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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Catherine Shoard

Mr Nobody Against Putin wins the best documentary Oscar

David Borenstein, Pavel Talankin, Helle Faber and Alzbeta Karaskova on stage.
David Borenstein, Pavel Talankin, Helle Faber and Alzbeta Karaskova on stage. Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters

Mr Nobody Against Putin, a primary school teacher’s record of the indoctrination of his pupils to support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, has won the Oscar for best documentary.

Pavel Talankin, who is now in exile in Europe, picked up the award alongside the film’s US co-director, David Borenstein. It beat favourite The Perfect Neighbor to take the prize, along with other contenders The Alabama Solution, Come See Me in the Good Light and Cutting Through Rocks.

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