A group of seven programmers who have worked on leading UK documentary event Sheffield Doc/Fest for the past two editions have publicly stated that they were let go from the event, silently locked out of their email accounts, and removed from the website with “no note of termination”.The move is said to have happened shortly after news broke last week that artistic director Cintia Gil was leaving the fest due to “artistic differences”.
The group say they wrote to the event’s board and were told to reapply for their jobs when the positions were advertised again.
At present, there are only three programmers listed on the fest’s website. Director of Partnerships Sylvia Bednarz is now acting as interim managing director.The programmers, who
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