Zsófia Ruttkay

After graduating from ELTE university and from the University of Theatre and Film Arts in Budapest, she worked as a theatre dramaturg and translated plays. Then she became the screenwriter of the film Hukkle, directed by György Pálfi. She wrote the script for award-winning films such as Taxidermia, Free Fall, His Master's Voice, and also took part in creating Final Cut: Ladies & Gentlemen, which premiered in Cannes. In 2026, her film Hen premiered at the competition program of Toronto International Film Festival. As a dramaturg, she helped to create several other features, short films and animated films (such as Adgwa-Ata, Bonefuzz, Living Stones, Ruben Brandt, Collector, Entropia, The Last Drop, Merciful Angel, Reduction). Currently she works as a part-time lecturer at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design and at Budapest Metropolitan University.