The

53rd Chicago International Film Festival

, North America’s longest-running competitive film festival held

October 12-26, 2017

, seeks submissions for its

Poster Competition

.

« The Festival has worked with a terrific variety of designers – from Academy Award winner Saul Bass to Broadway graphic designer David Byrd to noted Italian artist Giulio Cittato to Art Paul, designer of the Playboy rabbit-head logo. Now it's your turn to show us what you’ve got! » (

Artistic Director Michael Kutza

)

Posters must reflect the festival theme "

BECAUSE LIFE IS A MOVIE

" which can be interpreted however the artist sees fit.

All artworks must incorporate the Festival logo, the words

53rd Chicago International Film Festival

, the dates

October 12-26, 2017

and the website

ChicagoFilmFestival.com

. The design must be easily translated to a variety of print mediums.

Posters must be 27” x 40” and designed at 300 dpi (

CMYK

) but submitted at 72 dpi (

RGB

) format in JPEG (

.jpg or .jpeg

) or PDF format. The orientation must be

vertical

only. File must be no larger than 12MB.

Entry fee: 25 USD per entry.