BLUE HERON

A film by Sophy Romvari

90minutes | Drama | Canada-Hungary 2025

In the late 1990s, eight-year-old Sasha and her Hungarian immigrant family relocate to a new home on Vancouver Island. Their fresh start is interrupted by increasingly dangerous behaviour from Jeremy, the family’s oldest child.

Blue Heron is the debut feature film of acclaimed filmmaker Sophy Romvari, a Canadian-Hungarian coproduction from Nine Behind Productions and BODDAH, executive produced by MEMORY, Simbelle Productions, TinyGiant and Ursa Major with funding from Telefilm Canada and the National Film Institute of Hungary.

Written & Directed by Sophy Romvari

FESTIVALS

Toronto International Film Festival, Locarno Film Festival, Forest City Film Festival, Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, Chicago International Film Festival, San Sebastián International Film Festival, Calgary International Film Festival, New Hampshire Film Festival


AWARDS

Best First Feature Award, 78th Locarno Film Festival 2025

Best Canadian Discovery Award, 50th Toronto International Film Festival 2025


WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY

Sophy Romvari

STARRING

Eylul Guven
Iringó Réti
Ádám Tompa
Edik Beddoes
Amy Zimmer
Preston Drabble
Liam Serg

PRODUCERS

Ryan Bobkin
Sara Wylie
Sophy Romvari
Gábor Osvath

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS

MEMORY
Simbelle Productions
Tiny Giant
Ursa Major

FUNDING PARTNERS

Telefilm Canada
National Film Institute Hungary

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Maya Bankovic

EDITOR

Kurt Walker

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Victoria Furuya

COSTUME DESIGN

Maria Katarina

SOUND DESIGN

Péter Benjámin Lukács

COLOR

Mate Ternyik

POST PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR

Éva Haraszin

PRODUCTION MANAGER

Jessica Wadsworth

1st AD

Kane Stewart

2nd AD

Boldiszár Romvari

SOUND RECORDIST

Colin Williscroft

HAIR/MAKEUP

Brooke Sovdi

ACs

Chris Merrell
Shakila Keyani

COSTUME DESIGN

Maria Katarina

G&E

Laurel K Brown
Andriy Lyskov
Scarlett Sparrow-Felix

16mm STILLS PHOTOGRAPHY

Felix Rapp

CASTING

Metanoia Casting
Angela Quinn Casting
Vaka Street Casting