer, Roberto Verino, Adolfo Dominguez, Tous, Fuller, Vans, Mango, Dione, Nike, American Eagle, to name a few.

Currently Sara continues working at Sara Miau and as co-director at Casa Teodora, a cultural house dedicated to the dissemination of art, culture and lolita fashion in the city of Guadalajara, Mexico.

Sebastián Ríos

Pepo's grandson and legal representative of René Ríos and Co. Ltda.

Rupa

With studies at the prestigious School of Fine Arts in Viña del Mar, he has developed a solid career in the production of comics and animation. He has worked on outstanding projects such as the animated series Heidi, collaborating with Editorial P.I.N.S.E.L., and in the production of advertising animation for television at Grafilms Estudios.
In his career, he has contributed to the iconic comic series Condorito, under the direction of René Ríos Boettiger and later as art director for Editorial Televisa Chile. Among his other works, the production of the Don Rodrigo series for Plop magazine stands out, as well as his participation in the creation of internationally renowned comics such as Batman for DC Comics, and Disney comics for the company Ríos & Gana S.A..
He has also participated in international projects, such as the animated series Cabotage for French television and the Comics Project in Colombia, where he also exhibited his work at the Materón theater. Throughout his career, he has received important recognitions, such as the APES award and the prestigious 2024 Golden Eagle world award in the Art category.

Other activities involving the participant:

Drawing Condorito

Luis Yáñez

Journalist, writer, documentary filmmaker, cultural manager, promoter of the Pepo es de Conce initiative, which managed to have the creator of Condorito, René Ríos, named illustrious son of his hometown, Concepción, and president of the Pepo Foundation.

Pedro Maino

Editor and cultural manager, director of the Pepo Foundation.
Curator of the Pinacoteca of the Catholic University of Chile, co-founder of www.pinturachilena.cl, executive director of the Alberto Blest Gana Foundation and former executive secretary of the National Book and Reading Council.

Rupa

With studies at the prestigious School of Fine Arts in Viña del Mar, he has developed a solid career in the production of comics and animation. He has worked on outstanding projects such as the animated series Heidi, collaborating with Editorial P.I.N.S.E.L., and in the production of advertising animation for television at Grafilms Estudios.
In his career, he has contributed to the iconic comic series Condorito, under the direction of René Ríos Boettiger and later as art director for Editorial Televisa Chile. Among his other works, the production of the Don Rodrigo series for Plop magazine stands out, as well as his participation in the creation of internationally renowned comics such as Batman for DC Comics, and Disney comics for the company Ríos & Gana S.A..
He has also participated in international projects, such as the animated series Cabotage for French television and the Comics Project in Colombia, where he also exhibited his work at the Materón theater. Throughout his career, he has received important recognitions, such as the APES award and the prestigious 2024 Golden Eagle world award in the Art category.

Other activities involving the participant:

Opening of the Comic + Graphic Novel Fair. Tribute to Pepo and Condorito

El Dee

Hello. My name is David Espinosa. Some people know me as El Dee. I am an illustrator and comic book author living in Cholula, Mexico, with my wife Diana and a bunch of dogs. My comics include Yo y la muerte, Nido de Serpientes, and El twit ilustrado. You can see my work on book and magazine covers, posters, t-shirts, and magazines around the world. My next graphic novel was published by Editorial Planeta in 2023 and is called Foráneo, and is available everywhere.

Other activities involving the participant:

Presentation of the Comic: The Dog Walker
Yo y la muerte vol. 3

Armando Montes de Santiago

For the past 18 years, she has worked on the organizing committee of the FIL, where she was responsible for international sales for many years. She is currently in charge of the General Coordination of Exhibitors and Professionals, as well as other important projects for the FIL, such as the Comic + Graphic Novel Hall and Books to Taste.

Other activities involving the participant:

Opening Ceremony
Opening Ceremony
Presentation of the Pura Pinche Fortaleza Graphic Novel Award

Nadia Hafid

Invitado de Honor

(Terrassa, 1990) se graduó en bellas artes por la Universidad de Barcelona y estudió artes aplicadas al muro en la Escola Llotja. Combina ilustración y cómic, y sus dibujos han copado portadas para el suplemento Babelia de El País, así como para artículos en medios internacionales como The New York Times, The Economist, The New Yorker, Berliner Zeitung, The Washington Post, entre otros.
El buen padre (2020), su debut con Sapristi, se llevó el Premio al mejor autor emergente de la Asociación de Críticos de Cómic, y fue incluido en la lista de los 100 mejores cómics nacionales por Rockdeluxe, y destacado en la recopilación de mejores cómics de la revista Jot Down. También fue nominada al Salón del Cómic en la categoría de mejor obra revelación en 2021.
Ha sido traducido al francés por la editorial Casterman, y al turco por Beta Basim Yayin Dagitim edicions.
Chacales es su segundo cómic (2022) publicado por Sapristi del que recibió el Premio El Ojo Crítico 2022 en la categoría de cómic, y ha sido nominado a mejor obra en el Salón del cómic en su 41 edición. Fue ganadora del Premio talento joven Sento Llobell 2023.
Ha formado parte de la exposición Constelación gráfica del Centro de Cultura Contemporánea de Barcelona-CCCB (2022-2023) dedicada al cómic experimental y de vanguardia.
Imparte clases de ilustración editorial en el máster de cómic e ilustración de la Escuela Elisava (Facultad de Diseño e Ingeniería de Barcelona).
Ha sido jurado de la Beca de Cómic Ficomic, y jurado en las Ayudas INJUVE de Creación Joven.
Instagram: @nadihaf
www.nadiahafid.com

Other activities involving the participant:

Panel: Access to Information for Equity and Diversity

Rafael Radillo Zúñiga

Rafael Radillo was born in Mexico City in 1979. He studied art at the FAD of the UNAM. His interest in drawing and comics began at a very young age, this characteristic has led him to draw and tell stories trying to emulate the greats of comics. He is an avid reader who likes different genres and also enjoys cinema in all its forms. Currently he divides his time between teaching, giving English, Art and Literature classes to the next generations and his passion; making comics and everything related to art. The beach is his first published graphic novel and is the realization of a dream that he arduously pursued for years and finally achieved. In addition, he is a finalist in the Sequencer 2024 contest by the Pixelatl Festival.

Armando Montes de Santiago

For the past 18 years, she has worked on the organizing committee of the FIL, where she was responsible for international sales for many years. She is currently in charge of the General Coordination of Exhibitors and Professionals, as well as other important projects for the FIL, such as the Comic + Graphic Novel Hall and Books to Taste.

Other activities involving the participant:

Opening Ceremony
Opening Ceremony
Presentation of: Foráneo

Claudia Stern

Historian, researcher and professor, she holds an MA in Cultural Studies from The Shirley and Leslie Porter School of Cultural Studies and a PhD in history from the Zvi Yavetz Graduate School of Historical Studies at Tel Aviv University. She is a research associate at CEIHVAL and a professor at MEUVAL at FADU-UBA. She has completed postdoctoral stays as an EDEN fellow at the University of Granada, a Minerva Foundation fellow at Freie Universität Berlin and a CSMCH-IASH fellow at the University of Edinburgh. As a researcher at the Global@Venice – Marie Skłodowska-Curie Cofund (2023-2025), Ca’ Foscari University Venice, her research focuses on graphic humor from intersectionality, memory and trauma in Chile.

Claudia is the author and co-editor of The Middle Classes in Latin America: Subjectivities, Practices, and Genealogies (Routledge, 2022), a work recently published in two volumes in its Spanish version under the Colección Tierra Libre (Editorial Universidad del Rosario–UAM Cuajimalpa, 2023). Her book Entre el cielo y el suelo: las identidadesásticas de las clases medias (Santiago de Chile, 1932-1962) (RiL editores, 2021), received the AILASA 2022 award for the best monograph of the year.

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