Her Will Be Done

Australian Premiere

"An intriguing mix of heady and earthy, in which folk-horror eeriness fuses with provincial narrow-mindedness." – Variety

Trapped within the confines of her Polish immigrant family’s cattle farm in the French countryside, 20-year-old Nawojka’s life is defined by her overbearing father and loutish brothers. But Nawojka is hiding a dangerous and terrifying secret from them: a feminine power she believes she inherited from her dead mother that surges whenever desire takes hold.

Nawojka's longing ignites when the free-spirited Sandra returns to the nearby village. What unfolds is a visceral reckoning with faith, female sexuality and the violence men reach for when they can’t understand what they fear.

César-nominated cinematographer Simon Beaufils (Anatomy of a Fall) uses 16mm film to imbue the iconic Vendée countryside with documentary realism. Director Julia Kowalski (born in France to Polish parents) brings a distinctly dual-cultural lens to this atmospheric horror, drawing on anthropological studies of rural witchcraft.

Her Will Be Done tells a raw, earthy and genuinely unsettling tale.

Festival Appearances & Awards
Cannes Film Festival 2025 – Official Selection, Director’s Fortnight
Sitges Film Festival 2025 – Official Selection
New Horizons Film Festival 2025 – Official Selection