2012 Stockholm International Film Festival

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.[1]

23rd Stockholm International Film Festival
Opening filmCall Girl
LocationStockholm, Sweden
Founded1990
AwardsBronze Horse
Festival date7–18 November 2012
Websitehttp://www.stockholmfilmfestival.se/en

Feature Film sections

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In competition

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The following films competed for the main prize, the Bronze Horse.[2] 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

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The films in the Open Zone section competed for the FIPRESCI Award.[3]

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

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"Fresh Indies from the mavericks of American film".[4]

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

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"A panorama from one of the most creative and interesting filmmaking areas in the world."[5]

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

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"The hottest features from the artistically vibrant countries in Latin America and Spain."[6]

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

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"This year the spotlight is on Power. Twelve ravishing films explore different shapes of power in politics, art and in the personal relationship."[7]

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

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"Radical films exploring new contemporary cinematic subcultures and genres."[8]

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

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"A selection of illuminating and experimental documentaries that centers on the contemporary, controversial and personal."[9]

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

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Competition[10]
FIPRESCI Award

Awards

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In Competition[11]
Independent Awards[11]
Lifetime Awards[11]

References

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  1. ^ Rossing Jensen, Jorn (2012-11-19). "Cate Shortland's Lore wins four Stockholm stallions". Screen Daily. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
  2. ^ "Films in the Competition". Stockholm International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2012-11-20. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
  3. ^ "Open Zone". Stockholm International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2012-11-25. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
  4. ^ "American Independents". Stockholm International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2012-11-20. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
  5. ^ "Asian Images". Stockholm International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2012-11-20. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
  6. ^ "Latin Visions". Stockholm International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2012-11-25. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
  7. ^ "Spotlight". Stockholm International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2012-11-20. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
  8. ^ "Twilight Zone". Stockholm International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2012-11-20. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
  9. ^ "Documania". Stockholm International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2012-11-25. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
  10. ^ Asp, Jon (2012-10-29). "Peter Fonda to head Stockholm fest jury". Variety. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
  11. ^ a b c "All winners from the 23rd Stockholms International Film Festival". Stockholm International Film Festival. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
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