SYNOPSIS
In this poignant and deeply intimate documentary three kids temporarily removed from their parents find friendship and flickers of hope inside the worn walls of a remarkable orphanage in Eastern Ukraine, as a group of dedicated social workers create moments of joy and respite from childhood's all but lost.
Awards
Politiken:Dox Award | Copenhagen IDFF, Denmark, 2022
Dragon Award | Göteborg IFF, Sweden, 2022
CAST & CREW
Simon Lereng Wilmont
Director
Producer(s)
Monica Hellström
Script
Simon Lereng Wilmont
Director of Photography
Simon Lereng Wilmont
Music by
Uno Helmersson
Sound
Heikki Kossi, Peter Albrechtsen
Edit
Michael Aaglund
Production company(ies)
Final Cut for Real
Simon Lereng Wilmont
Born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Simon Lereng Wilmont graduated as a documentary film director from The National Film School of Denmark in 2009. His first feature documentary film The Distant Barking of Dogs (2017), premiered at IDFA (2017), and was awarded Best First Appearance. It has since then won 35+ awards worldwide, among these the McBaine Documentary Feature Award at San Francisco’s SFFILM Festival, it was nominated for a European Film Award (EFA 2018), an Emmy (2020), and shortlisted for an Oscar (2019). The film also won a Peabody Award (2020).
Filmography
Ramonas Rejse (2004), Above the Ground, Beneath the Sky (2008), Traveling with Mr. T. (2012), Chikara - The Sumo Wrestler's Son (2014), The Fencing Champion (2014), Graine de champion (2016), The Distant Barking of Dogs (2017), Oleg and the War (2018), A House Made of Splinters (2022).
