documentary film "The Act of Killing"
E604559
"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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Act of Killing | 5 |
| documentary film "The Act of Killing" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6548854 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: documentary film "The Act of Killing" Context triple: [Pemuda Pancasila, portrayedIn, documentary film "The Act of Killing"]
-
A.
documentary film "Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry"
"Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry" is a documentary film that profiles Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei, focusing on his political dissent, creative work, and clashes with Chinese authorities.
-
B.
documentary film "Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case"
"Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case" is a documentary film that follows Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei in the aftermath of his secret detention, exploring his legal struggles, government surveillance, and continued resistance through art.
-
C.
The Documentary
The Documentary is the debut studio album by American rapper The Game, widely regarded as a landmark West Coast hip-hop release of the mid-2000s.
-
D.
A Short Film About Killing
A Short Film About Killing is a 1988 Polish drama directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski that starkly explores the morality of capital punishment through a brutal murder and its legal aftermath.
-
E.
documentary film "The Take"
"The Take" is a political documentary film that follows Argentine workers who reclaim and run a bankrupt factory, co-written by activist and author Naomi Klein.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: documentary film "The Act of Killing" Target entity description: "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.
-
A.
documentary film "Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry"
"Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry" is a documentary film that profiles Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei, focusing on his political dissent, creative work, and clashes with Chinese authorities.
-
B.
documentary film "Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case"
"Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case" is a documentary film that follows Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei in the aftermath of his secret detention, exploring his legal struggles, government surveillance, and continued resistance through art.
-
C.
The Documentary
The Documentary is the debut studio album by American rapper The Game, widely regarded as a landmark West Coast hip-hop release of the mid-2000s.
-
D.
A Short Film About Killing
A Short Film About Killing is a 1988 Polish drama directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski that starkly explores the morality of capital punishment through a brutal murder and its legal aftermath.
-
E.
documentary film "The Take"
"The Take" is a political documentary film that follows Argentine workers who reclaim and run a bankrupt factory, co-written by activist and author Naomi Klein.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
2012 film
ⓘ
Indonesian documentary film ⓘ documentary film ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Documentary Feature Film
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
BAFTA Award for Best Documentary NERFINISHED ⓘ European Film Award for Best Documentary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Lars Skree NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coDirector |
Anonymous
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Christine Cynn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Denmark
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indonesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Norway ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | widespread acclaim ⓘ |
| director | Joshua Oppenheimer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| directorCutRuntimeMinutes | 159 ⓘ |
| distributor |
Dogwoof
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Drafthouse Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Niels Pagh Andersen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| executiveProducer |
Errol Morris
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Werner Herzog NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| features |
Adi Zulkadry
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Anwar Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ Herman Koto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | The Look of Silence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Indonesian ⓘ |
| MetacriticScore | over 90 ⓘ |
| musicBy | Elin Øyen Vister NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | re-enactments of killings in various film genres ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oscarNominationYear | 2014 ⓘ |
| portraysEvent | Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portraysOrganization | Pemuda Pancasila NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Signe Byrge Sørensen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Final Cut for Real NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2012 ⓘ |
| RottenTomatoesRating | over 90 percent ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 115 ⓘ |
| screenedAt |
Berlin International Film Festival
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ Toronto International Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn |
Indonesia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Medan NERFINISHED ⓘ North Sumatra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worldPremiereYear | 2012 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: documentary film "The Act of Killing" Description of subject: "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.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Act of Killing
this entity surface form:
The Act of Killing
Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature
→
hasNotableWinner
→
documentary film "The Act of Killing"
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
The Act of Killing
National Board of Review Award for Best Documentary
→
hasNotableRecipient
→
documentary film "The Act of Killing"
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
The Act of Killing
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Non-Fiction Film
→
notableRecipient
→
documentary film "The Act of Killing"
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
The Act of Killing