Great films are full of nuance – tone, subtext, emotional stakes and big ideas that don’t always fit neatly into a sentence.
But marketing often starts exactly there.

At Carnival, we work with filmmakers and distributors to translate complex stories into clear, compelling visual campaigns.

It starts with positioning – understanding what a film is, who it’s for, and why audiences should care.
Then we shape that into a single image that does the talking.

Below are some films we’ve worked on, explained very badly.

WOLFRAM

A woman on the hunt for two terrified children leaves a trail of human hair in her wake

Client: Bunya Productions

KILLER WHALE

Two best friends go on holiday to process trauma. A large whale has its own ideas about closure.

Client: Jaggi Entertainment

JIMPA

A non-binary teen drags their mum to Amsterdam to visit their fabulously opinionated gay grandfather. Everyone plans to stay a week. Emotionally, they stay in 1973.

Client: Kismet Movies / Closer Productions

THE CORRESPONDENT

A journalist exposes the truth. The truth exposes him to prison.

Client: Maslow Entertainment / POP Family Productions

AUDREY

A washed-up actress discovers her comatose daughter is finally useful. Career breakthrough!

Client: Invisible Republic

HOLY DAYS

Three nuns and a grieving kid go on a road trip to stop developers from selling their convent. It’s basically a heist movie, but holier.

Client: Kismet Movies / Velvet Moss

MYSTERY ROAD

A very patient man drives around asking quiet questions until people get nervous.

Client: Bunya Productions

Great films deserve more than a one-sentence explanation.

We partner with filmmakers, distributors and studios to shape positioning and translate complex stories into powerful visual campaigns – posters that capture tone, cut through the noise and stay with audiences long after they’ve seen them.

If you’re developing a film and thinking about how it should meet the world, we’d love to talk.

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