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 waits for him in vain at the Liberty Bridge – he does not appear at the 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.

Is it love or is it only projection? To me, PREPARATIONS ... is primarily a personal story on the role of projection in love. Our film plays in the unsettlingly murky no-man's-land that separates love from madness. To what extent do we construct love stories within ourselves? How far does our desired reality go, and where does it meet actual reality? How differently can two people experience the same love?

Lili Horvát was born and grew up in Budapest. She studied Audiovisual Arts at the Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris, Flm Directing at the University of Theatre and Film in Budapest. THE WEDNESDAY CHILD, Lili’s first feature won the East of the West competition at Karlovy Vary 2015. Following its successful debut, the film received top prizes and critiques’ awards around the world. PREPARATIONS TO BE TOGETHER FOR AN UNKNOWN PERIOD OF TIME is Lili's second feature, which had its world premiere in 2020 at the Giornate degli Autori in Venice.

FILMOGRAPHY:
2020 - PREPARATIONS TO BE TOGETHER FOR AN UNKNOWN PERIOD OF TIME
2015 - THE WEDNESDAY CHILD