Sofia Banzhaf

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).

Movies for Sofia Banzhaf...

Dream Scenario
Title: Dream Scenario
Character: Leah
Released: November 10, 2023
Type: Movie
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.
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Retrograde
Title: Retrograde
Character: Gabrielle
Released: May 19, 2023
Type: Movie
A minor traffic citation spirals into an all-consuming obsession for a neurotic young woman.
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Title: Wong & Winchester
Character: Sarah Winchester
Released: January 17, 2023
Type: TV
An ex-cop turned private eye, Marissa Wong, ends up being forced to work with Sarah Winchester, an inexperienced young woman fresh out of university. Each episode, the unlikely duo to solve their client’s cases, which often end up being far more dangerous than they first appear.
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Title: The Communist's Daughter
Character: Dunyasha McDougald
Released: March 19, 2021
Type: TV
In the thick of the Reagan '80s, the daughter of two happily married Communists struggles between fitting in at a new high school and upholding her family's outdated beliefs.
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Stage Mother
Title: Stage Mother
Character: Young Maybelline
Released: July 24, 2020
Type: Movie
A conservative church-choir director moves from Texas to San Francisco to run her deceased gay son's drag club.
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Black Conflux
Title: Black Conflux
Character: Tracey Mulligan
Released: September 6, 2019
Type: Movie
The seemingly separate lives of an anxious, disillusioned teen girl and a troubled, alienated man converge fatefully.
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I've Never Done Anything Without You
Title: I've Never Done Anything Without You
Released: June 10, 2019
Type: Movie
My first apartment movie, and a video exorcism.
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Honey Bee
Title: Honey Bee
Character: Cherry
Released: November 28, 2018
Type: Movie
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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Splinters
Title: Splinters
Character: Belle
Released: September 6, 2018
Type: Movie
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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Title: Carter
Character: Cyndee Pratt
Released: May 15, 2018
Type: TV
An actor returns home after a public meltdown. Partnering with his police detective friend, he tries to use his acting experience to solve real crimes.
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We Forgot to Break Up
Title: We Forgot to Break Up
Character: Allison
Released: September 10, 2017
Type: Movie
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.
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Closet Monster
Title: Closet Monster
Character: Gemma
Released: July 15, 2016
Type: Movie
A creative and driven teenager is desperate to escape his hometown and the haunting memories of his turbulent childhood.
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Diamond Day
Title: Diamond Day
Character: Gracie
Released: August 4, 2015
Type: Movie
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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4 Quarters
Title: 4 Quarters
Character: Jane
Released: June 1, 2015
Type: Movie
An overworked student finds his life thrown into chaos when he gets involved with a young drug addict.
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Belle & Sebastian: The Party Line
Title: Belle & Sebastian: The Party Line
Released: November 18, 2014
Type: Movie
The official music video for Belle and Sebastian's "The Party Line."
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Silent Retreat
Title: Silent Retreat
Character: Alexis
Released: October 20, 2013
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: Reign
Character: Bianca
Released: October 17, 2013
Type: TV
Mary, Queen of Scots, faces political and sexual intrigue in the treacherous world of the French court.
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Zygosity
Title: Zygosity
Character: Interviewer
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
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.