Wednesday, November 24, 2021

THE WORLD'S BEST FILM FESTIVAL POSTERS 2021

By José Alberto Hermosillo

Film festivals welcome enthusiastic moviegoers with online, in-person, or hybrid screenings as the world attempts to return to “normal” emerging from an everlasting pandemic. The yearly celebrations communicate ideas, dates, locations, and relevant information through flashy, iconic, and commemorative posters – just as the upcoming attractions have done throughout the ages.

True to their passion, artists, authors, and designers ignited their creativity by sketching a complex, sophisticated, and polished design with transcendental ramifications.

Over the year, Festival in LA curates every piece based on concept, originality, and supporting components – conjoined to the festival’s theme and harmonious style. The number of colors, type of fonts, and amount of information are essential factors in evaluating and classifying each piece.

The selected graphics reflect the uncertainties of our time and denote a deep sense of introspection with ethereal imagery. The blueprints are meaningful, colorful, and abstract – nevertheless, a ray of hope and faith stands for a better and brighter future.

These magnificent posters are a feast to the eyes and gratification for the spirit in all senses. The final lineup is a set of marvelous gems that help the public acknowledge every festival and city’s cultural identity and beauty.

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“The Light of Malaga/ La Luz de Malaga” from the Spanish film and poster contest earned the honorable first position. The work from Venezuelan-born visionary artist Ramiro Guevara is a visual experience. His creation is original, colorful, and innovative. His approach to the origins of light and how it continuously expands with concentric white lines is extraordinary. Mr. Guevara’s work is superb and aspires to perfection. 

Our mantra is “Inclusion and diversity.” However, some of the world’s most prestigious festivals are absent from the top selection: Cannes, Toronto, London, Sundance, New York, Telluride, Santa Barbara, Lima, Rio, Miami, and Guanajuato. None of those works approached the mastery evident in previous years.

Please sit back, relax, and enjoy our complimentary cultural trip in graphic design to worldwide film festivals.

 
The World’s Best Film Festival Posters 2021

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24 FESTIVAL DE 
MALAGA
MALAGA, SPAIN
“LUZ DE MALAGA” BY RAMIRO GUEVARA, VENEZUELA
24 FESTIVAL DE MALAGA
ANNECY 2021
FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL
DU FILM D'ANIMATION
ANNECY, FRANCE
DESIGNERS: Jean-Charles Mbotti Malolo & Simon Roussin
ANNECY 2021
MACABRO
20 AÑOS
CIUDAD DE MEXICO, MEXICO
 DESIGNERS: Diego Álvarez y Roxana Ruiz

MACABRO 20 AÑOS
REYKJAVIK
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
ICELAND
DESIGNED BY 
Jeroen Nergiz-de Boer - TheOlifants
35. TEDDY AWARD
DER QUEERE FILMPREIS DER BERLINALE
BERLIN, GERMANY
DESIGNED BY MARION HABRIENGER
35. TEDDY AWARD DER QUEERE FILMPREIS DER BERLINALE
67th TAORMINA 
FILM FESTIVAL
TAORMINA, ITALY
DESIGNED BY GINEVRA CHIECHIO
FEATURING: BURT LANCASTER & BARBARA KERR IN
FRED ZINNEMANN'S "FROM HERE TO ETERNITY," USA
67th TAORMINA  FILM FESTIVAL
QUINZAINE DES RÉALISATEURS 
DIRECTORS' FORTNIGHT
CANNES 2021
CANNES, FRANCE
 "ENCHANTED FOREST" BY DANIEL MERCADANTE

QUINZAINE DES RÉALISATEURS CANNES 2021
2021 LOFT
FILM FEST
TUCSON, ARIZONA
ILLUSTRATED BY BEN MACKEY,
 DESIGNED BY MATT McCoy
2021 LOFT  FILM FEST
78 MOSTRA INTERNAZIONALE
D'ARTE CINEMATOGRAFICA
LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA
VENICE, ITALY
DESIGNED BY LORENZO MATTOTTI
 18 FESTIVAL DE CINE 
AFRICANO
TARIFA-TÁNGER
SPAIN & MOROCCO
ARTIST: OMAR VICTOR DIOP, SENEGAL
 18 FESTIVAL DE CINE AFRICANO TARIFA-TÁNGER
19. MORELIA
FILM FESTIVAL
MORELIA, MEXICO
DESIGNED BY RODRIGO TOLEDO
CATHEDRAL OF MORELIA
SITGES 2021
FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE CINEMA
FANTÁSTICO DE CATALUNYA
CATALUNYA, SPAIN
INSPIRED ON THE WEREWOLF STORIES.
CREATED BY THE CHINA MADRID AGENCY
SITGES 2021
23rd THESSALONIKI
DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL
 ATHENS, GREECE 
CREATED BY OLGA DEIKOU
23rd THESSALONIKI DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL
15th ANNUAL FESTIVAL 
OF GERMAN FILMS 
GERMAN CURRENTS
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 
DESIGNED BY PLUS3MM
ASWAN
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN
FILM FESTIVAL
EDITION 2021
EGYPT
DESIGNED BY MAHA HAMDY
ASWAN INTERNATIONAL WOMEN FILM FESTIVAL
69. TRENTO 
FILM FESTIVAL
TRENTO, ITALY
DESIGNED BY PHOTOGRAPHER
CORONADO ISLAND 
FILM FESTIVAL
CORONADO, CALIFORNIA  
ARTIST: PATTI JODD
CORONADO ISLAND  FILM FESTIVAL
INTERNATIONAL 
SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
CLERMONT-FERRAND 2021
CLERMONT-FERRAND, FRANCE
 
ILLUSTRATOR: YUKO SHIMIZU, JAPAN
FICUNAM 11
FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE UNAM
CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA, MEXICO
DESIGNED BY ELISA MALO
DEDICATED TO THE FILMMAKER TSAI MING-LIANG, MALAYSIA

LOS CABOS 10
FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL 
DE CINE
DE LOS CABOS
LOS CABOS, MEXICO
DESIGNED BY DAVID PINEDA
LOS CABOS 10 FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL  DE CINE DE LOS CABOS
 4th
 MALAYSIA  
INTERNATIONAL 
FILM FESTIVAL
MIFFEST
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA

30th FESTIVAL 
BIARRITZ
AMÉRIQUE LATINE
CINÉMAS & CULTURE
BIARRITZ, FRANCE
INSPIRED BY THE PERUVIAN CULTURE

ATHENS OPEN AIR
FILM FESTIVAL
ATHENS, GREECE 
DESIGNER: VASSILIS MEXIS
“IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE” BY WONG KAR-WAI
 ATHENS OPEN AIR  FILM FESTIVAL
71.
BERLINALE
FILM FESTIVAL
BERLIN, GERMANY 
DESIGNES BY CLAUDIA SCHRAMKE
 71. BERLINALE BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL
 
24h SHANGHAI
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
SHANGHAI, CHINA  
INSPIRED BY THE FRENCH SILENT FILM 
THE ARRIVAL OF THE TRAIN  
BY THE LUMIERE BROTHERS, 1895
9th SILK ROAD
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
DUBLIN, IRELAND
DESIGNED BY JOAO DA FONSECA
CINEMA AFRICA 2021
 AFRICAN AND DIASPORA 
 FILM FESTIVAL
SWEDEN
CINEMA AFRICA 2021 AFRICAN AND DIASPORA  FILM FESTIVAL
FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL 
DE CINE FANTÁSTICO
FERATUM 10
PÁZCUARO, MEXICO
DESIGNED BY DOSAK MORENO
INSPIRED BY THE MASKS OF THE WORLD 
FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL  DE CINE FANTÁSTICO   FERATUM 10
CINÉ LATINO 
33es RENCONTRES DE TOULOUSE
TOULOUSE, FRANCE
ARTIST: R0NALD CURCHOD TRAVAUX
CINÉ LATINO 33es RENCONTRES DE TOULOUSE
LUXOR
AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL
 CAIRO & ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT
DESIGNED BY MAHMOUD ISMAIL
GUEST OF HONOR, SUDAN 

EnergaCAMERIMAGE
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
TORUN, POLAND
ILLUSTRATED by Przemek Kotynski
ANIMA
THE BRUSSELS
ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
 DESIGNED BY GIL ALKABETZ - FOLIO SCOPE
20th CONCORTO 
 FILM FESTIVAL
PONTENURE/PIACENZA, ITALY
CREATED BY CAMILA FALSINI
20th CONCORTO   FILM FESTIVAL
NEST
SHORT FILMS SAN SEBASTIAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
SAN SEBASTIAN, SP
AIN
DESIGNED BY EVA VILLAR STUDIO IN
COLLABORATION WITH JUAN UGALDE
7eme FESTIVAL DU CINEMA 
ET MUSIQUES DE FILM
DE LA BAULE
BAULE, FRANCE 
DESIGNED BY Sébastien Dupouey
7eme FESTIVAL DU CINEMA   ET MUSIQUE DE FILM DE LA BAULE
TURKS & CAICOS 
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
 TURKS AND CAICOS,  
CARIBBEAN ISLANDS
TITLE: MOTHER EARTH, DESIGNED BY 16-YEAR-OLD JANELLA FORBES,
  RAYMOND GARDINER HIGH SCHOOL, NORTH CAICOS
TURKS & CAICOS INTERNATIONAL  FILM FESTIVAL
PRESCOTT
FILM FESTIVAL
PRESCOTT, ARIZONA
DESIGNED BY BETH HAMMER

10th BlackStar
FILM FESTIVAL
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 
ARTWORK BY ANDREA PIPPINS
25th
BUCHEON 
INTERNATIONAL
FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL 
BUCHEON, SOUTH KOREA
THE “STAY STRANGE” CAKE WAS CREATED BY CHARANDA STUDIO, AND THE PHOTOGRAPHY BY LEE SEUNG-HEE STUDIO
19th
LATIN AMERICAN
FILM FESTIVAL
ONTARIO &OTTAWA, CANADA
SYDNEY 
SCIENCE FICTION
FILM FESTIVAL
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
DESIGNED BY PixelWink
MUESTRA DE CINE DE
COAHUILA 2021  
COAHUILA, MEXICO
DESIGNED BY MSC FILMS!  
FEATURING BEATRIZ AGUIRRE,  
STAR OF THE GOLDEN AGE OF MEXICAN CINEMA
MUESTRA DE CINE DE COAHUILA 2021
OUTFEST
LOS ANGELES
LGBTQ FILM FESTIVAL
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 
DESIGNED BY J. RYCHEAL
PET FILM FESTIVAL
TEPOZTLAN 2021
MORELOS, MEXICO
DESIGNED BY: ALICIA VÁZQUEZ ILLUSTRATION: ERIKA MAGAÑA
TRIBUTE TO OUR CLOSEST RELATIVES FROM
 THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
THE SIXTH
JACKIE CHAN
INTERNATIONAL ACTION FILM WEEK
DATONG, SHANXI, CHINA
DESIGNED BY XIE YUFEI
THE SIXTH JACKIE CHAN INTERNATIONAL ACTION FILM WEEK
SHORTS MEXICO 16
FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE 
CORTOMETRAJES
DE MEXICO
CIUDAD DE MEXICO
DESIGNED BY NEKAME MARIN
16 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
FILM FESTIVAL
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
DESIGNED BY SHEENA ROSI
36 MUESTRA DE VALENCIA
CINEMA DEL MEDITERRANI
VALENCIA, SPAIN
DESIGNED BY MILIMBO AGENCY
A CHILD PEEPS INTO A MOVIE SCREEN 
AFTER A YEAR OF PANDEMIC
CALGARY UNDERGROUND
FILM FESTIVAL
CALGARY, CANADA
DESIGNED BY TREY MADSEN & TANK STANDING BUFFALO
CAMBODIA
FILM FESTIVAL
LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA

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