Signature Screenings
Blue Heron
A singular coming-of-age story, this revelatory feature debut by Sophy Romvari heralds the arrival of a major new cinematic voice. In the late 1990s, eight-year-old Sasha (Eylul Guven) and her Hungarian Canadian family relocate to a new home on Vancouver Island, but their fresh start is interrupted by the increasingly dangerous behavior of her eldest brother, Jeremy (Edik Beddoes). Audaciously layering the past and the present until they converge in a moment of devastating emotional clarity, Blue Heron evokes the languid haze of a childhood summer and the hidden tensions rippling underneath. A Janus release.
A Q&A with director, producer, and writer Sophy Romvari immediately follows the screening.
Presented in English and Hungarian with English subtitles.
DIRECTOR
Sophy Romvari
PRODUCERS
Gábor Osváth
Ryan Bobkin
Sara Wylie
Sophy Romvari
WRITER
Sophy Romvari
CAST
Eylul Guven
Edik Beddoes
Iringó Réti
Preston Drabble
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Sophy Romvari is a Canadian Hungarian filmmaker based in Toronto. Since 2015, her critically acclaimed short films have screened at festivals internationally, earning her recognition as one of Canada’s most exciting emerging filmmakers. Her debut feature, Blue Heron, won the Swatch First Feature Award at the 2025 Locarno Film Festival and the Best Canadian Discovery Award at the Toronto International Film Festival.