Sofia Banzhaf

Sofia Banzhaf
The Director Stephen Dunn of the film CLOSET MONSTER (CF-CAN), at the presentation, during the 48th International Film Festival of India (IFFI-2017), in Panaji, Goa on November 24, 2017.jpg
NationalityCanadian
Occupation(s)Actress, filmmaker
Notable workI Am in the World as Free and Slender as a Deer on a Plain

Sofia Banzhaf is a Canadian actress and filmmaker from Newfoundland and Labrador.[1] Banzhaf was born in Germany and spent part of her early life in the United States. 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.[2]

As an actress, her roles have included the films Closet Monster (2015),[3] We Forgot to Break Up (2017), Splinters (2018),[4] Black Conflux (2019) and Stage Mother (2020), and the television series Bitten (2014–2016).

  1. ^ Dillon Collins, "Artist Spotlight: Sofia Banzhaf". Newfoundland Herald, October 15, 2018.
  2. ^ Norman Wilner, "TIFF announces Canada's top 10 films of 2019". Now, December 11, 2019.
  3. ^ Sofia Banzhaf makes a 'super trippy' return to high school in Closet Monster, "Sofia Banzhaf makes a 'super trippy' return to high school in Closet Monster". The Globe and Mail, July 11, 2016.
  4. ^ Dillon Collins, "NL's Sofia Banzhaf stars in the dramatic Splinters at the Atlantic International Film Festival". Newfoundland Herald, September 13, 2018.