134. HKIFF50: Silent Friend (2025) - Interview with Director Ildikó Enyedi & Tony Leung

The second of seven director interviews Wilson conducted at this year's Hong Kong International Film Festival is with the thoughtful, patient Ildikó Enyedi, director of the equally thoughtful and patient Silent Friend. Wilson connects with the Hungarian director over her pensive approach to the natural world, the special place that HKIFF holds in her experience as a filmmaker, and her admiration of star Tony Leung… whose interview with Wilson is also at the end of this episode!Befriend a tree in our  FREE patreon, discord server, and our socials @ www.deepcutpod.com Timestamps:00:00 - Intro03:03 - Enyedi interview04:16 - Working with Tony Leung06:15 - Enyedi's relationship with trees07:32 - Academia and science09:36 - Intercutting timelines12:25 - Dreams, psychedelics, ecology15:02 - Production process17:08 - Casting a tree19:41 - Other Enyedi films21:34 - Further explorations23:13 - Enyedi's Deep Cut25:48 - Tony Leung Interview28:13 - Outro