On a beautiful spring morning in Copenhagen, a newly minted superstar walked into the courtyard of the imposing Kunsthal Charlottenborg museum: Danish producer Helle Faber, whose “Mr. Nobody Against Putin” pulled what many called an upset to win the Best Documentary Oscar just five days before. Unbeknownst to some of the many people stopping to congratulate her on the short walk we take together across the city’s famous canal, the veteran is carrying the iconic golden statuette inside a raggedly discrete moss green tote bag.
The Oscars ceremony coincided with the opening weekend of Copenhagen’s documentary festival CPH:DOX, and the atmosphere in the Danish…