(NR) Denmark/UK/Germany/Czech Republic – 1 hr 30 min – with subtitles
2025 · d. David Borenstein, Pavel Talankin
Starring Pavel Talankin, Vladmir Putin
When a goofy Russian teacher is forced to promote state-sanctioned messages about his country’s invasion of Ukraine, he uses his role as school videographer to document and expose the indoctrination of its youth—but when he learns his life is at risk, he must plot his own escape. At once humorous and deadly serious, this inside view of contemporary Russia won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film.
One Academy Award nomination:
