Kino Lorber has released their newly Oscar nominated documentary MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN on VOD and digital platforms, arriving today, January 22nd, 2026. The film world premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Special Jury Award, and launched in US theaters on January 21st, 2026. It is also available to stream via Kino Lorber’s Kino Film Collection SVOD service.
The film is directed by David Borenstein and co-directed by Pasha Talankin. It was selected as the Danish entry for Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards, but it was not shortlisted for a nomination. However, it was nominated in the Best Documentary Feature Film category.
Pasha Talankin is an unlikely hero—a beloved Russian primary school teacher, known as a mentor and prankster who offers students a safe haven in his office. After Russia invades Ukraine, Pasha’s role in the school changes dramatically as he is reluctantly drawn into Putin’s propaganda machine. Forced to promote state-sanctioned messages and horrified by the transformation of his school and community, he struggles with guilt and a sense of powerlessness, leading him to become an international whistleblower.
As the school’s videographer, Pasha documents intimate and revealing footage of Putin’s regime, capturing the rise of militarized children’s groups, repressive laws, fervent nationalism, and the recruitment of graduating students to fight in the war. When he learns his own life may be at risk, Pasha is forced to plan a dangerous escape from Russia.
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