A House Made of Splinters (2022)
- Original title
- Будинок зі скалок
- Directed by
- Simon Lereng Wilmont
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Ukraine, Sweden, Denmark, Finland
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 28 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
The film follows children living in a special orphanage in eastern Ukraine. It shows their daily lives and the care they receive from staff.
observationalintimatepoignantquiettendersoberingrestrainedhumanizing
What happens
A House Made of Splinters (Ukrainian: «Будинок із трісок», romanized: Budynok iz trisok, Danish: Et hus af splinter, Russian: «Дом из осколков», romanized: Dom is oskolkov) is a 2022 documentary film by the Danish film director Simon Lereng Wilmont, created with the support of the State Agency of Ukraine for Film Affairs. An international co-production with Denmark, Ukraine, Sweden and Finland, it follows the story of children from a special orphanage in eastern Ukraine. The film had its world premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival on 26 January 2022, where it won the best director award in the World Cinema Documentary section. The film also won the international competition Golden Alexander Award for best film as well as the FIPRESCI Award at the 24th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival in March 2022. It was selected for Best Documentary Feature and subsequently shortlisted from 144 eligible to 15 films and then nominated for 95th Academy Awards in the said category. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
More like this
Outside (2022)
Songs of Slow Burning Earth (2025)
Promises (2022)
Daughters (2022)
9 Lives (2022)
Ukrainian palaces. Golden Age (2022)
Ukraine'22: Diaries of the War (2022)
And They Will Talk About Us (2024)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.