Our New President

Description

World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Editing

Ever since a fateful visit to a mummy’s glass-encased tomb in 1997, Hillary Clinton has been plagued by fainting spells, drug use, and even allegations of sexual abuse and murder. Don’t believe it? Just ask the reporters at Vesti and NTV, two of the most-watched state-run news shows in Russia, where outlandish stories like these reach millions of viewers every night.

As more details of Russia’s meddling in the 2016 US presidential election emerge, acclaimed filmmaker Maxim Pozdorovkin assembles a fever dream of Russian propaganda aimed at both Clinton and Trump from YouTube, RT, and other media platforms. Within this alternate universe of misinformation, we witness the seeds of the 2016 fake news cycle take root and successfully infiltrate the collective conscience of a Russian populace trained to distrust truth and objectivity.

The divisive stories peddled by these journalists, handpicked by Putin, range from sinister to absurd, but they all point to a coordinated effort to alter public opinion at home and abroad.

Screening Details

• Section: World Cinema Documentary Competition
• Film Type: DOCF - Documentary Feature
• Country: Russia/U.S.A.
• Language: English and Russian
• Run Time: 77 min.

Sundance Film Festival Awards

• World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Editing

Credits

• Original Score
  • The Presidential Band
• Producer
  • Joe Bender
  • Charlotte Cook
  • Maxim Pozdorovkin
• Executive Producer
  • Dan Cogan
  • Geralyn Dreyfous
  • Nina Fialkow
  • David Fialkow
  • Jenny Raskin
  • Jim Swartz
  • Susan Swartz
• Production Company
  • Third Party Films
• Archival Producer
  • Antonina Golikova
  • Olga Loginova
  • Sierra Pettengill
• Editor
  • Matvey Kulakov
  • Maxim Pozdorovkin
• Music
  • Ivan Markovsky
• Director
  • Maxim Pozdorovkin
• Post Sound
  • Ryan Price
• Sales Agent
  • Rena Ronson