29th Edition of the International Exhibition of Humor
Theme of the year: EUROPE YESTERDAY, TODAY AND... IN THE FUTURE?
This year's theme respects the tradition of being very topical: Europe and its future! The theme is fascinating and demanding: it is a question of imagining the future of the European Community. We know how it turned out, but our selection stimulates interest in discovering the vision of the time.
Karol Seles receives the Palme d'Or and Silvana Migliorati wins the Golden Date and Paolo Lingua wins the Palme d'Or for Humoristic Literature with "Councilor of money".
The Rome Embassy of the People's Republic of China has announced that Chinese designers will also take part in the show. China opens up to the world and for us, new Marco Polo, the opportunity to discover a new humor!The Exhibition opens with the good news that in January the drawings will be exhibited in Strasbourg in the Palais de l'Europe while "Feminism and Anti-feminism", "Venice is to be saved", "Long live nature" are still on tour, promoted by the Council of Europe. Visitors are about 600 thousand, announces the Press Office of the Council.
The President of the Republic, Giovanni Leone, and the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, George Ackermann send telegrams of good wishes for the success of the event.
Furthermore, from next year the Salone will receive the High Patronage of the President of the Republic, an award that crowns an "international event of high quality that carries the name of the city of Bordighera and the fame of its sea, its sun all over the world. , of its green ".
The Duo Gigi & Andrea inspire the audience of the awards ceremony to popular comedy with their salacious streak.
TuttolibrI, the weekly of La Stampa, organizes a round table: "Humor? it's a serious matter ". A debate between Giovanni Mosca, Luigi Brioschi, Paolo Caruso, Luca Goldoni, Paolo Lingua, Cesare Perfetto, Stefano Reggiano and Carlo Silva.
LA BANCARELLA, the Friday insert of Il Lavoro, publishes a special issue and wonders what the right definition of humor might be ...
