Blue Heron
May 31, 2026
Presented by Grand Illusion Cinema. 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.
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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 erratic behavior from the eldest son, Jeremy. At wit’s end, their parents are presented with a shattering choice.
“There is a pulsating ache at the heart of writer/director Sophy Romvari’s assured feature debut Blue Heron that hits with such precision, it could break you open from the inside.” — Robert Daniels, RogerEbert.com
“Heartbreaking barely begins to describe it, although the terms masterful and transcendent also apply.” — Nick Schager, The Daily Beast
“My favorite movie of 2026 so far… an emotionally ferocious but elegant reconstruction of memory…” — Sean Fennessey, The Big Picture podcast
- Director: Sophy Romvari
- Principal Cast: Eylul Guven, Iringó Réti, Ádám Tompa, Edik Beddoes, Amy Zimmer
- Country: Canada
- Year: 2026
- Running Time: 90 min.
- Language: English and Hungarian with English subtitles
- Has Subtitles: Yes