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Feature film — 2022

The Killing of a Journalist (2022)

7.31h 40mDocumentary — Crime

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.

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A high-signal pick with 11 votes.

Final Cut for Real / OCCRP / Frame Films / GotFat Productions / WDR / ARTE

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Director: Matt Sarnecki

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Cast & crew

Robert Fico as Self (archive footage)

Robert Fico

Self (archive footage)

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Robert Kalinak

Self (archive footage)

Andrej Kiska as Self (archive footage)

Andrej Kiska

Self (archive footage)

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