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"The Oscar-nominated and Bafta-winning documentary
Mr Nobody Against Putin
began life just days after Russia’s attack on Ukraine, as an ordinary Russian
struggled to understand how his country was changing. His story emerged at the
2025 Sundance Film Festival and was hailed for its chilling portrait of the
Russian regime’s propaganda efforts against its own people. But the film could
only be made and shown because its Danish director David Borenstein first
worked to get his Russian co-director, narrator and subject Pavel Talankin out
of his native country.
“Initially, I thought that maybe I would just go to another region in Russia,
like Vladivostok,” says Talankin from his new home in western Europe. “But they
started introducing more and more laws that you cannot speak against the army,
you cannot speak against the president, you cannot speak against the regime.
“At some point, I got the call from Helle [Faber, producer], and she told me
they would not be able to show the film unless I’m outside Russia, but they can
help me with documents. They still didn’t know where exactly I would go. For
me, it became either showing this film or shutting up, and I just couldn’t do
the second thing. I had to show it.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
