2017POSTER BOOK

LIFF 2017 is presented by

Leading Funders

Leading Partners

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Introduction

Since the beginning of commercial cinema, posters have been an integral part of the film

production process and one of the distributor’s most important marketing tools. Even in the

current digital age, movie posters remain one of the key selling tools to attract an audience.

Over the years several artists have become famous for their film posters including Saul Bass,

Richard Amsel and Drew Struzan - the work of these artsts is immediately recognisable and

can be found hanging on living room walls around the world. Other artists gained notoriety

for their reinterpretation of Hollywood movie posters, such as Basha (Barbara Baranowska)

from Poland for her psychedelic version of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. The

current trend for graphic artists redesigning studio posters is led by artists such as Olly Moss.

The humble film poster, once purely a promotional tool, has been elevated to fine art.

This booklet brings together the posters of all 135 feature films screening in LIFF 2017. The

collection includes many original language posters, as well as some artists’ reinterpretations,

plus a few that have been created especially for LIFF, as official posters don’t yet exist for

these films. Several of the posters for classic films are instantly recognisable, such as the

iconic The Silence of the Lambs and James Bond posters, while Alfred Hitchcock’s The Lodger

and Jean Cocteau’s Orphée hark back to an earlier time when posters were lovingly hand-

drawn and painted.

Enjoy browsing through the collection – maybe some of these posters will one day end up

hanging on your walls at home.

Dogwoof Film Poster Exhibition

If you like this collection, why not check out the LIFF 2017

Film Poster Exhibiiton at North Bar, which showcases a

number of recent film posters from Dogwoof, the leading

documentary sales agent and UK theatrical distributor,

including many that have screened at LIFF in the past. The

exhibition is free and runs daily until December 13.

ARCADIA

Arcadia is a new film about our changing relationship with the land, crafted from footage in the British Film Institute National Archive.

Director – Paul WrightProducers – John Archer, Mark Atkin, Adrian CooperUK 201778min

BEASTA Film by Michael Pearce

Geraldine Connor Foundation presents

An Ashley Karrell Film

Carnival Messiah

CINEMAMAGNUM

THROUGH THE EYE OF A film bySophie Baxter

Film á Cinq.ARTE FranceandMagnum Photospresent

DARKRIVERA film by Clio Bernard

A DISTANT ECHOA film by George Clarke

El Mar la MarA film by Joshua Bonnetta and J.P.Sniadecki

T H E E N D L E S SA FILM BY JUSTIN BENSON AND AARON MOORHEAD

A FILM BY CHLOÉ ZHAO

THE RIDER

ASONGOFGRANITE

A Film by Pat Collins

YOU WERE NEVERREALLY HERE

J O A Q U I N P H O E N I X

A FILM BY LYNNE RAMSEY

5 October69 Minutes of 86 daysAmélieAnimalsAparajitoArcadiaAtelier de ConversationAttack of the Adult BabiesBad GeniusThe Ballad of Shirley CollinsThe BarBattle of the SexesBeastBeuysThe Big Bad Fox and Other TalesBig Fish & BegoniaBlade of the ImmortalThe BreadwinnerBrimstone and GloryThe CakemakerCall Me By Your NameA Cambodian SpringCanariesCarnival Messiah: The FilmCasino RoyaleCinema Through the Eye of MagnumClaire's CameraCold SkinConny Plank: The Potential of NoiseDark RiverDave Made a MazeThe Day of the JackalThe DeputyDiamonds of the NightA Distant EchoDivaDjamDon't Torture a DucklingDownrangeDRIBEl Mar la MarEndlessEx Libris - The New York Public LibraryFashionistaFélicitéFilm Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

Fixed The Science/Fiction of Human EnhancementThe FlightThe Florida ProjectGabriel and the MountainGame of DeathGaza Surf ClubThe Girl with the Dragon TattooGloryGods Own CountryGoldeneyeGood TimeThe Gospel According to St MatthewHabitHappy EndHeadhuntersThe Headless WomanIf I Think of Germany at NightIn the CutInvestigation of a Citizen Above SuspicionIt's Not Yet DarkJaneJoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable - Chapter 1 JourneymanKasia's Enchanted ForestThe Killing of a Sacred DeerLet There Be LightA Life in Waves: Suzanne CianiThe LineThe Lives of OthersThe LodgerThe Lost Honour of Katharina BlumLovelessLover for a DayLu Over the WallMademoiselle ParadisThe Man on the RoofThe MansionThe Mattei AffairThe MimicThe Mole Song: Hong Kong CapriccioMon Mon Mon MonstersMotherMountain

MutafukazMy Friend DahmerNikitaNormal Autistic FilmThe Nothing FactoryOh Lucy!OrphéeThe Party and the GuestsPerfect BlueA Prayer Before DawnRed Riding 1974The RiderRiftA River BelowSami BloodScary MotherSeven Days in JanuaryThe Silence of the LambsSong of GraniteThe SowerThe SquareStalkerState of SiegeA Story of Sahel SoundsThe Stuff of DreamsSuch is LifeSummer Time Machine BluesTabu: A Story of the South SeasTaste of CherryThe TeacherThelmaThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouriTokyo GhoulTracking EdithUnder the TreeUntitledThe VanishingVeronicaVolverThe Wages of FearWesternThe Wolf from Royal Vineyard StreetWonderstruckYou Were Never Really HereZZabriskie Point

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