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ICFF — Two Years of Identity for Toronto's Film Festival

The full visual identity for the Italian Contemporary Film Festival in Toronto across two cycles — posters, programme booklets, social, and motion.

Role
Visual Designer & Motion Designer
Visual identity · Editorial production · Poster & social systems · Motion design
Timeline
~18 months (two cycles)
Platform
Print · Digital · Environmental
Team
Valerie LinVisual Designer & Motion Designer
Mara CataldiOperation Director
Product by
Hero — 16:9
ICFF — hero
The Problem

One identity, two festival cycles, two audiences — zero room for generic.

Brief

  • Full identity across two consecutive festival editions
  • Posters, programme booklets, social, and motion

Audience

  • Festival audiences and press at the same time
  • Filmgoers navigating the programme in print

Constraint

  • A full screening programme against a print deadline
  • One system spanning print, screen and venue
My Role

I carried the identity across every surface — print, screen, and venue.

Owned

  • Visual identity direction
  • Programme design & production
  • Poster & social system
  • Motion design

Collaborated with

  • ICFF operations leadership
  • Print production
Key Decisions

Two distinct years, built on one unchanged structure.

01
Showcase 01 — Poster System

Modular posters, not a hero

ICFF — poster 1
ICFF — poster 2
ICFF — poster 3
ICFF — poster 4
ICFF — poster 5
ICFF — poster 6
ICFF — poster 7
ICFF — poster 8
ICFF — poster 9
02
Showcase 02 — Editorial

One grid, carried across two identities

ICFF — programme spread 1
ICFF — programme spread 2
ICFF — programme spread 3
ICFF — programme spread 4
ICFF — programme spread 5
ICFF — programme spread 6
03
Showcase 03 — Motion

Motion grammar drawn from the print concept