1999 Cannes Film Festival

Juries

Main competition

• David Cronenberg, Canadian filmmaker - Jury President
• Dominique Blanc, French actress
• Doris Dörrie, German filmmaker and producer
• Jeff Goldblum, American actor
• Barbara Hendricks, American singer
• Holly Hunter, American actress
• George Miller, Australian filmmaker
• Maurizio Nichetti, Italian filmmaker and actor.
• Yasmina Reza, French actor and writer
• André Téchiné, French filmmaker

''Un Certain Regard''

• Lambert Wilson, French actor - Jury President
• Irène Bignardi, critic
• Annie Coppermann, critic
• Thierry Gandillot, critic
• Jonathan Romney, critic
• Laurent Tirard, French filmmaker

''Cinéfondation'' and Short Films Competition

• Thomas Vinterberg, Danish filmmaker - Jury President
• Cédric Klapisch, French filmmaker
• Virginie Ledoyen, French actress
• Walter Salles, Brazilian filmmaker
• Greta Scacchi, Italian-Austrian actress

''Camera d'Or''

• Michel Piccoli, French actor - Jury President
• Jean-Pierre Beauviala
• Cherifa Chabane, critic
• Caroline Champetier, French cinematographer:
• Paola Malanga, critic
• José Maria Riba, critic
• Marie Vermillard, director
• Peter Von Bagh, Finnish film historian and director

Official Selection

In Competition

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:

''Un Certain Regard''

The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:

Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:

''Cinéfondation''

The following films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation:

• Baballoon (Babalon) by Michal Zabka
• Cambi e Scambi by Donata Pizzato
• The Clock by Noah Laracy
• Dimanche by Fabrice Aragno
• The Execution by Lee In-Kyun
• Fish 073 (Ryba 073) by Vaclav Svankmajer
• Germania by Kris Krikellis
• Im Hukim (With Rules) by Dover Kosashvili
• Inter-View by Jessica Hausner
• Ked Nie, Tak Nie by Vladimir Kral
• Layover by Shen Ko-Shang
• Der Linkshander by Iouri Kouzine
• Little Big Dog by Bo Hagen Clausen
• Milk by Mairi Cameron
• La Puce by Emmanuelle Bercot
• Runt by Jesse Lawrence
• Second Hand by Emily Young
• Waxandwane by Axel Koenzen
• Wojtek by David Turner
• Yumeji Ningyo (Doll of Dreams) by Yamazaki Tatsuji

Short Films Competition

The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:

• Billy's Balloon by Don Hertzfeldt
• The Cookie Thief by Hugo Currie, Toby Leslie
• Devil Doll by Jarl Olsen
• An Eternity by Daehyun Kim
• Food for Thought by John Paton, Matthew Ross
• Husk by Jerry Handler
• Le Pique-Nique by Il-Gon Song
• Rien Dire by Vincent Pérez (France)
• Roulette by Roberto Santiago
• Simultaneity by Seong Sook Kim
• Stop by Rodolphe Marconi
• When the Day Breaks by Amanda Forbis, Wendy Tilby

Parallel sections

International Critics' Week

The following films were screened for the 38th International Critics' Week (38e Semaine de la Critique):

Feature film competition

• 7/25 (Nana-ni-go) by Wataru Hayakawa (Japan)
• Flores de otro mundo by Icíar Bollaín (Spain)
• Hold Back the Night by Phil Davis (United Kingdom)
• On Board (Gemide) by Serdar Akar (Turkey)
• Siam Sunset by John Polson (Australia)
• Strange Fits of Passion by Elise McCredie (Australia)
• The White Suit (Belo odelo) by Lazar Ristovski (FR Yugoslavia) Short film competition
• The Circle (Dayereh) by Mohammad Shirvani (Iran)
• Dérapages by Pascal Adant (Belgium)
• Fuzzy Logic by Tom Krueger (United States)
• The Good Son by Sean McGuire (United Kingdom)
• La Leçon du jour by Irène Sohm (France)
• More by Mark Osborne (United States)
• Shoes Off! by Mark Sawers (Canada)

Directors' Fortnight

The following films were screened for the 1999 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):

• A mort la mort ! by Romain Goupil
• Agnes Browne by Anjelica Huston
• The Blair Witch Project by Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez
• Le Bleu des villes by Stéphane Brizé
• Charisma by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
• Un château en Espagne by Delphine Gleize
• Les Convoyeurs attendent by Benoît Mariage
• The Cup (Phörpa) by Khyentse Norbu
• Darkness and Light (Hei An Zhi Guang) by Chang Tso-Chi
• East Is East by Damien O'Donnell
• El entusiasmo by Ricardo Larraín
• Fever by Alex Winter
• The Five Senses by Jeremy Podeswa
• Haut les cœurs! by Sólveig Anspach
• Kiemas by Valdas Navasaitis
• The Last September by Deborah Warner
• M/Other by Nobuhiro Suwa
• Qui plume la lune ? by Christine Carrière
• Scenery by Zhao Jisong
• Sud by Chantal Akerman
• Summer of Sam by Spike Lee
• The Virgin Suicides by Sofia Coppola
• The War Zone by Tim Roth
• Voyages by Emmanuel Finkiel
• Paths in the Night by Andreas Kleinert :Short films
• Le Franc by Djibril Diop Mambety (45 min.)
• Marée haute by Caroline Champetier (17 min.)
• Un petit air de fête by Eric Guirado (35 min.)
• La Petite Vendeuse de Soleil (or The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun) by Djibril Diop Mambety (45 min.)
• Le Premier pas by Florence Vignon (23 min.)
• La Tentation de l'innocence by Fabienne Godet (43 min.)
• O Trouble by Sylvia Calle (10 min.)

Official Awards

In Competition

• Palme d'Or: Rosetta by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
• Grand Prix: Humanité by Bruno Dumont
• Best Director: Pedro Almodóvar for All About My Mother
• Best Screenplay: Moloch by Yuri Arabov
• Best Actress:
  • Séverine Caneele for Humanité
  • Émilie Dequenne for Rosetta
• Best Actor: Emmanuel Schotté for Humanité
• Jury Prize: The Letter by Manoel de Oliveira

''[[Un Certain Regard]]''

• Beautiful People by Jasmin Dizdar

''[[Cinéfondation]]''

• First Prize: Second Hand by Emily Young
• Second Prize:
  • Im Hukim by Dover Koshashvili
  • La puce by Emmanuelle Bercot
• Third Prize: Little Big Dog by Bo Hagen Clausen
  • Special Mention: Inter-View by Jessica Hausner

''[[Caméra d'Or]]''

• Marana Simhasanam by Murali Nair

[[Short Film Palme d'Or]]

• When the Day Breaks by Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis
• Jury Prize:
  • Stop by Rodolphe Marconi
  • Le Pique-Nique by Il-Gon Song

Independent Awards

[[FIPRESCI|FIPRESCI Prizes]]

• New Dawn by Émilie Deleuze
• M/Other by Nobuhiro Suwa (Directors' Fortnight)

''Commission Supérieure Technique''

• Technical Grand Prize: Juhua Tu (production design) in The Emperor and the Assassin

[[Prize of the Ecumenical Jury]]

• All About My Mother by Pedro Almodóvar
  • Special Mention: Rosetta by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne

Award of the Youth

• Foreign Film: The Blair Witch Project by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez
• French Film: Voyages by Emmanuel Finkiel

International Critics' Week

• Mercedes-Benz Award: Flowers from Another World by Icíar Bollaín
• Canal+ Award: Shoes Off! by Mark Sawers
• Grand Golden Rail: Siam Sunset by John Polson
• Little Golden Rail: Derapages by Pascal Adant

Directors' Fortnight

• Kodak Short Film Award: Un petit air de fête by Eric Guirado
• Kodak Short Film Award – Special Mention: Ô trouble by Sylvia Calle
• C.I.C.A.E. Award: Qui plume la lune? by Christine Carrière
• Gras Savoye Award: Un château en Espagne by Delphine Gleize

[[François Chalais Prize|François Chalais Award]]

• The Other by Youssef Chahine

References

Media

• INA: Opening of the 1999 Festival (commentary in French)
• INA: List of winners of the 1999 festival (commentary in French)

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