The Finalists Of The 2nd LEA Comic Exhibition /Greece2025

Under the auspices of the Municipality of Athens the 17th edition of the LEA Festival (Literature in Athens) will take place.
The LEA Festival has the honor to announce the four finalists of the 2nd LEA Comic Painting Competition, whose exhibition will be inaugurated on June 11 at 18:00 at the Cervantes Institute in Athens (Skoufa 31). With the theme "Book as a Reflection between Cultures", the Exhibition focuses on reading as a cross-cultural bridge and forms part of the official activities of the LEA Festival 2025.

The finalists, chosen through dozens of submissions from different countries, are:

Isabel Kowalska - Wieczorek, Poland

Michel Moro, Cuba·

Marilena Nardi, Italy

David Vela, Spain

The winner of the competition will be announced on the same day at the official opening of the exhibition, which will be open until July 27 with free admission.
Awards and Recognition
👉First Prize: Trip to Mexico at the Guadalajara International Book Fair 2025 as part of the International Meeting of Animation and Comics (EICH) and the University Center for Arts, Architecture and Design (CUAAD) of the University of Guadalajara-Jalisco-Mexico, all expenses paid.
👉Second Prize: 500 euro, donated by the Cevedo Institute of the Art of Humor of the General Foundation of the University of Alcala, Spain.
👉Third and Fourth Prize: Honorable Mention.

The exhibition has been curated by Adriana (Nani) Mosquera and is organized by the Festival of Intercultural Development LEA, in cooperation with the International Meeting of Cartoons and Comics (EICH) and the University Center for Arts, Architecture and Design (CUADD) of the University of Guadalajara-Jalisco-Mexico, as well as the Kevedo Institute of Art Humor (IQH) of the University of Alcala de Enares, Spain (UAH). The exhibition will last from July 11 to 27.
More than 400 projects were submitted to the competition, of which 100 have been selected, were chosen by 45 participants representing Latin America, Spain, Greece and Portugal, as well as other countries such as China, Egypt, the United States, Iran, Russia, Ukraine, Serbia, Kurdistan, Uzbekistan, Morocco, Syria, Malaysia or Indonesia.

Athens will host the second exhibition emerging from this invitation, which will then continue to tour countries such as Mexico, Spain and Colombia. At the LEA Festival, the global Comiography meets on the theme "The Book as a Reflection Between Cultures".

The jury, consisting of Juan Garcia (Cevedo Institute of the Art of Humor), Jorge Gonzalez (University of Guadalajara), Adriana Martinez (LEA Festival), Adriana (Nani) Mosquera (Colombia-Spain), Dimitri Georgopalis (Greece), Melissa Ortith (Bucaramanga Book Fair) and Boligan (Cuba-Mexico), will announce the names of the four finalists. Next with the director of International Meeting of Animation and Comics (EICH) at Guadalajara, Ph.D. Eduardo Galindo will announce the winners of the first and second prizes of the International Comic Painting Competition at the LEA Festival.
Within the context of this exhibition, a tribute will take place to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the character of "Magola" by the Colombian-Spanish artist Adriana (Nani) Mosquera.
In Spanish and Greek
👉Exhibition Duration: from June 11 to July 27

👉Hours of Operation: Monday to Friday, 9:00 to 14:30, and on the days of the LEA Festival at the Tervantes Institute in Athens (11-20 June, until 22:00)
With the support of the Cervantes Institute Athens, the International Animation and Comics Meeting (EICH), the University Center for Arts, Architecture and Design (CUADD) of the University of Guadalajara-Jalisco-Mexico, and the Cavedo Institute of the Art of Humor (IQH) of the University Alcala de Enares (UAH).
Find out more at: www.lea-festival.com

The festival will be held in Athens from June 10 to 22, on June 14, 19 and 20 in Thessaloniki, on June 14 in Lefkada and Patras and will present at the Chania Book Festival in Crete, from June 25 to 28. With more than 25 guests from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Spain, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Portugal and Uruguay. About 30 guests from Greece will participate in this cultural event that, through words and letters, builds bridges between Latin America, Spain, Greece and Portugal.

For the first time, under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture of Cyprus and in cooperation with the cultural organization Ideogramma, the LEA Festival will travel to Nicosia, Cyprus on June 19 and 20, where activities will take place with the authors Leonardo Padoura (Cuba - Spain), Stavros Christodoulou (Cyprus), Nora Hadjisotirou (Cyprus), Lili Michailidou (Cyprus) and the screenwriters Lucia Lopes Cole (Cuba) and Stavros Pamballis (Cyprus). with the support of Acción Cultural Española and the Spanish and Cuban Embassies in Cyprus.For the first time, under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture of Cyprus and in cooperation with the cultural organization Ideogramma, the LEA Festival will travel to Nicosia, Cyprus on June 19 and 20, where activities will take place with the authors Leonardo Padoura (Cuba - Spain), Stavros Christodoulou (Cyprus), Nora Hadjisotirou (Cyprus), Lili Michailidou (Cyprus) and the screenwriters Lucia Lopes Cole (Cuba) and Stavros Pamballis (Cyprus). with the support of Acción Cultural Española and the Spanish and Cuban Embassies in Cyprus.
The LEA Festival has been one of the most prominent literary events in Athens since 2008 and the only cultural event in Greece and Cyprus with the theme of Iberian American literature.
This cultural event is organized annually by the non-profit organization LEA-Intercultural Development Festival and the Cervantes Institute in Athens, with the participation of the Ambassadors of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Spain, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Uruguay and the United States. Venezuela and the Honorary Consulate General of Colombia in Athens with jurisdiction throughout the territory of the Greek Republic.
The 17th LEA Festival takes place thanks to the support of the gold sponsor Libra Philanthropies and the sponsorship of the Embassies of Spain, Brazil, Chile, Peru and Portugal in Greece, the Embassy of Colombia in Rome with parallel accreditation in Greece, the Honorary Consulate General of Colombia in Athens with jurisdiction throughout the territory of the Greek Republic and the “Maria Tsakos” Foundation, as well as the invaluable support of This is Athens, Acción Cultural Española, the Camoes Institute, the Ramon Llull Institute, Kyklos Travel and Santander. In Cyprus it takes place thanks to the cooperation with the cultural organization Ideogramma and the support of the Spanish and Cuban Ambassadors in Nicosia, as well as the hall of the Tervantes Institute in Nicosia. All of the above together will make it possible for the LEA Festival to offer once again in Greece and Cyprus ten days of interesting activities that will undoubtedly exceed the expectations of the public in Athens, Lefkada, Patras, Thessaloniki, Cyprus and Chania.