#FIRSTLOOK: “BLUE HERON” RECEIVES SEVEN CANADIAN SCREEN AWARD NOMINATIONS | RELEASE PATTERN

BLUE HERON HAS GARNERED SEVEN CANADIAN SCREEN AWARD NOMINATIONS:

BEST MOTION PICTURE
ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTION – SOPHY ROMVARI
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY – SOPHY ROMVARI
ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING – KURT WALKER
ACHIEVEMENT IN CASTING – ANGELA QUINN, KATRIN BRAGA
PERFORMANCE IN A SUPPORTING ROLE, DRAMA – EDIK BEDDOS
JOHN DUNNING BEST FIRST FEATURE FILM AWARD – SOPHY ROMVARI

UPDATE: CANADIAN THEATRICAL RELEASE ROLLOUT

BEGINNING IN TORONTO ON APRIL 24, 2026 – CINEPLEX CINEMAS VARSITY AND VIP
WITH AN EXCLUSIVE ONE-EVENING ONLY POST-SCREENING Q&A
AT THE VARSITY ON APRIL 24, 2026
WITH SOPHY ROMVARI
MODERATED BY
CELEBRATED WRITER-DIRECTOR DAVID CRONENBERG

OPENING MAY 1, 2026 – MONTRÉAL
WITH PLANNED POST-SCREENING Q&AS WITH SOPHY ROMVARI IN ATTENDANCE

OPENING MAY 8, 2026 – VANCOUVER AND REST OF CANADA
SOPHY ROMVARI IN ATTENDANCE AT VARIOUS POST-SCREENING Q&AS IN VANCOUVER

Selected Festivals and Awards:
-Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2025’s Best Canadian Discovery Award; TIFF Canada’s Top 10 of 2025
-Locarno Film Festival 2025’s Swatch First Feature Award
-Montreal Festival of New Cinema’s Best Feature Film – National Competition
-International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg 2025’s Rainer Werner Fassbinder Award – Best Screenplay (Sophy Romvari)
-Vancouver International Film Festival 2025’s Horizon Award (Best First Feature) and Arbutus Award (Best BC Film)
-Toronto Film Critics Association 2025’s Rogers Award for Best Canadian Feature and Best First Feature
Indiewire Critics’ Poll’s Best Films Opening in 2026.

BLUE HERON follows a family of six settling into their new home on Vancouver Island as internal dynamics are slowly revealed through the eyes of the youngest child.

“Blue Heron is a film that stays with you—quietly powerful, visually stunning, and deeply human. Sophy brings a singular sensitivity and vision to the story and we are both honored and proud to bring her beautiful film to audiences across Canada,” said Blue Fox Entertainment Canada’s President Dave Hudakoc.

“I’m so grateful to be working with the team at Blue Fox Entertainment Canada to bring this film to Canadian audiences. Their love of cinema and their dedication to preserving the theatrical experience is extremely refreshing and exciting. We know we are in great hands. Blue Heron was made in collaboration with many incredible artists and some of my dearest friends — I can’t wait for everyone to see their talent viewed on the big screen. See you at the cinema!” adds Sophy Romvari, BLUE HERON’s Writer-Director-Producer.

Director: Sophy Romvari
Writer: Sophy Romvari

Cast:
Eylul Guven (feature film debut) as Sasha
Amy Zimmer (Fantasmas, Stress Positions) as Adult Sasha
Iringó Réti (The Last Image, Halo) as Mother
Edik Beddoes (feature film debut) as Jeremy
Adam Tompa (On Falling, Baptiste) as Father
Liam Serg (Sight Unseen, The Watchful Eye) as Henry
Preston Drabble (Guiding Emily, Siren) as Felix

Cinematographer: Maya Bankovic
Editor: Kurt Walker
Production Designer: Victoria Furuya

Producers:
Ryan Bobkin
Gábor Osváth
Sophy Romvari
Sara Wylie
Executive Producers:
Neil Champagne
Leah CL
Veronica Diaferia
Sara Eolin
Jasmin Karibzhanova
Lauren Melinda
Riel Roch Decter
Sam Sutcliffe
Countries: Canada, Hungary
Runtime: 90 minutes
Language: English and Hungarian (with English subtitles)

Canadian Distributor: Blue Fox Entertainment Canada

U.S. Distributor: Janus Films

Note: Janus Films will be releasing the film on April 17 in the U.S. In Canada, Blue Fox Entertainment Canada will be releasing BLUE HERON in theatres beginning on April 24, 2026.

BLUE HERON was produced by Nine Behind Productions (Canada) and Boddah (Hungary) in association with Memory, Simbelle Productions, Tinygiant, and Ursa Major, with funding from Telefilm Canada and the National Film Institute Hungary.

ABOUT BLUE FOX ENTERTAINMENT CANADA
Blue Fox Entertainment Canada launched in advance of the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, spearheaded by seasoned industry executives Dave Hudakoc, Ian Goggins and Michael Baker . The company has quickly established itself through the strategic acquisition of Unobstructed View Entertainment—a boutique label specializing in Blu-rays, 4K restorations, and prestige home video releases. With partners such as The Criterion Collection, Arrow Video, and Kino Lorber, Blue Fox Canada brings cinephiles and collectors access to some of the most celebrated and hard-to-find titles in contemporary and classic cinema.
Upcoming releases include Janus Films’ Two Prosecutors, directed by Sergei Loznitsa which won the François Chalais Prize at Cannes and Kirk Jones’ multiple BAFTA-winning film I SWEAR later this spring.

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