'TWO STRANGERS TRYING NOT TO KILL EACH OTHER' WINS SPECIAL MENTION AT CPH:DOX 2024

We are so proud that Jacob Perlmutter and Manon Ouimet's beautiful debut film ‘Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other’ has received a Special Mention from the jury in the DOX:AWARD competition!

Here is the jury’s statement: “To fall in love is a magical thing, but to stay in love is a miracle. Two people find each other in middle age, and build a beautiful later life together that is documented here with grace, humor and honesty. For a film that is so immaculately crafted that right from its stunning opening frame, it is like being cradled in the familiar but electric embrace of a longtime lover, the jury awards a dazzled special mention to the wonderful, warm and wise TWO STRANGERS TRYING NOT TO KILL EACH OTHER directed by Jacob Perlmutter & Manon Ouimet.”

It has been absolutely wonderful to see how the film has met its audience at CPH:DOX in the most amazing way - with sold out screenings, standing ovations, and touching and generous Q&As. And now CPH:DOX is making it possible for even more people to see the film - there will be an extra screening on Monday March 25, at Cinemateket, at 16:30. Tickets available here.

‘OUTSIDE’ AND 'A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS' AT CPH:DOX

Final Cut for Real is proud to have two films at this year’s CPH:DOX - two films with a very special connection. ‘OUTSIDE’ by Olha Zhurba is nominated for the DOX:AWARD and has its world premiere at CPH:DOX. ‘A House Made of Splinters’ by Simon Lereng Wilmont won Best Director at Sundance and for best Nordic Dox at Göteborg Film Festival, and is selected for HIGHLIGHTS.

‘OUTSIDE’ is produced by Darya Bassel and Viktoriia Khomenko from Moon Man, Ukraine, in co-production with Final Cut for Real and Tangerine Films (NL), while ‘A House Made of Splinters’ is produced by Monica Hellström at Final Cut for Real, in co-production with Moon Man, Story (SE) and Donkey Hotel (FI). Both films are stories from Ukraine about vulnerable children and youth. ‘A House Made of Splinters’ follows three children at a temporary shelter, as war-torn Ukraine leaves devastating and enduring marks on the population. ’OUTSIDE’ follows Roma, a 13-year-old street boy neglected by his family and the state from his days as a poster boy for the Ukrainian Revolution in 2014, through 7 years in the streets of Kyiv until he is a young man. Both films are also supported by the Ukrainian State Film Agency, Danish Film Institute and International Media Support (in addition to funders that are not involved in both films, please see each film’s page for further info).

The screening times for ‘Outside’ are as follows:

• March 25th, 19:45 – Empire Cinema

• March 31st, 18:15 – Cinemateket Carl

• April 2nd, 12:00. – Nordisk Film Dagmar

Read more and buy tickets for ‘Outside’ by clicking here.

The screening times for ‘A House Made of Splinters’ are as follows:

• March 4th, 19:00 – The Grand Theatre

• March 24th, 21:30 – The Grand Theatre

• March 29th, 17:15 – Empire Cinema

• March 30th, 19:30 – Politikens Hus

• April 2nd, 19:15 – The Grand Theatre

Read more and buy tickets for ‘A House Made of Splinters’ by clicking here.

Press: Freddy Neumann, neumann@mail.dk

SCREENING OF 'A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS' AT CPH:DOX LAUNCH

Come on Friday March 4 for the CPH:DOX launch and be among the first in Denmark to watch 'A House Made of Splinters' by Simon Lereng Wilmont, who just won awards in Göteborg and at Sundance Festival

‘A House Made of Splinters’ follows three children at a temporary shelter, as war-torn Ukraine leaves devastating and enduring marks on the population. Through the eyes of kids, the movie depicts a personal, tender, and simultaneously tragic and hopeful story about lives in limbo

Click here for more information about the event.