zo 18 januari 2026
Documentaire – David Borenstein, Pavel Talankin
Mr. Nobody Against Putin — English Subs
A Russian teacher secretly documents his small town school's transformation into a war recruitment center during the Ukraine invasion, revealing the ethical dilemmas educators face amid propaganda and militarization.
As Russia launches its large-scale invasion of Ukraine, elementary schools are being turned into recruitment centers for the army. A courageous teacher faces an ethical dilemma: should he cooperate with a system characterized by propaganda and violence? He decides to go undercover and film what is really happening at his school.
SUNDAY JANUARY 18: CINEVERSE MEET-UP
New in town? Fond of arthouse film? Want to meet other internationals? Come to our monthly Cineverse meet-up! On January 18, we invite you to come and watch Mr. Nobody Against Putin with us.
Our host of the evening, Kiriko Mechanicus (more about Kiriko below), will introduce the film to us. Afterwards we move to the café to catch up, meet up, play a game, have a drink (and some snacks on the house :-)).. You name it. We look forward to it!
And, a tip for all arthouse enthousiasts: Kiriko makes a filmpodcast called Celebrating Cinema - A LAB111 Podcast Platform together with Hugo Emmerzael.
- Land Denmark
- Jaar 2025
- Duur 90 min
- Taal Danish, English subtitles
- Regie David Borenstein, Pavel Talankin
- Acteurs Pavel Sudoplatov (Himself)
About Kiriko Mechanicus
Kiriko Mechanicus (she/her, 1995), also known as Kiri Academy, is an Amsterdam-based documentary filmmaker, writer of fiction and non-fiction, culinary writer, podcaster and part-time partygirl. Her graduation film ‘A TOMATO TRAGEDY’ (2023) was selected for the Nederlands Film Festival and won the Filmfonds Wildcard prize. She directs music videos, short documentaries, experimental videos and babbles about cinema endlessly (publicly). Kiriko writes for various literary publications such as Vice magazine or Hard//Hoofd. She was once even asked to write a poem for the visit of Italian president Mattarella at the 30-year anniversary of the European Union in the Netherlands. Occasionally, miss Mechanicus appears on the tellie or in a news-paper. She says yes to everything, especially things that she hasn’t done before.