Wednesday, September 23, 2026 7:00pm
Canada/Hungary 2025 / Sophy Romvari

Set in the late 1990s, Blue Heron traces the life of eight-year-old Sasha, her three brothers, and her parents as the young Hungarian family sets down roots on Vancouver Island. The eldest child Jeremy is withdrawn, and his mental health challenges lead to increasingly erratic and dangerous behaviour that disrupts family life. As emotionally poignant as it is formally adventurous, Romvari’s semi-autobiographical debut is a sensitive portrayal of the fallibility of childhood memory and the special bond of sibling relationships.