25th Tokyo International Film Festival
The 25th annual Tokyo International Film Festival was held from October 20 to October 28, 2012.Official selection
Competition
Special screenings
†: 12 minutesWinds 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
Japanese Eyes
†: Director Koji Wakamatsu Memorial Screening.World Cinema
Natural TIFF
Miscellaneous
Special Presentation
TIFF in Nihombashi
Minato Screening
†: Short filmAllied-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
- 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
;Japanese Eyes
;TIFF Special Appreciation Award
Competition
- Roger Corman, American director and producer
- Luc Roeg, English 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