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Todd Haynes has cho­sen the win­ner of our Car­ol cre­ative brief

09 Dec 2015

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A man in a "Night Moves" jumper and a woman in a yellow jacket having a conversation.
A man in a "Night Moves" jumper and a woman in a yellow jacket having a conversation.
The direc­tor picked his favourite Cate Blanchett por­traits from your amaz­ing entries.

To cel­e­brate the release of Todd Haynes’ mas­ter­ful mid-cen­tu­ry romance, Car­ol, in cin­e­mas now, we asked our read­ers to sub­mit a black-and-white illus­trat­ed por­trait of star Cate Blanchett.

Haynes took time out from his busy sched­ule to judge your entries, ask­ing us to relay the fol­low­ing mes­sage: ​“Thanks to every­one for so many love­ly entries… It was not easy to pick!”

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A full gallery of all your entries will be online lat­er today. In the mean­time, here are the win­ners with Todd’s accom­pa­ny­ing comments:

“Emmanuel San­tos’ sharp and rich draw­ing (with the love­ly stain treat­ment on the mink).”

Illustration of a woman in a green dress, sitting at a desk and writing, with the text "Little Women" and the author's name "Louisa May Alcott" displayed.

“Ego Rodriguez’s fab­u­lous ​’30s style illustration.”

Line drawing of a woman with curled hair and a polka dot collar.

“Fred­dy Fuller’s beau­ti­ful Car­ol por­trait, which I think cap­tures some­thing ele­gant but gen­tly nat­u­ral­is­tic we tried to bring to the feel of the film itself.”

Detailed charcoal portrait of a woman with shoulder-length wavy hair and an expressive, pensive gaze.

“Kata­ri­na Kühl’s extreme­ly orig­i­nal expres­sion­is­tic por­trait that for­goes glam­our for some­thing more reveal­ing and emo­tion­al­ly exposed in the char­ac­ter of Carol.”

Portrait of a woman with curly, dark hair set against a vibrant yellow and blue background with abstract graphic elements.

Con­grat­u­la­tions to all the win­ners and a huge thanks to every­one who entered. We’ll be back with anoth­er cre­ative brief in the New Year.

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