Sofia Banzhaf

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Sofia Banzhaf is a Canadian actress and filmmaker from Newfoundland and Labrador. As a director, she is most noted for her 2019 short film I Am in the World as Free and Slender as a Deer on a Plain, which premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival and was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for short films. As an actress, she is known for Closet Monster (2015), Splinters (2018) and Bitten (2014).

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Germany

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14 Works

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Dream Scenario

Hapless family man Paul Matthews finds his life turned upside down when millions of strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams. But when his nighttime appearances take a nightmarish turn, Paul is forced to navigate his newfound stardom.

6.7

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2023

Retrograde

A minor traffic citation spirals into an all-consuming obsession for a neurotic young woman.

3.0

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2023

Stage Mother

A conservative church-choir director moves from Texas to San Francisco to run her deceased gay son's drag club.

6.4

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2020

Black Conflux

The seemingly separate lives of an anxious, disillusioned teen girl and a troubled, alienated man converge fatefully.

7.5

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2019

I've Never Done Anything Without You

My first apartment movie, and a video exorcism.

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2019

Honey Bee

Follows the journey of Natalie "Honey Bee" Sorensen, an underage truck stop prostitute trapped in a human trafficking ring until she is transplanted into foster care in remote Northern Ontario and forced to confront her identity.

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2018

Splinters

Thom Fitzgerald explores interconnections of sexual identity, family, and small-town Nova Scotia life in this intimate drama about a young woman reassessing her relationship with her mother following the death of her father.

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2018

We Forgot to Break Up

After a few years absence, Evan unexpectedly returns one night to face his now-famous former bandmates. The surprise reunion is bittersweet, in this intimate depiction of the knotty complexities of relating to old friends after everything has changed.

3.4

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2017

Closet Monster

A creative and driven teenager is desperate to escape his hometown and the haunting memories of his turbulent childhood.

7.1

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2016

Diamond Day

The morning after hosting a drug-fueled house party, Gracie wakes to learn her ex-boyfriend Feller is dealing with pseudo-friend Kree and roommate Tanya had her precious heirloom pendant stolen. Gracie embarks to retrieve the necklace, meeting friends and acquaintances along the way in a languorous, darkly humourous study of the precarious transition between youth and adulthood.

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2015

4 Quarters

An overworked student finds his life thrown into chaos when he gets involved with a young drug addict.

7.0

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2015

Belle & Sebastian: The Party Line

The official music video for Belle and Sebastian's "The Party Line."

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2014

Silent Retreat

Janey arrives at a silent retreat in the middle of the woods for rehabilitation, only to discover that the men who run it aren't afraid to show her what lurks beyond the trees.

5.0

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2013

Zygosity

After the bizarre murder of her twin-sister, Nico London moves into her sister's apartment and tries to retrace her steps through the seedier side of Toronto. With the help of Detective Marcos & rogue reporter Flint she discovers a world of terrifying Satanic cults. The bodycount rises higher and higher until reality itself starts to get ripped apart.

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