Ildiko Enyedi's Silent Friend draws a sensitive and philosophical parallel between humans and plants. The film tells three separate stories, each capturing a tentative encounter between a human and a plant-moments when two radically different forms of perception briefly connect. Silent Friend stars Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, recipient of the Venice Film Festival's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2023, alongside Luna Wedler, Enzo Brumm, Léa Seydoux, Johannes Hegemann, Sylvester Groth, Rainer Bock, and Martin Wuttke. The screenplay was written by Enyedi herself