Simon Lereng Wilmont’s ‘A House Made of Splinters’ Takes Top Honors at Thessaloniki Documentary Festival

Simon Lereng Wilmont’s “A House Made of Splinters,” a tender and humane story of a children’s shelter in eastern Ukraine, earned the top prize at the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, taking home the Golden Alexander Award at a ceremony on Sunday. The international competition jury praised Wilmont’s acclaimed documentary, which also won the best director prize at Sundance, as “an unforgettable film that shines a light on the burden carried by children for the horrors and mistakes perpetrated by the world of the adults who should be caring for them.” The jury also announced a Special Jury Award for “Young Plato,”… Read Full Article