22/10/2025
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💥💥Thank you | Gracias | Obrigado | Kiitos | Tack to all the people, associations and supporters that made Kolibrí 10th Anniversay possible! 🥳
Thank you to...
To our coproducers: Mia Wuorela and all the team of Sellon kirjasto / Sellobiblioteket / Sello Library / Библиотека Селло, Jaana Niinivirta, Susanna Ahola and all the team of Lastenkulttuurikeskus Pessi, Kitari Mayele, Cátia Suomalainen Pedrosa and all the team of Caisa, Marianne Turtio and all the team of Annantalo, Ahmed Al-Nawas and all the team of Stoa Andreea Stefanescu and Eeva Sippola from University of Helsinki, Saara Pelttari-Valdez and all the team of Ammattiopisto LIVE and SariAirola from Kuvittajat ry
To Gusti Rosemffet for the amazing visual identity 2025, to Mar Benegas for sharing her love for children’s literature with us, and the rest of the amazing artists who offered a program to remember!
For the Special support to our volunteers:
Children Books Fair: Ana Tamayo, Rosibel Huete, Maritere Vargas, Víctor Rincón, Cristian Santiago, Shirlene Green Newball, Eduardo Acosta, Sergio Losilla.
Opening and Family Days, Photographers and Translators: Sonia Cienfuegos, Ruth Rubin, Ofiia Rahman Alif, Nil Bulut, Trina Salazar, Paula Candela Potente, Nadia Tulppo, Mir Subabay, Asma Faisal, Abby Astola, Eurídice Hernández, Iwn Yeh, Krishna Patel, Leonardo Spano, Maija Repo, Lissette Pita, David Ilich, Talvi Amaru Mäkelä, Murat Emutlu, Sudeshika Vimlarathna, Dung Ngo, Alicia Rangel, Diana Erika Reyes, Inka Pursiainen, Senuri Gunasekara, Shweta Singh, Stella Leinonen Botero, Nancy Sosa, Adriana Minhoto, Yuliana Castañeda, Andrea Santos Brito, and Gloria Hietala.
The young selection team Matilda Gazzotti, Sami Saarto, Clara Acosta-Miranda, Tomás and also Paula Folqués from the adults team.
Our amazing Board: Andrea Botero, Adriana Saarialho, Laura Zubillaga, Verónica Muñoz, Martha Vera, Teija Potenze and Verónica Miranda.
To the core production team.
To Pirjetta Mulari for always believing in Kolibrí.
Thank you to all the associations, friends, libraries, päiväkoti and businesses that help us spread the word!
To Cristian Medel and Leda Vaneva for recording the spirit of these 10 years.
And of course, to the more than 3400 attendees of all ages who celebrated and shared their wishes with us.
Thank you all!
All SPONSORS and ALLIES:
Helsingin kaupunki - Helsingfors stad - City of Helsinki Taiteen edistämiskeskus - Taike Svenska kulturfonden Suomen Kulttuurirahasto Dirección General del Libro, del Cómic y de la Lectura of the Ministerio de Cultura de España Espoon kaupunginkirjasto / Esbo stadsbibliotek / Espoo City Library Otto A. Malm Foundation, William Thurings Stiftelse Foundation Vantaan kaupunki - Vanda Stad - City of Vantaa Helmet Espoo Instituto Iberoamericano de Finlandia Embajada Argentina en Finlandia Embaixada do Brasil em Helsinque Embassy of Colombia in Finland Embajada de Chile en Finlandia Embajada de España en Finlandia / Espanjan Suurlähetystö Suomessa Embajada de México en Finlandia / Embassy of Mexico in Finland Embajada del Perú en Finlandia Embajada del Uruguay - Finlandia Embassy of Portugal in Finland and Estonia Instituto Guimarães Rosa Helsinque Pequeño Mundo Jizo Oy Globe Art Point. Wood Program Aalto Live-säätiö APPF - Associação de Professores de Português na Finlândia ry A buen paso
