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

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)

Trailer

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