Cinema
Blue Heron
Fri 26 Jun - Wed 1 Jul 2026
"Sophy Romvari’s feature debut is a formally adventurous, touching portrait of childhood" - Little White Lies
Winner: Locarno Film Festival 2025 Swatch First Feature Award
Winner: Toronto International Film Festival 2025 Best Canadian Discovery
Set on Vancouver Island in the late 1990s, Blue Heron follows eight‑year‑old Sasha and her Hungarian immigrant family as they attempt to build a new life, only to be destabilised by the increasingly dangerous behaviour of her older brother, Jeremy. Drawing on her own memories, filmmaker Sophy Romvari shapes a deeply personal portrait of childhood, family fractures, and the fragility of recollection.
| Age Rating: | 15 |
| Language: | English, Hungarian with English subtitles |
| Content Warnings: | TBC |
| Director: | Sophy Romvari |
| Cast: | Eylul Guven, Iringó Réti, Ádám Tompa, Edik Beddoes, Amy Zimmer |
| Company: | Conic |
| Trailers: | 20 mins |
| Year of Release: | 2026 |