18th OSCARfest International Cartoon Exhibition- OSOR Croatia 2026

ONLY FOR ENTHUSIASTS!

EXHIBITION

OSOR Community Center, Town of Mali Lošinj, Croatia, June – November 2026

PARTICIPATION

The exhibition is open to all artists, regardless of nationality, age, gender, profession…

TOPIC

CELEBRATION on a desert island

(birth, birthday, anniversary, wedding, holidays, New Year’s…)

We are celebrating the coming of age of an exceptional manifestation: OSCARfest in Osor.

What else can be celebrated, and is it even possible to celebrate something on a desert island?

Peace? Perseverance? Boredom? Solitude? Confusion before life?

The rights you get as you come of age? Voting? Driver’s license? Marriage?

What does it mean to deliver a cake to a desert island? A Trojan horse? A mob that pops out of a cake? Hospitality? Laughing at a prank? The joy of survival? Unity?

Does coming of age also mean taking responsibility for the world’s problems?

Coming of age also brings Weltschmerz (world-pain). Let’s not let our celebration end in tears.

We celebrate the strongest medicine against stupidity and injustice – CARICATURE.

Universal and without words. Everywhere. We celebrate humanity!

WORKS

1 – 3 cartoons WITHOUT WORDS

Works whether they have been awarded in other contests previously will be accepted.

Works produced by AI are not accepted!

FORMAT

A4 (210×297 mm), RGB, .jpg (JPEG), 300 dpi, high resolution

DEADLINE

May 15, 2026

EMAIL ADDRESS

oscarfest.croatia@gmail.com

Attachments should be named as follows:

Name-Surname-ARTISTIC NAME-Country-1 (2, 3, Entry Form)

(Example: Dragutin-Kovačević-DADO-Croatia-1)

1st SELECTION

Exhibition selector MSc. Branka Hlevnjak, art historian and art critic (Croatia)

selects one cartoon from each registered author according to the criteria: topic, originality of the

idea, artistic quality, default paper formats, completed Application form, deadline.

2nd SELECTION

First place authors at the 17th OSCARfest 2025:

Mladen Oljača (Serbia), Tao Liu LT (China) and Tin Horvat (Croatia);

Branka Hlevnjak – commission president, Dragutin Dado Kovačević – OSCARfest Program

leader and Zdenko Puhin – Croatian Cartoonists Association,

select a maximum of 200 cartoons for the exhibition.

Selectors automatically participate in the competition.

JURY

INTERNATIONAL JURY OF VISITORS

Exhibition visitors choose the 3 best cartoons by secret vote

(1st = 3 points, 2nd = 2 points, 3rd = 1 point)

CATALOG

All participants shall be sent the results and a digital catalogue via email.

Confirmation of participation will be sent on request.

PRIZES

First, Second, Third place and First-ranked Croatian cartoonist:

Personal exhibition at the 19th OSCARfest 2027, Diploma, sponsorship awards

and the position of selector of the 19th OSCARfest 2027.

OTHER RULES

The submitted works remain at the disposal of the organizer who may use them for promotional

and other non-commercial purposes (awards for voters, sponsors and donors … ) with the name of

the author and the festival without royalties to the authors, and continue to exhibit them.

We look forward to your participation!

PLEASE FORWARD THE APPLICATION FORM

to your fellow cartoonists!

Information by email: oscarfest.croatia@gmail.com

Organizer ARTour-Nerezine Association

Art selector Branka Hlevnjak

Program leader Dado Kovačević

Financial support Town of Mali Lošinj + Mali Lošinj Tourist Board

Support Osor Local Comitee + Croatian Cartoonist Association

Sponzors DesignArt + ARTshirt + Zdjelarević Wine Selection + OPG Benvin-Nerezine + Foto studio Nadir Mavrović + friends

Media support Radio Mali Lošinj-Radio Jadranka + Portal otoci.net + Novi list