The full-color 11x17" poster will be used to promote the 2009 TriMedia Film Festival, and will be displayed all over Fort Collins, Loveland, Windsor, and throughout Northern Colorado in August and September 2009. The artist of the winning entry will receive a cash prize of $100, 2 tickets to the opening gala film on 11 Sept. 2009, publicity, and five copies of the poster when printed.

Design: Posters should have a strong graphic impact, and should be eye-catching from 20-30 feet away. The design should make the viewer want to stop and read the poster (and hopefully, visit the TriMedia Film Festival's Web site and/or buy tickets). Only original artwork will be considered. The contest is open to anyone, even if you submitted and/or won in previous years, and you may submit multiple designs if you wish.

The poster should be distinctively different from the posters from previous years:

• 2006 (PDF)
• 2007 (JPG)
• 2008 (JPG)

Our 2009 logo has red, blue, and green spheres and black lettering:

• 2009 transparent GIF
• 2009 JPG
• high-res 2009 TIF

Our official logo must appear on the poster, but you may also use a deconstructed version or elements of it in your design. The bottom 1 inch of the design must be left blank so sponsor logos can be added (see previous-year posters for examples).

The poster must include the following information:

• 2009 TriMedia Film Festival
• Independent film TV theatre
• September 11-13, 2009
• Lincoln Center, Everyday Joe's Coffee House, Lyric Cinema Cafe, Bas Bleu Theatre, Lory Student Center
• www.TriMediaFestival.org

Facts about the TriMedia Film Festival: This will be the 4th annual TriMedia Film Festival, and is held in Old Town Fort Collins. The festival presents original, non-commercial independent film, TV, and theatre, and they are equally important. The festival has a PG-13 rating limit on all entries, so your poster design should avoid violent or sexual images. The festival offers the unique opportunity for audiences to mingle with filmmakers, producers, actors, and writers behind the works they see. We expect to present around 75 entries in the 2009 festival. The festival includes a premiere and opening gala party, a film/TV/theatre professionals panel, a student films section, a family fun fest, a theatre celebration section, and a closing awards ceremony and wrap party. Our festival is relaxed and fun, but we take the arts seriously. Our promotional video uses the phrase "The 2009 TriMedia Film Festival: the hottest ticket in town!"

Copyrighted Images/Subjects: You must obtain and provide to us copies of signed release forms for any copyrighted images, materials, or brands. Likeness release forms are also needed for any recognizable people, whether public or private citizens. (Sample forms: copyright release; model release)

Size and Form: The poster will be printed on poster-weight 11x17" paper. Artwork must be submitted in digital form (see technical specifications below). You may design the poster on paper, but it is your responsibility to get it scanned into digital form that meets the technical specifications below.

Technical Specifications: The design must be submitted on a CD in PDF, PSD (Adobe Photoshop), or AI (Adobe Illustrator) form, with fonts converted to curves, and using CMYK colors throughout. The design should be no less than 600 dpi resolution, and must be designed and be of sufficient resolution to print on 11x17" white paper. The design may have any color background (including full bleed), but the bottom 1 inch of the design should have no design elements so sponsor logos can be added. Horsetooth Productions reserves the right to make changes to the design and wording before printing.

Submission: The submission packet must include:

1. Completed, signed entry form (PDF)
2. One full-color printout of design on 11x17" (preferred) or 8-1/2 x 11" paper, with artist name, address, phone(s) and email address printed on the back
3. Copies of any releases
4. CD legibly marked with artist name, address, phone(s), and email address

Mail the submission to:
     TriMedia Film Festival
     P. O. Box 271370
     Fort Collins, CO 80527-1370
 
Entries not received by Friday, 13 March 2009 will be disqualified. The winner will be notified by Monday, 23 March 2009, and announced on the TriMedia Film Festival Web site by 31 March 2009. No entry materials will be returned.

Your entry will be disqualified if:

• You use recognizable or copyrighted images or likenesses but have not provided signed release forms with your entry.
• The design does not meet the content, size, form, or technical specification requirements.
• You don't submit all required items in your submission packet or signed the entry form.
• It is not received by Friday, 13 March 2009.