Sophy Romvari (born October 20, 1990)[lower-alpha 1][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]
Sophy Romvari | |
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![]() Romvari in 2018 | |
Born | (1990-10-20) October 20, 1990 (age 32) Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
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Years active | 2013–present |
Notable work | Still Processing |
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]
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]
Year | Title | Contribution | Note |
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2016 | Nine Behind | Writer/Director/Producer | Short film |
2016 | Let Your Heart Be Light | Co-writer/Co-director with Deragh Campbell | Short film |
2017 | Pumpkin Movie | Writer/Director/Producer | Short film |
2017 | It's Him | Writer/Director/Producer | Short film |
2018 | Norman Norman | Writer/Director/Producer | Documentary short |
2018 | Grandma's House | Writer/Director/Producer | Documentary short |
2019 | In Dog Years | Writer/Director/Producer | Documentary short |
2020 | Some Kind of Connection | Co-writer/Co-director with Mike Thorn | Documentary short |
2020 | Still Processing | Writer/Director/Producer | Documentary short |
2020 | Oh, to Realize | Writer/Director/Producer | Documentary short |
2022 | It's What Each Person Needs | Short |
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