Oscar Shocker: ‘Mr. Nobody Against Putin’ Pulls Off Huge Upset In Best Documentary Film Category

Mr. Nobody Against Putin' wins 2026 Oscar for Best Documentary Feature, earning awards for director David Borenstein and ...

"Mr. Nobody Against Putin": How one Russian teacher confronted Kremlin propaganda

When the Kremlin's propaganda machine framed the invasion of Ukraine as a heroic calling, drilling the message into ...
WFAE

Undercover documentary reveals Russia's propaganda efforts after invasion of Ukraine

Since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, life has changed in Russia - everything from what Russians can say to what they can buy. Perhaps most of all, it's changed what ...
Meduza

A Russian schoolteacher smuggled footage abroad and made an award-winning documentary about wartime propaganda. Here’s how his hometown reacted.

Karabash used to be called “the most polluted city in the world,” but then, in 2025, it achieved fame thanks instead to the documentary film Mr. Nobody against Putin. Now the film is up for an Oscar.
Agence France-Presse on MSN

For Russia's 'Mr Nobody', Hollywood leap feels 'unreal'

Two years ago he was a videographer at a small‑town Russian school, filming patriotic lessons and morning drills in the wake of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. "If you had told me two years ago that ...