one of these people actually confessed on camera, and we have it in the film, that they tried to kill navalny. navalny returned to russia after the poisoning and was subsequently arrested. he remains in prison there. his family were at the academy award ceremony to help celebrate the film. the primary reason why we're here is to get my dad out of prison, and i'm very happy that the movie is getting the attention that it deserves, the work that we've been doing for so long is getting the attention it deserves, and we're here to do a job and to get my dad out. director daniel roher hopes that an oscar will keep navalny�*s name in the spotlight, as well as put pressure on vladimir putin to release him. i am out here every single day talking about navalny because he is in a very dangerous place right now. he is in a solitary confinement cell, languishing at the behest of this regime. and i believe that there's a correlation between talking about him and promoting his name and keeping him in the global consciousness