Blue Heron (2026)

March 21, 2026 (CA) • Drama • 91m

Overview

In 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.

Director

Sophy Romvari

Writer

Sophy Romvari

Top Billed

Eylul Guven

Keywords

arrest mental illness woman director immigrant family 1990s somber independent film experimental cinema ambiguous compassionate vancouver island

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Top Billed Cast

Eylul Guven

Sasha

Iringó Réti

Mother

Ádám Tompa

Father

Edik Beddoes

Jeremy

Amy Zimmer

Sasha

Liam Serg

Henry

Preston Drabble

Felix

Lucy Turnbull

Emma

Jecca Beauchamp

Becky

Georgia Blake

Ashley

Crew

Sophy Romvari

Director

Ryan Bobkin

Producer

Sara Wylie

Producer

Sophy Romvari

Writer

Riel Roch Decter

Executive Producer

Gábor Osváth

Producer

Maya Bankovic

Director of Photography

Sara Eolin

Executive Producer

Veronica Diaferia

Executive Producer

Neil Champagne

Executive Producer

Jennifer Clarke

Stunt Coordinator

Kurt Walker

Editor

Maria Katarina

Costume Design

Victoria Furuya

Production Design

Lauren Melinda

Executive Producer

Sam Sutcliffe

Executive Producer

Sophy Romvari

Producer

Jasmin Kar

Executive Producer

Éva Haraszin

Post Production Supervisor

Kane Stewart

First Assistant Director

Boldiszár Romvari

Second Assistant Director

Max Frankel

Production Assistant

Jody Colero

Music Supervisor

Amanda Clemens

Music Supervisor

Péter Benjámin Lukács

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Péter Benjámin Lukács

Supervising Sound Editor

Leah CL

Executive Producer

Maya Bankovic

Associate Producer

Helena Sardinha

Associate Producer

Rafael Thomaseto

Associate Producer

Jessica Wadsworth

Associate Producer

Andrea Blair

Set Dresser

Jocelan Jansen

Set Dresser

Jessica Johnson

"B" Camera Operator

Laurel K. Brown

Additional Director of Photography

Jessica Johnson

Additional Director of Photography

Colin Williscroft

Production Sound Mixer

Brooke Sovdi

Hair Designer

Brooke Sovdi

Makeup Designer

Hermina Fátyol

Casting Director

Angela Quinn

Casting Director

Sára Holczer

Casting Associate

Adam Nayman

Thanks

Alexandra Simpson

Thanks

Ben Romvari

Thanks

Tyler Taormina

Thanks

India Donaldson

Thanks

Neil Bahadur

Thanks

Bálint Zándoki

Sound Editor

Balázs Györi

Foley

Máté Ternyik

Colorist

Dániel Berger

Visual Effects

Jessica Wadsworth

Production Manager

Jae Woo Kang

Art Direction

Allison Deleo

First Assistant Art Direction

Shakila Keyani

Second Assistant Camera

Chris Merrell

First Assistant Camera

Ryan Ermacora

First Assistant "B" Camera

Regina Gunapranata

Assistant Costume Designer

Kane Stewart

Script Supervisor

Kane Stewart

Thanks

Andrij Lyskov

Key Grip

Laurel K. Brown

Gaffer

Katrin Braga

Street Casting

Alex Hannam

Additional Music Supervisor

Brandon Winters

Title Designer

Reviews

Brent Marchant

⭐ 6/10

May 5, 2026

Sometimes there are no easy answers in life. Such circumstances can be maddening, leaving us frustrated, perplexed and wanting for a lack of adequate explanation. Yet, as on point as that description may be, it doesn’t suffice. Nor does it necessarily translate into good storytelling or filmmaking, as is the case in this debut feature from director Sophy Romvari. When a family of Hungarian descent relocates to British Columbia’s Vancouver Island in the 1990s, they hope that the new environment will prove beneficial for their troubled teenage son, Jeremy (Edik Beddoes), who routinely engages in unexplained antisocial and sometimes-dangerous behavior, despite his apparent capacity for kindness and compassion. Jeremy is quite a handful for his stability-searching parents (Iringó Réti, Ádám Tompa), who have tried everything – to no avail – to understand him and to get him the help he needs. He’s also something of an enigma to his three younger siblings, his two brothers (Liam Serg, Preston Drabble) and, most notably, to his sister, Sasha (Eylul Guven), a sweet, sensitive girl who’s especially curious about her eldest brother’s erratic behavior. So what’s up with the unsettled young man? That’s where the elusive easy answers come into play. And it’s an issue that haunts Sasha from her youth and on into adulthood, where her elder self (Amy Zimmer) has become a filmmaker. When all grown up, she meets with a group of mental health professionals and social service workers for insight on a documentary she’s making about a “case” she’s chronicling, seeking advice on how to best handle the story of a patient whose profile is a virtually identical match to that of her brother. It’s at this point, however, when the film begins losing its way, blending the art of the elder Sasha with the memories of her younger self in an almost surrealistic (and, at times, incoherent) fashion. One can presume from this that Sasha’s adult self is likely a stand-in for filmmaker Romvari herself, adding another level of muddying ambiguity to the storytelling mix, making for an offering that becomes trying to fathom. It may provide a fitting parallel to the conditions faced by Jeremy’s parents themselves, but is this good filmmaking? Some might see this as a masterful work of cinema, an interplay of reality, biography and artistic interpretation, but I honestly found it somewhat confusing, despite an earnest, ambitious attempt at fusing the various aforementioned elements. In that sense, “Blue Heron” feels somewhat contrived and unclear about its intent, with a choppy, sometimes-distracting flow to its narrative. To its credit, this is a gorgeously filmed release gloriously depicting the landscape of western Canada, along with meticulous attention to its detailed production design, backed by a diverse and often-perfectly suited soundtrack. But the essential substance of this release could use some much-needed refinement and clarity, with a little more shoring up, a little less ethereal treatment and smoother transitions between sequences. It’s indeed true that this work effectively brings the lack of easy answers front and center for viewers, but that doesn’t mean we should be swallowed up by them in the process.

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Blue Heron (2026)

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