25th Tokyo International Film Festival

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

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, British 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