Pavel "Pasha" Talankin is co-director of the Mr. Nobody Against Putin project. Until recently, Pavel Talankin was a teacher-organizer at the Karabash #1 Primary School in Karabash, Russia. As part of his work, he was the school’s videographer and taught children to record and edit videos. Mr. Nobody Against Putin is his first film. He currently lives in Europe.
As Russia launches its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, primary schools across Russia are transformed into recruitment stages for the war. Facing the ethical dilemma of working in a system defined by propaganda and violence, a brave teacher films what's really happening in his own school.
