'' Putin 's Kiss '' won the World Cinema Cinematography Award in Documentary at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival . It was pitched at Sheffield Doc/Fest 's MeetMarket in 2009 . It has received mixed reviews , and holds a rating of 52 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic . ''OpenDemocracy.com '' refers to it as " a complex tale of inner conflict " and the '' New York Post '' said that it was " more than just the portrait of a naive young woman ... it ’s a frightening look at Putin ’s warped version of democracy . " '' Time Out New York '' afforded the film 2 out of 5 stars , saying that " Lise Birk Pedersen 's doc offers some compelling peeks into Russia 's bureaucratic skulduggery , but her attempt to frame the situation through a young convert 's coming of age never really coheres . Innocence was lost ; so , apparently , was much of the insightful commentary . "
2012 Sundance Film Festival
2012 Sundance Film Festival
Putin's Kiss