‘Navalny’ wins the Oscar, and director Daniel Roher blasts Putin and the war in Ukraine

“Navalny” won the award for documentary feature film at the 95th Academy Awards in the Dolby Theatre on March 12 in Hollywood. On Sunday night, after winning the Oscar for documentary feature for “Navalny,” director Daniel Roher used his acceptance speech to blast Russian President Vladimir Putin: “And there’s one person who couldn’t be here with us here tonight. Stay strong, my love.” Awards Here’s the list of 2023 Oscar winners The 2023 Oscar winners include “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” Brendan Fraser, Michelle Yeoh and “All Quiet on the Western Front.” The Times caught up with Roher before the ceremony and he shared that he never could have anticipated the timeliness of “Navalny.” “We thought that our film was prescient to begin with but we never could have imagined how significant and timely our film would be. Because if you don’t have hope, then your future is guaranteed to be bleak and dark.” Other nominees for documentary feature on Sunday included “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” “All That Breathes,” “Fire of Love” and “A House Made of Splinters.” “Navalny” chronicles the investigation into the near-fatal poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. “It’s my hope that Navalny, through the film, is able to remind the world that an alternative vision for what Russia can be is possible,” Roher told The Times in November, “.