Filming of "A House Built of Shards", about an orphanage at the front in Ukraine, took place during 2019 and 2020. In January of last year, before the war broke out and Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the film premiered.
Now the film has a chance to take home an Oscar statuette for best documentary.
Believe in horror
The project is a collaboration between several countries - co-producer is Swedish Tobias Janson.
He believes the new Oscar jury could cause a ruckus
- Before, it was more obvious that it was a fairly conventional American documentary film that would win, he says.
Hear two of the main characters and Tobias Janson in the clip above.