As the war in Eastern Ukraine takes a heavy toll on poor families living near the frontline, a small group of strong-willed social workers work tirelessly in a special kind of orphanage to create an almost magical safe space for kids to live in while the state authorities and courts decide the future fate of the child and family.
A House Made of Splinters
A House Made of Splinters
24th TDF: International Premiere
Screening Schedule
No physical screenings scheduled. |
- Direction: Simon Lereng Wilmont
- Script: Simon Lereng Wilmont
- Cinematography: Simon Lereng Wilmont
- Editing: Michael Aaglund
- Sound: Heikki Kossi, Peter Albrechtsen
- Music: Uno Helmersson
- Production: Final Cut for Real
- Producers: Monica Hellström
- Co-production: Donkey Hotel, Story, Moon Man
- Co-producers: Tobias Jansson, Sami Jahnukainen, Darya Bassel, Viktoriia Khomenko
- Executive producer: Signe Byrge Sørensen
- Format: DCP
- Production Country: Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Ukraine
- Production Year: 2022
- Duration: 86΄
- Contact: Cinephil
- Awards/Distinctions: Directing Award (World Cinema Documentary) – Sundance IFF 2022, Dragon Award for Best Nordic Documentary – Göteborg Film Festival 2022
Simon Lereng Wilmont
Filmography
2008 Above the Ground, Beneath the Sky (short)
2014 The Fencing Champion (short)
2017 The Distant Barking of Dogs
2022 A House Made of Splinters
2023 Girl Away From Home (short, co-direction)
2014 The Fencing Champion (short)
2017 The Distant Barking of Dogs
2022 A House Made of Splinters
2023 Girl Away From Home (short, co-direction)
