Mr. Nobody Against Putin wins BAFTA for best documentary

The Czech-Danish documentary Mr. Nobody Against Putin has won the BAFTA award for best documentary. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts announced the result on its website. The film is also nominated for this year’s Academy Awards in the Best Documentary Feature category.

Mr. Nobody Against Putin was directed by Russian filmmaker Pavel Talankin together with American documentary director David Borenstein, who is based in Copenhagen. The film was produced by the Danish production company Made in Copenhagen in cooperation with the Czech company PINK.

The documentary contains footage secretly filmed by Talankin, a teacher in Russia, who wanted to expose war propaganda in schools following the country’s invasion of Ukraine. Much of the film takes place at a school in a town east of the Ural Mountains.

Talankin had to flee Russia before the documentary’s release.