2012 Stockholm International Film Festival

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23rd Stockholm International Film Festival
Opening film Call Girl
LocationStockholm, Sweden
Founded1990
Awards Bronze Horse
Festival date7–18 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]

Contents

Feature Film sections

In competition

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 titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Country
90 Minutes 90 minutter Eva Sørhaug Flag of Norway.svg Norway
After Lucia Después de Lucía Michel Franco Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
Augustine Alice Winocour Flag of France.svg France
Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin Flag of the United States.svg USA
Bekas Karzan Kader Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden, Flag of Finland.svg Finland, Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq
Beyond the Walls Hors les murs David Lambert Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium, Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada, Flag of France.svg France
Broken Rufus Norris Flag of the United Kingdom.svg UK
Call Girl Mikael Marcimain Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden, Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland, Flag of Norway.svg Norway, Flag of Finland.svg Finland
The Color of the Chameleon Tsvetat na Hameleona Emil Hristov Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria
Compliance Craig Zobel Flag of the United States.svg USA
Killing Them Softly Andrew Dominik Flag of the United States.svg USA
Lore Cate Shortland Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia, Flag of Germany.svg Germany, Flag of the United Kingdom.svg UK
Lotus Liu Shu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
Middle of Nowhere Ava DuVernay Flag of the United States.svg USA
My Brother the Devil Sally El Hosaini Flag of the United Kingdom.svg UK
Roland Hassel Hassel - Privatspanarna Måns Månsson Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
Sister L'enfant d'en haut Ursula Meier Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland, Flag of France.svg France
Tabu Miguel Gomes Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal, Flag of Germany.svg Germany, Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil, Flag of France.svg France
Una Noche Lucy Mulloy Flag of the United States.svg USA, Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba, Flag of the United Kingdom.svg UK
Wish You Were Here Kieran Darcy-Smith Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia

Open Zone

The films in the Open Zone section competed for the FIPRESCI Award. [3]

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

American Independents

"Fresh Indies from the mavericks of American film". [4]

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

Asian Images

"A panorama from one of the most creative and interesting filmmaking areas in the world." [5]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(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 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan
Ace Attorney 逆転裁判, Gyakuten Saiban Takashi Miike Flag of Japan.svg Japan
The Animals Gino M. Santos Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines
Egg and Stone Jidan he shitou Huang Ji Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1 & Part 2 Anurag Kashyap Flag of India.svg India
Him, Here, After Ini Avan Asoka Handagama Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka
Isn't Anyone Alive? 生きてるものはいないのか , Ikiteru mono wa inainoka? Gakuryū Ishii Flag of Japan.svg Japan
Land of Hope 希望の国, Kibou no kuni Sion Sono Flag of Japan.svg Japan
Love Me Not Glitte Pik Chi Leung Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong
Miss Lovely Ashim Ahiluwalia Flag of India.svg India
Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time 범죄와의 전쟁, Bumchoiwaui Junjaeng Yoon Jong-bin Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
Noor Jhoole lal Çagla Zencirci, Guillaume Giovanetti Flag of France.svg France, Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan
Our Homeland 一かぞくのくに, Kazuko no kuni Yang Yong-hi Flag of Japan.svg Japan
Peculiar Vacation and Other Illnesses Vakansi yang janggal dan penyakit lainnya Yosep Anggi Noen Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia
Peddlers Vasan Bala Flag of India.svg India
Rent-a-Cat レンタネコ, Rentaneko Naoko Ogigami Flag of Japan.svg Japan
The Taste of Money 돈의 맛, Donui Mat Im Sang-soo Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
Vulgaria 低俗喜劇, Dai juk hei kek Pang Ho-cheung Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong
Young Dudes 騷人, Sao ren DJ Chen Yin-jung Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan

Latin Visions

"The hottest features from the artistically vibrant countries in Latin America and Spain." [6]

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

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Country
About Face: Supermodels Then and Now Timothy Greenfield-Sanders Flag of the United States.svg USA
Camp 14–Total Control Zone Marc Wiese Flag of Germany.svg Germany
The Central Park Five Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon Flag of the United States.svg USA
The Company You Keep Robert Redford Flag of the United States.svg USA
Knife Fight Bill Guttentag Flag of the United States.svg USA
Love, Marilyn Liz Garbus Flag of the United States.svg USA
Night of Silence Lal gece Reis Çelik Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey
Operation E Miguel Courtois Paternina Flag of Spain.svg Spain, Flag of France.svg France
The Pervert's Guide to Ideology Sophie Fiennes Flag of the United Kingdom.svg UK, Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland
Tito on Ice Max Andersson Flag of Germany.svg Germany, Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
Tomorrow Zavtra Andrey Gryazev Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Water Mayim Nir Sa'ar, Maya Sarfaty, Mohammad Fuad, Yona Rozenkier, Mohammad Bakri, Ahmad Bargouthi, Pini Tavger, Tal Haring Flag of Israel.svg Israel, Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine, Flag of France.svg France

Twilight Zone

"Radical films exploring new contemporary cinematic subcultures and genres." [8]

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

Documania

"A selection of illuminating and experimental documentaries that centers on the contemporary, controversial and personal." [9]

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

Juries

Competition [10]
FIPRESCI Award

Awards

In Competition [11]
Independent Awards [11]
Lifetime Awards [11]

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