Ghent Film Week: Glorious Summer + Short
- Aug 23
- 2 min read
THURSDAY, 1 OCTOBER / 20:00 - 22.00
This screening session includes 1 short film + 1 feature film.
All films are in English and/or have English subtitles.
@ Velvet Room, Alpacastraat 29, 9000 Ghent, Belgium Entry is free and includes a drink!
The Ghent Film Week is often referred to as Europe's most obscure film festival. An island oasis for art amidst a sea of commercialism. Sure, it's modest in form, as we mainly focus on screening films and less on the glitter and glamour. The festival focuses on contemporary cinema and video art and places its films where they belong – within the vibrant context of other art forms.
Figure in frame (United Kingdom) by Mel Steele
Lone figure next to ruin of castell tinboeth on a Welsh hillside.. One photo
Running time: 00:02:03
Glorious Summer (Poland) by Helena Ganjalyan, Bartosz Szpak
In a serene, sun-drenched world, three young girls spend their days in carefree play, mindfulness exercises, and idle contentment. Their every need is meticulously cared for by an all-encompassing, nurturing system that keeps their lives perfectly stable and predictable. For years, they've lived in this blissful, responsibility-free bubble, where summer never ends. But cracks soon begin to appear in this idyllic picture. Lip-reading, because some things can't be said out loud. Secretly practicing how to die, which is supposed to be the ticket to "another place." Listening for explosions rumbling in the distance. Beneath the smiles and cheerful surface, anger and resentment that have been suppressed for years start to surface. The wellness-focused daily routine begins to feel more like a form of enslavement. Everything is heading toward inevitable catastrophe. Will the girls, raised in a state of perpetual immaturity, be able to cross the boundaries imposed on them by the system?
Running time: 01:29:14
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