‘Navalny’ wins greatest documentary characteristic Oscar
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HOLLYWOOD: “Navalny,” a movie that examines the poisoning of jailed Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, on Sunday received the Oscar for greatest documentary characteristic.
Canadian director Daniel Roher’s film appears to be like on the political rise of Navalny, probably the most outstanding opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin, his poisoning with the nerve agent Novichok throughout a visit to Siberia in 2020 and the next probe.
“There’s one person who couldn’t be with us here tonight — Alexei Navalny, the leader of the Russian opposition, who remains in solitary confinement for what he calls — I want to make sure we get his words exactly right — Vladimir Putin’s unjust war of aggression in Ukraine,” Roher advised the viewers as he accepted the golden statuette.
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The 46-year-old Navalny, who has been held for the previous two years at a maximum-security jail exterior Moscow after an embezzlement conviction, has accused Putin of being behind the poisoning assault.
“My husband is in prison just for telling the truth. My husband is in prison just for defending democracy,” his spouse Yulia Navalnaya mentioned.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov advised reporters he had not seen the movie however speculated there might be a “certain element of politicization of the subject” of the movie.
“Hollywood also sometimes politicizes its work. Such things happen,” Peskov mentioned, referring to the award determination.
The movie, which premiered on the Sundance movie pageant in January 2022, received a BAFTA final month.
It bested “All That Breathes,” “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” “Fire of Love” and “A House Made of Splinters.”
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HOLLYWOOD: “Navalny,” a movie that examines the poisoning of jailed Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, on Sunday received the Oscar for greatest documentary characteristic.
Canadian director Daniel Roher’s film appears to be like on the political rise of Navalny, probably the most outstanding opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin, his poisoning with the nerve agent Novichok throughout a visit to Siberia in 2020 and the next probe.
“There’s one person who couldn’t be with us here tonight — Alexei Navalny, the leader of the Russian opposition, who remains in solitary confinement for what he calls — I want to make sure we get his words exactly right — Vladimir Putin’s unjust war of aggression in Ukraine,” Roher advised the viewers as he accepted the golden statuette.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
ALSO WATCH |
The 46-year-old Navalny, who has been held for the previous two years at a maximum-security jail exterior Moscow after an embezzlement conviction, has accused Putin of being behind the poisoning assault.
“My husband is in prison just for telling the truth. My husband is in prison just for defending democracy,” his spouse Yulia Navalnaya mentioned.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov advised reporters he had not seen the movie however speculated there might be a “certain element of politicization of the subject” of the movie.
“Hollywood also sometimes politicizes its work. Such things happen,” Peskov mentioned, referring to the award determination.
The movie, which premiered on the Sundance movie pageant in January 2022, received a BAFTA final month.
It bested “All That Breathes,” “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” “Fire of Love” and “A House Made of Splinters.”
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