Our New President premiered in the World Documentary Competition at the
2018 Sundance Film Festival. It premiered on opening day of the festival. Our New President editors
Maxim Pozdorovkin and Matvey Kulakov won the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Editing. Reactions to the documentary, made mostly of loosely stitched visuals from various Russian media as well as home videos made by Russians, were mixed. It received 6 out of 10 points on
IMDb while The Collider gave it an unfavourable "F".
The Guardian gave the documentary 4 out of 5 stars.
The Hollywood Reporter gave it a mixed review. == References ==