25th Tokyo International Film Festival
| Opening film | Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Trouble with the Curve |
| Location | Tokyo, Japan |
| Founded | 1985 |
| Awards received | The Other Son |
| Awards | Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix |
| Hosted by | UNIJAPAN |
| Festival date | October 20, 2012 – October 28, 2012 |
| Website | 2012 |
The 25th annual Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) was held from October 20 to October 28, 2012.
Official selection[edit]
Competition[edit]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accession | — | Michael J. Rix |  South Africa
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| Araf - Somewhere in Between | — | Yeşim Ustaoğlu |  Turkey Germany
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| Atambua 39 Celsius | — | Riri Riza |  Indonesia
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| The Black Square | 黒い四角 | Hiroshi Okuhara |  Japan
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| Feng Shui | 万箭穿心 | Wang Jing |  China
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| Flashback Memories 3D | フラッシュバックメモリーズ 3D | Tetsuaki Matsue | Japan
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| Hannah Arendt | Hannah Arendt | Margarethe von Trotta | Germany
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| A Hijacking | Kapringen | Tobias Lindholm |  Denmark
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| Juvenile Offender | 범죄소년 | Kang Yi-kwan |  South Korea
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| Nina | Nina | Elisa Fuksas |  Italy
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| No | NO | Pablo Larraín |  Chile United States
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| The Other Son | Le fils de l'Autre | Lorraine Lévy |  France
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| Ship of Theseus | — | Anand Gandhi |  India
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| What Maisie Knew | — | Scott McGehee David Siegel |
United States
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| Yellow | — | Nick Cassavetes | United States
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Special screenings[edit]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away | — | Andrew Adamson | United States
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| Trouble with the Curve | — | Robert Lorenz | United States
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| Japan in a Day | ジャパン イン ア デイ | Philip Martin Gaku Narita |
Japan United Kingdom
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| Skyfall Special Presentation: James Bond 50th Anniversary† | — | Sam Mendes | United Kingdom United States
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| Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007 | — | Stevan Riley | United Kingdom
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| Aokigahara | 青木ヶ原 | Taku Shinjo | Japan
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| Argo | — | Ben Affleck | United States
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| The Woman in Black | — | James Watkins | United Kingdom Canada Sweden
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| Crow's Thumb | カラスの親指 by rule of CROW's thumb | Tadafumi Ito | Japan
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| Garo and the Wailing Dragon (tentative) | 牙狼〈GARO〉〜蒼哭ノ魔竜〜 | Keita Amemiya | Japan
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| G'mor evian! | グッモーエビアン! | Toru Yamamoto | Japan
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| KON-SHIN | 渾身 KON-SHIN | Yoshinari Nishikori | Japan
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| Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | — | Lasse Hallström | United Kingdom
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| Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship | すーちゃん まいちゃん さわ子さん | Osamu Minorikawa | Japan
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| My Departure | 旅の贈りもの 明日へ | Tetsu Maeda | Japan
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| A Terminal Trust | 終の信託 | Masayuki Suo | Japan
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| Tug of War! | 綱引いちゃった! | Nobuo Mizuta | Japan
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| The Floating Castle | のぼうの城 | Isshin Inudo Shinji Higuchi |
Japan
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| Farewell, My Queen | Les Adieux à la Reine | Benoît Jacquot | France Spain
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| The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | — | John Madden | United Kingdom United States United Arab Emirates
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| A Story of Yonosuke | 横道世之介 | Shuichi Okita | Japan
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| Red Lights | — | Rodrigo Cortés | United States Spain
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†: 12 minutes
Winds of Asia-Middle East[edit]
†: Nominated for "Best Asian-Middle Eastern Film Award"
Film Panorama of Asia-Middle East[edit]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perfect Game† | 퍼펙트게임 | Park Hee-gon | South Korea
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| Doomsday Book | 인류멸망보고서 | Kim Jee-woon Yim Pil-sung |
South Korea
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| Sleepless Night† | 잠못드는밤 | Jang Kun-jae | South Korea
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| Full Circle† | 飞越老人院 | Zhang Yang | China
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| Don't Expect Praises† | 有人赞美聪慧，有人则不 | Yang Jin | China South Korea
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| Love in the Buff† | 春嬌與志明 | Pang Ho-cheung |  Hong Kong China
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| Floating City†† | 浮城 | Yim Ho | Hong Kong
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| The Soul of Bread† | 愛的麺包魂 | Kao Pin-chuan Lin Chun-yang |
 Taiwan
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| Touch of the Light† | 逆光飛翔 | Chang Jung-chi | Taiwan Hong Kong China
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| Sweetheart Chocolate | 甜心巧克力 スイートハート・チョコレート |
Tetsuo Shinohara | China Japan
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| I Carried You Home | Padang Besar | Tongpong Chantarangkul |  Thailand
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| Bwakaw† | — | Jun Robles Lana |  Philippines
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| Agneepath† | — | Karan Malhotra | India
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| Him, Here After† | Ini Avan | Asoka Handagama |  Sri Lanka
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| Lifeline† | Galoogah | Mohammad Ebrahim Moayyeri |  Iran
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| Night of Silence† | Lal Gece | Reis Çelik | Turkey
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| Student† | Студент | Darezhan Omirbaev |  Kazakhstan
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††: Floating City was cancelled.[1]
Indonesian Express: Nugroho, Edwin and Riza[edit]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soegija† | — | Garin Nugroho | Indonesia
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| The Blindfold | Mata Tertutup | Garin Nugroho | Indonesia
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| Postcards from the Zoo† | Kebun Binatang | Edwin | Indonesia Germany Hong Kong
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| Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly | Babi Buta Yang Ingin Terbang | Edwin | Indonesia
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| The Rainbow Troops | Laskar Pelangi | Riri Riza | Indonesia
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| SANThe Dreamer | Sang Pemimpi | Riri Riza | Indonesia
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Discovering Asian Cinema: Golden Slumbers of the Cambodian film history[edit]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries |
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| Golden Slumbers | Le Sommeil d'or | Davy Chou | France Cambodia
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| Peov Chouk Sor | — | Tea Lim Koun | Cambodia
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| The Snake Man | ពស់កេងកង Puos Keng Kang | Tea Lim Koun | Cambodia
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Japanese Eyes[edit]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where Does Love Go? Tentatively Titled | 愛のゆくえ（仮） | Bunyo Kimura | Japan
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| Akaboshi | あかぼし | Ryohei Yoshino | Japan
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| Chasing Santa Claus | サンタクロースをつかまえて | Hiroki Iwabuchi | Japan
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| GFP Bunny | GFP BUNNY─タリウム少女のプログラム─ | Yutaka Tsuchiya | Japan
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| Last Days of Summer | 少女と夏の終わり | Tomomi Ishiyama | Japan
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| Our Night is Not Long | NOT LONG, AT NIGHT 夜はながくない | Shoji Toyama | Japan
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| Kuro | Hanabanareni (はなればなれに) | Daisuke Shimote | Japan
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| Since Then | あれから | Makoto Shinozaki | Japan
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| Something Wicked Comes Over the Wall | 何かが壁を越えてくる | Norio Enomoto | Japan
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| The Town of Whales | くじらのまち | Keiko Tsuruoka | Japan
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| United Red Army† | 実録・連合赤軍 あさま山荘への道程 | Kōji Wakamatsu | Japan
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†: Director Koji Wakamatsu Memorial Screening.
World Cinema[edit]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries |
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| Dormant Beauty | Bella Addormentata | Marco Bellocchio | Italy France
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| Here and There | Aquí y allá | Antonio Méndez Esparza | Spain United States Mexico
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| The Impossible | — | J. A. Bayona | Spain United States
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| Journal de France | Journal de France | Raymond Depardon Claudine Nougaret |
France
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| A Liar's Autobiography - The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman | — | Bill Jones Ben Timlett Jeff Simpson |
United Kingdom
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| Post Tenebras Lux | Post Tenebras Lux | Carlos Reygadas | Mexico France Germany Netherlands
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| Reality | — | Matteo Garrone | Italy France
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| Side by Side - The Science, Art, and Impact of Digital Cinema | — | Chris Kenneally | United States
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| Something in the Air | Après mai | Olivier Assayas | France
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| Spring Breakers | — | Harmony Korine | United States
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| Strutter | — | Kurt Voss Allison Anders |
United States
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| Thursday Till Sunday | De jueves a domingo | Dominga Sotomayor | Chile Netherlands
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Natural TIFF[edit]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries |
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| Bestiaire | — | Denis Côté | Canada France
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| The Island President | — | Jon Shenk | United States
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| Last Call at the Oasis | — | Jessica Yu | United States
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| The Last Shepherd | L'Ultimo Pastore | Marco Bonfanti | Italy
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| No Business like Show Business | Die Wiesenberger - No Business like Show Business | Bernard Weber Martin Schilt |
 Switzerland
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| Trashed | — | Candida Brady | United Kingdom
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| Facing Animals | — | Jan van Ijken | Netherlands
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| Himself He Cooks | — | Valérie Berteau Philippe Witjes |
 Belgium
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Miscellaneous[edit]
Special Presentation[edit]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries |
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| Raymond Chow Special All Night Screening | |||
| Police Story | 警察故事 | Jackie Chan | Hong Kong
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| Mr. Vampire | 疆屍先生 | Ricky Lau | Hong Kong
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| The Cannonball Run | — | Hal Needham | United States
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| Special Midnight Screening for the President of Jury : Corman's Way | |||
| Von Richthofen and Brown | — | Roger Corman | United States
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| Piranha | — | Joe Dante | United States
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| Monster: Humanoids from the deep | — | Barbara Peeters | United States
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TIFF in Nihombashi[edit]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries |
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| Bridge of Japan | Nihombashi (日本橋) | Kon Ichikawa | Japan
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| Judge and Thief | 怪盗と判官 | Bin Kato | Japan
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| Pathfinder of the Sky An Architect's Life/Story of Morin Kaku | 空を拓く〜建築家・郭茂林という男〜 | Atsuko Sakai | Japan
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| MIS -Human Secret Weapon- | 二つの祖国で・日系陸軍情報部 | Junichi Suzuki | Japan United States
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| The Naked Island | 裸の島 | Kaneto Shindo | Japan
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| Death of a Japanese Salesman | Ending Note (エンディングノート) | Mami Sunada | Japan
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Minato Screening[edit]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries | |
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| Minato Screening Program A | ||||
| Julian † | — | Matthew Moore |  Australia
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| Komaneko -The First Step- † | — | Tsuneo Gōda | Japan
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| Gus † | — | Andrew Martin | Australia
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| Floyd the Android † | — | Jonathan Lyons | United States
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| Pishto Goes Away † | — | Sonya Kendel |  Russia
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| Corrida † | — | Janis Cimermanis |  Latvia
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| Colored Pencil † | — | Alice Gomes |  Brazil
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| Minato Screening Program B | ||||
| Kauwboy | — | Boudewijn Koole | Netherlands
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| Floyd the Android † | — | Jonathan Lyons | United States
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| Minato Screening Program C | ||||
| Ernest & Celestine | Ernest et Célestine | Benjamin Renner Stéphane Aubier Vincent Patar |
France
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†: Short film
Bunka-Cho Film Awards[edit]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iyasumonotoshite - The Postwar History of Rural Medical Services | 医す者として〜映像と証言で綴る農村医療の戦後史〜 | Masayoshi Suzuki | Japan
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| Never Let Me Go | 隣る人 | Kazuya Tachikawa | Japan
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| Living the Silent Spring | 沈黙の春を生きて | Masako Sakata | Japan
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Allied-events[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
Competition[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Harumi Nakayama, Japanese cinema journalist
- Koichi Kawakami, Japanese director of photography
- Lim Kah Wai, Malaysian director
Japanese Eyes[edit]
- Kyoichiro Murayama, Japanese critic
- Yoshihiro Fukagawa, Japanese director
- Genki Kawamura, Japanese producer
Toyota Earth Grand Prix[edit]
- Yukichi Shinada, Japanese critic
- Masako, Japanese model and actress
- Tatsumi Yoda, Chairman of Tokyo International Film Festival
References[edit]
- ^ Tokyo International Film Festival (25 September 2012). "Cancellation of "Floating City" in the Winds of Asia-Middle East Section". 25th Tokyo International Film Festival. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- "Official 25th TIFF Flyer (in Japanese and English)" (PDF). (4.14 MB)