SYNOPSIS (DANSK)
I 1965 væltede militæret den indonesiske regering, og over en million mennesker - kommunister, etnisk kinesere og intellektuelle - blev udryddet. I filmen, der foregår i byen Medan på øen Sumatra, udfordrer filmskaberne dødspatruljeledere til at dramatisere deres rolle i folkemordet. Resultatet er en surrealistisk filmisk rejse ind i massemordernes forestillinger og fantasier om dem selv og deres ofre. Samtidig giver filmen et indblik i et skræmmende og ekstremt korrupt regime, der ikke blot har ladet morderne slippe for straf, men stadig fejrer dem som helte.

SYNOPSIS (ENGLISH)
The government of Indonesia was overthrown by the military in 1965, and more than a million people - communists, people of Chinese descent and intellectuals were executed. The movie is set in the city Medan on the island Sumatra. Here the filmmakers challenge the death squad leaders to dramatize how they participated in the genocide. The result is a surreal cinematic journey into the mass murderers ideas and fantasies about themselves and their victims. Simultaneously the movie presents us to a frightening and extremely corrupt regime, where the murderers have faced no judgement but instead are celebrated as heroes.

DVD CONTENT

2 disc special edition - Indeholder/contains 115 min cinema version & 159 min Director's Cut.

(DK) Ekstramateriale: Deleted scenes, interview med instruktør Joshua Oppenheimer, kommentarspor til Director's Cut med instruktør Joshua Oppenheimer og Werner Herzog . (UK) Bonus material: Deleted scenes, interview with director Joshua Oppenheimer, commentary to Director's Cut with director Joshua Oppenheimer og Werner Herzog

Undertekster/Subtitles: Dansk & English

PRODUCTION FACTS
Director: Joshua Oppenheimer
Co-directors: Christine Cynn & Anonymous
Cinematographer: Carlos Arango de Montis, Lars Skree & Anonymous
Editors: Niels Pagh Andersen, Janus Billeskov Jansen, Ariadna Fatjó-Vilas Mestre, Mariko Montpetit & Charlotte Munch Bengtsen
Sound: Gunn Tove Grønsberg & Henrik Gugge Garnov
Composer: Elin Øyen Vister
Produced by: Signe Byrge Sørensen
Producers: Joram ten Brink, Anne Köhncke, Michael Uwemedimo, Joshua Oppenheimer, Christine Cynn & Anonymous.
Executive producers: Errol Morris, André Singer & Joram ten Brink.
Production Company: Final Cut for Real, DK
Co-producers: Torstein Grude, Piraya Film, NO & Joshua Oppenheimer and Christine Cynn, Novaya Zemlya, UK - in association with André Singer, Spring Films Ltd, UK.

SUPPORTED BY
ZDF Arte, VPRO, SVT, YLE, DFI, DR, Danida, NFI, NRK, Fritt Ord, Stavanger Kommune, AHRC UK, Westminster University, Media Development, Media Broadcast, Kudos Family, Stiftelsen Matriark, Nordic Film and TV Fund and Against Gravity.

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AWARDS

Nomineret til 2014 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
Vinder af mere end 60 danske og internationale priser, heriblandt:
BAFTA for Bedste Dokumentar
Cinema Eye Honors Award for Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
Cinema Eye Honors Award for Outstanding Achievement in Production
Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Documentary Feature Film
BritDoc 2013 Puma Impact Award
Gotham Award 2013 for Bedste Dokumentar
European Film Award 2013 for Bedste Dokumentar
Det Danske Filmakademi - Robert 2013 for Bedste Dokumentar