The Act of Killing (2012)
Awards
Academy Awards, USA 2014
Nominee Oscar |
Best Documentary, Features Joshua Oppenheimer Signe Byrge Sørensen |
BAFTA Awards 2014
Winner BAFTA Film Award |
Best Documentary Joshua Oppenheimer |
Nominee BAFTA Film Award |
Best Film not in the English Language Joshua Oppenheimer Signe Byrge Sørensen |
Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2013
Nominee EDA Award |
Best Documentary Feature Film Joshua Oppenheimer |
Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2013
Winner Asia Pacific Screen Award |
Best Documentary Feature Film Signe Byrge Sørensen (producer) Joram ten Brink (producer) Christine Cynn (producer/co-producer) Anne Köhncke (producer) Joshua Oppenheimer (producer/co-producer) Michael Uwemedimo (producer) Anonymous (anonymous Indonesian producers) Torstein Grude (co-producer) Bjarte Mørner Tveit (co-producer) |
Austin Film Critics Association 2013
Winner AFCA Award |
Best Documentary Joshua Oppenheimer |
Australian Film Critics Association Awards 2014
Nominee AFCA Award |
Best Documentary (Local or International) |
Awards Circuit Community Awards 2013
Winner ACCA |
Best Documentary Feature Film |
Berlin International Film Festival 2013
Winner Panorama Audience Award |
Documentary Film Joshua Oppenheimer |
Winner Prize of the Ecumenical Jury |
Panorama Joshua Oppenheimer This deeply unsettling film exposes the evil mass murders which took place in Indonesia in 1965 and... More This deeply unsettling film exposes the evil mass murders which took place in Indonesia in 1965 and reveals the monstrosity of these crimes. It re-opens a deep wound with the conviction that it is worthwhile to unearth such atrocities. |
Biografilm Festival 2013
Winner Lancia Award |
Joshua Oppenheimer
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Bodil Awards 2013
Winner Special Award |
Joshua Oppenheimer
(director)
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Boston Online Film Critics Association 2013
Winner BOFCA Award |
Best Documentary |
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2013
Winner BSFC Award |
Best Documentary |
Nominee BSFC Award |
Best New Filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer |
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2014
Nominee Critics Choice Award |
Best Documentary Feature |
Central Ohio Film Critics Association 2014
Winner COFCA Award |
Best Documentary |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2013
Winner CFCA Award |
Best Foreign Language Film |
Best Documentary |
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Nominee CFCA Award |
Most Promising Filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer |
Chlotrudis Awards 2014
Winner Chlotrudis Award |
Best Documentary |
Nominee Chlotrudis Award |
Best Movie |
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US 2014
Winner Cinema Eye Honors Award |
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking Joshua Oppenheimer Signe Byrge Sørensen |
Outstanding Achievement in Production Signe Byrge Sørensen |
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The Unforgettables Anwar Congo |
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Nominee Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize |
Joshua Oppenheimer
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Nominee Cinema Eye Honors Award |
Outstanding Achievement in Direction Joshua Oppenheimer |
Outstanding Achievement in Editing Janus Billeskov Jansen |
Cinema for Peace Awards 2013
Nominee Cinema for Peace Award |
Cinema for Peace Award for Justice Joshua Oppenheimer (director) |
CinEuphoria Awards 2015
Winner CinEuphoria |
Best Documentary - International Competition Joshua Oppenheimer |
Freedom of Expression - Honorary Award Joshua Oppenheimer (director) |
CPH:DOX 2012
Winner CPH:DOX Award |
Joshua Oppenheimer
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Críticos de Cinema Online Portugueses Awards 2015
Winner CCOP |
Best Documentary (Melhor Documentário) Joshua Oppenheimer |
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 2013
Nominee DFWFCA Award |
Best Documentary |
Danish Film Awards (Robert) 2013
Winner Robert |
Best Documentary (Årets lange dokumentarfilm) Joshua Oppenheimer (director) Signe Byrge Sørensen (producer) Final Cut for Real |
Denver Film Critics Society 2014
Winner DFCS Award |
Best Documentary Film |
Detroit Film Critics Society Awards 2013
Nominee DFCS Award |
Best Documentary |
Directors Guild of America, USA 2014
Nominee DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary Joshua Oppenheimer |
Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards 2013
Winner DFCC |
Best Documentary |
Nominee DFCC |
Best Film
3rd place
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Best Director Joshua Oppenheimer
Tied with Woody Allen for Blue Jasmine (2013) in 10th place
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European Film Awards 2013
Winner European Film Award |
European Documentary Joshua Oppenheimer Signe Byrge Sørensen |
Film Independent Spirit Awards 2014
Nominee Independent Spirit Award |
Best Documentary Joshua Oppenheimer (director/producer) Joram ten Brink (producer) Christine Cynn (producer) Anne Köhncke (producer) Signe Byrge Sørensen (producer) Michael Uwemedimo (producer) Anonymous (producer) |
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards 2013
Winner FFCC Award |
Best Documentary |
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics 2014
Nominee Dorian Award |
Documentary of the Year |
Gold Derby Awards 2020
Nominee Gold Derby Award |
Documentary Feature of the Decade Joshua Oppenheimer Signe Byrge Sørensen |
Gold Derby Awards 2014
Winner Gold Derby Award |
Documentary Feature Joshua Oppenheimer |
Golden Trailer Awards 2014
Nominee Golden Trailer |
Best Foreign Documentary Trailer Drafthouse Films Intermission Film |
Gotham Awards 2013
Winner Gotham Independent Film Award |
Best Documentary Joshua Oppenheimer Signe Byrge Sørensen |
Guardian Film Awards, UK 2014
Winner Guardian Film Award |
Best Film |
Nominee Guardian Film Award |
Best Director Joshua Oppenheimer |
Biggest Game-Changer |
Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival 2013
Winner Best Picture |
Joshua Oppenheimer
(director)
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Hong Kong International Film Festival 2013
Nominee Golden Firebird Award |
Documentary Joshua Oppenheimer |
Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2013
Nominee HFCS Award |
Best Documentary Feature |
Indiana Film Journalists Association, US 2013
Winner IFJA Award |
Best Documentary |
Indiewire Critics' Poll 2013
Winner ICP Award |
Best Documentary |
Nominee ICP Award |
Best Film
6th place.
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Best First Feature Joshua Oppenheimer
5th place.
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International Cinephile Society Awards 2014
Nominee ICS Award |
Best Documentary
Tied with Leviathan (2012) in 2nd place
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International Documentary Association 2013
Nominee IDA Award |
Best Feature Joshua Oppenheimer (director/producer) Signe Byrge Sørensen (producer) Errol Morris (executive producer) Werner Herzog (executive producer) Torstein Grude (executive producer) André Singer (executive producer) Joram ten Brink (executive producer) Bjarte Mørner Tveit (executive producer) |
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) 2014
Nominee INOCA |
Best Documentary Joshua Oppenheimer
2nd place.
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Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards 2013
Winner KCFCC Award |
Best Documentary |
London Critics Circle Film Awards 2014
Winner ALFS Award |
Documentary of the Year |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 2013
Nominee LAFCA Award |
Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film Joshua Oppenheimer |
Milwaukee Film Festival 2013
Nominee Festival Prize |
Best Film Joshua Oppenheimer |
National Board of Review, USA 2013
Winner NBR Award |
Top Five Documentaries |
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA 2014
Winner NSFC Award |
Best Non-Fiction Film
Tied with At Berkeley (2013).
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New York Film Critics Circle Awards 2013
Nominee NYFCC Award |
Best Non-Fiction Film |
New York Film Critics, Online 2013
Winner NYFCO Award |
Best Documentary |
Nordisk Panorama 2013
Winner Nordic Documentary Film Award |
Joshua Oppenheimer
(director)
Christine Cynn (co-director) Anonymous (co-director) |
North Carolina Film Critics Association 2014
Nominee NCFCA Award |
Best Documentary Film |
Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival 2013
Nominee Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Award |
Joshua Oppenheimer
Christine Cynn |
Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards 2014
Winner OFCC Award |
Best Documentary |
Online Film & Television Association 2014
Nominee OFTA Film Award |
Best Documentary Picture Signe Byrge Sørensen |
Online Film Critics Society Awards 2013
Winner OFCS Award |
Best Documentary |
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards 2013
Nominee PFCS Award |
Best Documentary |
Prague One World Film Festival 2013
Winner Best Film Award |
Joshua Oppenheimer
(Director)
Christine Cynn (Co-director) Anonymous (Co-director) |
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2013
Winner SDFCS Award |
Best Documentary |
San Francisco Film Critics Circle 2013
Winner SFFCC Award |
Best Documentary |
Satellite Awards 2014
Nominee Satellite Award |
Best Motion Picture, Documentary |
Seattle Film Critics Awards 2014
Winner Seattle Film Critics Award |
Best Documentary Joshua Oppenheimer |
Sheffield International Documentary Festival 2013
Winner Audience Award |
Joshua Oppenheimer
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Winner Special Jury Award |
Joshua Oppenheimer
From its mystical beginning, this film presented to us the celebratory narrative inside people's ... More From its mystical beginning, this film presented to us the celebratory narrative inside people's heads while they are committing unspeakable acts. Despite its uncomfortable length, it revealed a reality of genocide in which we are all complicit. The film leaves you asking more questions than it provides answers and is an important piece of cinema. |
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards 2013
Winner SEFCA Award |
Best Documentary |
St. Louis Film Critics Association, US 2013
Nominee SLFCA Award |
Best Documentary Film
Tied with _Stories We Tell (2013)_.
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SXSW Film Festival 2013
Nominee Audience Award |
Festival Favorites Joshua Oppenheimer |
Sydney Film Festival 2013
Nominee Sydney Film Prize |
Best Film Joshua Oppenheimer Signe Byrge Sørensen |
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2013
Winner Allan King Documentary Award |
Traverse City Film Festival 2013
Winner Stanley Kubrick Award |
Joshua Oppenheimer
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Utah Film Critics Association Awards 2013
Winner UFCA Award |
Best Documentary Feature Film |
Vancouver Film Critics Circle 2014
Winner VFCC Award |
Best Documentary |
Village Voice Film Poll 2013
Winner VVFP Award |
Best Documentary Feature Film |
Nominee VVFP Award |
Best Film
5th place.
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Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards 2013
Nominee WAFCA Award |
Best Documentary |
Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival 2013
Winner Mayor's Prize |
Joshua Oppenheimer
An audacious and controversial exploration of a country's heart of darkness, this film's ... More An audacious and controversial exploration of a country's heart of darkness, this film's imaginative directing is anchored in an impassioned search for necessary catharsis. |
Nominee Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize |
Joshua Oppenheimer
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ZagrebDox 2013
Winner Movies That Matter Award |
Joshua Oppenheimer
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Nominee Big Stamp |
International Competition Joshua Oppenheimer |