Could you draw Joaquin Phoenix in You Were Nev­er Real­ly Here?

Joaquin Phoenix is an actor of rare intel­li­gence and inten­si­ty, and his lat­est per­for­mance in Lynne Ramsay’s sen­sa­tion­al thriller You Were Nev­er Real­ly Here is arguably his most pow­er­ful to date. To cel­e­brate the release of what we’ve described as ​“a per­fect­ly-craft­ed vis­cer­al expe­ri­ence” in UK cin­e­mas on Fri­day 9 March, we’re set­ting a new cre­ative brief – with some amaz­ing prizes up for grabs…

For this brief, we’d like you to send us an orig­i­nal illus­trat­ed por­trait of Joaquin Phoenix as his char­ac­ter in the film. Your entry can be as sim­ple or as intri­cate as you like, but it must incor­po­rate at least one of the fol­low­ing colours:

To help get you start­ed, we’ve embed­ded the offi­cial UK trail­er and quad poster below. Here’s the offi­cial syn­op­sis: A miss­ing teenage girl. A bru­tal and tor­ment­ed enforcer on a res­cue mis­sion. Cor­rupt pow­er and vengeance unleash a storm of vio­lence that may lead to his awakening.

Five win­ners, as cho­sen by our in-house design team, will receive a t‑shirt, signed film poster, a copy of the sound­track and Jonathan Ames’ source nov­el, and two tick­ets to see You Were Nev­er Real­ly Here at a cin­e­ma of their choice. The win­ning entries will also be dis­played at London’s Cur­zon Soho in the week of the film’s release.

One over­all win­ner will receive all of the above, plus two tick­ets to a spe­cial Q&A screen­ing with Lynne Ram­say at Pic­ture­house Cen­tral on Fri­day 9 March (6.30pm).

All entries must be pro­duced at A3 por­trait (297 x 420 mm) size. Sub­mit your design with the sub­ject line ​‘You Were Nev­er Real­ly Here cre­ative brief’ to competitions@​tcolondon.​com. The dead­line for entries is mid­night on Thurs­day 1 March.

You can also send us your entry via Twit­ter or Insta­gram by tag­ging @LWLies, but be sure to email us a hi-res ver­sion of your entry as well. Please remem­ber to include your full name so we know who to cred­it. Good luck!

**This com­pe­ti­tion has now closed. To view the win­ners head to cur​zon​blog​.com**

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