
Directing
Sophy Romvari
Born 1990-10-20 · Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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.
Acting credits
6.9A box of stunning family photos awakens grief and lost memories as they are viewed for the first time on camera.
Still Processing
2021
8.0When 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.
Pumpkin Movie
2017
6.0A film student at Ryerson University struggles to complete her thesis project.
Spice It Up
2019
NRThere 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.
The Sunless Remembered
2018
NRA 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.
Remembrance of József Romvári
2020
NRA young woman spending christmas alone after a breakup is visited by her friend.
Let Your Heart Be Light
2016
NRA man becomes engrossed in an audiobook while walking home on a summer night.
Preface to a History
2019
10.0Accompanied by his young cub, an orphaned stray roams industrial landscapes, longing for the return of his one true companion.
Tiger Eats a Baby
2020
NRA 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.
Preface to a History
2024
NRA 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.
Oh, to Realize
2020
Behind the camera
NRKinet's Halloween Omnibus feature.
Aos Sí
2017
6.9In the late 1990s, a family of six settles into their new home on Vancouver Island, as internal dynamics are slowly revealed through the experiences of the youngest child, Sasha. Their fresh start is interrupted by the increasingly dangerous behavior of Jeremy, the family's oldest child.
Blue Heron
2026
6.9In the late 1990s, a family of six settles into their new home on Vancouver Island, as internal dynamics are slowly revealed through the experiences of the youngest child, Sasha. Their fresh start is interrupted by the increasingly dangerous behavior of Jeremy, the family's oldest child.
Blue Heron
2026
6.9In the late 1990s, a family of six settles into their new home on Vancouver Island, as internal dynamics are slowly revealed through the experiences of the youngest child, Sasha. Their fresh start is interrupted by the increasingly dangerous behavior of Jeremy, the family's oldest child.
Blue Heron
2026
5.5A young woman grapples with the declining health of her beloved dog in this film about mortality, cloning, and Barbra Streisand.
Norman Norman
2018
Seven short visions, all varying in approach, shape, and scale, form this no-budget omnibus project on the subject of Christmas: the love, friendship and kinship the holiday holds and continues to inspire.
Merry Christmas
2016
6.9A box of stunning family photos awakens grief and lost memories as they are viewed for the first time on camera.
Still Processing
2021
8.0When 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.
Pumpkin Movie
2017
8.0When 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.
Pumpkin Movie
2017
8.0When 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.
Pumpkin Movie
2017
6.0Calling her grandfather in Budapest to learn about the Hungarian film industry, a woman instead finds the conversation shifting to her family’s history.
Nine Behind
2016
6.0Calling her grandfather in Budapest to learn about the Hungarian film industry, a woman instead finds the conversation shifting to her family’s history.
Nine Behind
2016
8.5A portrait of 10 senior dogs and their owners who struggle with the thought of letting go.
In Dog Years
2019
8.5A portrait of 10 senior dogs and their owners who struggle with the thought of letting go.
In Dog Years
2019
NRA film about the choices we make and the chances we take. From grief and abjection to bliss and communion, it takes us through one day in the lives of two gay men.
My Thoughts Exactly
2022
5.0An unexpected encounter during an afternoon at the cinema catapults a young woman into a confrontation with her own grief, her parents’ pain, and the still raw wound of her missing older brother.
It's Him
2017
5.0An unexpected encounter during an afternoon at the cinema catapults a young woman into a confrontation with her own grief, her parents’ pain, and the still raw wound of her missing older brother.
It's Him
2017
5.0An unexpected encounter during an afternoon at the cinema catapults a young woman into a confrontation with her own grief, her parents’ pain, and the still raw wound of her missing older brother.
It's Him
2017
NRA 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.
Remembrance of József Romvári
2020
NRA 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.
Remembrance of József Romvári
2020
NRA portrait of a young woman providing companionship for juxtaposing demographics.
It's What Each Person Needs
2022
NRA portrait of a young woman providing companionship for juxtaposing demographics.
It's What Each Person Needs
2022
NRA young woman spending christmas alone after a breakup is visited by her friend.
Let Your Heart Be Light
2016
NRA young woman spending christmas alone after a breakup is visited by her friend.
Let Your Heart Be Light
2016