Palm Springs 2012 - By the Numbers

Distribution of films by country at Palm Springs 2012 - click through for better view

Each year I enjoy taking a look at how many countries are really represented in each "international" film festival I attend. After going through the full list of films on the site for the Palm Springs International Film Festival 2012 I've put together the above histogram of films per country. After the jump I have the info in simple tabular form along with a full list of films. The basics are that there are 180 films scheduled (not counting a few marked as "secret") which represent 61 unique countries (counting a film as being from a single country, which in current productions is not 100% accurate). Not surprisingly the top three are the US, France and Germany. In the top ten perhaps only Belgium with nine entries strikes me as a film surprise given past festivals in Palm Springs.  One statistic that I haven't had a chance to measure directly is what feels like an extraordinary number of films whose descriptions make mention of Nazis. There's always a significant number of Holocaust subject matter films in Palm Springs, but anecdotally at least it seems like way more than usual. I'm so curious I'm probably going to walk back through the list of all 180 films to count it out proper.

I also made a list of films in the second half that struck me interesting. These are ones I can't see but I'd definitely have on my list if I was planning to be around. Simply from the descriptions - which isn't always the most reliable indicator. In fact it's often pretty horrible. So if you happen to catch any of these would really appreciate the feedback.

• Baikonur
• Come as You Are
• Eliminate: Archie Cookson
• Expiration Date
• Innocence
• Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
• Pig
• Return to Murder
• The Forgiveness of Blood
• The Woman in the Fifth

Here's the breakdown of film by country in tabular form

Country	Number of Films from Country
USA	26
France	16
Germany	10
Belgium	9
Canada	9
UK	7
Denmark	6
Argentina	5
China	5
Israel	5
Italy	5
Spain	5
India	4
Japan	4
Austria	3
Brazil	3
Czech Republic	3
Egypt	3
Mexico	3
Norway	3
Russia	3
Finland	2
Netherlands	2
Sweden	2
Albania	1
Algeria	1
Australia	1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1
Bulgaria	1
Burkina Faso	1
Chile	1
Columbia	1
Cuba	1
El Salvador	1
Estonia	1
Greece	1
Indonesia	1
Iran	1
Ireland	1
Jordan	1
Lebanon	1
Lithuania	1
Malaysia	1
Morocoo	1
New Zealand	1
Pakistan	1
Palestine	1
Phillippines	1
Poland	1
Portugal	1
Romania	1
Serbia	1
Singapore	1
Slovakia	1
South America	1
South Korea	1
Switzerland	1
Taiwan	1
Thailand	1
United Arab Emirates	1
Venezuela	1

And here's the complete list of film titles (to the best of my knowledge - obviously not counting the small number of public by "secret" screenings schedule.

• Abu, Son of Adam (India)
• Albert Nobbs (Ireland)
• All Your Dead Ones (Columbia)
• Almanya, Welcome to Germany (Germany)
• Alois Nebel (Czech Republic)
• Apartment in Athens (Germany)
• Arranged Happiness (Germany)
• Asma's (Egypt)
• A Thousand Cuts (USA)
• Attenberg (Greece)
• August (USA)
• Back to your Arms (Lithuania)
• Baikonur (Germany)
• Beast (Denmark)
• Bert Stern, Original Madman (USA)
• Beyond (Finland)
• Bitter Seeds (India)
• Black Bread (Spain)
• Blood of My Blood (Portugal)
• Bol (Pakistan)
• Breathing (Austria)
• Brightness (Burkina Faso)
• The British Guide to Showing Off (UK)
• Bullhead (Belgium)
• By the Fire (Chile)
• Café de Flore (Canada)
• Cairo 678 (Egypt)
• Cairo Station (Egypt)
• California State of Mind: The Legacy of Pat Brown (USA)
• Carol Channing: Larger Than Life (USA)
• Chronicle of My Mother (Japan)
• Cloudburst (Canada)
• Cold Steel (China)
• Come as You Are (Belgium)
• The Conformist (France)
• Corpo Celeste (France)
• Cousinhood (Spain)
• Cracks in the Shell (Germany)
• David (USA)
• Declaration of War (France)
• Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel (USA)
• Die Standing Up (Mexico)
• Dolphin Boy (Israel)
• Edwin Boyd (Canada)
• Elena (Russia)
• Eliminate: Archie Cookson (UK)
• Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (Brazil)
• Escort in Love (Italy)
• Expiration Date (Mexico)
• First Position: A Ballet Documentary (USA)
• The Flowers of War (China)
• Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story (USA)
• Footnote (Israel)
• Foreverland (Canada)
• The Forgiveness of Blood (Albania)
• The Front Line (South Korea)
• Generation P (Russia)
• The Girls in the Band (USA)
• The Goddess (India)
• Goodbye First Love (France)
• The Graveyard Keeper's Daughter (Estonia)
• Guilty (France)
• Gypsy (Slovakia)
• Habemus Papam (France)
• Habibi (Palestine)
• Happy, Happy (Norway)
• Happy New Year Grandma! (Spain)
• Haywire (USA)
• Headhunters (Norway)
• Holiday By the Sea (France)
• Hotel Lux (Germany)
• The House (Czech Republic)
• How Big is Your Love (Algeria)
• If I Were You (Canada)
• If Not Us, Who? (Germany)
• In Darkness (Canada)
• Innocence (Czech Republic)
• The Invader (Belgium)
• The Island President (USA)
• Jiro Dreams of Sushi (USA)
• Jose and Pilar (Brazil)
• The Kid With a Bike (Belgium)
• Kiss Me (Sweden)
• Land of Oblivion (France)
• Las Cacacias (Argentina)
• Last Winter (Belgium)
• Le Havre (Finland)
• Lena (Belgium)
• Let My People Go! (France)
• Love in the Medina (Morocoo)
• Lovely Man (Indonesia)
• The Loving Story (USA)
• Lucky (South America)
• Man Without a Cell Phone (Belgium)
• Michael (Austria)
• Michel Petrucciani (France)
• Miss Bala (Mexico)
• The Monk (France)
• Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)
• Motevideo - Taste of a Dream (Serbia)
• Morgen (Romania)
• Mulberry Child (China)
• My Australia (Israel)
• My Best Enemy (Austria)
• My Father Baryshnikov (Russia)
• Nino (Phillippines)
• North Sea Texas (Belgium)
• Off White Lies (Israel)
• Old Goats (USA)
• Omar Killed Me (France)
• Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• On The Edge (France)
• The Orator (New Zealand)
• P-047 (Thailand)
• Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (USA)
• Pariah (USA)
• Ptagonia (Argentina)
• Perfect Sense (Denmark)
• The Perfect Stranger (Spain)
• Pig (USA)
• Pina (Germany)
• Postcard (Japan)
• Real Truths. The Life of Estela (Argentina)
• The Record of a Tenement Gentleman (Japan)
• Restoration (Israel)
• Return (USA)
• Return to Murder (Malaysia)
• The Rif Lover (Belgium)
• Rose (Poland)
• Rumble of the Stones (Venezuela)
• Run for Life (Japan)
• Sacrifice (China)
• Sal (USA)
• The Salesman (Canada)
• Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (UK)
• The Salt of Life (Italy)
• The Sandman (Switzerland)
• Sea Shadow (United Arab Emirates)
• Semper Fi. Always Faithful (USA)
• A Separation (Iran)
• Shakespeare High (USA)
• The Silver Cliff (Brazil)
• Simon and the Oaks (Denmark)
• A Simple Life (China)
• The Snows of Kilimanjaro (France)
• Sonny Boy (Netherlands)
• Sons of Norway (Denmark)
• Sound of My Voice (USA)
• The Squad (Argentina)
• Starbuck (Canada)
• The Story of Film: An Odyssey (UK)
• The Student (Argentina)
• Summer Games (Italy)
• SuperClasico (Denmark)
• The Tall Man (Australia)
• Tatsumi (Singapore)
• Terraferma (Italy)
• Thin Ice (USA)
• The Three Disappearances of Soad Hosni (Lebanon)
• Three Quarter Moon (Germany)
• Tilt (Bulgaria)
• Time to Spare (Netherlands)
• The Tiniest Place (El Salvador)
• Transit Cities (Jordan)
• The Turin Horse (France)
• Turn Me On, Dammit! (Norway)
• Unfinished Spaces (Cuba)
• Vito (USA)
• Volcano (Denmark)
• Warriors of the Ranbow" Seediq Bale (Taiwan)
• Watch Indian Circus (India)
• We Need to Talk About Kevin (UK)
• When the Night (Italy)
• Wish Me Away (USA)
• The Woman in the Fifth (France)
• Women with Cows (Sweden)
• Wreckers (UK)
• Wrinkles (Spain)
• Wunderkinder (Germany)
• You've Been Trumped (UK)