Interview With "Blue Heron" Filmmaker Sophy Romvari

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

"Blue Heron" is a 2025 drama film written and directed by Sophy Romvari in her directorial debut. Described as "semi-autobiographical," the film is based in part on Romvari's own childhood and her previous short film "Still Processing." The film stars Eylul Guven as Sasha, the eight-year-old daughter of a Hungarian immigrant family who relocate to Vancouver Island in the late 1990s, while their oldest son, Jeremy (Edik Beddoes), displays increasingly dangerous behavioral issues in their new environment. The cast also includes Ádám Tompa and Iringó Réti as Sasha's parents, Liam Serg and Preston Drabble as Sasha's brothers, and Amy Zimmer as Adult Sasha. The film had its world premiere at the 78th Locarno Film Festival, receiving universal acclaim, winning the Swatch First Feature Award, and later the Best Canadian Discovery award at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival. Romvari was kind enough to spend some time talking with us about her work and experience making the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which will be released in theaters on April 17th by Janus Films. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.7	You are listening to The Next Best Picture podcast, and this is Nadia Dalamonte's interview with the director and writer for Blue Heron.
0:37.7	Sophie Rambay.
0:39.6	Who is that?
0:40.7	Jesus, he wanted to let us know that our son is dead on the front step.
0:44.8	I taught him not to worry.
0:46.4	He will come back to life soon.
1:09.0	Thank you. How are things with Jeremy? It feels like somehow I'm cursed. He doesn't want to listen to anybody.
1:14.0	Stop, stop it. It feels like somehow I'm cursed.
1:13.6	He doesn't want to listen to anybody. Stop, stop it.
1:14.6	Talk to me! Hey!
1:16.6	Look to me!
1:17.6	And how is he with his siblings?
1:23.6	He's very sweet.
1:25.6	Ha ha! He's very sweet. Have you ever heard about the family like this?
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