The movies of Theo Angelopoulos have inspired the 70th Venice Film Festival poster design.
The poster uses a frame from Angelopoulos’ film Eternity and a Day (1998), starring Bruno Ganz. A man seen from behind waves his arms at a boat which, in the distance, is carrying a child and a rhinoceros.
The poster was designed by Simone Massi – the animator, director and illustrator of the festival’s opening sequence. It follows on from last year’s poster which was inspired by Federico Fellini’s 1983 film, And the Ship Sails On.