List of accolades received by The Act of Killing explained

List of accolades received by
The Act of Killing

Joshua Oppenheimer received many awards and nominations for his direction of the film.
Total number of awards and nominations
References

The Act of Killing (Indonesian: Jagal) is a 2012 Danish-British-Norwegian documentary film directed by Joshua Oppenheimer, Christine Cynn, and an anonymous Indonesian co-director.[1] The film explores the social significance of the Indonesian mass killings of 1965–1966 by focusing on the perpetrators and having them produce reenactments of the killings in the style of various Hollywood genres.[1] The film's primary subjects had been petty criminals, but came to lead a powerful death squad during the anti-communist purge which resulted in the death of an estimated 500,000–2,000,000 suspected communists, communist sympathisers, alleged leftists, and ethnic Chinese.[2] [3] [4] [5] As many of the institutions and people responsible remained in power, those who carried out the killings were never held to account and continue to hold positions of power and respect.[5] [6] Oppenheimer was struck by the extent to which people not only rationalised but boasted about their participation in the killings, and used the film to explore the role the events continue to play in people's lives in the present.[7] According to Oppenheimer, it is "about a regime in which genocide has, paradoxically, been effaced and celebrated – in order to keep the survivors terrified, the public brainwashed, and the perpetrators able to live with themselves."[8]

The film first screened in September 2012 at the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado, and had its public premiere on July 19, 2013, in New York City.[9] [10] [11] Its worldwide box office earnings totaled over $0.5 million USD, and it made $1.1 million in video sales.[12] The Act of Killing has received worldwide critical acclaim. Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, surveyed 137 reviews and judged 96% to be positive.[13] Metacritic, another review aggregator, evaluated 30 reviews, finding an average score of 89 out of 100, indicating "universal acclaim".[14]

The Act of Killing garnered awards and nominations primarily in the Best Documentary category and for Oppenheimer's direction, but also audience awards, special awards, and recognition for Signe Byrge Sørensen's production and editing by Janus Billeskov Jansen and Niels Pagh Andersen. Among its Best Documentary awards are a BAFTA, European Film Award, and a Robert Award, along with nominations for an Academy Award, Critics' Choice Movie Award, Directors Guild of America Award, Independent Spirit Award, and International Documentary Association Award. Included in many of the awards was the anonymous Indonesian co-director, who was unable to share in the recognition because of the danger posed by his or her participation.[15]

The Act of Killing was screened only in underground venues in Indonesia, but its success led to media coverage there, generating controversy and opening a conversation about the past.[16] [17] In Oppenheimer's BAFTAs acceptance speech, he reported that the subject is receiving more attention, and that the film "is helping to catalyse a change in how Indonesia talks about its past".[15] Oppenheimer also used the platform afforded by the awards to call attention to the "collective responsibility" of the United States and United Kingdom for "participating and ignoring" the crimes of 1965–66.[15] When it was nominated for an Academy Award, the Indonesian government responded with a full-page statement about the killings and the film in the Jakarta Globe.[18] The response marks the first time the government has admitted wrongdoing.[17] The nomination also stoked controversy in China, where it had not been well known that Chinese people were the target of a significant amount of the violence.[19]

Accolades

AwardDate of ceremonyCategoryRecipient(s) and nominee(s)Result
Academy Award2 March 2014Best Documentary Feature and [20]
Alliance of Women Film Journalists8 December 2013Best Documentary[21]
Asia Pacific Screen Awards12 December 2013Best Documentary Feature Film[22]
Austin Film Critics Association17 December 2013Best Documentary[23]
Australian Film Critics Association Film & Writing Awards1 March 2014Best Documentary[24]
Bergen International Film Festival30 October 2013Checkpoints Prize[25]
Berlin International Film Festival16 February 2013Panorama Audience Award[26]
Panorama Ecumenical Jury Prize
Bodil Awards16 March 2013Bodil Special Award[27]
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards8 December 2013Best Documentary[28]
BRITDOC Foundation14 November 2013PUMA Impact Award[29]
British Academy Film Awards16 February 2014Best Documentary[30] [31]
Best Film Not in the English Language and
Chicago Film Critics Association17 December 2013Best Documentary[32]
Best Foreign-Language Film
Most Promising Filmmaker
Cinema Eye Honors8 January 2014Audience Choice[33] [34]
Outstanding Achievement in Direction
Outstanding Achievement in Editing and
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking and
Outstanding Achievement in Production
Unforgettables
12 November 2012CPH:DOX Award[35]
Critics' Choice Movie Award16 January 2014Best Documentary Feature[36]
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards16 December 2013Best Documentary[37]
Detroit Film Critics Society16 December 2013Best Documentary Film[38]
Directors Guild of America Award25 January 2014Outstanding Directing – Documentaries[39]
Dorian Awards21 January 2014Documentary of the Year[40] [41]
Dublin Film Critics Circle18 December 2013Best Director[42]
Best Documentary
Best Film
Breakthrough of the Year
European Film Awards7 December 2013Best Documentary[43]
Florida Film Critics Circle18 December 2013Best Documentary[44]
Golden Trailer Awards30 May 2014Best Foreign Documentary Trailer[45]
Gotham Awards2 December 2013Best Documentary[46]
Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival23 February 2014Best Picture[47]
Hong Kong International Film Festival2 April 2013Documentary Competition awards[48]
Houston Film Critics Society8 December 2013Best Documentary[49]
Independent Spirit Awards1 March 2014Best Documentary Feature,,,,,, and Anonymous[50]
International Documentary Association Award7 December 2013Best Feature,,,,,,, and [51]
International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights10 March 2013Gilda Vieira de Mello Prize[52]
London Film Critics' Circle2 February 2014Documentary of the Year[53]
Los Angeles Film Critics Association8 December 2013Best Documentary Film, Anonymous, and [54]
Message to Man28 September 2013Press Jury Prize[55]
National Board of Review Awards8 January 2014Top Five Documentaries[56]
National Society of Film Critics4 January 2014Best Non-Fiction Film[57]
New York Film Critics Online8 December 2013Best Documentary[58]
Nordisk Panorama25 September 2013Best Nordic Documentary[59]
One World Film Festival11 March 2013Best Film[60]
Online Film Critics Society16 December 2013Best Documentary Film[61]
Robert Awards28 February 2013Best Documentary Feature and [62]
San Diego Film Critics Society11 December 2013Best Documentary[63]
San Francisco Film Critics Circle13 December 2013Best Documentary[64]
Satellite Awards23 February 2014Best Documentary Film[65]
Sheffield Doc/Fest16 June 2013Audience Award[66]
Special Jury Award
St. Louis Film Critics Association16 December 2013Best Documentary[67]
Toronto Film Critics Association16 December 2013Best Documentary[68]
Traverse City Film Festival4 August 2013Stanley Kubrick Award for Bold and Innovative Filmmaking[69]
Vancouver Film Critics Circle7 January 2014Best Documentary[70]
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association17 December 2013Best Documentary[71]
Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival17 October 2013Mayor's Prize[72]
ZagrebDox3 March 2013Movies That Matter Award[73]

Notes and References

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  9. Web site: Telluride Film Festival. Telluride Film Festival Program Guide. 12. 2012. 4 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20160328115515/http://www.telluridefilmfestival.org/assets/guides/39th_TFF_program_guide_v10.pdf. 28 March 2016. dead. dmy-all.
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  69. Web site: That's a Wrap!. 5 August 2013. Traverse City Film Festival. 30 December 2013.
  70. Web site: And the winners are .... 8 January 2014. 19 February 2017. Vancouver Film Critics Circle.
  71. Web site: The 2013 WAFCA Awards. 9 December 2013. Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association. 18 February 2017.
  72. Web site: YIDFF 2013. Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival. 4 April 2017.
  73. Web site: 9th ZagrebDox Closed with the Official Award Ceremony. 3 March 2013. ZagrebDox. 18 December 2013.

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