Agi: L'Oscar di Talankin perso e ritrovato in un volo Lufthansa

AGI - Lufthansa ha perso l’Oscar del regista russo Pavel Talankin. Dopo che la sicurezza aeroportuale statunitense gli aveva impedito di portare a bordo la statuetta su un volo da New York, la compagnia aerea tedesca l’ha smarrita e l’ha ritrovata solo dopo una frenetica ricerca.
Talankin, vincitore del premio per il suo documentario "Mr. Nobody Against Putin", si era visto impedire di portare il premio a bordo di un volo all’aeroporto JFK mercoledì scorso, riferisce il sito di notizie cinematografiche Deadline. Funzionari della Transportation Security Administration (Tsa) statunitense gli avevano detto di temere che potesse essere usata come arma e lo avevano costretto a imbarcarla nella stiva in una scatola di cartone.
La scomparsa della statuetta
Una volta atterrato in Germania, la statuetta dorata era sparita. Lufthansa ha espresso "rammarico" e ha dichiarato di aver avviato una ricerca interna "con la massima cura e urgenza" per recuperare l’Oscar.
Il ritrovamento a Francoforte
Ore dopo, la compagnia aerea ha rilasciato una nuova dichiarazione affermando che la statuetta era stata trovata ed era a Francoforte per essere restituita a Talankin "il prima possibile". Non ha spiegato come il premio sia scomparso, affermando che "è in corso un’indagine interna".
Il profilo del regista
Talankin, 35 anni, operatore video di una scuola di una piccola città russa, ha suscitato scalpore quando ha vinto l’Oscar per il miglior documentario insieme al regista statunitense David Borenstein.
Il documentario premiato
Realizzato con filmati che Talankin aveva fatto uscire clandestinamente dalla Russia, "Mr. Nobody Against Putin" racconta le lezioni patriottiche a favore della guerra introdotte nelle scuole russe sotto la presidenza di Vladimir Putin, nel contesto dell’offensiva di Mosca in Ucraina.
Le dichiarazioni dopo l’atterraggio
Talankin ha dichiarato a Deadline di aver viaggiato almeno una decina di volte con la statuetta senza alcun problema. "È assolutamente sconcertante come possano considerare un Oscar un’arma", ha dichiarato dopo l’atterraggio a Francoforte giovedì mattina, aggiungendo che sui voli precedenti "aveva viaggiato con la statuetta in cabina e non c’era mai stato alcun problema".
La proposta respinta
Un agente della Lufthansa si era offerto di accompagnare Talankin al gate e di custodire la statuetta durante il volo, ma la proposta è stata bocciata da un funzionario della Tsa.

The Talankin Oscar was lost and found on a Lufthansa flight.

Lufthansa lost the Russian director Pavel Talankin’s Oscar. After airport security in the United States prevented him from bringing the statuette on a flight from New York, the German airline lost it and only found it after a frantic search.

Talankin, winner of the award for his documentary “Mr. Nobody Against Putin,” was prevented from bringing the prize aboard a flight at JFK airport last Wednesday, according to the film news website Deadline. Officials from the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) told him they feared it could be used as a weapon and forced him to board it in the cargo hold in a cardboard box.

The disappearance of the statuette

Once landed in Germany, the golden statuette was missing. Lufthansa expressed “regret” and stated that it had launched an internal search “with the utmost care and urgency” to recover the Oscar.

The finding in Frankfurt

Hours later, the airline issued a new statement saying that the statuette had been found and was in Frankfurt to be returned to Talankin “as soon as possible.” It did not explain how the prize disappeared, stating that “an internal investigation is underway.”

The director’s profile

Talankin, 35, a video operator from a small Russian town, caused a stir when he won the Oscar for best documentary together with American director David Borenstein.

The winning documentary

Made with footage that Talankin had secretly taken out of Russia, “Mr. Nobody Against Putin” tells of patriotic lessons in favor of war introduced into Russian schools under the presidency of Vladimir Putin, in the context of Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine.

Statements after landing

Talankin told Deadline that he had traveled at least a dozen times with the statuette without any problems. “It’s absolutely astonishing how they can consider an Oscar a weapon,” he said after landing in Frankfurt on Thursday morning, adding that on previous flights “he had traveled with the statuette in the cabin and there had never been a problem.”

The rejected proposal

A Lufthansa agent offered to accompany Talankin to the gate and guard the statuette during the flight, but the proposal was rejected by a TSA official.

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https://www.agi.it/estero/news/2026-05-01/oscar-talankin-lufthansa-36848690/

Il Tempo: A Hollywood il "signor Nessuno" che denuncia la propaganda russa

Los Angeles, 11 mar. (askanews) - Da videomaker di lezioni patriottiche in una scuola russa dopo l'invasione dell'Ucraina, a co-regista di un documentario nominato agli Oscar che ne denuncia l'indottrinamento e anche il baratro in cui è caduto un intero Paese: Pavel Talankin ha ribaltato il suo mondo in soli due anni. Questo fine settimana si presenterà alla serata più importante di Hollywood.
Durante un'intervista a margine del pranzo dei candidati alla più ambita statuetta di Beverly Hills il mese scorso, Talankin ha dichiarato all'AFP che il film è stato visto da alcune persone in Russia, incluso un suo studente, "che hanno detto che era molto bello" ed erano felici di "aver preso parte a un progetto del genere".
"La reazione degli studenti... hanno detto che era molto bello aver preso parte a un progetto del genere. Alcuni si chiedevano perché ci fossero così pochi di loro nel film, volevano esserci di più".
Pavel Talankin, originario della città industriale di Karabash negli Urali, ha lasciato la Russia dopo aver contribuito al documentario "Mr Nobody Against Putin", girato in segreto nelle scuole per smascherare il lavaggio del cervello pro-Cremilino. Ora in esilio, riceve minacce esplicite da ex colleghi e autorità locali, che lo accusano di tradimento.
"Ci sono state anche reazioni piuttosto negative... tipo 'aspetteremo che ti si spezzi la spina dorsale quando tornerai a Karabash', 'ti spezzeremo le ginocchia e ti troverai a strisciare davanti a noi implorando perdono per il tuo tradimento'".
Di fatto Talankin, senza perdere il sorriso, racconta la militarizzazione e la propaganda di guerra in Russia, in una battaglia parallela sul fronte interno, combattuta non con le armi ma con l'ideologia.

In Hollywood, the “Mr. Nobody” who exposes Russian propaganda.

Los Angeles, March 11 (askanews) - From making videos of patriotic lessons in a Russian school after the invasion of Ukraine to co-directing a documentary nominated for an Oscar that denounces its indoctrination and also the abyss into which an entire country has fallen: Pavel Talankin has turned his world upside down in just two years. This weekend he will present himself at the most important evening in Hollywood.
During an interview on the sidelines of the lunch of the candidates for the most coveted statuette in Beverly Hills last month, Talankin told AFP that the film had been seen by some people in Russia, including a student of his, "who said it was very beautiful" and were happy to "have participated in a project like this."
"The reaction of the students... they said it was very beautiful to have taken part in a project like this. Some were wondering why there were so few of them in the film, they wanted to be there more."
Pavel Talankin, originally from the industrial city of Karabash in the Urals, left Russia after contributing to the documentary “Mr Nobody Against Putin,” filmed secretly in schools to expose the pro-Cremilino brainwashing. Now in exile, he receives explicit threats from former colleagues and local authorities, who accuse him of treason.
"There have also been quite negative reactions... like 'we'll wait until you break your spine when you return to Karabash,' ‘we’ll break your knees and you’ll be crawling before us begging for forgiveness for your betrayal’."
Indeed, Talankin, without losing his smile, recounts the militarization and war propaganda in Russia, in a parallel battle on the home front, fought not with weapons but with ideology.

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https://www.iltempo.it/tv-news/2026/03/11/video/a-hollywood-il-signor-nessuno-che-denuncia-la-propaganda-russa-46755275/

A Hollywood il "signor Nessuno" che denuncia la propaganda russa

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The project sparked a strong reaction in #Russian_Karabash: pro-government media accused #Talankin of "anti-#Russian propaganda" and "treason," his mother was fired, and security forces showed up at local schools.

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