Opening film | Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away |
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Closing film | Trouble with the Curve |
Location | Tokyo, Japan |
Founded | 1985 |
Awards received | The Other Son |
Awards | Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix |
Hosted by | UNIJAPAN |
Festival date | October 20, 2012 – October 28, 2012 |
Website | 2012 |
The 25th annual Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) was held from October 20 to October 28, 2012.
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries |
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Accession | — | Michael J. Rix | ![]() |
Araf - Somewhere in Between | — | Yeşim Ustaoğlu | ![]() ![]() |
Atambua 39 Celsius | — | Riri Riza | ![]() |
The Black Square | 黒い四角 | Hiroshi Okuhara | ![]() |
Feng Shui | 万箭穿心 | Wang Jing | ![]() |
Flashback Memories 3D | フラッシュバックメモリーズ 3D | Tetsuaki Matsue | ![]() |
Hannah Arendt | Hannah Arendt | Margarethe von Trotta | ![]() |
A Hijacking | Kapringen | Tobias Lindholm | ![]() |
Juvenile Offender | 범죄소년 | Kang Yi-kwan | ![]() |
Nina | Nina | Elisa Fuksas | ![]() |
No | NO | Pablo Larraín | ![]() ![]() |
The Other Son | Le fils de l'Autre | Lorraine Lévy | ![]() |
Ship of Theseus | — | Anand Gandhi | ![]() |
What Maisie Knew | — | Scott McGehee David Siegel | ![]() |
Yellow | — | Nick Cassavetes | ![]() |
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries |
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Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away | — | Andrew Adamson | ![]() |
Trouble with the Curve | — | Robert Lorenz | ![]() |
Japan in a Day | ジャパン イン ア デイ | Philip Martin Gaku Narita | ![]() ![]() |
Skyfall Special Presentation: James Bond 50th Anniversary† | — | Sam Mendes | ![]() ![]() |
Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007 | — | Stevan Riley | ![]() |
Aokigahara | 青木ヶ原 | Taku Shinjo | ![]() |
Argo | — | Ben Affleck | ![]() |
The Woman in Black | — | James Watkins | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Crow's Thumb | カラスの親指 by rule of CROW's thumb | Tadafumi Ito | ![]() |
Garo and the Wailing Dragon (tentative) | 牙狼〈GARO〉〜蒼哭ノ魔竜〜 | Keita Amemiya | ![]() |
G'mor evian! | グッモーエビアン! | Toru Yamamoto | ![]() |
KON-SHIN | 渾身 KON-SHIN | Yoshinari Nishikori | ![]() |
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | — | Lasse Hallström | ![]() |
Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship | すーちゃん まいちゃん さわ子さん | Osamu Minorikawa | ![]() |
My Departure | 旅の贈りもの 明日へ | Tetsu Maeda | ![]() |
A Terminal Trust | 終の信託 | Masayuki Suo | ![]() |
Tug of War! | 綱引いちゃった! | Nobuo Mizuta | ![]() |
The Floating Castle | のぼうの城 | Isshin Inudo Shinji Higuchi | ![]() |
Farewell, My Queen | Les Adieux à la Reine | Benoît Jacquot | ![]() ![]() |
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | — | John Madden | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
A Story of Yonosuke | 横道世之介 | Shuichi Okita | ![]() |
Red Lights | — | Rodrigo Cortés | ![]() ![]() |
†: 12 minutes
†: Nominated for "Best Asian-Middle Eastern Film Award"
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries |
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Perfect Game † | 퍼펙트게임 | Park Hee-gon | ![]() |
Doomsday Book | 인류멸망보고서 | Kim Jee-woon Yim Pil-sung | ![]() |
Sleepless Night† | 잠못드는밤 | Jang Kun-jae | ![]() |
Full Circle† | 飞越老人院 | Zhang Yang | ![]() |
Don't Expect Praises† | 有人赞美聪慧,有人则不 | Yang Jin | ![]() ![]() |
Love in the Buff † | 春嬌與志明 | Pang Ho-cheung | ![]() ![]() |
Floating City †† | 浮城 | Yim Ho | ![]() |
The Soul of Bread† | 愛的麺包魂 | Kao Pin-chuan Lin Chun-yang | ![]() |
Touch of the Light † | 逆光飛翔 | Chang Jung-chi | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Sweetheart Chocolate | 甜心巧克力 スイートハート・チョコレート | Tetsuo Shinohara | ![]() ![]() |
I Carried You Home | Padang Besar | Tongpong Chantarangkul | ![]() |
Bwakaw † | — | Jun Robles Lana | ![]() |
Agneepath † | — | Karan Malhotra | ![]() |
Him, Here After† | Ini Avan | Asoka Handagama | ![]() |
Lifeline† | Galoogah | Mohammad Ebrahim Moayyeri | ![]() |
Night of Silence† | Lal Gece | Reis Çelik | ![]() |
Student † | Студент | Darezhan Omirbaev | ![]() |
††: Floating City was cancelled. [1]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries |
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Soegija † | — | Garin Nugroho | ![]() |
The Blindfold | Mata Tertutup | Garin Nugroho | ![]() |
Postcards from the Zoo † | Kebun Binatang | Edwin | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly | Babi Buta Yang Ingin Terbang | Edwin | ![]() |
The Rainbow Troops | Laskar Pelangi | Riri Riza | ![]() |
SANThe Dreamer | Sang Pemimpi | Riri Riza | ![]() |
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries |
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Golden Slumbers | Le Sommeil d'or | Davy Chou | ![]() ![]() |
Peov Chouk Sor | — | Tea Lim Koun | ![]() |
The Snake Man | ពស់កេងកងPuos Keng Kang | Tea Lim Koun | ![]() |
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Where Does Love Go? Tentatively Titled | 愛のゆくえ(仮) | Bunyo Kimura | ![]() |
Akaboshi | あかぼし | Ryohei Yoshino | ![]() |
Chasing Santa Claus | サンタクロースをつかまえて | Hiroki Iwabuchi | ![]() |
GFP Bunny | GFP BUNNY─タリウム少女のプログラム─ | Yutaka Tsuchiya | ![]() |
Last Days of Summer | 少女と夏の終わり | Tomomi Ishiyama | ![]() |
Our Night is Not Long | NOT LONG, AT NIGHT 夜はながくない | Shoji Toyama | ![]() |
Kuro | Hanabanareni (はなればなれに) | Daisuke Shimote | ![]() |
Since Then | あれから | Makoto Shinozaki | ![]() |
Something Wicked Comes Over the Wall | 何かが壁を越えてくる | Norio Enomoto | ![]() |
The Town of Whales | くじらのまち | Keiko Tsuruoka | ![]() |
United Red Army † | 実録・連合赤軍 あさま山荘への道程 | Kōji Wakamatsu | ![]() |
†: Director Koji Wakamatsu Memorial Screening.
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries |
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Dormant Beauty | Bella Addormentata | Marco Bellocchio | ![]() ![]() |
Here and There | Aquí y allá | Antonio Méndez Esparza | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Impossible | — | J. A. Bayona | ![]() ![]() |
Journal de France | Journal de France | Raymond Depardon Claudine Nougaret | ![]() |
A Liar's Autobiography - The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman | — | Bill Jones Ben Timlett Jeff Simpson | ![]() |
Post Tenebras Lux | Post Tenebras Lux | Carlos Reygadas | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Reality | — | Matteo Garrone | ![]() ![]() |
Side by Side - The Science, Art, and Impact of Digital Cinema | — | Chris Kenneally | ![]() |
Something in the Air | Après mai | Olivier Assayas | ![]() |
Spring Breakers | — | Harmony Korine | ![]() |
Strutter | — | Kurt Voss Allison Anders | ![]() |
Thursday Till Sunday | De jueves a domingo | Dominga Sotomayor | ![]() ![]() |
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries |
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Bestiaire | — | Denis Côté | ![]() ![]() |
The Island President | — | Jon Shenk | ![]() |
Last Call at the Oasis | — | Jessica Yu | ![]() |
The Last Shepherd | L'Ultimo Pastore | Marco Bonfanti | ![]() |
No Business like Show Business | Die Wiesenberger - No Business like Show Business | Bernard Weber Martin Schilt | ![]() |
Trashed | — | Candida Brady | ![]() |
Facing Animals | — | Jan van Ijken | ![]() |
Himself He Cooks | — | Valérie Berteau Philippe Witjes | ![]() |
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries |
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Raymond Chow Special All Night Screening | |||
Police Story | 警察故事 | Jackie Chan | ![]() |
Mr. Vampire | 疆屍先生 | Ricky Lau | ![]() |
The Cannonball Run | — | Hal Needham | ![]() |
Special Midnight Screening for the President of Jury : Corman's Way | |||
Von Richthofen and Brown | — | Roger Corman | ![]() |
Piranha | — | Joe Dante | ![]() |
Monster: Humanoids from the deep | — | Barbara Peeters | ![]() |
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries |
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Bridge of Japan | Nihombashi (日本橋) | Kon Ichikawa | ![]() |
Judge and Thief | 怪盗と判官 | Bin Kato | ![]() |
Pathfinder of the Sky An Architect's Life/Story of Morin Kaku | 空を拓く〜建築家・郭茂林という男〜 | Atsuko Sakai | ![]() |
MIS -Human Secret Weapon- | 二つの祖国で・日系陸軍情報部 | Junichi Suzuki | ![]() ![]() |
The Naked Island | 裸の島 | Kaneto Shindo | ![]() |
Death of a Japanese Salesman | Ending Note (エンディングノート) | Mami Sunada | ![]() |
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries | |
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Minato Screening Program A | ||||
Julian † | — | Matthew Moore | ![]() | |
Komaneko -The First Step- † | — | Tsuneo Gōda | ![]() | |
Gus † | — | Andrew Martin | ![]() | |
Floyd the Android † | — | Jonathan Lyons | ![]() | |
Pishto Goes Away † | — | Sonya Kendel | ![]() | |
Corrida † | — | Janis Cimermanis | ![]() | |
Colored Pencil † | — | Alice Gomes | ![]() | |
Minato Screening Program B | ||||
Kauwboy | — | Boudewijn Koole | ![]() | |
Floyd the Android † | — | Jonathan Lyons | ![]() | |
Minato Screening Program C | ||||
Ernest & Celestine | Ernest et Célestine | Benjamin Renner Stéphane Aubier Vincent Patar | ![]() |
†: Short film
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Iyasumonotoshite - The Postwar History of Rural Medical Services | 医す者として〜映像と証言で綴る農村医療の戦後史〜 | Masayoshi Suzuki | ![]() |
Never Let Me Go | 隣る人 | Kazuya Tachikawa | ![]() |
Living the Silent Spring | 沈黙の春を生きて | Masako Sakata | ![]() |