25th Tokyo International Film Festival
Opening film | Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away |
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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[]
Competition[]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries |
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Accession | N/A | South Africa | |
Araf - Somewhere in Between | N/A | Yeşim Ustaoğlu | Turkey Germany |
Atambua 39° Celsius | N/A | Riri Riza | Indonesia |
The Black Square | 黒い四角 | Japan | |
Feng Shui | 万箭穿心 | China | |
Flashback Memories 3D | フラッシュバックメモリーズ 3D | Japan | |
Hannah Arendt | Hannah Arendt | Margarethe von Trotta | Germany |
A Hijacking | Kapringen | Tobias Lindholm | Denmark |
Juvenile Offender | 범죄소년 | South Korea | |
Nina | Nina | Italy | |
No | NO | Pablo Larraín | Chile United States |
The Other Son | Le fils de l'Autre | Lorraine Lévy | France |
Ship of Theseus | N/A | Anand Gandhi | India |
What Maisie Knew | N/A | Scott McGehee David Siegel |
United States |
Yellow | N/A | Nick Cassavetes | United States |
Special screenings[]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries |
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Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away | N/A | Andrew Adamson | United States |
Trouble with the Curve | N/A | Robert Lorenz | United States |
Japan in a Day | ジャパン イン ア デイ | Philip Martin |
Japan United Kingdom |
Skyfall Special Presentation: James Bond 50th Anniversary† | N/A | Sam Mendes | United Kingdom United States |
Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007 | N/A | Stevan Riley | United Kingdom |
Aokigahara | 青木ヶ原 | Japan | |
Argo | N/A | Ben Affleck | United States |
The Woman in Black | N/A | James Watkins | United Kingdom Canada Sweden |
Crow's Thumb | カラスの親指 by rule of CROW's thumb | Japan | |
Garo and the Wailing Dragon (tentative) | 牙狼〈GARO〉〜蒼哭ノ魔竜〜 | Keita Amemiya | Japan |
G'mor evian! | グッモーエビアン! | Japan | |
KON-SHIN | 渾身 KON-SHIN | Japan | |
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | N/A | Lasse Hallström | United Kingdom |
Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship | すーちゃん まいちゃん さわ子さん | Japan | |
My Departure | 旅の贈りもの 明日へ | Japan | |
A Terminal Trust | 終の信託 | Masayuki Suo | Japan |
Tug of War! | 綱引いちゃった! | Japan | |
The Floating Castle | のぼうの城 | Isshin Inudo Shinji Higuchi |
Japan |
Farewell, My Queen | Les Adieux à la Reine | Benoît Jacquot | France Spain |
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | N/A | John Madden | United Kingdom United States United Arab Emirates |
A Story of Yonosuke | 横道世之介 | Japan | |
Red Lights | N/A | Rodrigo Cortés | United States Spain |
†: 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/countries |
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Perfect Game† | 퍼펙트게임 | Park Hee-gon | South Korea |
Doomsday Book | 인류멸망보고서 | Kim Jee-woon Yim Pil-sung |
South Korea |
Sleepless Night† | 잠못드는밤 | Jang Kun-jae | South Korea |
Full Circle† | 飞越老人院 | Zhang Yang | China |
Don't Expect Praises† | 有人赞美聪慧,有人则不 | China South Korea | |
Love in the Buff† | 春嬌與志明 | Pang Ho-cheung | Hong Kong China |
Floating City†† | 浮城 | Yim Ho | Hong Kong |
The Soul of Bread† | 愛的麺包魂 | Taiwan | |
Touch of the Light† | 逆光飛翔 | Taiwan Hong Kong China | |
Sweetheart Chocolate | 甜心巧克力 スイートハート・チョコレート |
Tetsuo Shinohara | China Japan |
I Carried You Home | Padang Besar | Thailand | |
Bwakaw† | N/A | Jun Robles Lana | Philippines |
Agneepath† | N/A | Karan Malhotra | India |
Him, Here After† | Ini Avan | Asoka Handagama | Sri Lanka |
Lifeline† | Galoogah | Iran | |
Night of Silence† | Lal Gece | Turkey | |
Student† | Студент | Darezhan Omirbaev | Kazakhstan |
††: Floating City was cancelled.[1]
Indonesian Express: Nugroho, Edwin and Riza[]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries |
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Soegija† | N/A | Garin Nugroho | Indonesia |
The Blindfold | Mata Tertutup | Garin Nugroho | Indonesia |
Postcards from the Zoo† | Kebun Binatang | Edwin | Indonesia Germany Hong Kong |
Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly | Babi Buta Yang Ingin Terbang | Edwin | Indonesia |
The Rainbow Troops | Laskar Pelangi | Riri Riza | Indonesia |
SANThe Dreamer | Sang Pemimpi | Riri Riza | Indonesia |
Discovering Asian Cinema: Golden Slumbers of the Cambodian film history[]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries |
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Golden Slumbers | Le Sommeil d'or | Davy Chou | France Cambodia |
Peov Chouk Sor | N/A | Cambodia | |
The Snake Man | ពស់កេងកង Puos Keng Kang | Cambodia |
Japanese Eyes[]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Where Does Love Go? Tentatively Titled | 愛のゆくえ(仮) | Japan | |
Akaboshi | あかぼし | Japan | |
Chasing Santa Claus | サンタクロースをつかまえて | Japan | |
GFP Bunny | GFP BUNNY─タリウム少女のプログラム─ | Yutaka Tsuchiya | Japan |
Last Days of Summer | 少女と夏の終わり | Japan | |
Our Night is Not Long | NOT LONG, AT NIGHT 夜はながくない | Shoji Toyama | Japan |
Kuro | Hanabanareni (はなればなれに) | Daisuke Shimote | Japan |
Since Then | あれから | Makoto Shinozaki | Japan |
Something Wicked Comes Over the Wall | 何かが壁を越えてくる | Japan | |
The Town of Whales | くじらのまち | Japan | |
United Red Army† | 実録・連合赤軍 あさま山荘への道程 | Kōji Wakamatsu | Japan |
†: Director Koji Wakamatsu Memorial Screening.
World Cinema[]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries |
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Dormant Beauty | Bella Addormentata | Marco Bellocchio | Italy France |
Here and There | Aquí Y Allá | Spain United States Mexico | |
The Impossible | N/A | J. A. Bayona | Spain United States |
Journal de France | Journal de France | Raymond Depardon |
France |
A Liar's Autobiography - The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman | N/A | Jeff Simpson |
United Kingdom |
Post Tenebras Lux | Post Tenebras Lux | Carlos Reygadas | Mexico France Germany Netherlands |
Reality | N/A | Matteo Garrone | Italy France |
Side by Side - The Science, Art, and Impact of Digital Cinema | N/A | United States | |
Something in the Air | Après mai | Olivier Assayas | France |
Spring Breakers | N/A | Harmony Korine | United States |
Strutter | N/A | Kurt Voss Allison Anders |
United States |
Thursday Till Sunday | De jueves a domingo | Chile Netherlands |
Natural TIFF[]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries |
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Bestiaire | N/A | Denis Côté | Canada France |
The Island President | N/A | United States | |
Last Call at the Oasis | N/A | Jessica Yu | United States |
The Last Shepherd | Italy | ||
No Business like Show Business | Die Wiesenberger - No Business like Show Business | Switzerland | |
Trashed | N/A | United Kingdom | |
Facing Animals | N/A | Netherlands | |
Himself He Cooks | N/A | Belgium |
Miscellaneous[]
Special Presentation[]
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 |
Mr. Vampire | 疆屍先生 | Hong Kong | |
The Cannonball Run | N/A | Hal Needham | United States |
Special Midnight Screening for the President of Jury : Corman's Way | |||
Von Richthofen and Brown | N/A | Roger Corman | United States |
Piranha | N/A | Joe Dante | United States |
Monster: Humanoids from the deep | N/A | Barbara Peeters | United States |
TIFF in Nihombashi[]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries |
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Bridge of Japan | Nihombashi (日本橋) | Kon Ichikawa | Japan |
Judge and Thief | 怪盗と判官 | Bin Kato | Japan |
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〜 | Japan | |
MIS -Human Secret Weapon- | 二つの祖国で・日系陸軍情報部 | Japan United States | |
The Naked Island | 裸の島 | Kaneto Shindo | Japan |
Death of a Japanese Salesman | Ending Note (エンディングノート) | Japan |
Minato Screening[]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries | |
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Minato Screening Program A | ||||
Julian † | N/A | Australia | ||
Komaneko -The First Step- † | N/A | Tsuneo Gōda | Japan | |
Gus † | N/A | Andrew Martin | Australia | |
Floyd the Android † | N/A | United States | ||
Pishto Goes Away † | N/A | Russia | ||
Corrida † | N/A | Latvia | ||
Colored Pencil † | N/A | Brazil | ||
Minato Screening Program B | ||||
Kauwboy | N/A | Boudewijn Koole | Netherlands | |
Floyd the Android † | N/A | United States | ||
Minato Screening Program C | ||||
Ernest & Celestine | Ernest et Célestine | Benjamin Renner Stéphane Aubier Vincent Patar |
France |
†: Short film
Bunka-Cho Film Awards[]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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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〜 | Japan | |
Never Let Me Go | 隣る人 | Japan | |
Living the Silent Spring | 沈黙の春を生きて | Japan |
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, English 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
References[]
- ^ 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[]
- Official website
- "Official 25th TIFF Flyer (in Japanese and English)" (PDF). (4.14 MB)
Categories:
- Tokyo International Film Festival
- 2012 film festivals
- 2012 festivals in Asia
- 2012 in Japanese cinema
- 2012 in Tokyo