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90 minutes | 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.

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 and more.

AWARDS

Swatch First Feature Award, 78th Locarno Film Festival 2025

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

Explore Award, 52nd Film Fest Gent (Ghent International Film Festival)

Best Feature Film - National Competition (Grand Prix), 54th Montreal Festival du Nouveau Cinéma 

Best Canadian Film - Rogers Award, Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2025

Best First Feature - TFCA Award, Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2025

New Horizons Competition Jury Prize, QCinema International Film Festival 2025

Best Screenwriter, Hainan International Film Festival 2025

Special Jury Prize (Narrative Feature), Independent Film Festival of Boston 2026

Emerging Fiction Jury Award, Milwaukee Film Festival 2026