# 2012 Stockholm International Film Festival

The 23rd Stockholm International Film Festival took place between 7 and 18 November 2012. American actor Peter Fonda was head of the jury. The Bronze Horse for best picture was won by the Australian/German film Lore, directed by Cate Shortland.

## Feature Film sections
### In competition

The following films competed for the main prize, the Bronze Horse. The director of a film in the competition may not have made more than 3 films (this one included).
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| 90 Minutes | 90 minutter | Eva Sørhaug | Norway |
| After Lucia | Después de Lucía | Michel Franco | Mexico |
| Augustine | — | Alice Winocour | France |
| Beasts of the Southern Wild | — | Benh Zeitlin | USA |
| Bekas | — | Karzan Kader | Sweden, Finland, Iraq |
| Beyond the Walls | Hors les murs | David Lambert | Belgium, Canada, France |
| Broken | — | Rufus Norris | UK |
| Call Girl | — | Mikael Marcimain | Sweden, Ireland, Norway, Finland |
| The Color of the Chameleon | Tsvetat na Hameleona | Emil Hristov | Bulgaria |
| Compliance | — | Craig Zobel | USA |
| Killing Them Softly | — | Andrew Dominik | USA |
| Lore | — | Cate Shortland | Australia, Germany, UK |
| Lotus | — | Liu Shu | China |
| Middle of Nowhere | — | Ava DuVernay | USA |
| My Brother the Devil | — | Sally El Hosaini | UK |
| Roland Hassel | Hassel - Privatspanarna | Måns Månsson | Sweden |
| Sister | L'enfant d'en haut | Ursula Meier | Switzerland, France |
| Tabu | — | Miguel Gomes | Portugal, Germany, Brazil, France |
| Una Noche | — | Lucy Mulloy | USA, Cuba, UK |
| Wish You Were Here | — | Kieran Darcy-Smith | Australia |

### Open Zone

The films in the Open Zone section competed for the FIPRESCI Award.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| A Few Hours of Spring | Quelques heures de printemps | Stéphane Brizé | France |
| Amour | — | Michael Haneke | France, Germany, Austria |
| Another Woman's Life | La vie d'une autre | Sylvie Testud | France |
| Arbitrage | — | Nicholas Jarecki | USA |
| Blancanieves | — | Pablo Berger | Spain |
| Caesar Must Die | Caesar deve morire | Paolo and Vittorio Taviani | Italy |
| Do Not Disturb | — | Yvan Attal | France |
| Everyday | — | Michael Winterbottom | UK |
| Farewell, My Queen | Les adieux à la reine | Benoît Jacquot | France |
| Flight | — | Robert Zemeckis | USA |
| Holy Motors | — | Leos Carax | France, Germany |
| In Another Country | 다른 나라에서, Dareun naraeseo | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| Just the Wind | Csak a szél | Benedek Fliegauf | Hungary, Germany, France |
| The Last Sentence | Dom över död man | Jan Troell | Sweden |
| Like Someone in Love | — | Abbas Kiarostami | France, Japan |
| The Master | — | Paul Thomas Anderson | USA |
| Outrage Beyond | アウトレイジ ビヨンド, Autoreiji: Biyondo | Takeshi Kitano | Japan |
| The Parade | Parada | Srđan Dragojević | Serbia, Croatia, Macedonia, Slovenia, Montenegro |
| Pietà | 피에타, Pietà | Kim Ki-duk | South Korea |
| Post Tenebras Lux | — | Carlos Reygadas | Mexico, France, Germany, Netherlands |
| Rust and Bone | De rouille et d'os | Jacques Audiard | France, Belgium |
| War Witch | Rebelle | Kim Nguyen | Canada |
| The We and the I | — | Michel Gondry | USA, France |
| Winter of Discontent | El sheita elli fat | Ibrahim El Batout | Egypt |

### American Independents

"Fresh Indies from the mavericks of American film".
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| 28 Hotel Rooms | — | Matt Ross | USA |
| About Cherry | — | Stephen Elliott | USA |
| An Oversimplification of Her Beauty | — | Terence Nance | USA |
| California Solo | — | Marshall Lewy | USA |
| The Comedy | — | Rick Alverson | USA |
| Francine | — | Melanie Shatzky, Brian M. Cassidy | USA |
| Frankie Go Boom | — | Jordan Roberts | USA |
| Hello I Must Be Going | — | Todd Louiso | USA |
| Nobody Walks | — | Ry Russo-Young | USA |
| The Paperboy | — | Lee Daniels | USA |
| Ruby Sparks | — | Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris | USA |
| Safety Not Guaranteed | — | Colin Trevorrow | USA |
| The Sessions | — | Ben Lewin | USA |
| Simon Killer | — | Antonio Campos | France, USA |
| Smashed | — | James Ponsoldt | USA |
| While We Were Here | — | Kat Coiro | USA |

### Asian Images

"A panorama from one of the most creative and interesting filmmaking areas in the world."
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| 10+10 | — | Wang Toon, Shen Ko-shang, Kevin Chu, Ho Wi-ding, Yang Ya-che, Wu Nieh-jen, Wang Shaudi, Chen Kuo-fu, Hou Chi-jan, Hsiao Ya-chuan, Wei Te-sheng, Chen Yu-hsun, Chang Tso-chi, Leon Dai, Arvin Chen, Cheng Wen-tang, Sylvia Chang, Cheng Yu-chieh, Chung Mong-hung, Hou Hsiao-hsien | Taiwan |
| Ace Attorney | 逆転裁判, Gyakuten Saiban | Takashi Miike | Japan |
| The Animals | — | Gino M. Santos | Philippines |
| Egg and Stone | Jidan he shitou | Huang Ji | China |
| Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1 & Part 2 | — | Anurag Kashyap | India |
| Him, Here, After | Ini Avan | Asoka Handagama | Sri Lanka |
| Isn't Anyone Alive? | 生きてるものはいないのか , Ikiteru mono wa inainoka? | Gakuryū Ishii | Japan |
| Land of Hope | 希望の国, Kibou no kuni | Sion Sono | Japan |
| Love Me Not | — | Glitte Pik Chi Leung | Hong Kong |
| Miss Lovely | — | Ashim Ahiluwalia | India |
| Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time | 범죄와의 전쟁, Bumchoiwaui Junjaeng | Yoon Jong-bin | South Korea |
| Noor | Jhoole lal | Çagla Zencirci, Guillaume Giovanetti | France, Pakistan |
| Our Homeland | 一かぞくのくに, Kazuko no kuni | Yang Yong-hi | Japan |
| Peculiar Vacation and Other Illnesses | Vakansi yang janggal dan penyakit lainnya | Yosep Anggi Noen | Indonesia |
| Peddlers | — | Vasan Bala | India |
| Rent-a-Cat | レンタネコ, Rentaneko | Naoko Ogigami | Japan |
| The Taste of Money | 돈의 맛, Donui Mat | Im Sang-soo | South Korea |
| Vulgaria | 低俗喜劇, Dai juk hei kek | Pang Ho-cheung | Hong Kong |
| Young Dudes | 騷人, Sao ren | DJ Chen Yin-jung | Taiwan |

### Latin Visions

"The hottest features from the artistically vibrant countries in Latin America and Spain."
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| 3 | — | Pablo Stoll | Uruguay, Argentina, Germany |
| 7 Boxes | 7 cajas | Juan Carlos Maneglia, Tana Schémbori | Paraguay |
| Father's Chair | A cadeira do pai | Luciano Moura | Brazil |
| Field of Amapolas | Jardin de Amapolas | Juan Carlos Melo Guevara | Colombia |
| Good Luck, Sweetheart | Boa sorte, meu amor | Daniel Aragão | Brazil |
| Here and There | Aquí y allá | Antonio Méndez Esparza | Spain, USA, Mexico |
| La Playa DC | — | Juan Andrés Arango | Colombia |
| She Doesn't Want to Sleep Alone | No quiero dormir sola | Natalia Beristáin | Mexico |
| Six Points About Emma | Seis puntos sobre Emma | Roberto Pérez-Toledo | Spain |
| Violeta Went to Heaven | Violeta se fue a los cielos | Andrés Wood | Chile |
| Xingu | — | Cao Hamburger | Brazil |
| Young & Wild | Joven & Alocada | Marialy Rivas | Chile |

### Spotlight: Power

"This year the spotlight is on Power. Twelve ravishing films explore different shapes of power in politics, art and in the personal relationship."
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| About Face: Supermodels Then and Now | — | Timothy Greenfield-Sanders | USA |
| Camp 14–Total Control Zone | — | Marc Wiese | Germany |
| The Central Park Five | — | Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon | USA |
| The Company You Keep | — | Robert Redford | USA |
| Knife Fight | — | Bill Guttentag | USA |
| Love, Marilyn | — | Liz Garbus | USA |
| Night of Silence | Lal gece | Reis Çelik | Turkey |
| Operation E | — | Miguel Courtois Paternina | Spain, France |
| The Pervert's Guide to Ideology | — | Sophie Fiennes | UK, Ireland |
| Tito on Ice | — | Max Andersson | Germany, Sweden |
| Tomorrow | Zavtra | Andrey Gryazev | Russia |
| Water | Mayim | Nir Sa'ar, Maya Sarfaty, Mohammad Fuad, Yona Rozenkier, Mohammad Bakri, Ahmad Bargouthi, Pini Tavger, Tal Haring | Israel, Palestine, France |

### Twilight Zone

"Radical films exploring new contemporary cinematic subcultures and genres."
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| Black's Game | Svartur á leik | Óskar Thór Axelsson | Iceland |
| The Body | El cuerpo | Oriol Paulo | Spain |
| Citadel | — | Ciarán Foy | Ireland, Scotland |
| Doomsday Book | 인류멸망보고서, Inryu myeongmang bogoseo | Kim Jee-woon, Yim Pil-sung | South Korea |
| Here Comes the Devil | Ahi va el Diablo | Adrián García Bogliano | Mexico |
| Ill Manors | — | Ben Drew | UK |
| Kiss of the Damned | — | Xan Cassavetes | USA |
| L | — | Babis Makridis | Greece |
| The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh | — | Rodrigo Gudiño | Canada |
| The Legend of Kaspar Hauser | La leggenda di Kaspar Hauser | David Manuli | Italy |
| Painless | Insensible | Juan Carlos Medina | France, Spain, Portugal |
| Sinister | — | Scott Derrickson | USA |
| Tai Chi 0 | — | Stephen Fung | Hong Kong |
| Wrong | — | Quentin Dupieux | France |

### Documania

"A selection of illuminating and experimental documentaries that centers on the contemporary, controversial and personal."
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| Anton Corbijn Inside Out | — | Klaartje Quirijns | UK, Netherlands |
| As the Strawberries Would Taste | Som jordgubbarna smakade | Anders Hellström | Sweden |
| Beware of Mr. Baker | — | Jay Bulger | USA |
| Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramović | — | Giada Colagrande | Spain |
| Canned Dreams | Säilöttyjä unelmia | Katja Gauriloff | Finland |
| China Heavyweight | Qian chui bai lian | Yung Chang | Canada, China, Finland, Japan, UK |
| Despite the Gods | — | Penny Vozniak | Australia |
| High Tech, Low Life | — | Stephen Maing | USA, China |
| It was Better Tomorrow | Yaa man aach | Hinde Boujemaa | Tunisia |
| The Labèque Way | — | Félix Cábez | Spain |
| Moon Rider | — | Daniel Dencik | Denmark, Sweden |
| Planet Ocean | Planète Océan | Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Michaël Pitiot | France |
| The Queen of Versailles | — | Lauren Greenfield | USA |
| The Secret Disco Revolution | — | Jamie Kastner | Canada |
| Shut Up and Play the Hits | — | Dylan Southern, Will Lovelace | UK |
| Step Up to the Plate | Entre les Bras | Paul Lacoste | France |
| Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview | — | Paul Sen | USA |
| Stolen Seas | — | Thymaya Payne | Estonia, Philippines, Denmark, USA, Somalia, Canada |
| Stories We Tell | — | Sarah Polley | Canada |
| Tropicália | — | Marcelo Machado | Brazil |
| Vito | — | Jeffrey Schwarz | USA |
| The World Before Her | — | Nisha Pahuja | Canada |

## Juries
### Competition

* Peter Fonda, American actor (President)
* Anna Croneman, Swedish producer
* Karolina Ramqvist, Swedish writer
* Srđan Dragojević, Serbian director
* Antonio Campos, American director
* Malin Crépin, Swedish actress

### FIPRESCI Award

* Dragan Jurak, Croatian film critic
* Margarita Chapatte, Spanish broadcaster
* Florian Vollmers, German film critic

## Awards
### In Competition

* Bronze Horse for Best Picture - Lore by Cate Shortland
* Best Directorial debut - Benh Zeitlin for Beasts of the Southern Wild
* Best Screenplay - Andrew Dominik for Killing Them Softly
* Best Actress - Saskia Rosendahl for Lore
* Best Actor - Tim Roth for Broken
* Best Cinematography - Adam Arkapaw for Lore
* Best Music - Max Richter for Lore

### Independent Awards

* FIPRESCI-Award - Everyday by Michael Winterbottom
* Telia Film Award - Una Noche by Lucy Mulloy
* Silver Audience Award - Call Girl by Mikael Marcimain

### Lifetime Awards

* Stockholm Achievement Award - Willem Dafoe
* Stockholm Lifetime Achievement Award - Jan Troell
* Stockholm Visionary Award - Jacques Audiard