Simon Lereng Wilmont

Danish documentary filmmaker and director of two documentaries filmed in Eastern Ukraine, “The Distant Barking of Dogs” and “A House Made of Splinters”

Danish documentary filmmaker and director of two documentaries filmed in Eastern Ukraine; “The Distant Barking of Dogs” and “A House Made of Splinters” 

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