Port Fairy Film Society Inc.
Silent Friend
Fri, 18 Sept
|Reardon Theatre Port Fairy
Set in the botanical garden of a medieval university town in Germany. Three epochs, three personalities, three sometimes clumsy but sincere attempts to free themselves and to create links with the plants and the world of the garden.
Time & Location
18 Sept 2026, 7:30 pm
Reardon Theatre Port Fairy, 35 Bank St, Port Fairy VIC 3284, Australia
About the film
In the heart of a botanical garden in a medieval university town in Germany stands a majestic ginkgo tree. This silent witness has observed over a century the quiet rhythms of transformation across three human lives.
2020, a neuroscientist from Hong Kong, exploring the mind of babies, begins an unexpected experiment with the old tree.
1972, a young student is profoundly changed by the simple act of observing and connecting with a geranium.
1908, the university’s first female student discovers, through the lens of photography, sacred patterns of the universe hidden within the humblest of plants.
We follow their clumsy, awkward attempts to connect — each one of them deeply rooted in their own present — as they are transformed by the quiet, enduring, and mysterious power of nature. The ancient ginkgo tree brings us closer to what it means to be human — to our longing to belong.
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Tickets
General Admission
Sale ends
18 Sept, 7:00 pm
Film screening
$15.00
+$0.38 ticket service fee
Total
$0.00