MOON MAN
A House Made Of Splinters
Director
Simon Lereng Wilmont
Year
2022
Length
87min
Release
2022
Country
Ukraine
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.
Credits
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Director
Simon Lereng Wilmont
Editor
Michael Aaglund
DoP
Simon Lereng Wilmont
Sound Designers
Heikki Kossi and Peter Albrechtsen
Composer
Uno Helmersson
Graphic Design
Martin Hultmann
Producer
Monica Hellström | Final Cut for Real, Denmark
Line Producer & Assistant Director
Azad Safarov
Co-producer
Tobias Jansson | STORY, Sweden
Co-producer
Sami Jahnukainen | Donkey Hotel, Finland
Co-producers
Darya Bassel and Vika Khomenko | Moon Man, Ukraine
World Sales
Cinephil | info@cinephil.com
With support from
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Danish Film Institute Swedish Film Institute Finnish Film Foundation Avek Ukrainian State Film Agency Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine Nordisk Film & TV Fond Creative Europe Media Programme of the European Union, IMS (International Media Support) Danish Film Directors MITTELDEUTSCHER RUNDFUNK in collaboration with ARTE in association with BBC Storyville/Film DR SVT Yle VGTV VRT RUV Against Gravity VPRO RTV Slovenia ERR Radio Télévision Suisse – Unité Fiction Documentaires et Séries originales
Pitched/Presented
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Sundance Film Festival 2022 Göteborg Film Festival 2022 Thessaloniki Documentary Festival 2022 DocuDays UA 2022 CPH:DOX 2022 Visions du Réel 2022
Festivals & Awards
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Nominated for Academy Award® 2023 – Best Documentary Feature
Sundance Film Festival 2022 – World Cinema Documentary: Best Directing
Gothenburg Film Festival 2022 – Best Nordic Documentary
Thessaloniki Documentary Festival 2022 – The Golden Alexander + The FIPRESCI Award
CPH:DOX 2022 – Politiken:DOX Award
Zagreb Dox 2022 – Movies that Matter Award
Lunenburg Doc Fest 2022 – Best International Feature Documentary Award
One World 2022 – Best International Doc Award
IceDocs - Iceland Documentary Film Festival 2022 – Special Mention
Makedox 2022 – Moral Approach Award
Millenium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival 2022 – Honorable Distinction
Porto/Post/Doc 2022 – Teenage Award
Nordisk Panorama Film Festival 2022 – Audience Award
Washington West Film Festival 2022 – Best Feature Documentary Award
Tournai Ramdam Festival 2023 – Prix de la Press / Press Jury Award