The 25th annual Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) was held from October 20 to October 28, 2012.
Official selection
Competition English title Original title Director(s) Production country/countriesAccession Michael J. Rix Araf - Somewhere in Between Yeşim Ustaoğlu Atambua 39 Celsius Riri Riza Hiroshi Okuhara Feng Shui Wang Jing Flashback Memories 3D Tetsuaki Matsue Hannah Arendt Margarethe von Trotta Tobias Lindholm Juvenile Offender Kang Yi-kwan Nina Elisa Fuksas No Pablo Larraín Lorraine Lévy Ship of Theseus Anand Gandhi What Maisie Knew Scott McGeheeDavid Siegel Yellow Nick Cassavetes
Special screenings English title Original title Director(s) Production country/countriesCirque du Soleil: Worlds Away Andrew Adamson Trouble with the Curve Robert Lorenz Japan in a Day Philip MartinGaku Narita Skyfall Special Presentation: James Bond 50th Anniversary† Sam Mendes Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007 Stevan Riley Aokigahara Taku Shinjo Argo Ben Affleck James Watkins Crow's Thumb Tadafumi Ito Garo and the Wailing Dragon (tentative) Keita Amemiya G'mor evian! Toru Yamamoto KON-SHIN Yoshinari Nishikori Salmon Fishing in the Yemen Lasse Hallström Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship Osamu Minorikawa My Departure Tetsu Maeda A Terminal Trust Masayuki Suo Tug of War! Nobuo Mizuta Isshin InudoShinji Higuchi Farewell, My Queen Benoît Jacquot John Madden Shuichi Okita Red Lights Rodrigo Cortés
†: 12 minutes
Winds of Asia-Middle East †: Nominated for "Best Asian-Middle Eastern Film Award"
Film Panorama of Asia-Middle East English title Original title Director(s) Production country/countriesPerfect Game† Park Hee-gon Doomsday Book Kim Jee-woonYim Pil-sung Sleepless Night† Jang Kun-jae Full Circle† Zhang Yang Don't Expect Praises† Yang Jin Love in the Buff† Pang Ho-cheung Floating City†† Yim Ho † Kao Pin-chuanLin Chun-yang Touch of the Light† Chang Jung-chi Sweetheart Chocolate Tetsuo Shinohara I Carried You Home Tongpong Chantarangkul Bwakaw† Jun Robles Lana Agneepath† Karan Malhotra Him, Here After† Ini Avan Asoka Handagama Lifeline† Galoogah Mohammad Ebrahim Moayyeri Night of Silence† Reis Çelik Student† Darezhan Omirbaev
††: Floating City was cancelled.
Indonesian Express: Nugroho, Edwin and Riza English title Original title Director(s) Production country/countriesSoegija† Garin Nugroho Garin Nugroho Postcards from the Zoo† Edwin Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly Edwin Riri Riza SAN Riri Riza
Discovering Asian Cinema: Golden Slumbers of the Cambodian film history English title Original title Director(s) Production country/countriesGolden Slumbers Davy Chou Peov Chouk Sor Tea Lim Koun Puos Keng Kang Tea Lim Koun
Japanese Eyes English title Original title Director(s) Production countryWhere Does Love Go? Tentatively Titled Bunyo Kimura Akaboshi Ryohei Yoshino Chasing Santa Claus Hiroki Iwabuchi GFP Bunny Yutaka Tsuchiya Last Days of Summer Tomomi Ishiyama Our Night is Not Long Shoji Toyama Kuro Daisuke Shimote Since Then Makoto Shinozaki Something Wicked Comes Over the Wall Norio Enomoto Keiko Tsuruoka United Red Army† Kōji Wakamatsu
†: Director Koji Wakamatsu Memorial Screening.
World Cinema English title Original title Director(s) Production country/countriesDormant Beauty Marco Bellocchio Here and There Aquí y allá Antonio Méndez Esparza J. A. Bayona Journal de France Raymond DepardonClaudine Nougaret Bill JonesBen TimlettJeff Simpson Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas Reality Matteo Garrone Side by Side - The Science, Art, and Impact of Digital Cinema Chris Kenneally Something in the Air Olivier Assayas Spring Breakers Harmony Korine Strutter Kurt VossAllison Anders Thursday Till Sunday Dominga Sotomayor
Natural TIFF English title Original title Director(s) Production country/countriesBestiaire Denis Côté Jon Shenk Last Call at the Oasis Jessica Yu Marco Bonfanti No Business like Show Business Bernard WeberMartin Schilt Trashed Candida Brady Facing Animals Jan van Ijken Himself He Cooks Valérie BerteauPhilippe Witjes
Miscellaneous
Special Presentation English title Original title Director(s) Production country/countries Raymond Chow Special All Night ScreeningPolice Story Jackie Chan Mr. Vampire Ricky Lau Hal Needham Special Midnight Screening for the President of Jury : Corman's WayVon Richthofen and Brown Roger Corman Piranha Joe Dante Monster: Humanoids from the deep Barbara Peeters
TIFF in Nihombashi English title Original title Director(s) Production country/countriesBridge of Japan Kon Ichikawa Judge and Thief Bin Kato Pathfinder of the Sky An Architect's Life/Story of Morin Kaku Atsuko Sakai MIS -Human Secret Weapon- Junichi Suzuki Kaneto Shindo Death of a Japanese Salesman Mami Sunada
Minato Screening English title Original title Director(s) Production country/countriesMinato Screening Program AJulian † Matthew Moore Komaneko -The First Step- † Tsuneo Gōda Gus † Andrew Martin Floyd the Android † Jonathan Lyons Pishto Goes Away † Sonya Kendel Corrida † Janis Cimermanis Colored Pencil † Alice Gomes Minato Screening Program BKauwboy Boudewijn Koole Floyd the Android † Jonathan Lyons Minato Screening Program CErnest & Celestine Benjamin RennerStéphane AubierVincent Patar
†: Short film
Bunka-Cho Film Awards English title Original title Director(s) Production countryIyasumonotoshite - The Postwar History of Rural Medical Services Masayoshi Suzuki Never Let Me Go Kazuya Tachikawa Living the Silent Spring Masako Sakata
Allied-events Bunka-Cho Film Week 2012 U. S. -Japan Film Academy Tokyo International Women's Film Festival TIFF / Tohoku project - Japan in a Day, a single strong step which links us to the future through "The Power of Films, Now!" Symposium on Motion-Picture Filming The Forest of the Asian Cinema Masayuki Suo Film Festival Korean Cinema Week 2012 Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia "Focus on Asia" & Workshop China Film Week in Tokyo 2012 Future Line-up Collection of Tokyo International Film Festival Tanabe-Benkei Film Festival 2012 Polish Film Festival in Japan 2012 CineGrid@TIFF 2012 Economic Contribution of the Japanese Film and Television Broadcast Industry Regional Cooperation between Hong Kong and Japan JFC Locations Fair 2012 Green Energy Festa in TIFF
Awards Competition Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix - The Other Son by Lorraine Lévy Special Jury Prize - Juvenile Offender by Kang Yi-kwan Award for Best Director - Lorraine Lévy for The Other Son Award for Best Actress - Neslihan Atagül for Araf - Somewhere in Between Award for Best Actor - Seo Young-ju for Juvenile Offender Award for Best Artistic Contribution - Ship of Theseus (Director of Photography: Pankaj Kumar) The Audience Award - Flashback Memories 3D by Tetsuaki Matsue
Toyota Earth Grand Prix Grand Prix - Himself He Cooks by Valerie Berteau and Philippe Witjes Special Jury Prize - Trashed by Candida Brady
Winds of Asia-Middle East Best Asian-Middle Eastern Film Award - Night of Silence by Reis Çelik Special Mention Bwakaw by Jun Robles Lana Him, Here After by Asoka Handagama Full Circle by Zhang Yang
Japanese Eyes Best Picture Award - GFP Bunny by Yutaka Tsuchiya
TIFF Special Appreciation Award TIFF Special Appreciation Award - Raymond Chow
Juries
Competition Roger Corman, American director and producer (President) Luc Roeg, British producer Yōjirō Takita, Japanese director Emanuele Crialese, Italian screenwriter and director Kyoko Heya, Japanese production designer
Winds of Asia-Middle East Harumi Nakayama, Japanese cinema journalist Koichi Kawakami, Japanese director of photography Lim Kah Wai, Malaysian director
Japanese Eyes Kyoichiro Murayama, Japanese critic Yoshihiro Fukagawa, Japanese director Genki Kawamura, Japanese producer
Toyota Earth Grand Prix Yukichi Shinada, Japanese critic Masako, Japanese model and actress Tatsumi Yoda, Chairman of Tokyo International Film Festival
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