The posters for Nina Roza

Jannuzzi Smith has created the poster campaign for Nina Roza, in close collaboration with Canadian director Geneviève Dulude-de Celles. Produced by Colonelle Films, Nina Roza is distributed in Canada by Entract Films, with international sales handled by BFF.

A viral video of an eight-year-old Bulgarian painting prodigy draws the attention of a major Canadian collector. Sent back to his home country decades after leaving, Mihail must assess the child’s work and decide whether she is a fraud or a genius, while confronting the ghosts of his past and trying to repair the distance between him and his daughter.

The project began in 2025 around Nina Roza’s presentation at Locarno Film Festival’s First Look. There, the film received the Jannuzzi Smith Award, recognising a project still in production and not yet completed, which opened the dialogue that led to this collaboration.

In the film, Mihail is asked to judge what he sees; the posters echo that premise by turning perspective into a graphic idea. One poster is dedicated to each main character, rendered as a two-colour serigraph. Together they form a dialogue about time and viewpoint: Mihail is framed small, gazing toward his distant past, while Nina is brought close, grounded in the present, sensing a future she cannot yet name taking shape.

Selected for Berlinale 2026 – Official Selection, Competition – Nina Roza will premiere on 16 February 2026 in Berlin.