Film poster: Director Pavel Talankin and David Borenstein

Oscar Winner MR NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN

The Russian Department presents the Oscar winning documentary and Q & A Session with Director Pavel Talankin film

Time 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Where Collins Cinema;
Collins Cafe Dining
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The Russian Department and CAMS Program will screen the 2025 Oscar-winning documentary film Mr Nobody Against Putin and host a question and answer session with the co-director, Pavel Talankin. 

Also directed by David Borenstein, the fim follows 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 went on to win Best Documentary Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards.

Mr. Talankin was recently named one of TIME Magazine's 100 Next 2026: The World's Most Influential Rising Stars: https://time.com/collection/time100-next/2026/pavel-talankin/

Co-sponsored by the Cinema and Media Studies Program and the Russian Deparment, with a generous contribution from the Maria Opasnov Tyler '52 Fund.

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