Sofia Banzhaf
Birthday: Place of Birth: Germany
Synopsis
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).
Acting
Retrograde
A minor traffic citation spirals into an all-consuming obsession for a neurotic young woman.
Black Conflux
The seemingly separate lives of an anxious, disillusioned teen girl and a troubled, alienated man converge fatefully.
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.
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.
Closet Monster
A creative and driven teenager is desperate to escape his hometown and the haunting memories of his turbulent childhood.
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.
