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Opens Fri, May 15

BLUE HERON

  • Dir. Sophy Romvari
  • Canada/Hungary
  • 2026
  • 90 min.
  • NR
  • DCP

In English and Hungarian with English subtitles

  • Assistive Listening
  • Subtitled
  • Hearing Loop
BLUE HERON

Limited Showtimes on sale now. Additional Showtimes will be posted on Mon, May 11


In the late 1990s, eight-year-old Sasha and her family relocate to a new home on Vancouver Island, but their fresh start is interrupted by increasingly dangerous behavior from the eldest son, Jeremy. At wit’s end, their parents are presented with a shattering choice. Award-winning director Sophy Romvari’s feature debut is a lyrical and profound testament to the things we carry with us, masterfully chronicling the haze of a languid summer and the hyaline clarity of the moments that defined it.

“An exquisite debut feature from the director and writer Sophy Romvari… delicately probing a wound in part drawn from her own family’s history that has never really healed.” —Alissa Wilkinson, NYT Critic’s Pick, New York Times

“A major film, one of the best of 2025, and an announcement of the deep talent of its writer/director.…This is easily the most moving film of the dozens I saw at TIFF [Toronto International Film Festival].” —Brian Tallerico, rogerebert.com

“BLUE HERON, the feature debut from Sophy Romvari, is a surprising and tremendously moving indie drama drawn from the filmmaker’s own memories…. By the time its credits roll, you may even feel more spiritually connected to yourself and those you’ve lost.” —Siddhant Adlakha, Observer

“It’s a film to be watched and rewatched, an effort to be celebrated, and hopefully the start of a fruitful career for a filmmaker unafraid to shine a light on her complex past, but equally brave enough to make it not all about themselves.” —Jason Gorber, Next Best Picture

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