Sixth stop: Angoulême!

Festival de la Bande Dessinée d'Angoulême
29 January - 2 February 2025
Stand RL41

The Angoulême Festival is one of the largest and most prestigious events dedicated to comics in the world, a precious opportunity for BCBF to bring its Comics Corner, which has already grown considerably in its first three editions, to the attention of the many international specialised operators present. In fact, BCBF inaugurated its own exhibition area dedicated to specialised publishers in 2022, realising it with the support of ITA - the Italian Trade Agency and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, precisely to intercept this important market segment: the comics market represents one of the most dynamic and innovative publishing sectors in recent years, as well as the one in the fastest and broadest expansion internationally. In Italy, in particular, where spending on the purchase of comics has tripled since 2019, comics for children and young people are growing especially (+22%).
 

Bologna Children’s Book Fair is now much more than a publishing event. Through its cross-media business areas that cater for all possible developments of content for children, young people and adults (from audio-visual productions to games, licences and comics), the fair reflects the evolution of an increasingly interconnected market where intellectual property is proposed on different platforms. Angoulême was therefore also an opportunity for BCBF to promote its TV/Film Rights Centre and the brand-new Games Business Centre (in collaboration with Frankfurter Buchmesse), spaces closely interconnected with the world of comics, with the aim of creating unique opportunities for meetings between TV and film producers, licensing and publishing professionals. 

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