Sophy Romvari (born October 20, 1990)[a][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]
Sophy Romvari | |
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.jpg) Romvari in 2018 | |
| Born | October 20, 1990 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
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| Years active | 2013–present |
| Notable work | Still Processing |
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 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]
Career
editRomvari 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]
Filmography
edit| 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 |
Acting roles
edit- Let Your Heart Be Light (2016)
- From Nine to Nine (2016)
- Pumpkin Movie (2017)
- Spice It Up (2018)
- The Sunless Remembered (2018)
- Preface to History (2019)
- Tiger Eats a Baby (2020)
Notes
edit- ^ Romvari mentions her age as two years old in 1992 in her short film Still Processing.
References
edit- ^ "Today is my 30th birthday -- and I think it's the first time in my life I actually *feel* the age that I am...and it feels nice! ⚘". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
- ^ Justine Smith (February 19, 2021). "A Filmmaker Grapples with the Loss of Her Brothers Through Documentary". Hyperallergic.
- ^ a b Barry Hertz, "Canadian short filmmakers play the long game". The Globe and Mail, September 11, 2020.
- ^ a b "Raw Cooked: Robert Lowell, Sylvia Plath and Sophy Romvari's "Still Processing"". MUBI. 20 May 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
- ^ a b Loayza, Beatrice. "Working Memory: A Conversation with Sophy Romvari". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
- ^ a b Urbanek, Sydney. "Making movies helps Sophy Romvari trust her own memories". CBC Arts.
- ^ a b Norman Wilner (April 24, 2018). "Hot Docs review: Pumpkin Movie". Now.
- ^ a b Norman Wilner (August 27, 2018). "10 Canadian short films to watch at TIFF 2018". Now.
- ^ Pat Mullen, "Now Streaming: ‘In Dog Years’". Point of View, April 12, 2019.
- ^ Remembrance of József Romvári, retrieved 2022-10-03
- ^ "Miniseries Episode 6 - STILL PROCESSING with Sophy Romvari". SAD HILL MEDIA. 18 April 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
- ^ Goslawski, Barbara (2022-09-27). "TIFF 2022: It's What Each Person Needs". That Shelf. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
- ^ Whittemore, Liz (2022-09-14). "TIFF 22 short film review: Sophy Romvari's 'IT'S WHAT EACH PERSON NEEDS' pulls the run out from underneath you with its intimacy". Reel News Daily. Retrieved 2022-10-03.