| 23rd Stockholm International Film Festival | |
| Opening: | Call Girl |
| Location: | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Founded: | 1990 |
| Awards: | Bronze Horse |
| Date: | 7–18 November 2012 |
| Website: | http://www.stockholmfilmfestival.se/en |
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.[1]
The following films competed for the main prize, the Bronze Horse.[2] 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 | ||
| After Lucia | Después de Lucía | Michel Franco | ||
| Augustine | Alice Winocour | |||
| Beasts of the Southern Wild | Benh Zeitlin | |||
| Bekas | Karzan Kader | ,, | ||
| Beyond the Walls | Hors les murs | David Lambert | ,, | |
| Broken | Rufus Norris | |||
| Call Girl | Mikael Marcimain | ,,, | ||
| The Color of the Chameleon | Tsvetat na Hameleona | Emil Hristov | ||
| Compliance | Craig Zobel | |||
| Killing Them Softly | Andrew Dominik | |||
| Lore | Cate Shortland | ,, | ||
| Lotus | Liu Shu | |||
| Middle of Nowhere | Ava DuVernay | |||
| My Brother the Devil | Sally El Hosaini | |||
| Roland Hassel | Hassel - Privatspanarna | Måns Månsson | ||
| Sister | L'enfant d'en haut | Ursula Meier | , | |
| Tabu | Miguel Gomes | ,,, | ||
| Una Noche | Lucy Mulloy | ,, | ||
| Wish You Were Here | Kieran Darcy-Smith |
The films in the Open Zone section competed for the FIPRESCI Award.[3]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Few Hours of Spring | Quelques heures de printemps | Stéphane Brizé | ||
| Amour | Michael Haneke | ,, | ||
| Another Woman's Life | La vie d'une autre | Sylvie Testud | ||
| Arbitrage | Nicholas Jarecki | |||
| Blancanieves | Pablo Berger | |||
| Caesar Must Die | Caesar deve morire | Paolo and Vittorio Taviani | ||
| Do Not Disturb | Yvan Attal | |||
| Everyday | Michael Winterbottom | |||
| Farewell, My Queen | Les adieux à la reine | Benoît Jacquot | ||
| Flight | Robert Zemeckis | |||
| Holy Motors | Leos Carax | , | ||
| In Another Country | 다른 나라에서, Dareun naraeseo | Hong Sang-soo | ||
| Just the Wind | Csak a szél | Benedek Fliegauf | ,, | |
| The Last Sentence | Dom över död man | Jan Troell | ||
| Like Someone in Love | Abbas Kiarostami | , | ||
| The Master | Paul Thomas Anderson | |||
| Outrage Beyond | アウトレイジ ビヨンド, Autoreiji: Biyondo | Takeshi Kitano | ||
| The Parade | Parada | Srđan Dragojević | ,,,, | |
| Pietà | 피에타, Pietà | Kim Ki-duk | ||
| Post Tenebras Lux | Carlos Reygadas | ,,, | ||
| Rust and Bone | De rouille et d'os | Jacques Audiard | , | |
| War Witch | Rebelle | Kim Nguyen | ||
| The We and the I | Michel Gondry | , | ||
| Winter of Discontent | El sheita elli fat | Ibrahim El Batout |
"Fresh Indies from the mavericks of American film".[4]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Hotel Rooms | Matt Ross | |||
| About Cherry | Stephen Elliott | |||
| An Oversimplification of Her Beauty | Terence Nance | |||
| California Solo | Marshall Lewy | |||
| The Comedy | Rick Alverson | |||
| Francine | Melanie Shatzky, Brian M. Cassidy | |||
| Frankie Go Boom | Jordan Roberts | |||
| Hello I Must Be Going | Todd Louiso | |||
| Nobody Walks | Ry Russo-Young | |||
| The Paperboy | Lee Daniels | |||
| Ruby Sparks | Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris | |||
| Safety Not Guaranteed | Colin Trevorrow | |||
| The Sessions | Ben Lewin | |||
| Simon Killer | Antonio Campos | , | ||
| Smashed | James Ponsoldt | |||
| While We Were Here | Kat Coiro |
"A panorama from one of the most creative and interesting filmmaking areas in the world."[5]
| 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 | |||
| Ace Attorney | 逆転裁判, Gyakuten Saiban | Takashi Miike | ||
| The Animals | Gino M. Santos | |||
| Egg and Stone | Jidan he shitou | Huang Ji | ||
| Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1 & Part 2 | Anurag Kashyap | |||
| Him, Here, After | Ini Avan | Asoka Handagama | ||
| Isn't Anyone Alive? | 生きてるものはいないのか, Ikiteru mono wa inainoka? | Gakuryū Ishii | ||
| Land of Hope | 希望の国, Kibou no kuni | Sion Sono | ||
| Love Me Not | Glitte Pik Chi Leung | |||
| Miss Lovely | Ashim Ahiluwalia | |||
| 범죄와의 전쟁, Bumchoiwaui Junjaeng | Yoon Jong-bin | |||
| Noor | Jhoole lal | Çagla Zencirci, Guillaume Giovanetti | , | |
| Our Homeland | 一かぞくのくに, Kazuko no kuni | Yang Yong-hi | ||
| Peculiar Vacation and Other Illnesses | Vakansi yang janggal dan penyakit lainnya | Yosep Anggi Noen | ||
| Peddlers | Vasan Bala | |||
| Rent-a-Cat | レンタネコ, Rentaneko | Naoko Ogigami | ||
| The Taste of Money | 돈의 맛, Donui Mat | Im Sang-soo | ||
| Vulgaria | 低俗喜劇, Dai juk hei kek | Pang Ho-cheung | ||
| Young Dudes | 騷人, Sao ren | DJ Chen Yin-jung |
"The hottest features from the artistically vibrant countries in Latin America and Spain."[6]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Pablo Stoll | ,, | ||
| 7 Boxes | 7 cajas | Juan Carlos Maneglia, Tana Schémbori | ||
| Father's Chair | A cadeira do pai | Luciano Moura | ||
| Field of Amapolas | Jardin de Amapolas | Juan Carlos Melo Guevara | ||
| Good Luck, Sweetheart | Boa sorte, meu amor | Daniel Aragão | ||
| Here and There | Aquí y allá | Antonio Méndez Esparza | ,, | |
| La Playa DC | Juan Andrés Arango | |||
| She Doesn't Want to Sleep Alone | No quiero dormir sola | Natalia Beristáin | ||
| Six Points About Emma | Seis puntos sobre Emma | Roberto Pérez-Toledo | ||
| Violeta Went to Heaven | Violeta se fue a los cielos | Andrés Wood | ||
| Xingu | Cao Hamburger | |||
| Young & Wild | Joven & Alocada | Marialy Rivas |
"This year the spotlight is on Power. Twelve ravishing films explore different shapes of power in politics, art and in the personal relationship."[7]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timothy Greenfield-Sanders | ||||
| Camp 14–Total Control Zone | Marc Wiese | |||
| The Central Park Five | Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon | |||
| The Company You Keep | Robert Redford | |||
| Knife Fight | Bill Guttentag | |||
| Love, Marilyn | Liz Garbus | |||
| Night of Silence | Lal gece | Reis Çelik | ||
| Operation E | Miguel Courtois Paternina | , | ||
| The Pervert's Guide to Ideology | Sophie Fiennes | , | ||
| Tito on Ice | Max Andersson | , | ||
| Tomorrow | Zavtra | Andrey Gryazev | ||
| Water | Mayim | Nir Sa'ar, Maya Sarfaty, Mohammad Fuad, Yona Rozenkier, Mohammad Bakri, Ahmad Bargouthi, Pini Tavger, Tal Haring | ,, |
"Radical films exploring new contemporary cinematic subcultures and genres."[8]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black's Game | Svartur á leik | Óskar Thór Axelsson | ||
| The Body | El cuerpo | Oriol Paulo | ||
| Citadel | Ciarán Foy | , | ||
| Doomsday Book | 인류멸망보고서, Inryu myeongmang bogoseo | Kim Jee-woon, Yim Pil-sung | ||
| Here Comes the Devil | Ahi va el Diablo | Adrián García Bogliano | ||
| Ill Manors | Ben Drew | |||
| Kiss of the Damned | Xan Cassavetes | |||
| L | Babis Makridis | |||
| The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh | Rodrigo Gudiño | |||
| The Legend of Kaspar Hauser | La leggenda di Kaspar Hauser | David Manuli | ||
| Painless | Insensible | Juan Carlos Medina | ,, | |
| Sinister | Scott Derrickson | |||
| Tai Chi 0 | Stephen Fung | |||
| Wrong | Quentin Dupieux |
"A selection of illuminating and experimental documentaries that centers on the contemporary, controversial and personal."[9]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anton Corbijn Inside Out | Klaartje Quirijns | , | ||
| As the Strawberries Would Taste | Som jordgubbarna smakade | Anders Hellström | ||
| Beware of Mr. Baker | Jay Bulger | |||
| Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramović | Giada Colagrande | |||
| Canned Dreams | Säilöttyjä unelmia | Katja Gauriloff | ||
| China Heavyweight | Qian chui bai lian | Yung Chang | ,,,, | |
| Despite the Gods | Penny Vozniak | |||
| High Tech, Low Life | Stephen Maing | , | ||
| It was Better Tomorrow | Yaa man aach | Hinde Boujemaa | ||
| The Labèque Way | Félix Cábez | |||
| Moon Rider | Daniel Dencik | , | ||
| Planet Ocean | Planète Océan | Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Michaël Pitiot | ||
| The Queen of Versailles | Lauren Greenfield | |||
| The Secret Disco Revolution | Jamie Kastner | |||
| Shut Up and Play the Hits | Dylan Southern, Will Lovelace | |||
| Step Up to the Plate | Entre les Bras | Paul Lacoste | ||
| Paul Sen | ||||
| Stolen Seas | Thymaya Payne | ,,,,, | ||
| Stories We Tell | Sarah Polley | |||
| Tropicália | Marcelo Machado | |||
| Vito | Jeffrey Schwarz | |||
| The World Before Her | Nisha Pahuja |