Mr Nobody Against Putin

Dia Internacional dos Direitos Humanos

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Screening
DEC 3 at 6:30 p.m.
Ilídio Pinho Auditorium

Mr Nobody Against Putin 
David Borenstein and Pasha Talankin
2025


synopsis

As Russia launches a large-scale invasion of Ukraine, primary schools across Russia are transformed into recruitment stages for the war. Faced with the ethical dilemma of working in a system defined by propaganda and violence, a courageous teacher films what is really happening in his own school

Mr Nobody Against Putin – David Borenstein and Pasha Talankin
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The screening is organized in partnership with the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Movies that Matter Foundation, as part of International Human Rights Day, celebrated on December 10.

This session will have the participation of professors Azeredo Lopes (FD) and Mariana Barbosa (FEP), specialists in International Law and Human Rights, respectively, who will hold a short debate at the end. 


José Alberto Azeredo Lopes

Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law – Escola do Porto, Universidade Católica. Expert in European international law. Coordinator of the International Studies Programme and the Master's in European and International Law · Faculty of Law – Escola do Porto, UCP. Former Minister of National Defense of Portugal. Commentator for CNN Portugal.

Mariana Barbosa

Mariana Reis Barbosa is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Education and Psychology of Universidade Católica Portuguesa. She has dedicated her teaching, research, and intervention activities to the field of Peace Psychology and Human Rights. She is the Coordinator of the Master's Degree in Psychology at the Faculty of Education and Psychology and the Coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Program in Human Rights at Universidade Católica Portuguesa. She is a member of the Board of the Heroic Imagination Project, coordinating it in Portugal. She is the mental health coordinator for Waves in You - surf therapy for vulnerable populations. She has been the national coordinator for several international projects funded by the European Commission (e.g., Safe Zone - Empowering coaches and trainers in sports to prevent youth radicalization and violent extremism). She has worked as a consultant for the United Nations Development Program in Angola. She was the founder and field coordinator of the volunteer program ‘Refugee Support Platform @ Front Line’ in Lesvos, Greece.

 

More Information

Screening
DEC 3 at 6:30 p.m.
Ilídio Pinho Auditorium

Mr Nobody Against Putin 
David Borenstein and Pasha Talankin
2025


synopsis

As Russia launches a large-scale invasion of Ukraine, primary schools across Russia are transformed into recruitment stages for the war. Faced with the ethical dilemma of working in a system defined by propaganda and violence, a courageous teacher films what is really happening in his own school