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Sofia Banzhaf

Sofia Banzhaf

Acting

Biography

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).

Known For

Reign
8.1

Mary, Queen of Scots, faces political and sexual intrigue in the treacherous world of the French court.

Reign

2013
Republic of Doyle
7.0

Jake Doyle and his ex-cop father, Malachy, run a Newfoundland detective agency. Their rugged seaside town never lacks for intriguing cases, and the Doyles don't always land on the right side of the law.

Republic of Doyle

2010
Carter
6.7

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.

Carter

2018
Dream Scenario
6.7

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.

Dream Scenario

2023
Wong & Winchester
6.3

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.

Wong & Winchester

2023
Closet Monster
7.0

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

Closet Monster

2016
Stage Mother
6.2

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

Stage Mother

2020
The Communist's Daughter
N/A

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daughter of two happily married Communists struggles between fitting in at a new high school and upholding her family's outdated beliefs.

The Communist's Daughter

2021
Splinters
2.0

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.

Splinters

2018
Honey Bee
4.8

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.

Honey Bee

2018
Apparatus
N/A

Struggling young rideshare driver Tyler falls under the influence of a self-styled entrepreneur, JP who offers him a future in his handheld massager business. But what appears to be a dream opportunity unravels as JP pulls Tyler into a violent downward spiral.

Apparatus

Zygosity
10.0

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.

Zygosity

Black Conflux
7.5

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

Black Conflux

2019
We Forgot to Break Up
3.4

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.

We Forgot to Break Up

2017
Retrograde
2.5

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

Retrograde

2023
Silent Retreat
4.8

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.

Silent Retreat

2013
No image
N/A

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.

Diamond Day

2015
I Am in the World as Free and Slender as a Deer on a Plain
N/A

A young woman explores her sexual autonomy through a series of discomfiting encounters.

I Am in the World as Free and Slender as a Deer on a Plain

2019
4 Quarters
7.0

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

4 Quarters

2015
Winter After Winter
N/A

Returning home to Toronto after years away, Nell runs into Jackie, an old friend. As they spend the day together, a buried past rises to the surface, leaving them reckoning with their shared history.

Winter After Winter

2026