Another Oscar Win For 'mr. Nobody Against Putin': Filmmaker's Missing Statuette Located After Tsa Dispute

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

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

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

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

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

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

Borenstein celebrated nan improvement connected Instagram, posting a clip of his question and reply with nan BBC astir nan update and thanking a Lufthansa rep for their thief and followers for spreading nan word.

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

“In nan sanction of our future, successful nan sanction of each of our children, extremity each of these wars now,” he said done a translator.