{"id":7315,"date":"2025-10-08T21:53:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T21:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/?p=7315"},"modified":"2025-10-12T21:54:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T21:54:13","slug":"green-networks-at-zurich-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/2025\/10\/08\/green-networks-at-zurich-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Green networks at Zurich Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_7315 social_share_privacy clearfix 1.6.4 locale-en_US sprite-en_US\"><\/div><div class=\"twoclick-js\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\njQuery(document).ready(function($){if($('.twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_7315')){$('.twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_7315').socialSharePrivacy({\"txt_help\":\"Wenn Sie diese Felder durch einen Klick aktivieren, werden Informationen an Facebook, Twitter, Flattr, Xing, t3n, LinkedIn, Pinterest oder Google eventuell ins Ausland \\u00fcbertragen und unter Umst\\u00e4nden auch dort gespeichert. N\\u00e4heres erfahren Sie durch einen Klick auf das <em>i<\\\/em>.\",\"settings_perma\":\"Dauerhaft aktivieren und Daten\\u00fcber-tragung zustimmen:\",\"info_link\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.heise.de\\\/ct\\\/artikel\\\/2-Klicks-fuer-mehr-Datenschutz-1333879.html\",\"uri\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenfilmshooting.net\\\/blog\\\/en\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/08\\\/green-networks-at-zurich-film-festival\\\/\",\"post_id\":7315,\"post_title_referrer_track\":\"Green+networks+at+Zurich+Film+Festival\",\"display_infobox\":\"on\"});}});\n\/* ]]> *\/<\/script><\/div><p>\u201cWhat if trees observe us in the same way that we observe them?\u201d \u2013 This question is posed by a neuroscientist in the new film <em>Silent Friend<\/em>, which Hungarian director Ildik\u00f3 Enyedi presented at the <a href=\"https:\/\/zff.com\/de\/\">Zurich Film Festival<\/a>. At the heart of this film is a majestic ginkgo tree located in the botanical garden of the university town of Marburg. As a silent witness, it has witnessed changes over the course of three human lifetimes for over a century. In 1908, the university&#8217;s first female student (Luna Wedler) discovers patterns hidden in plants with the help of photography. In 1972, a young student (Enzo Brumm) gains new insights by observing a geranium. In 2020, a neuroscientist from Hong Kong (Tony Leung Chiu-wai) launches an unconventional experiment with the old tree.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/Silent-Friend.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7317\" src=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/Silent-Friend-300x193.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/Silent-Friend-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/Silent-Friend-768x493.jpg 768w, https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/Silent-Friend-630x404.jpg 630w, https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/Silent-Friend.jpg 988w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Each of them is rooted in their own present and tries in different ways to connect with this ancient ginkgo tree. \u201cAll three main characters are outsiders. The plants in the botanical garden are also outsiders, because they are lonely souls,\u201d explains Ildik\u00f3 Enyedi. \u201cThere is no plant more lonely than the ginkgo tree, which is practically extinct.\u201d 180 million years ago, various species of ginkgo, such as the fan-leaf tree, were widespread throughout the world. In Asia, there are still some of these prehistoric tree species that are over 1,000 years old. A ginkgo can reach a height of up to forty meters in a hundred years. Since ginkgos are dioecious, there are male and female plants that only reach sexual maturity between the ages of 20 and 35.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/72SfEyxoZrA?si=foQ5JeQzFlxE6oo7\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first experiment in communicating with plants took place in the 1970s, when I was a teenager,\u201d says the filmmaker, who was so fascinated by it that she continued to pursue the subject. It has now been scientifically proven that plants can communicate with each other because they are connected by a vast underground network through which they exchange information. Trees can exchange information about water, nutrients, and unevenly distributed resources via the Wood Wide Web, a vast network of fungal mycelium and tree roots. In this way, a large tree can, for example, nourish a seedling growing in its shade. Thousands of kilometers of fungal threads run beneath every square meter of soil.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/Ildiko-Kopie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7318\" src=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/Ildiko-Kopie-228x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/Ildiko-Kopie-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/Ildiko-Kopie-778x1024.jpg 778w, https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/Ildiko-Kopie-768x1010.jpg 768w, https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/Ildiko-Kopie-1168x1536.jpg 1168w, https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/Ildiko-Kopie-630x829.jpg 630w, https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/Ildiko-Kopie.jpg 1223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wrote the first draft of the script ten years ago,\u201d says Ildik\u00f3 Enyedi, &quot;and put it aside and made two other films. Then I picked up this project again and worked intensively on it for three years.\u201d To show the reproductive process of the ginkgo, she acquired very rare microscopic footage from Japan showing the movements of sperm, which are similar to those of humans. &quot;To show what is happening in the world of plants, I chose a tree as the protagonist. However, trees have a completely different lifespan. That&#8217;s why I wanted to capture certain moments in a century in which there have been major changes for humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>French documentary filmmaker Vincent Munier delves into the fascinating world of the forest in his new work <em>Le Chant des For\u00eats<\/em>. Together with his son and father, he embarks on a journey into the forests of the Vosges, where lynxes, bears, and deer live in the wild. Vincent Munier&#8217;s aim was not only to capture breathtaking images of nature with his camera, but also to convey the sounds and whispers of the forest.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Kic1taELyes?si=a0qCYILoWRaRFYFq\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA visual nature poem that connects generations and their love of the forest and allows us to observe native animals up close,\u201d says Reta Guetg, deputy director of the Zurich Film Festival. \u201cI was only too happy to accept this invitation to slow down with an immersive sound experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Photos: \u00a9 GFS, Pandora Film<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWhat if trees observe us in the same way that we observe them?\u201d \u2013 This question is posed by a neuroscientist in the new film Silent Friend, which Hungarian director Ildik\u00f3 Enyedi presented at the Zurich Film Festival. 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