Acting

Sofia Banzhaf

Born June 13, 1991 · Germany (age 35)

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), S…

Known For

Dream Scenario

Dream Scenario · 2023

MovieComedyFantasy

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.

Stage Mother

Stage Mother · 2020

MovieComedyDrama

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

Closet Monster

Closet Monster · 2016

MovieDramaFantasy

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

Pocket Mirror

Pocket Mirror · 2026

MovieDramaMystery

A lonely retail clerk who spends most of her time chatting with AI struggles to identify the source of her unshakeable unease.

4 Quarters

4 Quarters · 2015

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

We Forgot to Break Up

We Forgot to Break Up · 2017

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.

Black Conflux

Black Conflux · 2019

The lives of a disillusioned teen and an alienated man converge in 1980s Newfoundland.

Apparatus

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.

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Dream Scenario

Dream Scenario · 2023

MovieComedyFantasy

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.

Leah

Stage Mother

Stage Mother · 2020

MovieComedyDrama

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

Young Maybelline

Closet Monster

Closet Monster · 2016

MovieDramaFantasy

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

Gemma

Pocket Mirror

Pocket Mirror · 2026

MovieDramaMystery

A lonely retail clerk who spends most of her time chatting with AI struggles to identify the source of her unshakeable unease.

Maisie

4 Quarters

4 Quarters · 2015

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

Jane

We Forgot to Break Up

We Forgot to Break Up · 2017

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.

Allison

Black Conflux

Black Conflux · 2019

The lives of a disillusioned teen and an alienated man converge in 1980s Newfoundland.

Tracey Mulligan

Apparatus

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.

Director

Retrograde

Retrograde · 2023

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

Gabrielle

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

I Am in the World as Free and Slender as a Deer on a Plain · 2019

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

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

Director

Splinters

Splinters · 2018

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.

Belle

Honey Bee

Honey Bee · 2018

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.

Cherry

Silent Retreat

Silent Retreat · 2013

MovieHorrorMystery

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.

Alexis

I've Never Done Anything Without You

I've Never Done Anything Without You · 2019

I've Never Done Anything Without You

My first apartment movie, and a video exorcism.

Winter After Winter

Winter After Winter · 2026

Winter After Winter

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.

Zygosity

MovieHorrorThriller

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.

Interviewer

Reign

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

Bianca

Republic of Doyle

Republic of Doyle · 2010

Republic of Doyle

SeriesComedyDrama

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.

Pam Daniels

Carter

SeriesDramaComedy

A Canadian actor on an American police procedural TV series returns home after a public meltdown. Partnering with his police detective friend, he tries to use his acting experience to solve real crimes.

Cyndee Pratt

Wong & Winchester

Wong & Winchester · 2023

Wong & Winchester

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.

Sarah Winchester

The Communist's Daughter

The Communist's Daughter · 2021

The Communist's Daughter

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.

Dunyasha McDougald