1999 Cannes Film Festival

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1999 Cannes Film Festival
CFF99poster.jpg
Official poster of the 52nd Cannes Film Festival featuring an original illustration by Jean-Pierre Gendis. [1]
Opening film The Barber of Siberia
Closing film An Ideal Husband
Location Cannes, France
Founded1946
Awards Palme d'Or :
Rosetta
Hosted by Kristin Scott Thomas
No. of films22 (In Competition)
Festival date12 May 1999 (1999-05-12) – 23 May 1999 (1999-05-23)
Website festival-cannes.com/en
Cannes Film Festival

The 52nd Cannes Film Festival took place from 12 to 23 May 1999. [2] Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg served as jury president for the main competition. Kristin Scott Thomas was the host for the opening and closing ceremonies. [3]

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Belgian filmmakers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film Rosetta . [4] [5]

The festival opened with The Barber of Siberia by Nikita Mikhalkov, and closed with An Ideal Husband by Oliver Parker. [6] [7]

1999 Un Certain Regard poster, adapted from an original illustration by Assane N' Doye. Un certain regard 99.jpg
1999 Un Certain Regard poster, adapted from an original illustration by Assane N' Doye.

Juries

Main competition

Un Certain Regard

Cinéfondation and Short Films Competition

Camera d'Or

Official Selection

In Competition

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or: [10]

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production Country
8½ Women Peter Greenaway United Kingdom, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany
All About My Mother Todo sobre mi madre Pedro Almodóvar Spain, France
Cradle Will Rock Tim Robbins United States
The Emperor and the Assassin 荊軻刺秦王 Chen Kaige China
Felicia's Journey Atom Egoyan United Kingdom, Canada
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai Jim Jarmusch United States, France, Germany, Japan
Humanité L'humanité Bruno Dumont France
Kadosh קדוש Amos Gitai France, Israel
Kikujiro 菊次郎の夏 Takeshi Kitano Japan
The Letter La lettre / A Carta Manoel de Oliveira France, Portugal
Limbo John Sayles United States
Love Will Tear Us Apart 天上人間 Nelson Yu Lik-wai Hong Kong
Moloch Молох Alexander Sokurov Russia
The Nanny La balia Marco Bellocchio Italy
No One Writes to the Colonel El coronel no tiene quien le escriba Arturo Ripstein Mexico, Spain, France
Our Happy Lives Nos vies heureuses Jacques Maillot France
Pola X Leos Carax France, Switzerland, Germany, Japan
Rosetta Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne Belgium, France
The Straight Story David Lynch United States, United Kingdom, France
Tales of Kish قصه‌های کیش Abolfazl Jalili, Mohsen Makhmalbaf and Nasser Taghvai Iran
Time Regained Le temps retrouvé, d'après l'oeuvre de Marcel Proust Raúl Ruiz France, Italy, Portugal
Wonderland Michael Winterbottom United Kingdom

Un Certain Regard

The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard: [10]

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production Country
Away with Words 三條人 Christopher Doyle Hong Kong, Japan
Beautiful People Jasmin Dizdar United Kingdom
Beresina, or the Last Days of Switzerland Beresina oder Die letzten Tage der Schweiz Daniel Schmid Switzerland, Germany, Austria
Genesis La genèse Cheick Oumar Sissoko Mali, France
Harem Suare Ferzan Özpetek Turkey, Italy, France
If I Give You my Humbleness, Don't Take Away my PrideKarin WesterlundDenmark, Sweden
Judy Berlin Eric Mendelsohn United States
Kaizokuban Bootleg Film 海賊版 Masahiro Kobayashi Japan
March of Happiness 天馬茶房 Lin Cheng-sheng Taiwan
Nadia and the Hippos Nadia et les hippopotames Dominique Cabrera France
New Dawn Peau neuve Émilie Deleuze
Olympic Garage Garage Olimpo Marco Bechis Argentina, France, Italy
The Other الآخر Youssef Chahine Egypt, France
The Passengers Les passagers Jean-Claude Guiguet France
The Personals 徵婚啓事 Chen Kuo-fu Taiwan
Ratcatcher Lynne Ramsay United Kingdom, France
The Shade Raphaël Nadjari United States
Sicilia! Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet Italy, France, Germany
So Close to Paradise 扁担·姑娘 Wang Xiaoshuai China
The Spousals of God As Bodas de Deus João César Monteiro Portugal
Throne of Death Marana Simhasanam Murali Nair India
Vanaprastham Vanaprastham: La Dernière Danse Shaji N. Karun France, India
The Winslow Boy David Mamet United States

Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition: [10] [11]

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production Country
The Barber of Siberia (opening film)Сибирский цирюльник Nikita Mikhalkov Russia, France, Italy, Czech Republic, United States
Dogma Kevin Smith United States
EDtv Ron Howard
Entrapment Jon Amiel United States, United Kingdom, Germany
Farewell, Home Sweet Home Adieu, plancher des vaches! Otar Iosseliani France
An Ideal Husband (closing film) Oliver Parker United Kingdom
The Limey Steven Soderbergh United States
My Best Fiend Mein liebster Feind Werner Herzog Germany

Cinéfondation

The following films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation : [10]

  • 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: [10]

Parallel sections

International Critics' Week

The following films were screened for the 38th International Critics' Week (38e Semaine de la Critique): [12]

Feature film competition

Short film competition

Directors' Fortnight

The following films were screened for the 1999 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs): [13]

Short films
Luc Dardenne (left) and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Palme d'Or winners Dardenne 2014.jpg
Luc Dardenne (left) and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Palme d'Or winners
Bruno Dumont, Gran Prix winner Bruno Dumont (cropped).jpg
Bruno Dumont, Gran Prix winner

Official Awards

In Competition

Un Certain Regard

Cinéfondation

Caméra d'Or

Short Film Palme d'Or

Independent Awards

FIPRESCI Prizes

Commission Supérieure Technique

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

Award of the Youth

International Critics' Week

Directors' Fortnight

François Chalais Award

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  9. ↑ "All Juries 1999". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
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