Klaus Härö's Mother of Mine is about one of the thousands of Finnish children who were sent to safety to neutral Sweden during the Second World War.
It describes how a young boy, Eero, becomes estranged from his mother during his initially reluctant stay with a surrogate Swedish family, and how this affects the mother-son relationship later in life.
The film was produced by Matila Röhr Productions.
In addition to Mother of Mine, competing for the Satellite Award for Best Foreign Film were Walk on Water (Israel), Turtles Can Fly (Iran), 2046 (China), Lila Says (France) and Innocent Voices (Mexico).
The International Press Academy is one of the largest entertainment media associations of accredited domestic and foreign journalists in the US. This year, IPA chose the Satellite Awards winners for the 10th time.
Klaus Härö's Mother of Mine has already reaped awards at international film festivals. It won the main prize at the 29th Cairo International Film Festival, the Golden Pyramid, as well as the awards for Best Director (Härö) and Best Actress (Maria Lundqvist).
In addition, the Best Actress award of the 9th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival went to Maria Lundqvist for Mother of Mine.
Mother of Mine is Finland's official nominee for Foreign Language Oscar and it has also been nominated for Golden Globe awards.