5th San Francisco Film Festival (1961)

Designed by Saul Bass, this poster for the 5th San Francisco International Film Festival (1961) is a masterclass in modernist simplicity and cinematic symbolism. With its vivid teal backdrop and swirling black film-reel motif orbiting a geometric globe, Bass shows the festival’s mission into a single elegant visual: cinema as a meeting point of motion, ideas, and international voices.

An original poster for the Metro Theatre run when San Francisco was establishing itself as a hub for global cinema and daring graphic design.

• Year: 1961
• Nationality: United States
• Condition: Unfolded
• Type: Original One Sheet
• Size: 27 X 41 Inches
• Product Code: P1820