GLORIOUS SUMMER (2025) by Helena Ganjalyan, Bartosz Szpak
Drama SCI FI 90' PL Polish Language

Festivals WP - Global SXSW 2025


There's just one rule: It's forbidden to cross the surrounding wall. Will girls raised in perpetual immaturity, be able to overcome fear?


A sun-drenched Renaissance palace. Three women exist in an airy state of suspension, a liminal, responsibility-free bubble, where summer never ends. An enigmatic system fulfills all their needs -providing food, entertainment and a daily routine focused on wellness affirmations. There's just one rule: they are forbidden to cross the surrounding wall. Soon, cracks begin to appear in this idyllic picture: using a "touch language" - as some things can't be said out loud, secretly practicing how to die, which is supposed to be their ticket to "another place". Long-suppressed anger and a desperate need to escape emerge. Will the girls, raised in a state of perpetual immaturity, manage to break free from the boundaries enforced by the system?


★★★★ 1/2 - Loud and Clear

"Beautiful Sun-Drenched Illusion" - Film Obsessive

"Sumptuous, sinister, and aptly named" - Reel News Daily

"Alluring Look at Emptiness" - Film Book


Directors: Helena Ganjalyan, Bartosz Szpak

Producers: Maria Gołos, Monika Matuszewska

Screenwriters: Helena Ganjalyan, Bartosz Szpak

Cinematographer: Tomasz WoĽniczka

Editor: Alan Zejer

Production Designer: Katarzyna Tomczyk

Sound Designer: Marcin Jachyra, Maciej Amilkiewicz

Music: Bartosz Szpak

Principal Cast: Magdalena Fejdasz-Hanczewska, Helena Ganjalyan, Daniela Komędera, Weronika Humaj

Co-financed by: Polish Film Institute