Mr Nobody Against Putin: Producer Lucie Kon ‘absolutely thrilled’ to win best documentary Oscar

"This is a project that has taken many years to come to fruition, and it was challenging on so many levels. That’s what makes this recognition feel so meaningful – it’s incredibly rewarding to see something so risky and difficult be embraced in this way.”

She added: “This is a film like no other. It was such a special collaboration, and there was something genuinely magical about the way we all came together to make it happen. Seeing Pasha up on stage accepting the award was a really emotional moment for all of us."

Kon, who was the executive producer of Panorama before taking up the role at Storyville in 2022, was one of several executive producers of 2024’s We Will Dance Again – a multi-award-winning film which showed Hamas’ October 7 Nova Festival attack minute-by-minute.

Before her tenure at Storyville, back in 2018, Kon delved into the Jewish community in the UK with the BBC series We Are British Jews – a production showcasing the diversity of British Jewry.

She told the JC at the time: “To many on the outside, it may seem that Britain’s Jews speak with one voice, but on the inside, the community is not just diverse but also, on some of the key issues, divided.”

Lucie Kon, pictured with the best documentary Oscar her team won for 'Mr Nobody Against Putin' (Photo: Instagram/@imluciek)[Missing Credit]

Another Jewish nominee at the 98th Academy Awards was actor Timothée Chalamet who missed out on the best actor Oscar for his role in Marty Supreme to Michael B Jordan in Sinners.

Spanish actor Javier Bardem, presenting the award for best international feature film used his moment on stage to call out: “No to war. Free Palestine,” as he has done in the past.