RSIFF 2021 popup backdrop, wide stage view by Vista United
Jeddah · 2021 · Film Festival

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The first one. Invitations, stage, swag, sponsors. One team, twenty days.

The brief

Twenty days for the first festival ever.

This was the inaugural Red Sea International Film Festival, the one Saudi Arabia had been waiting on for years. The pandemic pushed it back, and gathering and travel limits held it until 2021, when it finally opened in Jeddah. The marketing agency Impact BBDO carried the account, and they handed the execution to Vista with full trust. We had a very small team and about twenty days from brief to delivery, so we worked roughly 14 to 16 hours a day to make it. The first brief came in weak, and instead of just running with it we sat with them and consulted toward a far stronger outcome. It was a huge responsibility, and we treated it like one.

Built. Lit.
Filmed.

Backdrops, repeated-logo walls, lobby branding. Built, installed, taken down.

LobbyRSIFF 2021 popup backdrop, lobby view
Logo WallRSIFF 2021 popup backdrop, close view
DetailRSIFF 2021 popup backdrop, closeup detail

Hand it out.
They keep it.

Totes, notebooks, gift boxes. Merch every guest kept.

RSIFF 2021 branded black tote bag
ToteVU · 21-001
RSIFF 2021 branded notebook, front cover
NotebookVU · 21-003
RSIFF 2021 branded notebook, back cover
NotebookVU · 21-004
RSIFF 2021 corporate gift box set
Gift BoxVU · 21-005

Co-branded.
Worn proud.

Sponsor lanyards and co-branded gift sets, produced for festival partners.

RSIFF 2021 Sponsor Lanyard RSIFF 21

RSIFF 21  ·  Sponsor Lanyard

RSIFF 2021 Gift Cover RSIFF 21

RSIFF 21  ·  Gift Cover

RSIFF 2021 Lanyard Detail RSIFF 21

RSIFF 21  ·  Lanyard Detail

Closer in.
Still on-brand.

Print finishes and signage close-ups, on-brand from far away and up close.

RSIFF 2021 Green Room Backdrop
StageGreen Room Backdrop
RSIFF 2021 Gift Box Cover · Foil
PrintGift Box Cover · Foil
The detail

The invitations the celebrities kept.

The invitation cards and folders were the piece we sweated the most, and they landed. The celebrities who received them were genuinely impressed, and some of them showed the invitations off on their own social media, which is the kind of reach you cannot buy. For a first edition with everything riding on the first impression, that mattered.

The scope

Everything the festival needed in print.

One team, one look, across every touchpoint a guest could hold. From the invitation in their hand to the lanyard on their chest and the box on their seat, it all came from us.

  • 01Invitation cards
  • 02Invitation folders
  • 03Shuttle cards
  • 04VIP transportation cards
  • 05Luxury boxes
  • 06Corporate gifts
  • 07Lanyards
  • 08Tote bags
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