Selection of designs between 2014 - 2021
A retrospective collection featuring highlights of 14 years of Queer Screen's Mardi Gras Film Festival campaigns designed by Missy. This showcase includes diverse deliverables such as 64pp program guides, print and web ads, signage, cinema screen ads, eDM banners, and street posters. From romance to documentaries, experience the evolution of festival visuals that spanned seven years of collaboration.
MGFF 2021
![MGFF21 Cover design](https://missydempsey.com/media/pages/projects/mardi-gras-retrospective/ecc9ed9f09-1704942202/mgff21-cover-mockup_3_edited.jpg)
![Volunteers outside od Randwick cinema](https://missydempsey.com/media/pages/projects/mardi-gras-retrospective/0b5ed5bc64-1704942198/mgff2021-untitled-3647.jpg)
![Image from Mardi Gras Retrospective](https://missydempsey.com/media/pages/projects/mardi-gras-retrospective/5446a4fe7c-1704942204/mgff21-program-mockup-3.jpg)
![Outdoor cinema Mardi Gras Film Festival 2021](https://missydempsey.com/media/pages/projects/mardi-gras-retrospective/d1e215266b-1704942200/mgff21-all-flag-mockup-2.jpg)
![Mardi Gras Film Festival 2021 ticket booth at Randwick Ritz](https://missydempsey.com/media/pages/projects/mardi-gras-retrospective/ab008cbbbd-1704942195/mgff2021_ticketbooth.jpg)
MGFF 2020
![Teaser guide with full festival guide. Mardi Gras Film Festival 2020](https://missydempsey.com/media/pages/projects/mardi-gras-retrospective/d038bdb06d-1704942189/mgff20-teaser-main-guide.jpg)
![MGFF20 Ticket booth](https://missydempsey.com/media/pages/projects/mardi-gras-retrospective/e0e7e8e0bb-1704942191/mgff20-ticket-booth.jpg)
![Butterfly covers Mardi Gras Film Festival 2020](https://missydempsey.com/media/pages/projects/mardi-gras-retrospective/c0812b22a8-1704942183/mgff20-covers-mockup.jpg)
![Image from Mardi Gras Retrospective](https://missydempsey.com/media/pages/projects/mardi-gras-retrospective/d070014307-1704942185/mgff20-full-pgrm2.jpg)
![Street posters for Mardi Gras Film Festival 2020](https://missydempsey.com/media/pages/projects/mardi-gras-retrospective/852b98ffe0-1704942187/mgff20-poster-mockup.jpg)
![Image from Mardi Gras Retrospective](https://missydempsey.com/media/pages/projects/mardi-gras-retrospective/b0589a0772-1704942146/leaderboard-728x90-mgff20.jpg)
MGFF 2019
![Mardi Gras Film Festival 2019 opening](https://missydempsey.com/media/pages/projects/mardi-gras-retrospective/6aac8c5b65-1704942177/mgff19_opening.jpg)
![Image from Mardi Gras Retrospective](https://missydempsey.com/media/pages/projects/mardi-gras-retrospective/bbc0ee7094-1704942173/mgff19_2.jpg)
![Image from Mardi Gras Retrospective](https://missydempsey.com/media/pages/projects/mardi-gras-retrospective/41b6512550-1704942179/mgff19-amex-790x205.jpg)
![Mardi Gras Film Festival 2019 parade float](https://missydempsey.com/media/pages/projects/mardi-gras-retrospective/fd78c6677d-1704942206/mgsyd0319-0572.jpg)
MGFF 2017
Teaser artwork
![Mardi Gras Film Festival 2017 Teaser Guide](https://missydempsey.com/media/pages/projects/mardi-gras-retrospective/0187946fbc-1704942161/mgff17_teaser_mockup.jpg)
![Image from Mardi Gras Retrospective](https://missydempsey.com/media/pages/projects/mardi-gras-retrospective/5822881fc8-1704942167/mgff17-teaser-899x606-banner.jpg)
![Program guide next to Mardi Gras float inspired by artwork](https://missydempsey.com/media/pages/projects/mardi-gras-retrospective/b08b815159-1704942215/missy-dempsey-mgff17.jpg)
![Image from Mardi Gras Retrospective](https://missydempsey.com/media/pages/projects/mardi-gras-retrospective/4114cdf4e0-1704942233/screenshot-2024-01-08-at-12.57.47-pm.png)
![](https://missydempsey.com/media/pages/projects/mardi-gras-retrospective/41087e2ec4-1704942231/screenshot-2024-01-08-at-1.24.57-pm.png)
Selection of Queer Screen Film Fest campaign artwork
![Image from Mardi Gras Retrospective](https://missydempsey.com/media/pages/projects/mardi-gras-retrospective/466d9156fa-1704942222/qsff19-poster-mockup.jpg)
![Image from Mardi Gras Retrospective](https://missydempsey.com/media/pages/projects/mardi-gras-retrospective/0f86e2e5e1-1704942223/qsff21-a5-cover.jpg)
![Image from Mardi Gras Retrospective](https://missydempsey.com/media/pages/projects/mardi-gras-retrospective/2282e3e297-1704942219/qsff18-program-guide-1.jpg)
Missy has been the artistic and creative heart of the Mardi Gras and Queer Screen Film Festivals between 2014 to 2021. She is an absolute delight to work with, with an incredible humour, outstanding creativity, unbelievable work ethic, attention to detail and accuracy and speed. Her creative concepts are bold, original and always fun and onbrand. She is an excellent communicator, and I would have no hesitation recommending her for any job, big or small!
Vicki Gutierrez,
Queer Screen
![Mardi Gras Film Festival Sydney campaign designs by Missy Dempsey](https://missydempsey.com/media/pages/projects/mardi-gras-retrospective/a996658a84-1704942210/missy_website_project_images_sml_2.jpg)