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“Manila 2050: City of the Future” is a series of events organized throughout 2019 by the Embassy of France to the Philippines. It intends to bring together French and Filipino experience and expertise in sustainable and livable urban development and focuses on a vision of what Metro Manila can potentially become by 2050: a region of sustainability, a center of economic and technological progress, and more importantly, a home for its inhabitants.
Comics has been a medium that allows artists to tell stories and express views through a simple series of images. In collaboration with French comics expert Benoît Peeters and Komiket, the Embassy of France is launching a comics contest inviting professional and amateur artists to submit plates of original comics strips illustrating their vision of Manila in the year 2050.
Application form and guidelines
- Manila 2019-2050: City of the Future Comics Contest – application form and guidelines
- (PDF – 299.1 kb)
Prizes
One winner from each category will be awarded during Manila 2019-2050: City of the Future event on November 27, 2019, and will receive the following:
Professional Category: one Wacom® Intuos Pro tablet and an all-expenses paid trip to the 2020 Angoulême International Comics Festival in Angoulême, France.
Student Category: one Wacom® Intuos tablet (small)
20 finalists from the amateur and professional categories will be featured in an exhibit to be mounted in November 2019.
Deadline of entries
On or before Thursday, October 31, 2019
