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25th Tokyo International Film Festival

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Closing film
  
Trouble with the Curve

Founded
  
1985

Location
  
Tokyo, Japan

Awards received
  
The Other Son

Opening film
  
Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away

Awards
  
Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix

The 25th annual Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) was held from October 20 to October 28, 2012.

Contents

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.

Japanese Eyes

†: Director Koji Wakamatsu Memorial Screening.

Minato Screening

†: Short film

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 - Raymond Chow
  • Competition

  • Roger Corman, American director and producer (President)
  • 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
  • References

    25th Tokyo International Film Festival Wikipedia