Lili Horvát was born in 1982 and she grew up in Budapest. She studied audio-visual arts at the Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris and film directing at the University of Theatre and Film Arts in Budapest. Her first feature film WEDNESDAY CHILD was awarded in the competition programme East of the West at the festival in Karlovy Vary in 2015. Recognitions from around the world followed. In 2016, Lili Horvát co-founded the production company Poste Restante, which produced her second feature film PREPARATIONS TO BE TOGETHER FOR AN UNKNOWN PERIOD OF TIME. The film premiered at the Venice International Film Festival in 2020. The film has also been presented at Toronto and Busan among many other festivals, and won major awards worldwide. It has been nominated for the Independent Spirit Award.
