documentary film "The Act of Killing"

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"The Act of Killing" is a 2012 documentary film in which Indonesian death squad leaders reenact their real-life mass killings in cinematic genres, exposing the lingering impunity and psychology of perpetrators behind the 1965–66 massacres.

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instanceOf 2012 film ⓘ
Indonesian documentary film ⓘ
documentary film ⓘ
awardReceived Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Documentary Feature Film ⓘ
BAFTA Award for Best Documentary ⓘ
European Film Award for Best Documentary ⓘ
cinematographyBy Lars Skree ⓘ
coDirector Anonymous ⓘ
Christine Cynn ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Denmark ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReception widespread acclaim ⓘ
director Joshua Oppenheimer ⓘ
directorCutRuntimeMinutes 159 ⓘ
distributor Dogwoof ⓘ
Drafthouse Films ⓘ
editedBy Niels Pagh Andersen ⓘ
executiveProducer Errol Morris ⓘ
Werner Herzog ⓘ
features Adi Zulkadry ⓘ
Anwar Congo ⓘ
Herman Koto ⓘ
focusesOn impunity for crimes against humanity ⓘ
perpetrators of mass killings ⓘ
psychology of killers ⓘ
genre documentary ⓘ
historical documentary ⓘ
political documentary ⓘ
hasExtendedCut The Act of Killing (director's cut) ⓘ
influenced The Look of Silence ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Indonesian ⓘ
MetacriticScore over 90 ⓘ
musicBy Elin Øyen Vister ⓘ
narrativeDevice re-enactments of killings in various film genres ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature ⓘ
oscarNominationYear 2014 ⓘ
portraysEvent Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66 ⓘ
portraysOrganization Pemuda Pancasila ⓘ
producer Signe Byrge Sørensen ⓘ
productionCompany Final Cut for Real ⓘ
releaseYear 2012 ⓘ
RottenTomatoesRating over 90 percent ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 115 ⓘ
screenedAt Berlin International Film Festival ⓘ
Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival ⓘ
Toronto International Film Festival ⓘ
setIn Indonesia ⓘ
Medan ⓘ
North Sumatra ⓘ
subjectMatter 1965–66 Indonesian mass killings ⓘ
Indonesian anti-communist purges ⓘ
death squads in Indonesia ⓘ
theme memory and denial ⓘ
role of cinema in shaping memory ⓘ
violence and impunity ⓘ
worldPremiereAt Telluride Film Festival ⓘ
worldPremiereYear 2012 ⓘ

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Pemuda Pancasila → portrayedIn → documentary film "The Act of Killing" ⓘ
BAFTA Award for Best Documentary → notableWinner → The Act of Killing ⓘ
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Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66 → documentedIn → The Act of Killing ⓘ
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Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature → hasNotableWinner → The Act of Killing ⓘ
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National Board of Review Award for Best Documentary → hasNotableRecipient → The Act of Killing ⓘ
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New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Non-Fiction Film → notableRecipient → The Act of Killing ⓘ
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Pemuda Pancasila → mediaDepiction → The Act of Killing ⓘ
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The Look of Silence → relatedWork → The Act of Killing ⓘ
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Niels Pagh Andersen → notableWork → The Act of Killing ⓘ
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Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Documentary → notableWinner → The Act of Killing ⓘ
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