Festival Identity Design for DMZ International Documentary Film Festival, 2025. The three straight lines that form the title of the festival symbolize the initial 'D' in both DMZ and DOCUMENTARY, as well as the number '17,' representing this year's film festival. These lines signify the reconstruction of facts, records, and reality—the core elements of documentary filmmaking. The letters on which these lines are placed are misaligned and segmented yet remain interconnected. The straight lines reflect the documentary's nature, illuminating the unstable realities humanity faces based on factual, undistorted information. The graphic elements—deviation, segmentation, connection, and intersection—extend to represent the dimensions of time and space that we must collectively consider to overcome precarious global challenges such as war, climate crisis, hatred, and discrimination, while seeking hope and coexistence for a new future.
