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Living Stones | Atmende Steine
Berlinale Shorts 2025
© Filmsquad
Natasa undergoes therapy at an unorthodox rehabilitation centre far from the city. Her sessions with her therapist are slow and uneasy, as she is reluctant to trust him. Tormented by long-buried memories and suicidal thoughts, she reveals only fragments of her past and her dreams to him, while he pushes her to confront truths she is struggling to face. When the therapist introduces her to horse therapy, she finds a fragile sense of connection and acceptance that gives her the courage to revisit her darkest moments. The boundaries between therapist and patient start to blur, their interactions grow increasingly intimate and the chasm between healing and harm widens.

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by Jakob Ladányi Jancsó (Director, Screenplay), Anna Emília Szűcs (Screenplay), Zsófia Ruttkay (Screenplay)
with Lilla Kizlinger, Árpád Schilling Hungary 2025 Hungarian 20' Colour World premiere

With

  • Lilla Kizlinger (Natasa)
  • Árpád Schilling (Georg)

Crew

Director Jakob Ladányi Jancsó
Screenplay Jakob Ladányi Jancsó, Anna Emília Szűcs, Zsófia Ruttkay
Cinematography Ádám Fillenz
Editing László-Csongor Csurka
Music Petra Szászi
Sound Design Gábor Kerekes
Production Design Zsófia Tasnádi
Casting Hermina Fátyol
Producers István Major, Gül Togay
Executive Producer Béla Tarr
Co-Producers Hermina Fátyol, Márton Berecz, Zsuzsa Román

Produced by

Filmsquad

Budapest, Hungary

Co-produced by

Freeszfe Society

Budapest, Hungary

Photos

Jakob Ladányi Jancsó

© Géza Soós

The director first studied psychology at Freie Universität Berlin before, in 2019, taking up a master’s degree in film directing at the University of Theatre and Film Arts in Budapest. He withdrew from the university in his second year in protest at the undemocratic restructuring taking place there but was able to complete his degree thanks to the Emergency Exit Programme of the FreeSZFE association at the Vienna Film Academy. He has worked closely with Béla Tarr for whom he was an assistant. He is currently developing his debut feature film.

Filmography (short films)

2018 A naprendszer legkisebb bolygója (The Smallest Planet in the Solar System) 2020 Amikor a Hold a Kos jegyében jár (When The Moon Enters The Sign of Aries) · Az elveszíthető dolgok szeretete (The Love of Things One Can Lose) 2025 Élő kövek (Living Stones)

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2025