It has to be Australia's least-known contender for an Academy Award - a film shot by a former Buddhist monk in Bhutan in the language of Dzongkha.
Director Greg Sneddon's drama Arrows of the Thunder Dragon has been selected as the country's official entry for the best foreign-language Oscar.
Centring on a young woman who wants to become an Olympic archer, the self-funded film was shot in the mountains, villages, monasteries and fortresses of the tiny Himalayan nation. 
But after a world premiere at the CinefestOz Film Festival in Western Australia two years ago, it has hardly screened other than a season at Narooma cinema on the NSW south coast and special event sessions in capital cities.
"My hands are shaking," said Sneddon on hearing the film was Australia's entry. "It's amazing."
Shot for just $120,000, Arrows of The Thunder Dragon is an unusual filmmaking venture.
Sneddon, who lives in who lives in Gembrook in Victoria's Dandenong Ranges, is a musician and screen composer who became a monk, realised it was not for him then turned to filmmaking.
Seeing writing and directing as an extension of his monastic work, he teamed up with a Bhutanese cast and crew.
Instead of organising auditions, his novice co-producer delivered just six actors for the six main roles the day before the astrologer decreed that filming must start.
Sneddon's mantra was: "do the best you can with what you have."
Arrows of The Thunder Dragon stars Tshering Zangmo as a village woman who learns archery, Bhutan's national sport, from her warrior grandfather in the 1980s.
After the premiere, Sneddon reworked the film, adding scenes for a longer version that was finished in   April. He estimates the final budget at $350,000 once fees and wages are paid.
The film was inspired by his affection for Bhutan.
"The combination of sophisticated cleverness and worldly simplicity I find quite striking," he said. "And it's a beautiful place, Bhutan.
"Wherever I went, I thought if you point a camera at anything - the light, the mountains, the trees - this place is just made for a film."
The country has been the location for only a few films, with the best-known being Tibetan lama Khyentse Norbu's The Cup and Travellers and Magicians.
Australia has never had a nomination for best foreign language film at the Academy Awards despite selections for the three past years - the indigenous drama Charlie's Country, Laos drama The Rocket and German drama Lore.
Sneddon is hopeful more than confident about his chances of landing an Oscar nomination in   January. 
"This is a micro-budget film and it's up against the best of [all the other] countries," he said. "But it's an interesting story that people will want to see because they're learning about a completely remote culture that they've never come across before.
"So I'm hoping it might be put in for its interest value."
The selection came after an independent panel, arranged by Screen Australia, assessed films with predominantly non-English dialogue.
"Despite being an English-speaking country, Arrows of the Thunder Dragon marks our fourth selection in a row for this category," said Richard Harris, the agency's head of business and audience. "We heartily congratulate Greg and all the team ... and now wait with bated breath to see if the film makes the next selection hurdle."
It is up against films from 80 other countries.
Arrows of the Thunder Dragon (2015) Official Trailer from Greg Sneddon on Vimeo.