Chicago Latino Film Festival Announces Winner of Annual Poster Contest

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The International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago (ILCC), producer of the Chicago Latino Film Festival (CLFF), is proud to announce Turkish artist and graphic designer Yağmur Genç as the winner of the 36th Chicago Latino Film Festival Poster Contest. The ILCC received 928 submissions for this year’s contest from Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, Jamaica, Mexico, The Netherlands, Russia and the United States, among other countries. Genç is a freelance graphic designer and a student of Visual Communication Design at Medipol University in Istanbul. Designed as an isolated frame from a film strip, Genç’s colorfully dreamlike poster depicts a woman staring upwards towards an eye, surrounded by flowers and vegetation.  Featuring over 100 features and short films from Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean, Spain, Portugal and the United States, the 36th Chicago Latino Film Festival will take place April 16-30 at the AMC River East 21, 322 E. Illinois St. The full program will be announced throughout March. 

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