Create The Card Competition - Superman
LOOK UP! It's the BBFC Create The Card Competition, back to save the day in 2025! This spring we’ve teamed up with Warner Bros. Pictures to invite all creative superheroes, aged 12 - 16, to create a Black Card design of epic proportions for the latest Superman adventure.
How to enter
We’re thrilled to be teaming up with one of the most legendary comic book characters of all time: Superman. The BBFC’s Create The Card Competition offers every young person, aged 12 - 16, a unique opportunity to create a heroic artwork that will become the official BBFC Black Card for the new Superman film, released in cinemas on 11 July.
We encourage all young artists to watch the latest trailers and ‘sneak peek’ footage to draw inspiration for their designs. We want to see original concepts inspired by the world of the film and its characters (dogs included!).
The artwork must be the participant's own, and we can’t accept any entries that use images taken from films or online or those which have been created using AI tools.
Artworks should be created on a landscape A4 piece of paper. Entrants should include all their details on the back (see below for more details). Alternatively, download the design template below.
Entries can be submitted online, via our submissions portal on this page below, or by posting the original entry to the BBFC’s London offices (Create The Card Competition, BBFC, 3 Soho Square, London, W1D 3HD).
As the artwork will become the official Black Card for the film, please ensure that any design takes into consideration the space we will need to include the age rating symbol, film title and BBFC content advice. We will also add other important information, including the signatures of our President, CEO and winner(!), as well as the film’s unique code, and our BBFC logo.
Please note that the BBFC will add in all of this information onto the winning design so entrants should not add anything themselves, (for example, an age rating).
Here are some examples of entries from previous competitions that should help entrants plan their artwork’s compositions – notice the clever spacing in the artwork to leave room for the age rating, film title and content advice:
Design top tips
Bright, colourful designs that fill the page will produce the best results;
Any medium can be used: paint, felt tip, biro, collage etc. Colouring pencils can be used, but they don’t translate well on the big screen, so we recommend using a different medium if possible;
Remember to leave space for all the important information. Please note that the BBFC will add these details, including the age rating - please do not fill in this information yourself, the BBFC will add this to the winning entry. For further guidance, please see our examples above;
Please do not use glitter;
If creating a collage, please do not make the sheet thicker than two pieces of paper;
Please don't fold the artwork; use staples or sellotape;
Avoid metallic finishes over large areas as this can make the image difficult to turn into a Black Card;
Most importantly, make sure the design is inspired by the Superman universe. Specifically, the universe created in the new film, arriving in cinemas on 11 July. We understand the legacy of Superman but it’s important any designs are inspired by the vision of James Gunn and this latest iteration of the Superman franchise.
See the previous winning designs for Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Jurassic World: Dominion and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil for inspiration.
Here’s some examples from our Jurassic Park: Dominion competition, which was also open to entrants aged 12 - 16:
How will the designs be judged?
The entries will be judged on creativity, originality, and how well the artwork reflects the Superman theme. Special consideration will also be given to how suitable a design is for becoming a Black Card.
Who will decide on the winner?
The BBFC Education Team will select the long list, but the final shortlist will be decided by representatives from the BBFC and Warner Bros. Pictures. Our CEO, David Austin, and our President, Natasha Kaplinsky, will choose the winning design. We’re also delighted to have some special guests from Warner Bros. Pictures co-judging the competition and sitting on the panel.
What’s the prize?
Not only will the winner see their Black Card on the big screen in front of every UK cinema screening of the film, they will also receive a special screening of the film alongside a BBFC goody bag and some film merchandise. Please note: the winner will need to be available in July to come to London and be part of a special winner’s day experience (all expenses covered).
Nine runners-up will receive a BBFC goody bag.
Promoting the competition
The BBFC's Create The Card Competition is a very special event, and we're always excited to showcase the winner's creativity and hard work. In the past, winners and their families have participated in promotional activities, including radio and television interviews. We’d love to involve the winner of this competition in any of our press activities and will be inviting the winning participant to take part in a range of press and media activity. We will seek parental consent for all media participation.
Rules
The competition is open to all residents of the UK, including the Channel Islands, aged 12 - 16. Entries should submit artworks via our online submission portal, or post to:
Create The Card Competition
BBFC
3 Soho Square
London
WD13HD
Each entry must include the following on the back:
Child’s name
Child’s age
Child’s year group at school
Child’s school (if applicable)
A parent/guardian/teacher name
A parent/guardian/teacher phone number
A parent/guardian/teacher email address
Don’t forget to check out the terms and conditions below!
The competition closes at 23:59 on Wednesday 18 June and the winner will be announced week commencing 7 July, ahead of the film’s release in UK cinemas from Friday 11 July.
Best of luck!
DC LOGO, SUPERMAN and all related characters and elements © & TM DC.
The competition is open to all residents of the UK, including the Channel Islands, aged 12 - 16, except BBFC employees and anyone connected with the promotion.
The BBFC is the promoter of the competition and responsible for prize promotion.
Entrants must submit a design for a new BBFC Black Card and can enter electronically via the BBFC website, or by post.
By entering the promotion, the participants agree:
to be bound by these terms and conditions;
that their name, age and county / country of residence will be released if they win a prize;
that, should they win the promotion, their name and likeness may be used by BBFC for pre-arranged promotional purposes, including social media.
Entrants should enter using the competition submission portal, or by post, sending a Black Card design to ‘BBFC Create The Card Competition, BBFC, 3 Soho Square, London W1D 3HD.’ Entries received after the closing date of the promotion will not be considered.
Entrants must supply their full name, age, year group, school name [if applicable], parent / guardian / teacher name, email address, and daytime telephone number. These details will not be passed on to third parties or used in activity not related to the BBFC Create The Card Competition. For more information on our privacy policy can be found on our website https://www.bbfc.co.uk/privacy-statement. Only one entry will be permitted per person, regardless of method of entry. Bulk entries made by third parties will not be permitted.
If an entrant turns 17 after the competition closing date, we will accept their entries, as long as they were 16 at the time of submission.
By entering, the participants agree that we can use their entry to promote the competition on social media and any other outlet as we see fit.
The closing date of the competition is 23:59 Wednesday 18 June.
The winner(s) will be requested to sign a release form entering into an agreement which grants the Promoter or Studio certain rights to the submission for its use. If the entrant refuses or is unable to enter these agreements the Prize will be forfeited and another winner will be selected who can. This process will continue until a valid winner is selected.
The winning entrant(s) will be the design selected by a panel of judges chosen by the BBFC after the closing date. The BBFC's decision as to the winner is final and no correspondence relating to the promotion will be entered. The winner(s) will be notified within 28 days of the close of the promotion by email or post.
There is no cash alternative and the prize will not be transferable. The name and county of residence of the winner(s) will be available online.
If the prize cannot be fulfilled, then the BBFC retains the right to offer an alternative.
BBFC reserves the right to amend these terms and conditions or to cancel, alter or amend the promotion at any stage, if deemed necessary in its opinion, or if circumstances arise outside of its control.
If the winner is unable to be contacted within 48 hours of the promotion's judging date, the BBFC reserves the right to offer the prize to a runner up, or to re-offer the prize in any future BBFC promotion.
The winner should be available in early July to participate in a special winner’s experience in London.
BBFC excludes liability to the full extent permitted by law for any loss, damage or injury occurring to the participant arising from his or her entry into the promotion or occurring to the winner(s) arising from his or her acceptance of a prize.
Warner Bros. Entertainment UK Limited. and its parent, affiliates and subsidiaries are not responsible for the promotion, administration or execution of this competition.
The promotion is subject to the laws of England.
1. Additional terms and conditions
1.1 Each entrant agrees that his/her entry meets the following criteria:
(i) The entry must not feature any person, other than characters depicted in the trailer;
(iii) The entry must not contain any obscene, offensive, defamatory, threatening, illegal or otherwise inappropriate images or material and must be free from advertising;
(iv) The entry must be original work and must not feature any images, material or rights belonging to any third party (including, without limitation, any copyright, trademarks or other intellectual property rights).
(v) The entry must be of sufficient clarity and technical quality for inclusion in the competition;
(vii) The entry must be suitable for presentation in a public forum.
1.2 Each entrant hereby grants to the Promoter and any and all members of Warner Bros. Entertainment UK Limited (Warner Bros.) and any other party involved in the operation of the Competition a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, fully transferable and sub-licensable, worldwide licence to use (including, without limitation, the right to modify) the entry in connection with the operation of this competition.
1.3 Each entrant agrees that he/she will not post or upload or otherwise make available any text, images, audio, video or any other content or material whatsoever which is illegal or inappropriate for family viewing, which is of an adult-only nature or which is in any way offensive, defamatory, insulting, degrading, sexist, racist, discriminatory or obscene, violent, which is controversial or contains off-topic themes or content, or which may be harmful to the reputation of Warner Bros. and/or its products or services.
1.4 The Promoter reserves the right to review the entry following submission to ensure its compliance with the above conditions. If the Promoter at its sole discretion determines that the entry does not comply with these conditions, it shall be disqualified from the Competition without giving notice.
