Oscar-Winning Director Pasha Talankin Stopped at Airport as Trophy Flagged as ‘Security Threat’
Pasha Talankin Loses Oscar Trophy: A strange incident occurred at New York Airport, where a filmmaker lost his Oscar. Find out what happened.
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“Oscar-Winning Director Pasha Talankin Stopped at Airport as Trophy Flagged as ‘Security Threat’”
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1 May 2026
Russian film director Pasha Talankin received the Best Feature Documentary Award this year. He was nominated for an Oscar for the film "Mr. Nobody Against Putin." Something very bizarre and shocking happened recently. This is what happened.
Russian film director Pasha Talankin, who was co-director of the documentary "Mr. Nobody Against Putin," which won him an Oscar, was barred from boarding his flight in the JFK airport in New York.
It was reported that security officials mistook the Oscar trophy for a weapon. The trophy weighs approximately 3.8 kg. Talankin said that he had carried it on flights several times since winning the award in March, but had never encountered any problems before.
