Ildiko Enyedi

Ildikó Enyedi is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. Her 2017 film ON BODY AND SOUL won the Golden Bear at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival and went on to be nominated for a Foreign Language Academy Award. She has directed eight feature films since 1989 including MY TWENTIETH CENTURY (1989) which won the Caméra d’Or in Cannes and THE STORY OF MY WIFE (2021), nominated for the Palme d’Or also in the Cannes Film Festival.

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Silent Friend

A film by Ildiko Enyedi

2025 - Germany/Hungary/France - Drama

In the heart of a botanical garden in a medieval university town in Germany stands a majestic ginkgo tree. This silent witness has observed over a century the quiet rhythms of transformation across three human lives.
2020, a neuroscientist from Hong Kong, exploring the mind of babies, begins an unexpected experiment with the old tree.
1972, a young student is profoundly changed by the simple act of observing and connecting with a geranium.
1908, the university’s first female student discovers, through the lens of photography, sacred patterns of the universe hidden within the humblest of plants.
We follow their clumsy, awkward attempts to connect — each one of them deeply rooted in their own present - as they are transformed by the quiet, enduring, and mysterious power of nature. The ancient ginkgo tree brings us closer to what it means to be human — to our longing to belong.

The Story of my Wife

A film by Ildiko Enyedi

2021 - Hungary/France/Germany/Italy - Drama

Jakob Störr, a Dutch seasoned sea captain, makes a bet in a café to marry the first woman who enters the place. And then in walks Lizzy…

On Body and Soul

A film by Ildiko Enyedi

2017 - Hungary - Drama

Two introverted people find out by pure chance that they share the same dream every night. They are puzzled, incredulous, a bit frightened. As they hesitantly accept this strange coincidence, they try to recreate in broad daylight what happens in their dream.