documentary film "The Act of Killing"

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2012 film Indonesian documentary film documentary film

"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 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 ⓘ