25th THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL // 2-12/3/2023
The visual identity of the 25th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival
The poster of the 25th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival bears the signature of the Swedish painter and illustrator Daniel Egnéus, who has been living and working in Athens over the last years.
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The reasoning behind the 25th TiDF’s poster:
For the poster of the 25th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival, we asked the artist to draw inspiration from the heart, our inner map and eyes in a world that is constantly getting bigger and smaller at the same time. In cinema, as well as in the arts as a whole, the heart stands as an ever-lasting symbol, a reminder of the human condition, whether filled with joy or broken in pieces.
With the words of the artist: “The heart signifies everything from truth to being the ultimate seal of disapproval. And deep in every person's story we'll always find blood”.
Who is Who :
Born in 1972 in Sweden, Daniel has spent the last 25 years in Stockholm, Prague, London, Berlin, Rome, Milano and has now made Athens, Greece, his base. A prolific artist, he has had successful collaborations with writers such as Neil Gaiman on his American Gods Quartet, which included more than 140 illustrations published worldwide by Headline Publishing and clients such as Chanel/Departures Magazine to illustrate onsite The Chanel Cruise Collection 2017 in Havana, Cuba. He had collaborations with Haagen-Dazs, BMW and Pepsi Cola. His picture book, Lubna and Pebble, which subtly addresses the Syrian refugee crisis (written by Wendy Meddour), was chosen by TIME Magazine as one of the 10 best picture books 2019. His picture books for Bloomsbury Publishing and Oxford University Press have been published in 22 countries.
