25th Tokyo International Film Festival explained

25th Tokyo International Film Festival
Opening:
Closing:	Trouble with the Curve
Location:	Tokyo, Japan
Founded:	1985
Awardsreceived:	The Other Son
Awards:	Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix
Host:	UNIJAPAN
Date:	–

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
Araf - Somewhere in Between
Atambua 39 Celsius
Feng Shui
Flashback Memories 3D
Hannah Arendt
Juvenile Offender
Nina
No
		Lorraine Lévy
Ship of Theseus
What Maisie Knew
Yellow

Special screenings

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production country/countries
Trouble with the Curve
Japan in a Day
Skyfall Special Presentation: James Bond 50th Anniversary†
Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007
Aokigahara
Argo
Crow's Thumb
Garo and the Wailing Dragon (tentative)
G'mor evian!
KON-SHIN
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
My Departure
A Terminal Trust
Tug of War!
Farewell, My Queen
Red Lights

†: 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†
Doomsday Book
Sleepless Night†
Full Circle†
Don't Expect Praises†
Love in the Buff†
Floating City††
†
Touch of the Light†
Sweetheart Chocolate
I Carried You Home
Bwakaw†
Agneepath†
Him, Here After†	Ini Avan
Lifeline†	Galoogah
Night of Silence†		Reis Çelik
Student†

††: Floating City was cancelled.^[1]

Indonesian Express: Nugroho, Edwin and Riza

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production country/countries
Soegija†
Postcards from the Zoo†
Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly
SAN

Discovering Asian Cinema: Golden Slumbers of the Cambodian film history

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production country/countries
Golden Slumbers
Peov Chouk Sor
	Puos Keng Kang

Japanese Eyes

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production country
Where Does Love Go? Tentatively Titled
Akaboshi
Chasing Santa Claus
GFP Bunny		Yutaka Tsuchiya
Last Days of Summer
Our Night is Not Long
Kuro
Since Then
Something Wicked Comes Over the Wall
United Red Army†

†: Director Koji Wakamatsu Memorial Screening.

World Cinema

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production country/countries
Dormant Beauty
Here and There	Aquí y allá
Journal de France
		Bill Jones Ben Timlett Jeff Simpson
Post Tenebras Lux
Reality
Side by Side - The Science, Art, and Impact of Digital Cinema
Something in the Air
Spring Breakers
Strutter
Thursday Till Sunday

Natural TIFF

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production country/countries
Bestiaire
Last Call at the Oasis
No Business like Show Business
Trashed
Facing Animals
Himself He Cooks		Valérie Berteau Philippe Witjes

Miscellaneous

Special Presentation

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production country/countries
Raymond Chow Special All Night Screening
Police Story
Mr. Vampire
Special Midnight Screening for the President of Jury : Corman's Way
Von Richthofen and Brown
Piranha
Monster: Humanoids from the deep

TIFF in Nihombashi

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production country/countries
Bridge of Japan
Judge and Thief
Pathfinder of the Sky An Architect's Life/Story of Morin Kaku
MIS -Human Secret Weapon-
Death of a Japanese Salesman

Minato Screening

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production country/countries
Minato Screening Program A
Julian †
Komaneko -The First Step- †
Gus †		Andrew Martin
Floyd the Android †
Pishto Goes Away †
Corrida †
Colored Pencil †
Minato Screening Program B
Kauwboy
Floyd the Android †
Minato Screening Program C
Ernest & Celestine

†: Short film

Bunka-Cho Film Awards

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production country
Iyasumonotoshite - The Postwar History of Rural Medical Services
Never Let Me Go
Living the Silent Spring

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

External links

• • Web site: Official 25th TIFF Flyer (in Japanese and English) .  

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tokyo International Film Festival. 25 September 2012. Cancellation of "Floating City" in the Winds of Asia-Middle East Section. 25th Tokyo International Film Festival. 1 November 2012.