Sophy Romvari

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Sophy Romvari
Sophy Romvari at the 78th Locarno Film Festival in 2025
Born (1990-10-20) October 20, 1990 (age 35)
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Occupations
  • Director
  • writer
  • actress
Years active2013–present
Notable workStill Processing

Sophy Romvari (born October 20, 1990)[a][1] is a Canadian film director, writer, and actress.[2] She attracted widespread acclaim for her short film Still Processing (2020).[3] The film premiered at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival and was later released online by Mubi.[4]

A collection of Romvari's short films, including Still Processing, were subsequently released by The Criterion Collection on their streaming platform in 2022.[5][6]

Her other notable films include Pumpkin Movie, which screened at the 2017 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, and Norman/Norman, which screened at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. Her work has screened at film festivals internationally, such as at the Sheffield Doc/Fest, Indie Memphis, and the True/False Film Festival.[7][8]

Career

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Romvari began making films in the mid-2010s, around 2013, while in film school. In 2017, Romvari's short documentary film Pumpkin Movie premiered at True/False Film Festival and screened at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival and Sheffield Doc/Fest.[7] In 2018, her short Norman Norman premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.[8]

Romvari also directed In Dog Years (2019), a short documentary for CBC Short Docs.[9] The following year, her short documentary Remembrance of József Romvári (2020), about her grandfather who was a production designer in the Hungarian film industry, was included as a DVD special feature for three films by Hungarian director István Szabó, and distributed by Kino Lorber.[10][11]

Still Processing, Romvari's thesis film from York University, attracted widespread critical acclaim and premiered at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival.[3] It was later released online by Mubi in 2021.[4]

A collection of Romvari's short films, including Still Processing, were subsequently released by The Criterion Collection on their streaming platform in 2022.[5][6]

Her 2022 short film, It's What Each Person Needs, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, marking her third short film to premiere at the festival after Norman/Norman in 2018 and Still Processing in 2020, and was called a "stunning analysis on the foundations of identity."[12][13]

Her full-length directorial debut, Blue Heron, entered production in 2024.[14] It premiered on August 8, 2025 in the "Filmmakers of the Present" at the 78th Locarno Film Festival.[15] It was subsequently screened at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival, where it was the winner of the Best Canadian Discovery award.[16]

Filmography

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Short film

Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes
2016 Nine Behind Yes Yes Yes
Let Your Heart Be Light Yes Yes No Co-directed with Deragh Campbell
2017 Pumpkin Movie Yes Yes Yes
It's Him Yes Yes Yes
2022 It's What Each Person Needs Yes Yes Yes

Documentary short

Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes
2018 Norman Norman Yes Yes Yes
Grandma's House Yes Yes Yes
2019 In Dog Years Yes Yes Yes
2020 Some Kind of Connection Yes Yes No Co-directed with Mike Thorn
Still Processing Yes Yes Yes
Oh, to Realize Yes Yes Yes

Feature film

Year Title Director Writer Producer
2025 Blue Heron Yes Yes Yes

Acting roles

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  • Let Your Heart Be Light (2016)
  • From Nine to Nine (2016)
  • Pumpkin Movie (2017)
  • Spice It Up (2018)
  • The Sunless Remembered (2018)
  • Preface to History (2019)
  • Tiger Eats a Baby (2020)

Notes

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  1. ^ Romvari mentions her age as two years old in 1992 in her short film Still Processing.

References

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  3. ^ a b Barry Hertz, "Canadian short filmmakers play the long game". The Globe and Mail, September 11, 2020.
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  16. ^ Pete Hammond, "‘Hamnet’ Wins Oscar-Predictive Toronto Film Festival People’s Choice Award". Deadline Hollywood, September 14, 2025.
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