Nina Roza (Genevieve Dulude) Canada, Italy |

Nina Roza
Genevieve Dulude de Celles
Canada, Italy, Bulgaria, Belgium. 2026. 103 min

Mihail left Bulgaria in the 1990s after the death of his wife and raised his young daughter, Roza, alone in Montreal. Far from his homeland, he established himself as a specialist in French and contemporary art. Now, he is commissioned by a collector to authenticate the work of an eight-year-old girl, Nina, who is living in a Bulgarian village and whose paintings have gone viral online. Mihail hesitates but eventually agrees to undertake the journey. Meeting Nina shakes him deeply. The disarmingly mature child reminds him of Roza at the same age. During his stay in Bulgaria, he gradually makes his peace with the ghosts of his past while trying to unravel the mystery behind Nina: is she truly the author of her work? Has someone helped her? What gives him the right to disrupt her happy life? Somewhere between the past and the present, the tangible and the symbolic, Mihail’s journey becomes a cathartic one which highlights the intricate relationships between life, art and human beings. Sometimes, the journey matters more than the destination.

Genevieve Dulude de Celles

After completing a master’s degree centred on language and poetry in cinema, the Montreal-based filmmaker made La coupe which won Best International Short Film at Sundance. She went on to direct two feature-length documentaries, Bienvenue à F.L. and Les jours. Her debut fiction feature film, Une colonie, was selected for the Berlinale Generation section where it won the Crystal Bear for Best Film before going on to secure Best Motion Picture at the Canadian Screen Awards. Nina Roza is her second fiction feature film.