2012 Stockholm International Film Festival
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Opening film | Call Girl |
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Location | Stockholm, Sweden |
Founded | 1990 |
Awards | Bronze Horse |
Festival 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.[1]
Feature Film sections
[edit]In competition
[edit]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 |
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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
[edit]The films in the Open Zone section competed for the FIPRESCI Award.[3]
American Independents
[edit]"Fresh Indies from the mavericks of American film".[4]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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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
[edit]"A panorama from one of the most creative and interesting filmmaking areas in the world."[5]
Latin Visions
[edit]"The hottest features from the artistically vibrant countries in Latin America and Spain."[6]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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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
[edit]"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 |
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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
[edit]"Radical films exploring new contemporary cinematic subcultures and genres."[8]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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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
[edit]"A selection of illuminating and experimental documentaries that centers on the contemporary, controversial and personal."[9]
Juries
[edit]- Competition[10]
- 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
[edit]- In Competition[11]
- 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[11]
- FIPRESCI-Award - Everyday by Michael Winterbottom
- Telia Film Award - Una Noche by Lucy Mulloy
- Silver Audience Award - Call Girl by Mikael Marcimain
- Lifetime Awards[11]
- Stockholm Achievement Award - Willem Dafoe
- Stockholm Lifetime Achievement Award - Jan Troell
- Stockholm Visionary Award - Jacques Audiard
References
[edit]- ^ Rossing Jensen, Jorn (2012-11-19). "Cate Shortland's Lore wins four Stockholm stallions". Screen Daily. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
- ^ "Films in the Competition". Stockholm International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2012-11-20. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
- ^ "Open Zone". Stockholm International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2012-11-25. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
- ^ "American Independents". Stockholm International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2012-11-20. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
- ^ "Asian Images". Stockholm International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2012-11-20. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
- ^ "Latin Visions". Stockholm International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2012-11-25. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
- ^ "Spotlight". Stockholm International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2012-11-20. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
- ^ "Twilight Zone". Stockholm International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2012-11-20. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
- ^ "Documania". Stockholm International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2012-11-25. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
- ^ Asp, Jon (2012-10-29). "Peter Fonda to head Stockholm fest jury". Variety. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
- ^ a b c "All winners from the 23rd Stockholms International Film Festival". Stockholm International Film Festival. Retrieved 2012-12-04.