Blue Heron - English subtitles

A filmmaker sifts through old videos and memories in this emotionally devastating coming-of-age marvel, a multiple award winner at Locarno and Toronto. Eight-year-old Sasha (Eylul Guven) is growing up surrounded by brothers, one of a sprawling Hungarian immigrant family on Vancouver Island in the 1990s. The big family’s attention is captured by troubled elder brother Jeremy (Edik Beddoes), whose rebellious behavior seems like a cry for help. Years later, now a filmmaker, Sasha (Amy Zimmer) combs through old home videos and bittersweet memories, trying to make sense of her formative years. Earning comparisons to Charlotte Wells’s beloved ‘Aftersun’, ‘Blue Heron’ won the Swatch First Feature Award upon its premiere at Locarno and was crowned Best Canadian Discovery at TIFF.

The screening on November 11 is presented by Don't Fear the Weird Festival and will be with Danish subtitles, but all subsequent screenings will be with English subtitles.