About the Poster Art:
IFFF celebrates and showcases the spirit of independent filmmaking and screenwriting. This mission carries over to its annual selection of the poster art that also adorns the IFFF program book, ads, postcards, website and other festival promotional and marketing pieces.
Each year, festival organizers go in search of an outstanding and unique artist to graphically capture what the year's festival is all about. Sometimes the artist finds his or her way to IFFF - it's a very curious process, not unlike the creative process itself. Whether the artist is a graphic designer, photographer, illustrator, painter, sculptor or someone skilled in all those mediums, this artist creates a strong visual representation usually based on an idea, theme or provocative slogan determined by the festival.
Mark Allen of Mark Allen Design interprets this year's slogan, Family Stories Are Timeless. Perhaps best known for his sense of illustrative whimsy and eccentric lettering style, this year's IFFF poster art allows for films washing up on some distant island on a remote shore. And yes. those are reel sharks in the water! Mark's work is indeed pure whimsy.
To learn more about Mark Allen and his vast body of work, check out his website at
www.markallendesign.com.
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