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“THE
ACT OF KILLING” has won best Documenary Film at the “2014
BAFTA Awards”
Filmmaker and
Director of “The Act of Killing” Joshua Oppenheimer:
"The media and public are talking about the moral
catastrophe" of the genocide in Indonesia . . . .
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"It is helping to
catalyse a change in how Indonesia talks about its past,"
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ATTENTION ON 1965/1966 GENOCIDE IN INDONESIA
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Joshua
Opppenheimer's
acceptance
speech also included this section:
I
urge us all to examine ourselves, and acknowledge that we
are all
closer to perpetrators than we like to believe. The United
Kingdom
and United States helped to engineer the genocide, and for
decades
enthusiastically supported the military dictatorship that
came to
power through the genocide. We will not have an ethical or
constructive relationship with Indonesia (or so many other
countries
across the global south) going forward, until we
acknowledge the
crimes of the past, and our collective role in supporting,
participating in, and, ultimately, ignoring those crimes.
Note:
The British Academy of
Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) supports, promotes and develops
the
art forms of the moving image - film, television and video games
- by
identifying and rewarding excellence, inspiring practitioners
and
benefiting the public.
As
the leading charity in the UK supporting the art forms of the
moving
image, BAFTA ensures that the very best creative work can be
accessed
and appreciated by the public.
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Joshua
Oppenheimer's documentry “THE ACT OF KILLING” has won bes
documenary filmt at the 2014 Bafta awards.
"It
is helping to catalyse a change in how Indonesia
talks about its past," said Oppenheimer in his acceptance
speech, adding that "the media and public are talking about the
moral catastrophe" of the genocide in Indonesia the film
depicts.
The
Act of Killing
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Production year: 2012
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Countries: Rest of the world, UK
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Cert (UK): 15
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Runtime: 115/159 mins
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Directors: Christine Cynn, Joshua Oppenheimer
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Cast: Hajif Anif, Syamsul Arifun
He
highlighted
British and American involvement in the crimes of the
country's warlords, saying they have "collective responsibility"
for "participating in and ignoring" the crimes. He thanked
only his anonymous co-director, who couldn't appear because of
the
secrecy needed to protect him.
The
Act
of Killing was voted the
best
of 2013 by Guardian critics, and is up for two awards at
this year's Baftas:
best documentary and best foreign-language film.
It
is
considered a frontrunner for the best documentary film awards
at
the Oscars on 2 March.
The Act of Killing wins 2014 Best Documentary BAFTA
February 16th, 2014The 2014 BAFTA AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY IS WON BY THE ACT OF KILLING!
At
a
star studded ceremony in London tonight, Dogwoof's The Act of
Killing went home with the BAFTA Award for Best documentary
film,
beating off stiff competition from The Armstrong Lie, Blackfish,
Tim's Vermeer and We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks.
Director
Joshua Oppenheimer was in London to collect the award. Joshua
thanked
everyone who had worked on the film in the UK, Denmark and in
Indonesia and talked about how the film is starting to catalyse
a
change for how Indonesia talks about its past, and asking
governments
to take responsibility. Joshua dedicated the award to his
Anonymous
Indonesian co-director.
The
Act
of Killing director Joshua Oppenheimer accepts the BAFTA
The
Act
of Killing team all dressed up for the ceremony: Signe Byrge
Sørensen, Joshua Oppenheimer, Andre Singer and Shusaku Harada.
In
this
chilling and inventive documentary, executive produced by Werner
Herzog, Errol Morris and André Singer, the unrepentant former
members of Indonesian death squads are challenged to re-enact
some of
their many murders in the style of the American movies they
love. In
the 1960’s Anwar Congo was a leader in Indonesia’s pro-regime
paramilitary the Pancasila Youth who, along with his band of
dedicated followers, was amongst those who participated in the
murder
and torture more than a million alleged Communists, ethnic
Chinese
and intellectuals.
Proud
of
their deeds and completely unpunished, Anwar and his pals are
delighted when the film’s director ask them to re-enact these
murders for their documentary – in any genre they desire.
Initially
Anwar and his friends enthusiastically take up the challenge
using
hired actors, making elaborate sets and costumes and even using
pyrotechnic, but eventually as the movie violence is played out
and
reconstructed, Anwar finally begins to feel unease and remorse.
Joshua
Oppenheimer's
THE ACT OF KILLING is now out on both DVD
and Blue-rqay.
Both the DVD and Blu-ray come packed full of extras - including
content from producers Errol Morris and Werner Herzog! The film
is
also now available to watch on iTunesand
on Dogwoof.
TVfor
members to watch.
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by
SCOTT MACAULAY
in Film Makers Video, Filmmaking
on Feb 16, 2014
in Film Makers Video, Filmmaking
on Feb 16, 2014
The
radical
documentary, The
Act
of Killing,
won
yesterday the Best Documentary prize at the 2014 BAFTA Awards
2014
on Sunday night.
In
his
speech , director Oppenheimer thanked his anonymous co-director,
who is not able to publicly reveal his or her role in the film,
and
said the picture “is helping to catalyze a change in how
Indonesia
talks about its past…”
But
one
section of Oppenheimer’s speech was omitted from the video,
above, that BAFTA posted online.
His
acceptance
speech also included this section:
The
role
of the CIA and State Department in the Indonesian genocide are
discussed in “The Murders of Gonzagno” an essay by the film’s
executive producer, Errol Morris, at Slate. Morris interviews
Bradley
Simpson, a Princeton University professor and author
Simpson:
The
CIA was hoping to use black propaganda and some
disbursements of
money to try and maneuver the Indonesian Communist Party
into a
position where they would be tempted to do something
stupid—given
that the U.S. was actually incredibly weak in Indonesia in
1964 and
1965, and had very few cards to play.
The
paper
trail is a lot clearer and the U.S. role is better documented
in terms of what the U.S. knew, how much they were encouraging
the
Indonesian army, and the degree to which they were providing
weapons
and econ3
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2014-02-16
THE
ACT OF KILLING wins BAFTA Award for Best Documentary Film
At a star studded ceremony in London "The Act of Killing" went home with the BAFTA Award for Best Documentary Film, beating off stiff competition from The Armstrong Lie, Blackfish, Tim's Vermeer and We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks.
Director Joshua Oppenheimer was in London to collect the award. Joshua thanked everyone who had worked on the film in the UK, Denmark and in Indonesia and talked about how the film is starting to catalyse a change for how Indonesia talks about its past, and asking governments to take responsibility. Joshua dedicated the award to his Anonymous Indonesian co-director.
At a star studded ceremony in London "The Act of Killing" went home with the BAFTA Award for Best Documentary Film, beating off stiff competition from The Armstrong Lie, Blackfish, Tim's Vermeer and We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks.
Director Joshua Oppenheimer was in London to collect the award. Joshua thanked everyone who had worked on the film in the UK, Denmark and in Indonesia and talked about how the film is starting to catalyse a change for how Indonesia talks about its past, and asking governments to take responsibility. Joshua dedicated the award to his Anonymous Indonesian co-director.
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