About FESPACO Poster
FESPACO has been the continent's own cinema festival since 1969, and its posters are how African film speaks to African audiences. Charcoal ground, flat spot colour, a wordmark set so large it argues with the edges of the sheet.
The palette is not mood — it is the Burkinabè flag, exact: yellow-gold star, red, green. The gold carries the Étalon d'or de Yennenga, the golden stallion given to the best film. Mask forms come from Bwa plank carving, not from generic pattern.
- Origin
- Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
- Era
- 1969 founded (initiated at Carthage, Tunis); biennial each March of every second year; permanent HQ 2005; current visual language ~2019–2025
- Key figures
- Yennenga · Gidéon Vink
- Movements
- pan-Africanism · African cinema · West African screen-printed poster practice · Bwa mask carving
FESPACO Poster design spec
Colors
Background
Surface
Primary
Secondary
Accent
Text
Typography
AntonHeadings
Work SansBody
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