The Artist Mahboobeh Pakdel, of Iran, was the winner of the grand prize of the 18th Portocartoon-World Festival, organized by the National Museum of the press and on the theme "the global understanding"

Winners:

Grand prize:

Mahboobeh Pakdel (Iran)

2nd Prize:

Muhittin Koroglu (Turkey)

3rd Prize:

(Ex-aequo)

Plantu (France)

3rd Prize:

(Ex-aequo)

Mihai Ignat (Romania)

XVIII PortoCartoon, Caricature Category: Charlie Chaplin

1st Prize:

Cau Gomez, Brazil

2nd Prize:

Mariagrazia Quara, Italy

3rd Prize:

Luiz Carlos Fernandes, Brazil

XVIII PortoCartoon, Caricature Category: Sara Sampaio

1st Prize:

Marzio Mariani Oddonkey, Italy

2nd Prize:

Nicoleta Ionescu,Romania

3rd Prize:

Luiz Carlos Fernandes,Brazil

The High quality of the work took the international jury to attach still 12 honorable mentions to artists from different countries:

Brazil, Spain, Iran (2), -,Italy, Mexico (2), Portugal, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine.