List of accolades received by The Act of Killing

Accolades received by The Act of Killing

Total number of wins and nominations
Totals	59	73
Footnotes

The Act of Killing (Indonesian: Jagal) is a 2012 documentary film directed by Joshua Oppenheimer, Christine Cynn, and an anonymous co-director.^[1] The film received worldwide critical acclaim. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 96% approval rating with an average rating of 8.7/10 based on 137 reviews. The website's consensus reads, "Raw, terrifying, and painfully difficult to watch, The Act of Killing offers a haunting testament to the edifying, confrontational power of documentary cinema."^[2] On Metacritic, the film has an average score of 89 out of 100, based on 30 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".^[3] It was nominated for 73 awards and won 59.

Awards and nominations

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Recipients and nominees	Result
Academy Award[4]	2 March 2014	Best Documentary--Feature		Nominated
Asia Pacific Screen Awards[5]	12 December 2013	Best Documentary Feature Film		Won
Austin Film Critics Association[6]	17 December 2013	Best Documentary		Won
Batumi International Art Film Festival 2013[7]	22 September 2013	Documentary Grand Prix		Won
Beldocs Belgrade International Documentary Film Festival 2013[8]	11 May 2013	Grand Prix		Won
Bergen International Film Festival[9]	30 October 2013	Checkpoints Prize		Won
Berlin International Film Festival[10]	16 February 2013	Ecumenical Jury Prize		Won
		Panorama Audience Award		Won
Biografilm Festival Italy 2013[11]	16 June 2013	The Lancia Award		Won
Boston Online Film Critics Association[12]	7 December 2013	Best Documentary		Won
		Best New Filmmaker	Joshua Oppenheimer	Runner-up
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards[13]	8 December 2013	Best Documentary		Won
BRITDOC Foundation[14]	14 November 2013	Puma Impact Award		Won
British Academy Film Awards[15]	16 February 2014	Best Documentary		Won
		Best Film Not in the English Language		Nominated
Chicago Film Critics Association[16]	17 December 2013	Best Documentary		Won
		Best Foreign-Language Film		Won
		Most Promising Filmmaker	Joshua Oppenheimer	Nominated
Cinema Eye Honors[17]	8 January 2014	Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking		Won
		Outstanding Achievement in Production		Won
CPH:DOX 2012[18]	12 November 2012	Grand Prize		Won
Critics' Choice Movie Award[19]	16 January 2014	Best Documentary Feature		Nominated
Danish Film Academy[20]	28 February 2013	Best Long Documentary		Won
Danish Film Critics Association[21]	16 March 2013	Bodil Special Award		Won
Detroit Film Critics Society[22]	16 December 2013	Best Documentary		Nominated
DocsBarcelona Film Festival 2013[23]	2 June 2013	Best Film Award		Won
Documenta Madrid [24]	11 May 2013	First Prize of the Jury		Won
		Audience Award		Won
Dublin Film Critics Circle[25]	18 December 2013	Best Film		Nominated
		Best Director		Nominated
		Best Documentary		Won
		Breakthrough of the Year	Joshua Oppenheimer	Won
European Film Awards[26]	7 December 2013	European Documentary		Won
Festival de Cinéma Valenciennes[27]	23 March 2013	Grand Prix (Documentaire)		Won
FICUNAM Mexico City 2013[28]	27 February 2013	Audience Award		Won
Florida Film Critics Circle[29]	18 December 2013	Best Documentary Film		Won
Geneva International Human Rights Film Festival[30]	10 March 2013	Gilda Vieira de Mello Prize		Won
Gotham Awards[31]	2 December 2013	Best Documentary		Won
Grimstad Short and Documentary Film Festival 2013[32]	14 June 2013	Golden Chair		Won
Guardian Film Awards[33]	6 March 2014	Best Film		Won
Human Rights Human Dignity International Film Festival 2013[34]	18 June 2013	Aung San Suu Kyi Award		Won
Independent Spirit Awards[35]	1 March 2014	Best Documentary Feature		Nominated
Indiana Film Critics Association[36]	16 December 2013	Best Documentary		Won
IndieLisboa 2013[37]	4 May 2013	Amnesty International Award		Won
Istanbul Independent Film Festival[38]	24 February 2013	Critics Prize		Won
Janela Internacional de Cinema do Recife[39]	20 October 2013	Troféu Janela de Melhor Filme		Won
Kansas City Film Critics Circle[40]	15 December 2013	Best Documentary		Won
Karama Human Rights Film Festival[41]	12 December 2013	Best Feature Documentary Film		Won
London Film Critics' Circle[42]	2 February 2014	Documentary of the Year		Won
Los Angeles Film Critics Association[43]	8 December 2013	Best Documentary Film		Runner-up
Message to Man[44]	28 September 2013	Press Jury Prize		Won
National Society of Film Critics[45]	4 January 2014	Best Non-Fiction Film		Won
New York Film Critics Online[46]	8 December 2013	Best Documentary		Won
Nordisk Panorama 2013[47]	25 September 2013	Documentary Grand Prix		Won
Online Film Critics Society[48]	16 December 2013	Best Documentary Film		Won
Phoenix Film Critics Society[49]	17 December 2013	Best Documentary Feature		Nominated
Planete+ Doc Film Festival Warsaw 2013[50]	18 May 2013	Audience Award		Won
		Grand Prix Dolnego Śląska		Won
Prague One World Festival[51]	11 March 2013	The Best Film Award		Won
Rober Awards 2013[52]	6 March 2014	Best Documentary		Won
Royal Anthropological Institute Film Festival 2013[53]	16 June 2013	Basil Wright Prize		Won
San Diego Film Critics Society[54]	11 December 2013	Best Documentary Film		Won
San Francisco Film Critics Circle[55]	13 December 2013	Best Documentary		Won
Satellite Award[56]	23 February 2014	Best Documentary Film		Nominated
Sheffield Doc/Fest 2013 [57]	16 June 2013	Special Jury Award		Won
		Audience Award		Won
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association[58]	16 December 2013	Best Documentary		Runner-up
Toronto Film Critics Association[59]	16 December 2013	BMO Allan King Documentary Award		Won
Traverse City Film Festival 2013[60]	4 August 2013	The Stanley Kubrick Award for Bold and Innovative Filmmaking		Won
Victoria TX Indie Film Fest 2014 [61]	6 April 2014	Best of Fest		Won
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association[62]	17 December 2013	Best Documentary Feature		Nominated
Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival[63]	17 October 2013	Mayor's Prize		Won
ZagrebDox[64]	3 March 2013	Movies That Matter Award		Won

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External links

• Awards for The Act of Killing at Internet Movie Database