Mr. Nobody Against Putin
First screened in April 2026

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Directors: David Borenstein and Pavel Talankin. Documentary about a high-school teacher and videographer in contemporary Russia who becomes both target and non-silent witness of Putin's rewriting of past and present events as the Ukraine War grinds onward.

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Photo © 2025 BBC Storyville / Made in Copenhagen, © 2026 Kino Lorber

In Brief: Talankin's testimony and experience are urgent and valuable, even if the movie might have probed further.

VOR: ④  First-hand view of Putin-controlled classrooms is enough to make this a vital artifact. But compared to My Undesirable Friends, it's fairly thin.

Grade: B

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Academy Award Nominations and Winners:
★	Best Documentary Feature
Other Awards:
	Sundance Film Festival: World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Prize
	British Academy Awards (BAFTAs): Best Documentary

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