Gladice

Name: Gladice
Director: David Garrett Byars
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2026-05-22
Cast: Florian Ledoux

A glacier, a man, a relationship you'll never forget

2026 · 38 min · Documentary

Drawing from 14 years of stunning footage, Gladice is a fairytale documentary about a glacier who develops a relationship with an Arctic photographer as she grapples with the dawning suspicion that she might be dying at the hands of climate change.

Directed by David Garrett Byars · Written by David Garrett Byars

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