Denmark has gone for politics over drama and comedy in its Oscar selection, choosing David Borenstein’s Sundance award-winning documentary Mr. Nobody Against Putin as its pick to represent the country in the 2026 Oscars in the best international feature category.

The film, which won the World Cinema documentary special jury prize at Sundance , follows a primary school teacher in Russia who pushed back against Putin’s propaganda, covertly recording how the regime uses misinformation and agitprop to brainwash a generation of future military conscripts in its ongoing war against Ukraine.

Denmark has gone for politics over drama and comedy in its Oscar selection, choosing David Borenstein’s Sundance award-winning documentary Mr. Nobody Against Putin as its pick to represent t

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