# 25th Tokyo International Film Festival

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 |
| Accession | — | Michael J. Rix | South Africa |
| Araf - Somewhere in Between | — | Yeşim Ustaoğlu | Turkey Germany |
| Atambua 39 Celsius | — | Riri Riza | Indonesia |
| The Black Square | 黒い四角 | Hiroshi Okuhara | Japan |
| Feng Shui | 万箭穿心 | Wang Jing | China |
| Flashback Memories 3D | フラッシュバックメモリーズ 3D | Tetsuaki Matsue | Japan |
| Hannah Arendt | Hannah Arendt | Margarethe von Trotta | Germany |
| A Hijacking | Kapringen | Tobias Lindholm | Denmark |
| Juvenile Offender | 범죄소년 | Kang Yi-kwan | South Korea |
| Nina | Nina | Elisa Fuksas | Italy |
| No | NO | Pablo Larraín | Chile United States |
| The Other Son | Le fils de l'Autre | Lorraine Lévy | France |
| Ship of Theseus | — | Anand Gandhi | India |
| What Maisie Knew | — | Scott McGehee David Siegel | United States |
| Yellow | — | Nick Cassavetes | United States |

### Special screenings

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries |
| Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away | — | Andrew Adamson | United States |
| Trouble with the Curve | — | Robert Lorenz | United States |
| Japan in a Day | ジャパン イン ア デイ | Philip Martin Gaku Narita | Japan United Kingdom |
| Skyfall Special Presentation: James Bond 50th Anniversary† | — | Sam Mendes | United Kingdom United States |
| Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007 | — | Stevan Riley | United Kingdom |
| Aokigahara | 青木ヶ原 | Taku Shinjo | Japan |
| Argo | — | Ben Affleck | United States |
| The Woman in Black | — | James Watkins | United Kingdom Canada Sweden |
| Crow's Thumb | カラスの親指 by rule of CROW's thumb | Tadafumi Ito | 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! | Toru Yamamoto | Japan |
| KON-SHIN | 渾身 KON-SHIN | Yoshinari Nishikori | Japan |
| Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | — | 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 | Osamu Minorikawa | Japan |
| My Departure | 旅の贈りもの 明日へ | Tetsu Maeda | Japan |
| A Terminal Trust | 終の信託 | Masayuki Suo | Japan |
| Tug of War! | 綱引いちゃった! | Nobuo Mizuta | 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 | — | John Madden | United Kingdom United States United Arab Emirates |
| A Story of Yonosuke | 横道世之介 | Shuichi Okita | Japan |
| Red Lights | — | 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 |
| 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 | Yang Jin | 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 | Kao Pin-chuan Lin Chun-yang | Taiwan |
| Touch of the Light† | 逆光飛翔 | Chang Jung-chi | 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 | Tongpong Chantarangkul | Thailand |
| Bwakaw† | — | Jun Robles Lana | Philippines |
| Agneepath† | — | Karan Malhotra | India |
| Him, Here After† | Ini Avan | Asoka Handagama | Sri Lanka |
| Lifeline† | Galoogah | Mohammad Ebrahim Moayyeri | Iran |
| Night of Silence† | Lal Gece | Reis Çelik | Turkey |
| Student† | Студент | Darezhan Omirbaev | Kazakhstan |
††: Floating City was cancelled.

#### Indonesian Express: Nugroho, Edwin and Riza

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries |
| Soegija† | — | 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 |
| Golden Slumbers | Le Sommeil d'or | Davy Chou | France Cambodia |
| Peov Chouk Sor | — | Tea Lim Koun | Cambodia |
| The Snake Man | ពស់កេងកង Puos Keng Kang | Tea Lim Koun | Cambodia |

### Japanese Eyes

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Where Does Love Go? Tentatively Titled | 愛のゆくえ（仮） | Bunyo Kimura | Japan |
| Akaboshi | あかぼし | Ryohei Yoshino | Japan |
| Chasing Santa Claus | サンタクロースをつかまえて | Hiroki Iwabuchi | 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 | Tomomi Ishiyama | 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 | Norio Enomoto | Japan |
| The Town of Whales | くじらのまち | Keiko Tsuruoka | 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 |
| Dormant Beauty | Bella Addormentata | Marco Bellocchio | Italy France |
| Here and There | Aquí y allá | Antonio Méndez Esparza | Spain United States Mexico |
| The Impossible | — | J. A. Bayona | Spain United States |
| Journal de France | Journal de France | Raymond Depardon Claudine Nougaret | France |
| A Liar's Autobiography - The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman | — | Bill Jones Ben Timlett Jeff Simpson | United Kingdom |
| Post Tenebras Lux | Post Tenebras Lux | Carlos Reygadas | Mexico France Germany Netherlands |
| Reality | — | Matteo Garrone | Italy France |
| Side by Side - The Science, Art, and Impact of Digital Cinema | — | Chris Kenneally | United States |
| Something in the Air | Après mai | Olivier Assayas | France |
| Spring Breakers | — | Harmony Korine | United States |
| Strutter | — | Kurt Voss Allison Anders | United States |
| Thursday Till Sunday | De jueves a domingo | Dominga Sotomayor | Chile Netherlands |

### Natural TIFF

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries |
| Bestiaire | — | Denis Côté | Canada France |
| The Island President | — | Jon Shenk | United States |
| Last Call at the Oasis | — | Jessica Yu | United States |
| The Last Shepherd | L'Ultimo Pastore | Marco Bonfanti | Italy |
| No Business like Show Business | Die Wiesenberger - No Business like Show Business | Bernard Weber Martin Schilt | Switzerland |
| Trashed | — | Candida Brady | United Kingdom |
| Facing Animals | — | Jan van Ijken | Netherlands |
| Himself He Cooks | — | Valérie Berteau Philippe Witjes | Belgium |

### Miscellaneous
#### Special Presentation

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries |
| Raymond Chow Special All Night Screening ||||
| Police Story | 警察故事 | Jackie Chan | Hong Kong |
| Mr. Vampire | 疆屍先生 | Ricky Lau | Hong Kong |
| The Cannonball Run | — | Hal Needham | United States |
| Special Midnight Screening for the President of Jury : Corman's Way ||||
| Von Richthofen and Brown | — | Roger Corman | United States |
| Piranha | — | Joe Dante | United States |
| Monster: Humanoids from the deep | — | Barbara Peeters | United States |

#### TIFF in Nihombashi

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries |
| 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〜 | Atsuko Sakai | Japan |
| MIS -Human Secret Weapon- | 二つの祖国で・日系陸軍情報部 | Junichi Suzuki | 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) | Mami Sunada | Japan |

#### Minato Screening

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries |
| Minato Screening Program A ||||
| Julian † | — | Matthew Moore | Australia |
| Komaneko -The First Step- † | — | Tsuneo Gōda | Japan |
| Gus † | — | Andrew Martin | Australia |
| Floyd the Android † | — | Jonathan Lyons | United States |
| Pishto Goes Away † | — | Sonya Kendel | Russia |
| Corrida † | — | Janis Cimermanis | Latvia |
| Colored Pencil † | — | Alice Gomes | Brazil |
| Minato Screening Program B ||||
| Kauwboy | — | Boudewijn Koole | Netherlands |
| Floyd the Android † | — | Jonathan Lyons | 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 |
| 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 |
| Never Let Me Go | 隣る人 | Kazuya Tachikawa | Japan |
| Living the Silent Spring | 沈黙の春を生きて | Masako Sakata | 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, 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