The Killing of a Journalist
In February 2018 Slovakia was shaken by the cold-blooded murder of investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée. This Danish documentary coproduction unravels the tentacles of the Slovak mafia and much else besides, and this from a valuable foreign perspective.
- Kuciak: Vražda novinára
- Denmark, Czechia, United States 2022
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- Czech
- English
- hearing impaired
- 102 min.
- Accessible
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28 minJournalist Pavla Holcová: I'm still wondering how Kuciak's murder could have been prevented
Space KVIFF X
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3 minDay 5 – Emotional screening of The Killing of a Journalist, Geoffrey Rush arrives in Karlovy Vary
Festival News
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3 minThe Killing of a Journalist (trailer)
The Killing of a Journalist
A young investigative journalist and his fiancée are brutally murdered in their home in Slovakia. Their deaths inspire the biggest protests in Slovakia since the fall of communism. The story takes an unexpected turn when a source leaks the secret murder case file to the murdered journalist’s colleagues. It includes the computers and encrypted communications of the assassination’s alleged mastermind, a businessman closely connected to the country’s ruling party. Trawling these encrypted messages, journalists discover that their country has been captured by corrupt oligarchs, judges and law enforcement officials. A reckoning awaits.
Read moreZurich Film Festival
2022 – Matt Sarnecki (Special Mention International Documentary Film)
One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival
2023 – Matt Sarnecki (Audience Award)
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