41st Chicago Latino Film Festival Poster Contest 2025 ($1,000 prize) Deadline: 13 January, 2025

4Applications are open for the 41st Chicago Latino Film Festival Poster Contest 2025. The Chicago Latino Film Festival celebrates its 41st Anniversary next year!  For the last four decades, the Festival has introduced to Chicago audiences the most representative and diverse selection of films from throughout Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain, Portugal and the United States. The Chicago Latino Film Festival is the oldest festival of its kind in the United States.

Every year, they invite artists from around the world to submit a poster concept in a competition. The winning design becomes the face of the Festival as it will be on the cover of newsprint programs, invitations, program books, electronic ads, t-shirts, Festival trailer, social media platforms and more. 

Prize

• Winner receives $1,000!

Eligibility

• Contest is open to all artists. Entries will be accepted from individuals, collaborative teams or design firms.
• Artwork must be subject to modification and or edits.

Guidelines

• Poster image should reflect the Festival’s core mission of presenting and celebrating Iberoamerica’s diverse cultures.
• The number 41 should be incorporated into the design. It could also, in some way, reference the history. They invite participants to look at past posters and to even look at last year’s program for inspiration.
• Entries can explore the many ways films are being made today.
• Avoid referring to one country or to a specific cultural artifact; the Festival represents a wide variety of countries and cultural traditions. The poster should reflect this Pan-Latino multiplicity.
• Avoid overt stereotypes and symbology. The design should be in good taste.
• They want to see your creative genius—they will absolutely NOT accept any work produced with AI.

Application

Submissions must be:

• JPEG or PNG format – 24’’ wide x 36’’ high (Vertical)
• 300 DPI (RGB/CMYK) – NO PDF or other formats will be accepted.

Click here to apply

For more information, visit 41st Chicago Latino Film Festival Poster Contest.