THE KILLING OF A JOURNALIST

By Matt SARNECKI

CINEPHIL - as SALES All rights

Documentary - Completed 2022

When a young investigative journalist and his fiancée are brutally murdered at their home in Slovakia, their deaths inspire the biggest protests in the country since the fall of communism.

Festivals
& Awards

HotDocs 2022
International Competition
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2022
Special Screenings
    • Year of production
    • 2022
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • DENMARK, CZECH REPUBLIC, USA
    • Languages
    • SLOVAKIAN, ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 100 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Matt SARNECKI
    • Producer(s)
    • Signe Byrge SORENSEN (Final Cut For Real)
    • Synopsis
    • When a young investigative journalist and his fiancée are brutally murdered at their home in Slovakia, their deaths inspire the biggest protests in the country since the fall of communism. The story takes an unexpected turn when a source leaks the secret murder case file to the slain 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. The mafia is the government, and a reckoning awaits.