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| Opening film | Call Girl |
|---|---|
| Location | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Awards | Bronze Horse |
| Festival 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 |  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 |
The films in the Open Zone section competed for the FIPRESCI Award. [3]
"Fresh Indies from the mavericks of American film". [4]
| 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 |
"A panorama from one of the most creative and interesting filmmaking areas in the world." [5]
"The hottest features from the artistically vibrant countries in Latin America and Spain." [6]
| 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 |
"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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
"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 |  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 |
"A selection of illuminating and experimental documentaries that centers on the contemporary, controversial and personal." [9]
