"Is it true you came from the other side of the world?" A fascinating festival promo trailer has debuted for the compelling new film titled
Nina Roza, made by filmmaker Geneviève Dulude-De Celles from Quebec. It also goes under the title
Fleur bleue or
Blue Flower – premiering at the 2026 Berlin Film Festival
in the competition starting this week. The story follows Mihail, a Canadian immigrant from
Bulgaria, who is sent to his country of origin 30 years after leaving it with his daughter Rose a long time ago... Forced to face the past he wanted to forget, he will measure the cost of their uprooting on his damaged bounds with her. There in Bulgaria he must travel to a rural region to find out if the unique paintings of a so-called child prodigy are genuine or a hoax. There he meets the young artist Nina, played by
Sofia Stanina, who is strikingly similar to his own daughter Rose. The film stars
Galin Stoev as Mihail,
Ekaterina Stanina,
Chiara Caselli, and
Michelle Tzontchev. I'm always curious to watch these stories about someone investigating an artist and their authenticity, trying to find out what's really going on while ending up on their own profound journey. //
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