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The Act of Killing

BAFTA-winning and Oscar-nominated, this raw, brutal and chilling documentary is co-directed and co-produced by British filmmaker Christine Cynn, who collaborates with American filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer. Executive produced by famed directors Werner Herzog and Errol Morris, this intelligent and innovative documentary is co-produced by London-based Spring Films and Novaya Zemlya.

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In 1960s Indonesia, more than a million people were executed in an anti-communist cull. Exposing the crimes of these former murderers, this documentary sees the perpetrators reenacting the mass-killings in cinematic genres of their choosing.