After the screenings on 24th and 27th November 2025, there will be a meeting with the director, Jang Byung-ki.

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Ki-jun’s family moves to a local village as part of a new city development plan. During his adjustment to the new school, his trainers go missing. The suspects are the brothers from the neighbouring family. A tense story about finding one’s place in a new environment, while also serving as a bitter commentary on social inequalities in South Korea.

Creators and Cast

• Director: Jang Byung-Ki
• Screenplay: Jang Byung-Ki
• Cinematography: Kyeong-yeob Choo
• Cast: Kang Gil-woo, Choi Hyun-jin, Lee Jae-Joon

About the film

• Subtitles: Polish (PL)
• Age recommendation: 14+
• Duration: 115 minutes
• South Korea, 2024
• Polish premiere

A Film Scholar Recommends

When This Summer Ends, dir. Jang Byung-ki (South Korea, 2024). The director’s feature debut, which immediately secured a strong position on the South Korean independent cinema scene. The story of a boy who moves with his mother out of the metropolis so she can develop her career in new provincial surroundings is emblematic of this cinema.

Issues such as social stratification, lack of proper care for minors, and the resulting violence and crime are dressed here in the costume of a coming-of-age drama. Jang’s film stands out by relying not on dramatic events, but on the expressive power of youthful acting, psychological and emotional truth, and references to values such as dignity, honour, and resilience in everyday life — all the more valuable because they belong to young people who had to learn them on their own.

Accessibility for people with additional needs

• the screening on 24.11 will take place in Auditorium 4 with 130 seats, the screening on 27.11 will take place in Auditorium 2 with 181 seats;
• you may leave (e.g., to use the restroom) and return to the auditorium during the screening;
• before the screening you can borrow noise-cancelling headphones free of charge. You will find them at the festival box office (at the entrance to the Helios cinema);
• remember to choose seats close to the exit if you or the people you are attending with might need to leave during the screening;
• some films contain content that may be difficult or sensitive. Click the ‘Sensitive content’ link to open the file and check which sensitive content appears in this film;
• click: Architectural accessibility of the Helios cinema to learn more about the layout of both the cinema and Posnania, and how to move around them.

Festival accessibility coordinator:
Marta Maksimowicz
tel. 884 936 747
email: dostepnosc@csdpoznan.pl

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