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F@CK THIS JOB DOCUMENTARY CLOSES OUT RUSSIA’S ARTDOCFEST Moscow, 10 April 2021 — On Friday, 9 April, the feature documentary F@ck This Job, directed by Vera Krichevskaya, had its domestic premiere at ArtDocFest — Russia’s foremost documentary film festival. The sold-out screening was followed by a Q&A with the director, producer Mike Lerner, The Guardian journalist Carole Cadwalladr, protagonist Natasha Sindeeva, and ArtDocFest director Vitaly Mansky. The film tells the story of Dozhd (TV Rain), the country’s last remaining independent TV station, its founder Natasha Sindeeva, and their 13 year-long transformation within the tightening screws of Putin’s regime. F@ck This Job is produced by former Oscar nominee Mike Lerner for Roast Beef Productions and Vera Krichevskaya for Six Days Film. Doc Society’s Jess Search and Sandra Whipham are the film’s executive producers, with Barbara Biemann as the commissioning editor for NDR (Germany). In 2020, the project participated in Sheffield DocFest’s MeetMarket and IDFA Forum. At the Q&A, Vera Krichevskaya described this story as “an example. On the one hand, a negative example of where any country, any regime could end up. On the other [hand], it’s a positive example of how to resist, how to stay true to your values. I think this example — both its good and bad sides — could apply anywhere in the world today.” The film’s international premiere is expected in the Summer/Fall of 2021. Below are some pull quotes from the Q&A, a video of which is available here (with asynchronous translation): “Thank you to you, Vera, for making a film about people who have a sense of self-respect, an understanding of their profession, and faith that Russia will be free.” — Yevgenia Albats, editor-in-chief of The New Times “I watched it last night and I was quite gobsmacked, actually. I thought it was such a fascinating summary… In a way, of what Russia has been going through and seeing the difficulties of independent journalism in that time, and everything that it has taken you to fight and struggle on.” — Carole Cadwalladr, investigative journalist for The Guardian “This [story] is a life journey — mine, Natasha’s… The journey of all of us [at Dozhd]. It’s also the journey of the country and of Dmitry Medvedev… [Making this film] has required a huge amount of work on myself, which continues still.” — Vera Krichevskaya

Moscow, 10 April 2021 — On Friday, 9 April, the feature documentary F@ck This Job, directed by Vera Krichevskaya, had its domestic premiere at ArtDocFest — Russia’s foremost documentary film festival.