The 25th annual

Tokyo International Film Festival The is a film festival established in 1985. The event was held biennially from 1985 to 1991 and annually thereafter. According to the FIAPF, it is one of Asia's competitive film festivals and the second largest film festival in Asia behind the ...

(TIFF) was held from October 20 to October 28, 2012.

Official selection

Competition

Special screenings

†: 12 minutes

Winds of Asia-Middle East

†: Nominated for "Best Asian-Middle Eastern Film Award"

Film Panorama of Asia-Middle East

††: '' Floating City'' was cancelled.

Indonesian Express: Nugroho, Edwin and Riza

Discovering Asian Cinema: Golden Slumbers of the Cambodian film history

Japanese Eyes

†: Director Koji Wakamatsu Memorial Screening.

World Cinema

Natural TIFF

Miscellaneous

Special Presentation

TIFF in Nihombashi

Minato Screening

†:

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Bunka-Cho Film Awards

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 -

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Juries

Competition

Roger Corman Roger William Corman (April 5, 1926 – May 9, 2024) was an American film director, producer, and actor. Known under various monikers such as "The Pope of Pop Cinema", "The Spiritual Godfather of the New Hollywood", and "The King of Cult", he w ...

, American director and producer (President) * Luc Roeg, British producer * Yōjirō Takita, Japanese director *

Emanuele Crialese Emanuele Crialese (; born 27 May 1965) is an Italian screenwriter and film director. He is a native of Rome and studied filmmaking in New York City. Early life Emanuele Crialese was born on 26 July 1965 in Rome to Sicilian parents. He studied fil ...

, 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

References

External links

* * {{Tokyo International Film Festival Tokyo International Film Festival T T

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