Nominations

Dramatic performances and cabarets

THEATRE IN DLOUHÁ Praha (CZ): THE DAY GAGARIN DIED
NEW THEATRE Nitra (SK): SWIMMING POOL
THEATRE COMMEDIA Poprad (SK): DON QUIOTE AND SANCHO PANZA

Music productions (all genres)

SYSTEME PAPRIKA Bourbach le Bas (FR): KRAKEN ORCHESTRA
STO ZVÍŘAT Praha (CZ): BEST OF ELEPHANTOUR
PREßBURGER KLEZMER BAND Bratislava (SK): CONCERT
ZVA 12-28 BAND Zvolen (SK): CONCERT

Street and motion productions (juggling, magic and illusions, statues, pantomime, dance)

TRYGVE WAKENSHOW London (NZ/GB): NAUTILUS / KRAKEN
BRATŘI V TRICKU Praha (CZ): FUNERAL
Students of HAMU Praha (CZ): THING
THEATRE KVELB České Budějovice (CZ): BLACK FAMILY

Productions for children (puppet shows, dramas, music shows, ...)

BRATŘI V TRICKU Praha (CZ): PIG CIRCUS
THEATRE LOKVAR Praha (CZ): CZECH JOHNNY
THEATRE GONG Bratislava (SK): CINDERELLA

Caricatures and other recession art works

POL LEURS – Poleurs (LU)
JAN HRUBÝ (CZ)
HENRYK CEBULA (PL)
VALENTIN GEORGIEV (BG)
NATÁLIA LOŽEKOVÁ (SK)
TOMÁŠ Eniac CÍGER Eniac (SK)

Literary, journalistic works of art and artistic recitations (only from Slovak and Czech republic)

Peter PEČONKA (SK): SAINT BUTCHER OF ŠAMORÍN (Artforum, 2016)
Daniel MAJLING (SK): RUZZIAN CLAZZICS (OZ BRAK, 2017)
Jana BŽOCHOVÁ-WILD (SK): ALLURES AND JUNGLE GYMS (EURÓPA, 2017)
Pavol FABIAN (SK): THE MAN WHO FELL INTO A CREVICE, BUT DIDN’T HIT HIS HEAD (IKAR, 2016)
Dávid & Ivan POPOVIČ (SK): MAŤ TAK O KOLIESKO VIAC (IKAR, 2017)

Denis FARKAŠ, Malacky (SK): Boris Vian: HEART RIPPER
Matej LEHOCKÝ, Nitra (SK): Július Satinský: DEFENSE OF BACKSIDES
Michal KVAŠŠAY, Sučany (SK): James Thurber: A CRATE, SO THAT I CAN HIDE IN IT
Terézia PRAVDOVÁ, Trnava (SK): Vladimír Mináč: THE HORNED GOAT AND THE DONKEY
Martina JUSTUSOVÁ, Trnava (SK): Woody Allen: INTELLECTUAL FOR SALE
Veronika MÉSZÁROSOVÁ, Levice (SK): Friedrich Nietzsche: FIRE SIGNS


WORKS AND PERFORMANCES NOMINATED FOR SPECIAL PRIZES IN 2017

Stano Radič Prize for an Artist of the Year

OZ FLAHERTY / STUDIO L+S Bratislava (SK): ECONOMY OF GOOD AND EVIL
Theatre at Hambálek Malacky (SK): CHILL OUT

Struck Goose Prize – the prize for the most awkward work or event of the year

Béla Bugár’s election motto was “The character decides” – We stand in awe looking at what his character has managed to decide to this day.

State wildlife conversation institution for removing bear cubs and, some time later, shooting the bear mother Ingrid in Liptovská Kokava.

For the European Parliament representative, Richard Sulík for his reasoning as to why Slovakia should not be in the first leage of the EU countries. According to Mr. Sulík, being in the same league as France and Germany could hurt us.

For the former prime minister of Slovakia, Vladimír Mečiar for his ability to twist facts with godlike calm and his inability to acknowledge obvious things. After the self-amnesty he ordered was ruled legally null and void, he said the following on June 10th in the programme “Saturday dialogues with Braňo Dobšinský”: “The amnesty was not cancelled, it is still valid. This is a great historical fault.”

Lifetime Achievement Award

Jozef MOKOŠ (SK)

Approved by Nomination Commission of Humour Academy of EFHandS KG´17
July 18th, 2017