Lili Horvát

Directing

Lili Horvát

Born 1982-04-13 · Budapest, Hungary

Lili Horvát was born on April 13, 1982, in Budapest, Hungary. She is a director and writer, known for Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time (2020), The Wednesday Child (2015), and Sunstroke (2009). Her first feature film The Wednesday Child (2015) won the East of the West Award at the 50th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time poster
5.9

Márta, a 40-year-old neurosurgeon, falls in love. She leaves her shining American career behind and returns to Budapest to start a new life with the man she loves. But she waits for him at the Liberty Bridge in vain – he does not appear at their rendezvous. Márta starts to search for him desperately, but when she finally finds him, the love of her life claims that they have never met before.

Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

2020

Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time poster
5.9

Márta, a 40-year-old neurosurgeon, falls in love. She leaves her shining American career behind and returns to Budapest to start a new life with the man she loves. But she waits for him at the Liberty Bridge in vain – he does not appear at their rendezvous. Márta starts to search for him desperately, but when she finally finds him, the love of her life claims that they have never met before.

Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

2020

Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time poster
5.9

Márta, a 40-year-old neurosurgeon, falls in love. She leaves her shining American career behind and returns to Budapest to start a new life with the man she loves. But she waits for him at the Liberty Bridge in vain – he does not appear at their rendezvous. Márta starts to search for him desperately, but when she finally finds him, the love of her life claims that they have never met before.

Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

2020

Sunstroke poster
NR

Girl, mother, lover - all in the body of a teenager. Maja has to face the responsibility of early motherhood. Being a child herself she can't stand the pressure. Running away from her beloved baby turns out to be her first mature decision.

Sunstroke

2009

Sunstroke poster
NR

Girl, mother, lover - all in the body of a teenager. Maja has to face the responsibility of early motherhood. Being a child herself she can't stand the pressure. Running away from her beloved baby turns out to be her first mature decision.

Sunstroke

2009

My Notes on Mars poster
NR

Margot, a brilliant young scientist with a troubled marriage, disappears inexplicably while hiking with her husband Sam and a group of friends. A few weeks later, she miraculously reappears the day of her own memorial service. Margot is clearly not the same as before the accident. Nevertheless, Sam sees his wife’s miraculous reappearance as a second chance.

My Notes on Mars

2026

My Notes on Mars poster
NR

Margot, a brilliant young scientist with a troubled marriage, disappears inexplicably while hiking with her husband Sam and a group of friends. A few weeks later, she miraculously reappears the day of her own memorial service. Margot is clearly not the same as before the accident. Nevertheless, Sam sees his wife’s miraculous reappearance as a second chance.

My Notes on Mars

2026

My Notes on Mars poster
NR

Margot, a brilliant young scientist with a troubled marriage, disappears inexplicably while hiking with her husband Sam and a group of friends. A few weeks later, she miraculously reappears the day of her own memorial service. Margot is clearly not the same as before the accident. Nevertheless, Sam sees his wife’s miraculous reappearance as a second chance.

My Notes on Mars

2026

The Wednesday Child poster
8.0

History sometimes repeats itself. As a nine-year-old, Maja was abandoned by her mother and placed in an orphanage. Now it’s ten years later and she keeps returning to the institution – to visit her own four-year-old son. Will she be able to take control of her life despite the unfavorable circumstances and her own self-destructive tendencies?

The Wednesday Child

2015

The Wednesday Child poster
8.0

History sometimes repeats itself. As a nine-year-old, Maja was abandoned by her mother and placed in an orphanage. Now it’s ten years later and she keeps returning to the institution – to visit her own four-year-old son. Will she be able to take control of her life despite the unfavorable circumstances and her own self-destructive tendencies?

The Wednesday Child

2015