Sophy Romvari
Biography
Sophy Romvari (born October 20, 1990) is a Canadian film director, writer, and actress. After attracting considerable attention online for her short film work, particularly the award-winning Still Processing (2020), Romvari won widespread critical acclaim and numerous accolades for her feature-length film debut Blue Heron (2025). A collection of Romvari's short films, including Still Processing, was released by The Criterion Collection on their streaming platform in 2022.
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Movie - 2017, 2h 15m • as Another Friend
When two long-time friends call each other over Skype to continue their annual Halloween tradition of carving pumpkins together, they swap stories of negative encounters with men, both first- and secondhand, in this frank window into the pervasive nature of gender inequality.
Movie - 2021, 2h 15m • as Herself
A box of stunning family photos awakens grief and lost memories as they are viewed for the first time on camera.
Movie - 2020, 2h 15m • as Self (archive footage)
A short portrait of Hungarian production designer József Romvári, made by his granddaughter. Included as a special bonus feature on the release of Mephisto, Confidence, and Colonel Redl, by director István Szabó through Kino Lorber.
Movie - 2019, 2h 15m • as Rene's Sister
A film student at Ryerson University struggles to complete her thesis project.
Movie - 2018, 2h 15m • as Girl From Her Memory
There is a vampire who has been quietly stalking the streets of New York City for a hundred years. When she saves a young woman from being sexually assaulted on the stairwell of her building, she has cause to reminisce on a life spent in shadows, fearing the daylight and everyone who walks in it.
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Sophy
A couple, Vlad and Sophy, navigate their relationship as well as their own struggles with mental health in the context of a highly connected, politically uncertain modern world while on a trip to a remote Canadian island in this avant-garde feature film. PREFACE TO A HISTORY, created with a tiny crew of four people, represents an experiment in using minimalist tools to create an overwhelming aesthetic experience in service of a simple, but specifically contemporary, story about two people attempting to navigate a fraying relationship amid all the anxieties and external pressures of modern adulthood in a technologically-interconnected and politically unstable era.
Movie - 2019, 2h 15m • as Meredith (voice)
A man becomes engrossed in an audiobook while walking home on a summer night.
Movie - 2020, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Accompanied by his young cub, an orphaned stray roams industrial landscapes, longing for the return of his one true companion.
Movie - 2016, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A young woman spending christmas alone after a breakup is visited by her friend.
Movie - 2020, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A short experimental film that explores the loss of identity that can occur when one submits oneself completely to technology. Made as a contribution to "Greetings from Isolation", a collection of short films made during lock-down with limited resources, curated by Canadian Programmer Stacey Donen.