The film “My Notes on Mars,” a TRT co-production, will have its world premiere in the Giornate Degli Autori section at the 83rd Venice Film Festival, the world’s oldest film festival, which will take place in Italy from September 2-12.
The film, which won the TRT International Co-Production Award at 12 Punto 2025[1], tells the story of what happens after Margot, a brilliant academic, mysteriously disappears during a hiking trip with her husband Sam and friends. She reappears, but changed, on the day of her own memorial service. She remembers nothing about her life — except her Mars research, which she is desperate to find and destroy. Clearly, she is not the same as before, yet Sam accepts Margot’s return as a second chance to rekindle their marriage and rediscover each other.
My Notes on Mars is an English-language science-fiction romance film written and directed by Lili Horvát and starring Rupert Friend and Mackenzie Davis with principal photography locations including Budapest, Vienna and the Austrian Alps.
Filmography
2015 - The Wednesday Child (Szerdai gyerek)
2021 - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of
Time (A feleségem története)
2026 - My Notes on Mars
[1] As part of 12 Punto 2025, many events focusing on script development and co-production were organized this year as well. The program, held between July 13-20, brought together approximately 60 filmmakers from 35 countries. The international jury members consisted of director Andrey Zvyagintsev, Jessica Hausner, Golden Globe President Helen Hoehne, ARTE France Cinema General Manager Olivier Pere, and actress Yasmine Al Massri.
The international jury awarded, the projects “Minotaur”, “Beirut 1931”, “My Notes on Mars”, and “Dead Hasan” the four TRT International Co-Production Award.
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