Festival Internacional de Quadrinhos

Festival Internacional de Quadrinhos (FIQ) is a comic convention held in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, every two years.

In 1997, the third edition of Bienal Internacional de Quadrinhos (International Comics Biennial) was held in Belo Horizonte.

With the definitive cancellation of Bienal after the 1997 edition, the Festival Internacional de Quadrinhos (International Comics Festival) was created in 1999, with the same proposal of the previous event that was to present exhibitions of comic artists from all over the world and give the opportunity for independent Brazilian authors to present their works.

[1] The first edition of FIQ was organized by the Belo Horizonte City Hall and had exhibitions, debates, conferences and a comic book fair.

[5] The Festival Internacional de Quadrinhos won Troféu HQ Mix, the main Brazilian comic award, in the "Best Event" category in 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014.