Mr. Nobody Against Putin (2025)
- Original title
- Mr. Nobody mod Putin
- Directed by
- Pavel Talankin, David Borenstein
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rated
- M
- Rating
- 7.4 of 10 from 117 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A teacher in a struggling Russian mining town records his students and the local effects of government propaganda during the war in Ukraine.
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What happens
Mr Nobody Against Putin is a 2025 documentary film directed by David Borenstein and Pavel Talankin. It follows Talankin in his job at a school in Karabash, a poor mining town near the Ural Mountains. While recording his students, Talankin also documents the Putin administration's moves to control public perception during the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war. The film had its world premiere at the World Cinema Documentary section of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival on 25 January, where it won the Special Jury Award. It was selected as the Danish Oscar entry for Best International Feature Film, and went on to win Best Documentary at the 79th British Academy Film Awards and Best Documentary Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards. Reception was generally positive, but there were concerns – especially by Ukrainian viewers – about the way the film portrayed opposition to Putin within Russia. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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