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2012 Stockholm International Film Festival
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 23rd Stockholm International Film Festival |
| opening | Call Girl |
| location | Stockholm, Sweden |
| founded | 1990 |
| awards | Bronze Horse |
| date | 7–18 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.
Feature Film sections
In competition
The following films competed for the main prize, the Bronze Horse. The director of a film in the competition may not have made more than 3 films (this one included).
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 90 Minutes | 90 minutter | Eva Sørhaug | Norway |
| After Lucia | Después de Lucía | Michel Franco | Mexico |
| Augustine | Alice Winocour | France | |
| Beasts of the Southern Wild | Benh Zeitlin | USA | |
| Bekas | Karzan Kader | Sweden, Finland, Iraq | |
| Beyond the Walls | Hors les murs | David Lambert | Belgium, Canada, France |
| Broken | Rufus Norris | UK | |
| Call Girl | Mikael Marcimain | Sweden, Ireland, Norway, Finland | |
| The Color of the Chameleon | Tsvetat na Hameleona | Emil Hristov | Bulgaria |
| Compliance | Craig Zobel | USA | |
| Killing Them Softly | Andrew Dominik | USA | |
| Lore | Cate Shortland | Australia, Germany, UK | |
| Lotus | Liu Shu | China | |
| Middle of Nowhere | Ava DuVernay | USA | |
| My Brother the Devil | Sally El Hosaini | UK | |
| Roland Hassel | Hassel - Privatspanarna | Måns Månsson | Sweden |
| Sister | L'enfant d'en haut | Ursula Meier | Switzerland, France |
| Tabu | Miguel Gomes | Portugal, Germany, Brazil, France | |
| Una Noche | Lucy Mulloy | USA, Cuba, UK | |
| Wish You Were Here | Kieran Darcy-Smith | Australia |
Open Zone
The films in the Open Zone section competed for the FIPRESCI Award.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Few Hours of Spring | Quelques heures de printemps | Stéphane Brizé | France |
| Amour | Michael Haneke | France, Germany, Austria | |
| Another Woman's Life | La vie d'une autre | Sylvie Testud | France |
| Arbitrage | Nicholas Jarecki | USA | |
| Blancanieves | Pablo Berger | Spain | |
| Caesar Must Die | Caesar deve morire | Paolo and Vittorio Taviani | Italy |
| Do Not Disturb | Yvan Attal | France | |
| Everyday | Michael Winterbottom | UK | |
| Farewell, My Queen | Les adieux à la reine | Benoît Jacquot | France |
| Flight | Robert Zemeckis | USA | |
| Holy Motors | Leos Carax | France, Germany | |
| In Another Country | 다른 나라에서, Dareun naraeseo | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| Just the Wind | Csak a szél | Benedek Fliegauf | Hungary, Germany, France |
| The Last Sentence | Dom över död man | Jan Troell | Sweden |
| Like Someone in Love | Abbas Kiarostami | France, Japan | |
| The Master | Paul Thomas Anderson | USA | |
| Outrage Beyond | アウトレイジ ビヨンド, Autoreiji: Biyondo | Takeshi Kitano | Japan |
| The Parade | Parada | Srđan Dragojević | Serbia, Croatia, Macedonia, Slovenia, Montenegro |
| Pietà | 피에타, Pietà | Kim Ki-duk | South Korea |
| Post Tenebras Lux | Carlos Reygadas | Mexico, France, Germany, Netherlands | |
| Rust and Bone | De rouille et d'os | Jacques Audiard | France, Belgium |
| War Witch | Rebelle | Kim Nguyen | Canada |
| The We and the I | Michel Gondry | USA, France | |
| Winter of Discontent | El sheita elli fat | Ibrahim El Batout | Egypt |
American Independents
"Fresh Indies from the mavericks of American film".
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Hotel Rooms | Matt Ross | USA | |
| About Cherry | Stephen Elliott | USA | |
| An Oversimplification of Her Beauty | Terence Nance | USA | |
| California Solo | Marshall Lewy | USA | |
| The Comedy | Rick Alverson | USA | |
| Francine | Melanie Shatzky, Brian M. Cassidy | USA | |
| Frankie Go Boom | Jordan Roberts | USA | |
| Hello I Must Be Going | Todd Louiso | USA | |
| Nobody Walks | Ry Russo-Young | USA | |
| The Paperboy | Lee Daniels | USA | |
| Ruby Sparks | Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris | USA | |
| Safety Not Guaranteed | Colin Trevorrow | USA | |
| The Sessions | Ben Lewin | USA | |
| Simon Killer | Antonio Campos | France, USA | |
| Smashed | James Ponsoldt | USA | |
| While We Were Here | Kat Coiro | USA |
Asian Images
"A panorama from one of the most creative and interesting filmmaking areas in the world."
| English title | Original title | Director(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 | Taiwan | |
| Ace Attorney | 逆転裁判, Gyakuten Saiban | Takashi Miike | Japan |
| The Animals | Gino M. Santos | Philippines | |
| Egg and Stone | Jidan he shitou | Huang Ji | China |
| Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1 & Part 2 | Anurag Kashyap | India | |
| Him, Here, After | Ini Avan | Asoka Handagama | Sri Lanka |
| Isn't Anyone Alive? | 生きてるものはいないのか , Ikiteru mono wa inainoka? | Gakuryū Ishii | Japan |
| Land of Hope | 希望の国, Kibou no kuni | Sion Sono | Japan |
| Love Me Not | Glitte Pik Chi Leung | Hong Kong | |
| Miss Lovely | Ashim Ahiluwalia | India | |
| Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time | 범죄와의 전쟁, Bumchoiwaui Junjaeng | Yoon Jong-bin | South Korea |
| Noor | Jhoole lal | Çagla Zencirci, Guillaume Giovanetti | France, Pakistan |
| Our Homeland | 一かぞくのくに, Kazuko no kuni | Yang Yong-hi | Japan |
| Peculiar Vacation and Other Illnesses | Vakansi yang janggal dan penyakit lainnya | Yosep Anggi Noen | Indonesia |
| Peddlers | Vasan Bala | India | |
| Rent-a-Cat | レンタネコ, Rentaneko | Naoko Ogigami | Japan |
| The Taste of Money | 돈의 맛, Donui Mat | Im Sang-soo | South Korea |
| Vulgaria | 低俗喜劇, Dai juk hei kek | Pang Ho-cheung | Hong Kong |
| Young Dudes | 騷人, Sao ren | DJ Chen Yin-jung | Taiwan |
Latin Visions
"The hottest features from the artistically vibrant countries in Latin America and Spain."
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Pablo Stoll | Uruguay, Argentina, Germany | |
| 7 Boxes | 7 cajas | Juan Carlos Maneglia, Tana Schémbori | Paraguay |
| Father's Chair | A cadeira do pai | Luciano Moura | Brazil |
| Field of Amapolas | Jardin de Amapolas | Juan Carlos Melo Guevara | Colombia |
| Good Luck, Sweetheart | Boa sorte, meu amor | Daniel Aragão | Brazil |
| Here and There | Aquí y allá | Antonio Méndez Esparza | Spain, USA, Mexico |
| La Playa DC | Juan Andrés Arango | Colombia | |
| She Doesn't Want to Sleep Alone | No quiero dormir sola | Natalia Beristáin | Mexico |
| Six Points About Emma | Seis puntos sobre Emma | Roberto Pérez-Toledo | Spain |
| Violeta Went to Heaven | Violeta se fue a los cielos | Andrés Wood | Chile |
| Xingu | Cao Hamburger | Brazil | |
| Young & Wild | Joven & Alocada | Marialy Rivas | 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."
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| About Face: Supermodels Then and Now | Timothy Greenfield-Sanders | USA | |
| Camp 14–Total Control Zone | Marc Wiese | Germany | |
| The Central Park Five | Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon | USA | |
| The Company You Keep | Robert Redford | USA | |
| Knife Fight | Bill Guttentag | USA | |
| Love, Marilyn | Liz Garbus | USA | |
| Night of Silence | Lal gece | Reis Çelik | Turkey |
| Operation E | Miguel Courtois Paternina | Spain, France | |
| The Pervert's Guide to Ideology | Sophie Fiennes | UK, Ireland | |
| Tito on Ice | Max Andersson | Germany, Sweden | |
| Tomorrow | Zavtra | Andrey Gryazev | Russia |
| Water | Mayim | Nir Sa'ar, Maya Sarfaty, Mohammad Fuad, Yona Rozenkier, Mohammad Bakri, Ahmad Bargouthi, Pini Tavger, Tal Haring | Israel, Palestine, France |
Twilight Zone
"Radical films exploring new contemporary cinematic subcultures and genres."
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black's Game | Svartur á leik | Óskar Thór Axelsson | Iceland |
| The Body | El cuerpo | Oriol Paulo | Spain |
| Citadel | Ciarán Foy | Ireland, Scotland | |
| Doomsday Book | 인류멸망보고서, Inryu myeongmang bogoseo | Kim Jee-woon, Yim Pil-sung | South Korea |
| Here Comes the Devil | Ahi va el Diablo | Adrián García Bogliano | Mexico |
| Ill Manors | Ben Drew | UK | |
| Kiss of the Damned | Xan Cassavetes | USA | |
| L | Babis Makridis | Greece | |
| The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh | Rodrigo Gudiño | Canada | |
| The Legend of Kaspar Hauser | La leggenda di Kaspar Hauser | David Manuli | Italy |
| Painless | Insensible | Juan Carlos Medina | France, Spain, Portugal |
| Sinister | Scott Derrickson | USA | |
| Tai Chi 0 | Stephen Fung | Hong Kong | |
| Wrong | Quentin Dupieux | France |
Documania
"A selection of illuminating and experimental documentaries that centers on the contemporary, controversial and personal."
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anton Corbijn Inside Out | Klaartje Quirijns | UK, Netherlands | |
| As the Strawberries Would Taste | Som jordgubbarna smakade | Anders Hellström | Sweden |
| Beware of Mr. Baker | Jay Bulger | USA | |
| Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramović | Giada Colagrande | Spain | |
| Canned Dreams | Säilöttyjä unelmia | Katja Gauriloff | Finland |
| China Heavyweight | Qian chui bai lian | Yung Chang | Canada, China, Finland, Japan, UK |
| Despite the Gods | Penny Vozniak | Australia | |
| High Tech, Low Life | Stephen Maing | USA, China | |
| It was Better Tomorrow | Yaa man aach | Hinde Boujemaa | Tunisia |
| The Labèque Way | Félix Cábez | Spain | |
| Moon Rider | Daniel Dencik | Denmark, Sweden | |
| Planet Ocean | Planète Océan | Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Michaël Pitiot | France |
| The Queen of Versailles | Lauren Greenfield | USA | |
| The Secret Disco Revolution | Jamie Kastner | Canada | |
| Shut Up and Play the Hits | Dylan Southern, Will Lovelace | UK | |
| Step Up to the Plate | Entre les Bras | Paul Lacoste | France |
| Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview | Paul Sen | USA | |
| Stolen Seas | Thymaya Payne | Estonia, Philippines, Denmark, USA, Somalia, Canada | |
| Stories We Tell | Sarah Polley | Canada | |
| Tropicália | Marcelo Machado | Brazil | |
| Vito | Jeffrey Schwarz | USA | |
| The World Before Her | Nisha Pahuja | Canada |
Juries
;Competition
- Peter Fonda, American actor (President)
- Anna Croneman, Swedish producer
- Karolina Ramqvist, Swedish writer
- Srđan Dragojević, Serbian director
- Antonio Campos, American director
- Malin Crépin, Swedish actress
;FIPRESCI Award
- Dragan Jurak, Croatian film critic
- Margarita Chapatte, Spanish broadcaster
- Florian Vollmers, German film critic
Awards
;In Competition
- Bronze Horse for Best Picture - Lore by Cate Shortland
- Best Directorial debut - Benh Zeitlin for Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Best Screenplay - Andrew Dominik for Killing Them Softly
- Best Actress - Saskia Rosendahl for Lore
- Best Actor - Tim Roth for Broken
- Best Cinematography - Adam Arkapaw for Lore
- Best Music - Max Richter for Lore ;Independent Awards
- FIPRESCI-Award - Everyday by Michael Winterbottom
- Telia Film Award - Una Noche by Lucy Mulloy
- Silver Audience Award - Call Girl by Mikael Marcimain ;Lifetime Awards
- Stockholm Achievement Award - Willem Dafoe
- Stockholm Lifetime Achievement Award - Jan Troell
- Stockholm Visionary Award - Jacques Audiard
References
References
- Rossing Jensen, Jorn. (2012-11-19). "Cate Shortland’s Lore wins four Stockholm stallions". [[Screen Daily]].
- "Films in the Competition". Stockholm International Film Festival.
- "Open Zone". Stockholm International Film Festival.
- "American Independents". Stockholm International Film Festival.
- "Asian Images". Stockholm International Film Festival.
- "Latin Visions". Stockholm International Film Festival.
- "Spotlight". Stockholm International Film Festival.
- "Twilight Zone". Stockholm International Film Festival.
- "Documania". Stockholm International Film Festival.
- Asp, Jon. (2012-10-29). "Peter Fonda to head Stockholm fest jury". [[Variety (magazine).
- "All winners from the 23rd Stockholms International Film Festival". Stockholm International Film Festival.
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