Vanity Fair and the Extra Winner? How Russia Filtered the Oscar Results
Not all Russian state media covered the Oscar-winning documentary "Mr. Nobody vs. Putin," NeMoskva noted. Instead, the outlets published general lists of winners, omitting the film from the teacher. Chelyabinsk region, We dedicated separate articles to the best foreign actors and highlighted those films that were not awarded the prize this year.
🔸TASS wrote about the main film of the Oscar awards - Battle after battle, nominations for Best Actress and Best Screenplay, and also listed the entire list of winners. But the film Pavel Talankin There's no such thing. The news agency also cited a comment from People's Artist of Russia Nikolai Burlyaev. According to him, receiving an Oscar now is "indecent," and the award itself— "a devalued vanity fair."
🔸They did the same "News". Their article doesn't mention the Best Documentary category. Only eight are listed: Best Film, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actor, as well as Best Foreign Language Film and Best Animated Film.
🔸There is nothing about Talankin's film and "RIA News". They wrote about the main winners of the Oscars, but not a single line about the film Mr. Nobody vs. Putin.
🔸Neither in the Telegram channel nor on the website First Channel There is no news about the Oscars. Ren-TVThere's only a summary of the award winners, but it doesn't mention Best Documentary. Channel Five has a similar summary. And it doesn't omit "Mr. Nobody vs. Putin"—it even lists the names of the film crew.
Local media outlets covering the Chelyabinsk region, where Pavel Talankin is from, reported on the prize. However, they dismissed it as an "anti-Russian film."
🔸Mr. Nobody vs. Putin finally made it into the news feed RBC и "Kommersant"Both state-run publications included Talankin's film in the Oscar winners' list and wrote separate articles about the Best Documentary Film award. Kommersant even quoted Pavel's anti-war remarks from the stage during his award ceremony.
🔸Specialized websites also spoke out about "Mr. Nobody vs. Putin." "Film Search", owned by Yandex, included the best documentary film in its list of Oscar winners. "Video diary of school teacher Pavel Talankin from the Chelyabinsk region" — Kinopoisk described the plot.
Screenshot: news headline on 74.ru
