The DocuDays Film Festival in Kyiv runs 2-8 June and we’re proud to announce that A Silent Story made it into two of this year's festival’s competitions.
Read MoreJOSHUA OPPENHEIMER'S 'THE END' STARTS PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY /
We are excited to announce that principal photography for Joshua Oppenheimer’s THE END has begun last week in Ireland and will continue through the spring in Italy and Germany.
The phenomenal cast consists of Tilda Swinton, George MacKay, Moses Ingram, Michael Shannon, Bronagh Gallagher, Tim McInnerny, and Lennie James.
Read More'A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS' AT THE OSCARS /
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 SILENT STORY’ & ‘THE KILLING OF A JOURNALIST’ IN COMPETITION AT ONE WORLD FESTIVAL 2023 /
Last week the nominations for the One World Festival were announced and we’re excited that Anders Skovbjerg Jepsen’s A Silent Story is nominated for the International Competition and Matt Sarnecki’s The Killing of a Journalist is nominated for the Czech Competition. One World is the largest human rights film festival in the world.
Read More'A SILENT STORY' WORLD PREMIERE AT CPH:DOX 2023 /
A Silent Story directed by Anders Skovbjerg Jepsen is celebrating its world premiere at CPH:DOX 2023 in the NORDIC:DOX competition.
Read More4 FCFR FILMS AT CPH:DOX 2023 /
We’re extremely proud to announce that 4 FCFR productions have made it into the CPH:DOX 2023 programme.
Read More'VINTERSAGA' NOMINATED FOR DOX:AWARD 2023 /
CPH:DOX announced the selected films for the DOX:AWARD 2023 and we are thrilled that VINTERSAGA, directed by Carl Olsson, has been selected for this year’s main competition.
Read More'A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS' NOMINATED FOR OSCAR® /
We are beyond delighted that Simon Lereng Wilmont’s beautiful film A House Made of Splinters , produced by Monica Hellström for Final Cut for Real, has been nominated for an Academy Award@ for Best Documentary Feature Film.
Read More'PRESIDENT' FINALIST AT SIMA 2023 - SOCIAL IMPACT MEDIA AWARDS /
Amazing news! Camilla Nielsson’s President was selected as one of the 14 finalists for the Social Impact Media Awards 2023!
SIMA works to advance global awareness, social justice, human rights and education by supporting independent content creators and media artists on the front-lines of social change and bringing their work into communities and classrooms around the globe.
The SIMA Awards honors eye-opening documentary filmmaking and XR/Interactive experiences that exemplify excellence in their potential to inspire social change. Each year, projects are selected from over 140 countries around the world.
For this year’s finalists the SIMA Awards team are highlighting the battle to fight back the shadows that encroach on us: “What is great art but a reminder that the challenges our world faces will not be resolved by simply elevating higher consciousness to all that is light; they will find their resolution by our society radically reclaiming sovereignty over our collective shadows. What this year’s SIMA 2023 finalists capture is just that; the illumination of a world cycling through a seemingly endless and chaotic rhapsody of light and dark as it exposes its shadows to dismantle all that no longer serves its peace.”
See the full list of finalists and read more about SIMA here
'A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS' NOMINATED FOR 3 DANISH FILM ACADEMY AWARDS /
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).
Read More'BOY FROM HEAVEN' OPENS IN DANISH CINEMAS & RECEIVES GREAT REVIEWS /
On Thursday January 5 Tarik Saleh’s amazing and exhilarating spy thriller Boy From Heaven, starring Fares Fares and Tawfeek Barhom, opened in cinemas all over Denmark.
And now the first reviews are also in, with the film receiving praise from every corner. We are so happy to read these reviews and can’t wait to show the film here Denmark!
Boy From Heaven is set in an Egyptian university where a ruthless power struggle between Egypt’s religious and political elite unfolds when the university’s highest ranking religious leader suddenly dies and a successor must be found. And the young student Adam, a son of a fisherman and a new student at the prestigious university, finds himself right in the middle of the conflicts that follow.
Boy From Heaven is produced by Kristina Åberg and Fredrik Zander for Atmo (SE) and is coproduced by Monica Hellström and Signe Byrge Sørensen for Final Cut for Real.
'A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS' AND 'BOY FROM HEAVEN' ADVANCE IN OSCARS RACE /
On December 21 it was announced that two FCFR productions were added to the shortlists for the 95th Academy Awards.
A House Made of Splinters is directed by Simon Lereng Wilmont and produced by Monica Hellström for Final Cut for Real, and it is one of 15 films shortlisted in the Feature Documentary category.
Boy From Heaven (US title: Cairo Conspiracy) is directed by Tarik Saleh, and is produced by Kristina Åberg and Fredrik Zander for Atmo (Sweden), and Monica Hellström and Signe Byrge Sørensen are co-producing for Final Cut for Real. Boy From Heaven was chosen as Sweden’s entry for Best International Feature, and is now one of the 15 shortlisted international feature films - a list that also includes Denmark’s entry, Ali Abassi’s Holy Spider.
We are very happy and proud that the films have be added to these shortlists. The final nominations will be announced on Tuesday, January 24, 2023.
'BOY FROM HEAVEN' NOMINATED FOR 7 GULDBAGGE AWARDS /
Yesterday the nominations for the Swedish Guldbagge Awards were announced, and we are delighted that Tarek Saleh’s Boy From Heaven received an impressive total of 7 nominations!
The film is nominated in the following categories:
Best Film
Best Director - Tarik Saleh
Best Actor in a Leading Role - Tawfeek Barhom
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Fares Fares
Best Script - Tarik Saleh
Best Editing - Theis Schmidt
Best Costume Design - Denise Östholm
Boy From Heaven is produced by Kristina Åberg and Fredrik Zander for Atmo (SE) and is coproduced by Monica Hellström and Signe Byrge Sørensen for Final Cut for Real.
The Guldbagge Awards are the leading Swedish film awards, and are presented by the Swedish Film Institute for outstanding contributions to Swedish film over the past year. The awards ceremony will take place in Stockholm on January 23.
'A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS' NOMINATED FOR FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARD /
We are so proud that Simon Lereng Wilmont’s film ‘A House Made of Splinters’ has been nominated at the Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary.
‘A House Made of Splinters’ is directed by Simon Lereng Wilmont and produced by Monica Hellström.
The film 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 film depicts a personal, tender, and simultaneously tragic and hopeful story about lives in limbo. Gorgeous, patient camerawork respects the children's vulnerability but expertly detects the unmistakable normalisation of violence in their desperate play, temporary friendships and fragile family connections.
The 38th annual award ceremony is set to return Saturday, March 4, 2023.
You can find the other nominees in the category here.
'THE KILLING OF A JOURNALIST' WINS AUDIENCE AWARD AT VERZIO /
Amazing news! Matt Sarnecki’s powerful documentary film The Killing of a Journalist won the Audience Award at this year’s Verzio Int. Human Rights Documentary Film Festival in Hungary!
We are very happy and humbled by the decision of the audience to vote for the film.
Read More'A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS' NOMINATED FOR 3 IDA AWARDS + 2 CINEMA EYE HONORS /
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:
Read More'DREAMING ARIZONA' & 'A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS' SCREENING AT IDFA 2022 /
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 /
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.
'A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS' NOMINATED FOR EUROPEAN FILM AWARD /
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.
'THE KILLING OF A JOURNALIST' WINS PRICE AT BERGEN INTERNATIONAL FILMFESTIVAL /
More great festival news! 'The Killing Of A Journalist’ has won the Checkpoint - best human rights documentary price at Bergen International Filmfestival!
‘The Killing Of A Journalist’ is directed by Matt Sarnecki and produced by Signe Byrge Sørensen, editing is by Janus Billeskov Jansen, and music by Kristian Eidness. The film is co-produced with GotFat Productions in Aarhus, Denmark, and Frame Films in Czech Republic, with support from the West Danish Film Fund and Czech Film Fund. The Killing of a Journalist premiered at HotDocs 2022.
The jury’s statement:
“This year's Checkpoints winner captures the importance of speaking truth to power despite government oppression. By focusing on a fledgling democracy, the documentary brings a new perspective and nuance to an often overlooked theme and place. This explosive, well-soured and objective documentary keeps its viewers captivated. The film is beautifully produced and shot.
At its core the film is about the struggle to save the soul of a nation. The documentary captures the reality of living in a captured mafia state and showcases the bravery of those who oppose a corrupt regime regardless of the consequences. It even shows how corruption's tentacles extend beyond national borders into revered institutions such as the European Union. A red thread that runs throughout the documentary is the importance of the freedom of the press.
The jury selects this feature documentary not only for the reasons above but also for its potential impact, both in the country and its neighbours who live under similar conditions.
This year's winner of Checkpoints 2022 is THE KILLING OF A JOURNALIST.”
You can see the full list of jury statements from Bergen International Filmfestival 2022 here