Lilla Kizlinger

Living Stones

A troubled young woman confronts her past at a rehabilitation centre. She finds solace in horse therapy but her growing intimacy with her therapist derails her progress and threatens her healing journey.

Hippo

Hippo, a peculiar adolescent, and his Hungarian step-sister Buttercup struggle to come of age in late 1990s America, under the roof of a mother who has been institutionalized at least once.

Some Birds

The uplifting story of an unusual friendship between an elderly man trying to get out of a nursing home and an impulsive teenage girl on social work who decides to help him.

Semmelweis

Set in 19th century Vienna, Ignac Semmelweis, a short-tempered but passionate doctor, delivers babies and carries out autopsies on a daily basis while looking for the cause of puerperal fever, the mysterious epidemic that decimates patients in the hospital.

Explanation for Everything

It’s summer in Budapest, high school student Abel is struggling to focus on his final exams, whilst coming to the realisation that he is hopelessly in love with his best friend Janka. The studious Janka has her own unrequited love with married history teacher Jakab—who had a previous confrontation with Abel’s conservative father. The tensions of a polarised society come unexpectedly to the surface when Abel’s history graduation exam turns into a national scandal.

The Center of the Solar System

Viola, a young woman who had unexpectedly become successful is searching for her own femininity in her relationship, but an accidental encounter with a non-binary person makes her realize that she has been on the wrong track all along.

Pulzaar

Csótány, the 30-year-old rocker, works as a locksmith's assistant. He lives with his aunt, who accepted him in her apartment in Pest, but Csótány can no longer contribute to the rent. His two biggest passions in life: his favorite Norwegian metal band, Pulzaar, and his secret love, Évike from the bakery downstairs. When he sees the poster that his beloved band is coming to Budapest, he is struck by lightning, which sets off a whole chain of events. Will he finally manage to get to the concert and gather all his courage to invite Éviké as well?

Affricate

A single mother’s adventure by the seaside leads her to recognise her unnecessary martyrdom for her disabled teenage daughter.

Cables

The film is following the undefined relationship between the two characters, based on autobiographical events and raw dialogues about insecurity, nostalgia. They attempt to explain their thoughts whilst they cook pancakes or take a walk along the river, while being stuck in the feeling of emptiness.

Above the Clouds

The main character begins to feel deeper emotions for a guy, but she is afraid of falling in love again because of what happened before with her first love.

Ballagási cipő

A teenage girl accidentally discovers the daily humiliations her father has to endure in order to ensure a carefree life for his family.

Jimmy Jaguár

Jimmy Jaguar is the story of a demon who goes from person to person, taking control of the possessed, and carrying out acts of revenge through them.

Forest: I See You Everywhere

The film brings together various everyday and relationship stories from Budapest that at first glance have nothing in common. A sequel to Fliegauf's 2003 film 'Forest'

Atrophy

After the death of his father, a young man visits his old family home in Barcelona.

The Love of Things One Can Lose

How can we experience intimacy if we are unable to express love? Adél, a Generation Z teenager, pushes her boundaries in search of her own identity. Her boyfriend, a typical man-child, drives her into more self-destructive behaviour. Can she feel free without knowing what it means?