SIMON LERENG WILMONT

Maria Kristensen

'A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS' AT THE OSCARS by Maria Kristensen

We will be forever grateful that the team behind A House Made of Splinters last week suddenly found themselves in Hollywood for the 95th Academy Awards, celebrating the film’s nomination for Best Feature Documentary.

Although we did not take home the little golden statue, just being there was the greatest experience and also meant that this very international team were able to spend some lovely days together - we were especially grateful that our lovely protagonists Margarita and Olga joined us, and were celebrated as the stars that they are.

The film continues to screen around the world and to change lives and hearts forever.

'A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS' NOMINATED FOR 3 DANISH FILM ACADEMY AWARDS by Maria Kristensen

Today the nominations for this year’s Danish Film Academy Awards were revealed and we are delighted that Simon Lereng Wilmont’s A House Made of Splinters received nominations in 3 categories: Best Documentary, Best Sound Design (Peter Albrechtsen & Heikki Kossi) and Best Score (Uno Helmersson).

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'A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS' NOMINATED FOR 3 IDA AWARDS + 2 CINEMA EYE HONORS by Maria Kristensen

We are beyond delighted that Simon Lereng Wilmont’s beautiful film A House Made of Splinters received 5 nominations in total from the International Documentary Association (IDA) and the Cinema Eye Honors.

From the International Documentary Association the film received the following IDA Awards nominations:

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'DREAMING ARIZONA' & 'A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS' SCREENING AT IDFA 2022 by Maria Kristensen

At this year’s IDFA (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam) we are proud and happy to have two of our latest films screening.

Jon Bang Carlsen’s Dreaming Arizona is selected for the Main Competition where it will be having its World Premiere. The film has the following screening times:

13 Nov 09:00 - 10:19 - Pathé City 1 press & Industry​ only​
13 Nov 18:30 - 20:01 - Munt 12 official world premiere, film team present​
14 Nov 15:15 - 16:51 - Tuschinski 6 Q&A with the director​
17 Nov 15:45 - 17:21 - Tuschinski 5
19 Nov 10:00 - 11:19 - Munt 13

Simon Lereng Wilmon’s A House Made of Splinters is screening in the Best of Fests section, and has the following screening times:

11 Nov 20:30 - 22:17​ - Munt 11 Q&A after the screening
12 Nov 21:30 - 23:17​ - Rialto De Pijp: Bovenzaal Q&A after the screening
17 Nov 14:45 - 16:15​ - Ketelhuis: Zaal 1
18 Nov 18:30 - 20:00​ - DeLaMar: Wim Sonneveld Zaal

For the screenings of A House Made of Splinters we are teaming up with ShareDoc, a new platform that enables audiences to donate directly to the participants of documentary films.

To buy tickets or read more about the festival, please click here.

'THE KILLING OF A JOURNALIST' & 'A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS' SCREENING AT DOCNYC by Maria Kristensen

We are so happy that next week two of our films are screening at DOCNYC - America’s largest documentary film festival.

A House Made of Splinters by Simon Lereng Wilmont is in the Winners Circle section, and has two in-person screenings:
Wednesday, November 16, 2022 7:15 PM​ - Cinépolis Chelsea, Theater 2 (with director Q&A)
Thursday, November 17, 2022 2:15 PM​ - Cinépolis Chelsea

Director Simon Lereng Wilmont will be present for the screening on November 16.

The Killing of a Journalist by Matt Sarnecki is in the Investigations section, and has two in-person screenings:
Saturday, November 12, 2022 9:20 PM - Cinépolis Chelsea, Theater 1
Monday, November 14, 2022 11:45 AM - Cinépolis Chelsea

Both films also have online screenings for the duration of the festival.

For more info about tickets and passes, click here

'A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS' NOMINATED FOR EUROPEAN FILM AWARD by Maria Kristensen

We are so immensely proud that Simon Lereng Wilmont’s beautiful and touching documentary film A House Made of Splinters has been nominated for at European Film Award for Best European Documentary.

A House Made of Splinters is a follow-up to Wilmont’s debut feature The Distant Barking of Dogs, both films showing the lives of children in war-torn Eastern Ukraine. The film from 2017 won a string of awards, including for best first film at IDFA. A House Made of Splinters follows a small group of strong-willed social workers close to the frontlines in Eastern Ukraine, who strive 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 children and families.

The European Film Awards have been presented annually since 1988 and are given by the European Film Academy in recognition of excellence in European cinematic achievements.

The awards ceremony is on December 10 in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Click here to see the full list of nominees

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

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 by Maria Kristensen

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.