 14 films were screened in the competition section, including two Malayalam films ("Bhoomiyude Avakashikal" by T. V. Chandran and "Shutter" by Joy Mathew) and two non-Malayalam Indian films ("I.D" by Kamal K. M. and "Filmistaan" by Nitin Kakkar).IFFK 2012 had retrospectives of thespians and auteurs, past and present.It had works by Australian filmmaker Paul Cox (who chaired the competition jury), Burkina Faso film director and screenwriter Pierre Yameogo, French filmmaker Alain Resnais, the Japanese master filmmaker Akira Kurosawa, Brazilian actor Helena Ignez, British filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock and Malayalam actor Sathyan.