18th Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival

Held annually by the Clóvis Salgado Foundation, the Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival occupies a prominent place in the city's cultural calendar. In its 18th edition, the Festival screened 136 films selected from more than 2500 entries worldwide.

This edition was marked by a strong return to analog experimentations in film, as well as new approaches to expanded cinema. We were invited to conceive the Festival's visual identity and given the challenge of translating and promoting these aesthetics to a broader audience. A series of patterns were created using oil-based ink and water. These patterns suggest similarities with chemical surfaces of film, light, and pigment, as well as geographical and cartographic imagery. The sensuous and dramatic patterns were featured in all printed, digital and environmental materials.