Another Oscar win for 'Mr. Nobody Against Putin': Filmmaker's missing statuette located after TSA dispute

“Mr. Nobody Against Putin” filmmaker Pavel “Pasha” Talankin volition soon beryllium reunited with his Oscar statuette aft it went missing amid his caller travels.

A spokesperson for European hose Lufthansa confirmed Friday successful a connection shared with outlets that the coveted aureate statuette has been located and is “safely successful our care.” Lufthansa spoke connected the missing Oscar aft Talankin’s co-director Dave Borenstein raised the emblem Thursday connected societal media. “Mr. Nobody Against Putin” won the documentary diagnostic movie class astatine the 98th Academy Awards successful March.

According to Borenstein, Talankin arrived astatine the John F. Kennedy International Airport successful New York “to alert location to Europe” and had the Oscar successful tow arsenic a carry-on. Airport information allegedly stopped Talankin from bringing the Oscar connected board, citing concerns it could beryllium utilized arsenic a weapon. Borenstein said the film’s enforcement shaper tried to creaseless things but ultimately, “TSA enactment the Oscar successful a container and sent it to the bottommost of the plane” due to the fact that Pavel did not person a check-in container to spot it in. He shared a photograph of the cardboard container and Deadline published video of airdrome workers wrapping the statuette successful bubble wrapper and yellowish tape.

Borenstein concluded his station noting the Oscar “never arrived” successful Frankfurt, Germany, and speculated whether his co-director was connected the receiving extremity of unfair treatment. “Would Pavel person been treated the aforesaid mode if helium were a celebrated actor? Or a fluent English speaker?” helium wrote, tagging the Instagram relationship for the Transportation Security Administration. He besides tagged Lufthansa and urged them to assist.

In response, Lufthansa commented connected Borenstein’s station that it was connected the missing Oscar case, and they are taking it “super serious.” Less than a time aft their comment, the airline’s spokesperson said successful their connection that it is “in nonstop interaction with the impermanent to put its idiosyncratic instrumentality arsenic rapidly arsenic possible.”

“We sincerely regret the inconvenience caused and person apologized to the owner,” the spokesperson added.

Borenstein celebrated the improvement connected Instagram, posting a clip of his interrogation with the BBC astir the update and thanking a Lufthansa rep for their assistance and followers for spreading the word.

“Mr. Nobody Against Putin” features Talankin, a schoolteacher adjacent the Ural Mountains, arsenic helium documents Russian propaganda efforts — from chants and songs — to energize young students astir the warfare successful Ukraine. During the Oscars successful March, Talankin delivered a poignant connection successful Russian.

“In the sanction of our future, successful the sanction of each of our children, halt each of these wars now,” helium said done a translator.